A river rises to the top of Mount Everest ScienceDaily (Kevin W)
The Last Hominin Emile Nautlius (Anthony L)
Stem cells reverse a woman’s diabetes – A world first (crazy)
Main character syndrome aeon (Micael T)
#Covid 19
Impact of the global COVID-19 lockdown on our Moon Oxford Academic (Paul R)
Climate/Environment
Extreme Weather Around the World Poses Risks to Rising Food Bill. The Bloomberg Agriculture Spot Index is on track for a 7% monthly gain at Bloomberg
US climate change targets threatened by increasing technological power from AI Financial Times. Hello, do you think?
Ocean waves are growing beyond known limits, new study finds University of Manchester (Anthony L)
Switzerland and Italy Redraw Border Due to Melting BBC BBC
Central Asia Seeks Water Cooperation and World Affairs (Micael T)
The Office Property Slump Makes Development Costs Weather Even the Worst Financial Times
Hell hell, it almost doesn’t look real đŹ
– Volcaholic đ (@volcaholic1) September 28, 2024
China?
Taiwan warns of ‘multiple waves’ of missile fire in mainland China Reuters
Lithography in China finds the glass half full, not empty Asia Times (Kevin W)
A pressure test of a sewage system in Nanning, China, went so horribly wrong that a pipe burst near a busy highway, sending a 10m-strong shart into the air with such force that it blew over a mechanical digger and rained debris on drivers and pedestrians. pic.twitter.com/NgdtgRVVQI
â RT (@RT_com) September 28, 2024
Africa
Sudan’s forgotten civil war threatens to explode into a global crisis Reuters
The breakup of Europe
The consequences of the Greens’ policies lie somewhere between Covid and the Allied Anti-Spiegel bombs through machine change (Micael T)
How Schleswig-Holstein sold their trusty diesel boat for a song, spent 3.3 million Euros for a new zero-emission solar powered boat, and increased carbon emissions over the entire Eugyppius. Micael T: âRecently, the Germans have shown an absurd side that is very funny and very troubling. I wonder if they have been like this for a long time.”
Germany abandons hopes for economic growth Telegraph
Thousands are protesting in Portugal due to rising house prices and rents
Old Blighty
Kemi Badenoch says UK minimum wage is hurting businesses Financial Times (Kevin)
Half of Welsh adults are likely to limit energy use this Winter amid Rising Costs Nation.crymu
Gaza
The IDF announces the launch of a limited ground attack on Hezbollah positions across the border of Lebanon Times of Israel. Larry Johnson introduced the concept of limited attack as limited pregnancy.
Middle East on edge: Israeli tanks on border with Lebanon amid fears of imminent ground attack – as West tries to prevent ‘all-out war’ following IDF airstrikes in Yemen Daily Mail
US, Israel agree on ‘need to dismantle attack infrastructure’ along Lebanon border Anadolu Agency
I don’t want conflict, no one in their right mind wants conflict, war or bloodshed. The whole world understands and knows very well what Netanyahu and Israel are doing. They want to go up. They keep pushing, pushing and annoying.
Each attack, each kill, each…
– Noctis Draven (@DravenNoctis) September 28, 2024
Global attack on Israel ‘about saving face, winning political points’ Aljazeera
The US gave the Israelis 83 1-ton bombs to drop on Beirut, and American planes directed their delivery. Who runs the US?
â Alex (Sasha) Krainer (@NakedHedgie) September 28, 2024
Netanyahu says killing Nasrallah is the key to restoring the balance of power and returning the NBC hostages. What does Nasrallah have to do with Hamas hostages?
Austria Freedom Party wins. WSJ, Biden hides $61B Ukraine strategy. Switzerland upset Ukraine Alex Christoforu, YouTube. At 21:30, Christoforu shows a photo of the front page of the Jerusalem Post story showing Lloyd Austin furious at the lack of notice about Nasrallah’s assassination. Later versions of the same story lowered Austin’s temperature.
