Good and patient students,
Got some extra links today because Lambert wasn’t at work at the Water Cooler yesterday and Biden’s playing status is a moving target.
How a citizen scientist is trying to fix America’s grass Washington Post (Dr. Kevin)
Classics and Christians in the 12th Century Antigone (Anthony L)
The archaeological revolution is changing our image of human freedom aeon (Anthony L)
Ozempic Linked to Rare Cases of Vision Loss in Harvard Study Bloomberg (furzy). IM Doc has been talking about this for weeks, and has had a problem with his patients, which suggests it is more common than “rare”.
Debate: Is the bird flu virus in cattle better suited to infect humans? STAT (Dr. Kevin)
Controlling Appetite Before You Start: Scientists Identify Group of Neurons Linked to Sensation Daily Science (Chuck L)
Night owl behavior can harm mental health, sleep study finds Stanford Medicine (Robin K)
#Covid 19
Zero Covid Community Reddit (Paul R). Help!
Immune response study explains why some people don’t get COVID-19 ScienceDaily (Kevin W). Submitted this to the Covid Brain Trust….
Expired vaccine may be to blame for LA’s COVID outbreak NBC Los Angeles (Paul R)
Climate/Environment
Chronic heat in US breaks new records, causes deaths in West and grips East Associated Press (Kevin W)
China’s Solar Sector May Not Recover Soon As Glut Persists Bloomberg
Battery maker SK On declares ‘state of emergency’ as EV sales disappoint Financial Times
About 2 million tons of wild fish are used to feed farmed salmon in Norway every year, reports Seafood Source (Paul R)
China?
Trump Cabinet Hopes to Seek ‘Israel Model’ for US China Policy Responsible Statescraft
China’s subsidies create, not destroy, they value The Asia Times (Kevin W)
Japan and the Philippines sign a defense agreement in the face of alarm shared by China Washington Post
Satellite images reveal Chinese military construction near Pangong Lake, India’s western border FirstPost
Japan is protesting China’s installation of a buoy over its continental shelf RFA
The breakup of Europe
Back to the German export industry Tagesschau (guurst)
La belle France
France’s far-right voters say ‘dirty tricks’ won election BBC (Kevin W). RN actually got more votes, and even a higher % of the total than in the first round. So anger is unnecessary.
Macron keeps French prime minister in place of ‘national stability’ after chaotic election Associated Press
Controversy has erupted in France following a surprise victory for the left in the South China Morning Post
Old Blighty
Labor’s £10 Billion Crisis Bill Just the First Financial Challenge at Bloomberg
New foreign secretary wants to reset UK-EU ties BBC (Kevin W)
South of the Border
La Rioja issues Argentina’s first ‘quasi-currency’ emergency in 20 years Buenos Aires Herald
Gaza
Lancet says Gaza death toll could exceed 186,000 Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
Six-year-old Palestinian child Hikmat Badr died of malnutrition, an Israeli-enforced famine and the ban on food and medical supplies from entering Gaza. pic.twitter.com/fJ3LGg6pvY
– PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) July 9, 2024
Israeli government accused of trying to undermine Gaza ceasefire proposal The Guardian (Kevin W)
Day of ‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ 276: Top Israeli security officials ‘shocked’ by Netanyahu’s efforts to undermine ceasefire proposal Mondoweiss
Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Sunday it had launched its “major” air campaign, sending bombers to the mountaintop of Israel’s spy camp in the Golan Heights. The new Arabic
Red Sea tensions have increased fish prices by 120% in the past 6 months Middle East Monitor
Israel’s Nationality Law is Based on a Big Lie Dan Cohen
The New Cold War
Hungary’s Orban makes surprise visit to China, backs Xi’s peace plan Reuters
Ukraine wants Poland to protect the skies near the Euractiv border
Russian Success After Surprise Attack on Toretsk HistoryLegends, YouTube
The Ukraine F-16 Saga Continues [i] Analysis of Black Mountain (Li). Sexual weapons!
West Admits Ukraine Runs Out of Air Defense and Land Losses, Has No Way to Reverse Brian Berletic, YouTube
Ukraine asks West for submarines RT (Kevin W). This would be funny if it wasn’t serious.
🔌 In an effort to close the electricity shortage, Ukraine has increased the purchase of its western neighbors by twelve times.@ukraine_watch pic.twitter.com/oEKWEN42fH
— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) July 8, 2024
Syracistan
Made in America: ISIS’ Defeat of Mosul The Cradle (Paul R)
Big Brother Watching Watching
Why GPS Is Under Attack The New York Times (Dr. Kevin)
10 Billion Passwords Leaked in Biggest Compilation of Cybernews Times
Imperial Collapse Watch
The US Air Force Has a Big Problem It Can’t Solve: Its Warplane Fleet Is an Old World Interest
Biden Agonistes
Democratic leaders rallied around Biden as discontent grew on The Hill
As Lambert went and had an open Water Cooler thread, here’s Biden’s weird, self-deprecating phone call to Morning Joe. Biden who insists on hanging goes to mad king territory….where it was Trump who was supposed to be (become) mad/evil king because of the Supreme Court’s immunity decision. Oh, and as icing on the cake, Ryan Grim tweeted that at one point you could hear Biden stumbling as he shuffled the paper, so it appears that most if not all of this call was scripted.
President Joe Biden called MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” this morning. Here is the part (part 1): pic.twitter.com/skpmZt9qlY
— philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 8, 2024
Biden’s handlers are targeting him – media RT (Robin K)
This NATO summit could save or sink Biden’s BBC candidacy
Who exactly could replace Biden? We break down the options. Politics
The Senility of Biden Asia Times (Kevin W)
Joe Biden Is the Biggest Missing Man in American History, Part III Richard Kline
Biden Sounds A Lot Like Trump Ken Klipperstein
” rel=”nofollow”>Second Lieutenant Doug Emhoff tested positive for Covid-19 days after joining Biden for July 4 celebrations The Independent (Paul R)
The upper ones
“Death Party Verdict”: Media and Commentators Make Wild Claims in Wake of Jonathan Turley Security Court Decision
Abortion
Fertility rate doubles after Roe overturned KFF Health News (Robin K)
Ours is No Longer Free
Fox News Suffers as Billionaire Joins Lawsuit Against New Republican Network (furzy)
The AI
GEN AI: TOO MUCH SPEND, TOO LITTLE GAIN? Goldman Sachs
Bezzle
How thousands of Americans fell for a false fintech promise and lost access to bank accounts CNBC (Li). Today’s is a must read because it’s crazy. And a warning DO NOT try to bank with a reputable company. We have our own version of this lesson. I thought my merchant processor had a suitably boring name like First Data but they call themselves Clover. Be careful!
Fraudsters swipe billions each year The Associated Press
Class War
Mike Bloomberg gives Johns Hopkins $1 billion for free medical school Washington Post (crazy). Bloomberg has long been a HUGE, and often anonymous, philanthropist.
Established technical staff are advised to sell plasma, their own SFGate equipment. Paul R: “From July 1st, but jeez.”
American workers with grocery debt – ‘I had to lower my standard of living’ BBC (Robin K)
I am hungry, cold and have many disabilities. Does Keir Starmer’s promise of real change include me? Caretaker
Antidote du jour. William B: “Mother Pied-billed Grebe floats peacefully in her nest.”
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
