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Ig Nobel Prizes 2024: Unexpected science winner this year New Scientist (Micael T)
Gorilla self-medicate with plants. Soon we can use them in our medicine ZMEScience (Dr. Kevin)
How the world’s smelliest fruit makes coffee more expensive BBC (Robin K). Durian should be delish. You see lots of them in foreign markets. so they should sell well.
Skyscraper Tsunami Released Seismic Anomaly Never Seen Before Scientific Notice (Chuck L)
‘All is well here’: Last messages leaked from underwater Titan before blow-up: Coast Guard ABC (Kevin W)
Why You’ll Never Tune The Piano Open Culture (Micael T)
Why Do Bands Mysteriously Disappear? YouTube (Micael T)
Cancer, Mastermind Eric Topol (Robin K)
#Covid 19
Berkeley Repertory Theater (Bay Area, CA) has mandatory hidden events on Sundays and Tuesdays.
This is a compilation. This is community care.
Vulnerable people deserve to experience life, too. pic.twitter.com/ZPDD9ER4IO
— Covid Caution KP.2 + KP.3 + KP.3.1.1. + LB.1 (@CovidCaution) September 16, 2024
Honestly, I have absolutely no idea how you can look at this graph honestly and not understand that the ongoing waves of repeated covid infections are the main cause of the truly devastating increase in long-term disability.
How can people be in such amazing denial? pic.twitter.com/6vxCQiDJy1— tern (@1gootern) September 17, 2024
Climate/Environment
London has seen a surprising benefit of fining the most polluting cars: Active children Grist
It took 50,000 gallons of water to put out the Tesla Semi fire in California, US agency says Associated Press (Kevin W)
As feared, Storm Boris is wreaking havoc in parts of Central Europe with widespread flooding across the region. Here is a 50 hour visual satellite and radar loop courtesy of you @zoom_earth pic.twitter.com/F9KRA2SKeO
— Nahel Belgherze (@WxNB_) September 15, 2024
Severe floods in central Europe are countries seeking EU aid, which supports Euractiv
This follows the analysis I shared last week on the profitability of the Chinese NEV sector.
This time I’m focusing on the profitability of the EV sector in the US pic.twitter.com/ALRKBRUTiS
– Glenn (@GlennLuk) September 15, 2024
AI ‘speeding up’ critical weather, uses 30 times more power than search engine: analyst South China Morning Post
Climate protesters blocked a Dutch highway while police beat Reuters
China?
China needs ‘bazooka stimulus’ to hit growth target as economy falters Fortune
Low rates have failed to boost lending, as reflected in the continued decline in outstanding loan growth.
As @ChinaBeigeBookThe August report concluded, “Beijing’s policy easing efforts are doing very little for the economy.” pic.twitter.com/ftgdrN4Hpk
– Shehzad Qazi (@shehzadhqazi) September 16, 2024
China’s Weakening Grain Famine Explains Crisis for World Farmers Bloomberg
Japan
Japan’s faith in US eroded by apolitical election rhetoric Asia Times (Kevin W)
Down Under
Albanese has a second chance with AUKUS Pearls and Irritations (Kevin W)
Africa
The Sudanese capital has hit hard as analysts report ‘unprecedented’ New Arab fighting
37 Britons and Americans have been sentenced to death for attempting a coup in the DRC
Could the conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia escalate into war? DW
South of the Border
In Honduras, Libertarians and legal claims are threatening to engulf the nation in the middle of climate issues.
The breakup of Europe
German Border Inspections Work as Disputes Over Migration Rise Bloomberg
The collapse of the Dresden bridge symbolizes the decay of Germany Unherd
An extremely powerful interview by Dominique de Villepin, former Prime Minister of France, on Gaza.
I cannot stress enough how rare it is to hear a former French Prime Minister speak like this.
