Links 10/26/2024 | bare capitalism

October 26, 2024 admin Finance 0

The first marine fish to be exterminated by humans BBC (Robin K)

Fermented crescent aeon (Anthony L)

The first wheel was invented 6,000 years ago in the Carpathian Mountains, a modeling study suggests LiveScience (Kevin W)

Spin the 17th-Century Death Roulette Wheel & Find Out What Could Kill You in 1665 Open Culture (Micael T)

Deadly plants hiding in your BBC garden (Dr. Kevin)

‘You’re a Catholic too!’ Commonweal Magazine. Anthony L: “Evelyn Waugh – again, if they haven’t fixed it – is being photographed at birth…”

Srinivasa Ramanujan He is a genius. Statistics Continue. Quanta Magazine (Anthony L)

#Covid 19

UConn Keeping Air in Connecticut Classrooms Safe UConn Today (Carla R)

Climate/Environment

Some wildfires are growing twice as fast as they were two decades ago New Scientist

China?

Auto Recording Hits China’s $800 Billion Municipal Debt Market Bloomberg

Huawei uses TSMC loophole to bypass US chip ban Asia Times (Kevin W)

Chinese EV battery maker SVOLT closed European Nikkei performance

The Chinese blockade could be a war, Taiwan told Reuters. Let’s not forget that few countries recognize Taiwan and what pipsqueaks are.

America’s view of China has plummeted, a poll has found, as hostility grows The Washington Post

Argentina plunges into recession as Milei’s government imposes deep budget cuts France 24

The breakup of Europe

Eurozone PMI remains in melt zone as ECB considers pace of rate cuts Think.ing

France follows Germany and reintroduces border controls due to ‘serious threats from terrorism and migrant flows’ Daily Mail

There were riots in Lisbon after police shot and killed LeMonde

Under Pressure from Far Away, Bulgaria Demolishes Refugee Houses Ahead of Key Elections Radio Free/Radio Europe

Old Blighty

Rachel Reeves to change credit rules to free up ยฃ50bn in loans to The Times

Shoplifting offenses in England and Wales at highest level on record, ONS figures show The Guardian

It’s not sustainable at all’: Homelessness in London at record high for Big Issue

Israel v. The Resistance

Israel announces the start of attacks against ‘military targets’ in Iran Anadolu Agency

Live: Israel attacks Iran, explosion heard near Tehran Aljazeera

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Yemen’s Houthis Dig In for a Long War Shujaib Almosama, DropSite

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Hezbollah shows strong enemy against Israeli forces in Lebanon Washington Post

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EU ‘ignores’ international law, keeps trade with illegal Israeli settlements The Cradle (Kevin W)

The New Cold War

Why Iran and Russia Challenge Strategic Cooperation? Are the North Koreans at War? Mark Sleboda and Jamarl Thomas

South Korea vows to respond to North Korea’s strengthening of Putin’s forces: ‘We will not remain idle’ Independent. Sleboda above (and Douglas Macgregor Larry Johnson and no doubt other types of independent media) have dismissed the claim that North Korea supplies Russian military personnel (Russia has long had training programs in North Korea and the two countries conduct joint exercises). Sleboda argues that this is a disinfo operation for South Korea to send F-35 pilots to Romania to fly the planes to Ukraine. He also goes through the headlines and explains how the claims in the headlines are unverified.

Britain and Germany sign new defense deal as Ukraine conflict escalates Reuters

Syracistan

Turkey strikes again in Iraq and Syria after scores killed in ‘terrorist attack’ in Ankara

BRICS

HSBC Hong Kong joins China’s alternative to Swift’s global payment system The Financial Times

Russia is negotiating with the BRICS on the exchange of precious metals

Imperial Collapse Watch

The F-35’s Ascent and Nosedive: The Most Expensive Weapon in History Hits New Controversy in GAO Report Sputnik (Anthony L)

G20 vows to resist protectionism ahead of US presidential election, Kyodo News

Trump

Tucker Carlson casts Trump as America’s abusive father in disturbing speech on MSNBC (furzy)

Kamala

2024

Russia and Iran could fuel violent post-election protests in the US, intelligence officials warn The Associated Press. See Taibbi’s post-election breakdown piece (linked below)

People in Washington Flee the City for Election Day Politico

EXCLUSIVE: Meet the Pro-Trump, Pro-Netanyahu Donors Funding Pro-Israel Democrat Ritchie Torres Zeteo

Judge orders Virginia to restore 1,600 voter registrations ahead of election Associated Press (Kevin W)

How does the list of mysterious deaths in the Clinton family relate to the American election Anti-Spiegel (Micael T)

Ours is No Longer Free

The Washington Post abandons Bezos’ decision not to endorse The Hill. Not that we have direct insight into Bezos, but well-connected sources have told us of a major shift among Silicon Valley’s squillionaires against Team Dem. Some of it was due to Biden’s deteriorating situation, but another big driver was Trump’s legislation, especially the New York records case, based on the line of questioning of the appeals court officials, it seems that the chances are good that it will be reversed.

LA Times editor quits after Harris endorsement blocked RT (Anthony L)

A Note on the Washington Post’s Non-Endorsement Matt Taibbi (KLG)

Patrick Soon-Shiong: the billionaire owner of the LA Times who blocked the Harris endorsement Guardian

Note this piece presented just as the Post made its announcement: Uh, Oh: New York Times, Washington Post Signal Post-Election Crackdown Matt Taibbi

Almost anything goes on social media – as long as it doesn’t make billionaires feel unsafe on CNN. Paul R: “Great article considering it’s CNN.”

The AI

Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity promote scientific bias in AI search results ars technica (Paul R)

AI dictates oinks and grunts to keep pigs happy Reuters (Dr. Kevin)

Class War

50 years of tax cuts for the rich have failed to budge, CBS says. Paul R: “Miracles never cease.”

Statistics Say It’s Getting Harder to Escape the American Middle Class Bloomberg (Micael T)

US Consumer Watchdog Warns Businesses of Employee Surveillance The Wall Street Journal

Spirit AeroSystems is weighing more than hundreds of furloughs or layoffs if the Boeing strike goes through on Nov. 25 CNBC (Kevin W)

EviCore, The Company That Helps US Health Insurers Deny Treatment ProPublica (Robin K). Since the beginning of the week, still germane.

Antidote du jour. Timothy: โ€œSeagulls at Lake Erie’s Headlands Beach State Park (Ohio)โ€

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See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.

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