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September 24, 2024 admin Finance 0

Snow leopard’s secret to longevity YouTube

A short history of anchovy Engelsberg Ideas (Anthony L)

Mathematicians discover new class of shapes seen throughout nature (Dr. Kevin)

Emjondolo With Robert Caro Curbed (Anthony L)

Men have a daily hormonal cycle — and it’s synchronized in their brains that slow down from morning to night Live Science (Dr. Kevin). The daily hormonal cycle is not news but I think the brain is shrinking.

Shocker! Plutonium Found at Los Alamos in Levels Comparable to Chernobyl Spark Public Outrage ZME Science (Dr. Kevin)

Climate/Environment

100% humidity for heat waves spreading around the world. That is a fatal problem for us. BBC (Dr. Kevin)

South Africa has been hit by a surprising snowfall RT (Kevin W)

Ecuador cuts power to part of its provinces amid historic drought Reuters

Nuclear fuel prices are rising as the shortage of conversion facilities Financial Times has western rues

The next banking crisis may come from changing fortunes

China?

China’s central bank lending rate slows as growth slows FirstPost

China’s youth unemployment soars amid recession and restrictive hiring policies CNBC

Commerce proposes ban on Chinese technology in connected cars due to national security concerns The Hill

Project 33: The US Navy’s plan to beat China by 2027 Asia Times (Asia Times)

Sri Lanka elects Marxist-leaning Disanayake as president to fix economy Aljazeera

The breakup of Europe

German business activity sinks deeper into recession in September, PMI shows BusinessTime

Why should a Bundeswehr soldier go to prison for refusing an mRNA vaccination after the mandatory vaccination tolerance has expired? Nachdenkseiten (Micael T)

Old Blighty

Keir Starmer promises to revitalize the UK as he blasts the ‘stupid’ Independent (Kevin W). As Lambert says, if you explain, you lose.

UK: Labor Party bans words ‘genocide’ and ‘apartheid’ at Middle East Eye conference (Kevin W)

Keir Starmer’s first Labor conference, risks long-term damage The Irish Times (Kevin W)

Banks cut loans to UK North Sea oil groups as tax hits industry Financial Times

Gaza

The plan to eliminate the north of Gaza gains steam +972Mag

Hezbollah ‘engages in war of attrition’ with Israel as world powers urge ban The Guardian (Kevin W)

China says it ‘firmly supports’ Lebanon in the face of Israel’s ‘indiscriminate attacks’ against civilians Anadolu Agency

Top Hezbollah Commander Just Survived Israeli Assassination Attempt. Conflicting reports of his death.

The Battle Over Palestine Has Reached Alabama’s Next Division Month (Kevin W)

Israeli air strikes kill 492 in Lebanon BBC (Kevin W)

White Supremacy’s Disturbing Visualization of Arab Suffering BettBeat (Dr. Kevin)

Airlines are grounding flights as Middle East conflicts escalate The list is long but I don’t know how much service to Tel Aviv is left.

The New Cold War

Zelensky’s Plan to Win is his survival kit Indian Punchline (Kevin W)

The Iranian President says he “wants talks with the West” about the war in Ukraine Ukrainska Pravda

CERN’s ‘Political’ Plan to Block Russian Scientists Threatens West to ‘Slum Slum’ Status of Sputnik (Kevin W)

Syracistan

Five dead, many injured as clashes erupt in Kurram and GEO

Imperial Collapse Watch

World leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly. The outlook is bleak for the Associated Press

Electronic Warfare Spooks Airlines, Pilots and Air Safety Officials The Wall Street Journal (Kevin W)

US Hurts Itself and Russia Punishes American Conservative (Kevin W)

Trump

Trump threatens John Deere with 200% tariff if it moves production to Mexico CNBC (furzy)

Kamala

Harris ‘too busy’ to speak to media – adviser RT (Kevin W)

Janet Jackson’s ‘Rep’: I Was Fired Kamala Harris Apology Drama Daily Beast. IMHO it’s a side effect of paying too much attention to celebrity opinion in politics.

2024

Trump Shows Signs of Strength in Sun Belt Battlegrounds, Polls Find The New York Times

The upper ones

Chief Justice John Roberts Jonathan Turley’s Big Trouble

Decisions of the US Supreme Court will affect the response to threats such as bird flu – Guardian experts (Dr. Kevin). The title of the article seems to understate the case. It seems to be weakening the already crippled government health system.

Ours is No Longer Free

Elon Musk keeps quiet, obeys official orders in Brazil Bloomberg (Kevin W)

YouTube Tests “Real Politics With Mark Sleboda” and other channels that criticize the US foreign policy of Hegemony. Mark Sleboda

Mr. Market Maybe He Shouldn’t Be So Happy

The global economy is facing recession-like pressures, warns Christine Lagarde Financial Times

A Level Cut Has Happened. Not All Borrowing Costs Go Down The Wall Street Journal

The AI

Section 230 Reaches AI: Appellate court holds companies responsible for actions of their algorithms. The Wall Street Journal. Important. So this should seriously detract from AI for medical diagnosis.

AI Snake Oil—New Book by 2 Princeton University Computer Scientists Eric Topol (Robin K). Big thumbs up for using AI to measure speech.

Cloudflare’s new marketplace lets websites charge AI bots for scraping TechCrunch (Paul R)

Class War

I’m spending $200k to be crazy but I don’t care – I’ll make it ten times over Daily Mail (Kevin W)

Ancient settlements show that association is ‘natural’ to humans, not MR Online’s selfishness and competition. Kevin W: “To those in NC who keep going on about ‘selfish human nature'”

The Lasting Influence of Marx’s Art Nation (Anthony L)

Looming US ports strike threatens new supply crisis Financial Times (Kevin W)

Raise Wages? No Need – McDonald’s Hires Prisoners Instead of Jacobins. Paul R: “Ronald McDonald will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.”

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