He says that France “no longer has a voice in the world”, because (among other things… pic.twitter.com/JFr7ZBCcHf
– Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) September 13, 2024
Old Blighty
Starmer under pressure to distance UK from Italy’s hard-right immigration plans The Guardian (Kevin W)
‘Our winter fuel bill goes into holiday kit’ BBC (Kevin W)
Gaza
⚡️ ⭕️ #LebanonHezbollah: Summary of 12 operations against the positions and distribution of #Israel enemy forces on the Lebanon-Palestine border on Sunday 09-15-2024, according to the following:
1- Directed the headquarters of the armed forces of the 188th Brigade… pic.twitter.com/lq7cvfNMyr
— Middle East Observer (@ME_Observer_) September 15, 2024
New release @NRC_Norway and 14 aid organizations: “83% of needed food aid does not reach Gaza, up from 34% in 2023. .” The intensity of hunger pic.twitter.com/4G6vjDXsYp
– Nicola Perugini (@PeruginiNic) September 17, 2024
The tents of displaced families along the coast of central Gaza were swallowed up by the rising tide, while the world drowned in its silence, indifferent to its suffering. pic.twitter.com/fEpKX6s3BP
– Ramy Abdul| رامي عبدو (@RamAbdu) September 15, 2024
Hamas chief says despite losing battles, terror group hires ‘new generations’ Times of Israel
The New Cold War
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians abroad reportedly want to renounce their citizenship in Overton through machine translation (Micael T)
NATO Secretary General drops bombs on his way out Responsible Statecraft (Kevin W)
Ukraine war turns into Russian roulette Indian Punchline (Kevin W)
Seventy-two minutes to end the world George Galloway, YouTube. Ritter may be excited but he has sources….
US Provoked Russia’s 1979 Invasion of Afghanistan: Similar to the Ukraine War? Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
Imperial Collapse Watch
Canadian military admits new sleeping bags are not suitable for winter Canadian Guardian (Kevin W). Global temperature extremes?
Bloomberg assessed the potential for unrest in 20 of the world’s largest economies… The US ranks third on MSN
The Declining Nuclear Order of Foreign Affairs
BREAKING: A huge pipeline fire is shooting a pillar of flame over downtown Houston, Texas
– The Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) September 16, 2024
Trump’s Second Assassination Attempt
Trump’s would-be assassin exploited a security hole the Secret Service has known for years — and the New York Post photos prove it.
BREAKING: The Meta has already scrubbed the Facebook page of would-be Trump Assassin Ryan Routh.
Watch it disappear in real time: pic.twitter.com/nIhlsvJjMt
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) September 15, 2024
Kamala
CNN’s Harry Enten Warns Harris Right Now in Voting ‘Dangerous Place’ pic.twitter.com/PmJrdZORV7
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) September 16, 2024
Kamala Harris helped shut down Backpage.com. Prostitutes still feel awkward. Politics
2024
Inflation has eased, but the economy remains a major issue for voters in choosing a president Kansas Reflector (Robin K)
A Pennsylvania court rejects Cornel West’s petition to vote and open the way for mail-in voting.
Police State Watch
This Is What Happens When We Flood The Subway System With Police Cuts
Ours is No Longer Free
Other UN Truth Bombs Craig Murray
Lawsuit Takes State Campaign to Silence Vaccine Injury Claims Search INet (Micael T)
So now @elonmusk and his platform looks like:
1) Deleted Ryan Routh’s account
2) Locked Max Blumenthal out of his account after posting about Routh’s Ukraine manifesto
3) Deleted a tweet about censorship when people started pointing out the hypocrisy.
– Primo Radical (@PrimoRadical) September 17, 2024
Elon’s Brazilian Corporate Law Surprised Adam Levitin, Credit Slips
Mr. Market Gets What He Wants
It’s a big week for major banks around the world, and there’s a little price movement on the CNBC table
The AI
The new O1 Chat GPT model has escaped its location to complete the “impossible” hacking task – should we be worried? ZMEScience (Dr. Kevin)
Nvidia CEO: “We can’t do computer graphics anymore without artificial intelligence” TechSpot (Kevin W)
Class War
A quarter of young adults do not plan to have children, citing financial problems as the fertility problem spreads Fox
A security guard at Boeing pulls out a gun in an altercation with the pick Seattle Times
Radhika Desai’s Marxist lens lights the way to a post-capitalist Morning Star (Robin K)
Antidote du jour. Tracie H: “The San Diego Botanic Gardens in Encinitas California has a lovely little pond that attracts these beauties.”
And bonus (Robin K):
Still wondering how this species lives in the wild.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/aaTaqZNHE1
— Buitengebiden (@buitengebiden) September 15, 2024
Second bonus (Chuck L):
Lynx and hummingbird.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/pzDpuVD9Vf
— Buitengebiden (@buitengebiden) September 16, 2024