đ±đ§ Burial cloth of “His Excellency, Commander of the Mujahid, Secretary General, Ayatollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah” pic.twitter.com/XqSXSjEdev
â Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) September 29, 2024
The New Cold War
Bipartisan Report Urges Rethinking America’s Russia Strategy The Hill (Kevin W). It’s lovely.
Russia Threatens Legal Action Against NATO Countries Over Nord Stream Explosion – WebSetNet
Zelensky is ready to fire the spy chief – media RT
Nagorno-Karabakh Bears the Scars of Azeri Jacobin Control (Robin K)
Imperial Collapse Watch
We get so caught up in the daily barrage of Israeli atrocities that it’s easy to forget the bigger picture.
At the end of the day the reason it’s so important, apart from the fact that it undermines our basic humanity, is because whatever we collectively allow…
– Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) September 30, 2024
Did Sabotage Stop the Navy’s New Nuclear Aircraft Carrier? gCaptain
Sports betting will do in America what it did in Australia. Jacobin (Robin K)
“It’s not meddling in the election if we do it!” The EU and the US now wish to defeat Georgia Tarik Cyril Amar (Micael T)
Biden
Hezbollah Reaches Out To Us For Advice On How To Rule With Late Babylon Leader Bee (Chuck L)
Trump
How Trump distorts immigration and crime data in new attack on Harris Washington Post (furzy)
See Lara Trump’s role:
“Despite the devastation of Hurricane Helene, Goya is joined by the strong communities of Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas, sharing a spirit of compassion and support. Together, we nurture hope and rebuild lives, reminding everyone that even in the dark… pic.twitter.com/ooB6aaVJDu
â Goya Foods (@GoyaFoods) September 30, 2024
Letitia James May Win Law But Lose Battle Jonathan Turley
Kamala
Harris Ignores Antiwar Voters at His Peril Daniel Larison
We are beaming at Helene because of how perfect Lambert’s post was yesterday. However, some notable features:
This is sad. We do NOT have 360 ââtransformer substations and other electrical equipment sitting in stock waiting to be shipped. It may take a very long time to restore power to everyone. Are we facing a Hurricane Maria type impact on grid infrastructure?
– Jesse D. Jenkins (@JesseJenkins) September 30, 2024
Abortion
Georgia’s 6-Week Abortion Ban Overturned New York Times (Kevin W)
Georgia Judge Strikes Downs County Abortion Ban in Surprise Rule New Republic (confused)
Ours is No Longer Free
One moment that really blew me away in the last 7 years of researching all of this was finding DARPA grants dedicated to helping the Pentagon’s civil and military affairs branch defuse critical Blob components of the Occupy Wall Street movement. pic.twitter.com/k2eooDk7wR
â Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) September 27, 2024
Facebook is pressuring the local League of Women Voters for the upcoming election. Kansans, stay alert. Kansas Reflector (Robin K)
Reporters Without Borders Attack on Sputnik and RT Highlights NGO Status as ‘Media Wing of NATO’ Sputnik (Kevin W). FWIW, I don’t remember coming across them, I rarely connect with them.
The AI
AI Data Center Boom Spurs Race to Find Power Wall Street Journal
Cruise Fined $1.5 Million for Failure to Report Robotaxi Crash Involving Pedestrians
Bezzle
Google Wins Lawsuit Against Fraudsters Who ‘Armed’ DMCA Takedown of Torrentfreak
Class War
Dock workers go on strike that could fuel inflation and create holiday shortages The Associated Press.
The Big Shift From Salaries to Bonus Pay Journals for Wall Street
Hooters Joins US Chains Hit by Hard-Up Diners, Rising Food Costs Bloomberg
Antidote du jour. mglâ âThis is pukeko (aka purple swamphen, australasian swamphen) & chick. They are everywhere here in NZ.â
And a bonus (which will replace the Chuck L one as long as Twitter is deleted):
– context dogs (@contextdogs) October 1, 2024
And a second bonus (Chuck L):
The grandchildren had planned to surprise their grandmother at the airport dressed as a t-rex but she heard about it and planned her surprise. pic.twitter.com/moVLVzbjuZ
â NO HUMANS LAW (@HumansNoContext) September 30, 2024
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
