An animal I will never forget: the fox I invited into my home – but I never trusted the Caretaker
Cuts Are Back in the Air After Deflation Surprise John Authers, Bloomberg
How did the car dealer end? CDK reportedly paid CNN a $25 million ransom
The weather
Half a Million Will Be Under Houston Exit Week After Beryl Bloomberg. URL: houston's major non-electric stores are still in the dark. Currently:
The Whataburger app serves as an outage tracker, useful since the power company doesn’t show a map.
The electricity is about 1.9 million. pic.twitter.com/d8srWmw1oV– BBQ Bryan (@BBQBryan) July 9, 2024
Gov. Abbott calls for investigation into power restoration as more than 1 million customers are without power KHOU
****** The world’s largest tropical wetland has burned in this year’s Wildfire Today. Comment:
The forest service is more certain that it will burn, and that those new homes make it more difficult to manage the forest for future fires:
To control the fire, you have to burn the forest. But if you put homes there, you can’t. It has become almost physically impossible…
— (((Matthew Lewis))) progressive federalism SOS (@mateosfo) July 8, 2024
Canadian wildfires and real estate, see NC here and here.
Google says datacenters, AI are driving its carbon emissions higher than S&P Global
Climate Change Risk to Critical National Activities RAND
The Legal Person: Extending Rights to Nature? JSTOR. See NC on Lake Erie and official personalities here.
China?
Cooking oil scandal may prompt China to tighten food safety policies, Channel News Asia analysts say
India
Russia to pull Indians out of army after Modi complains to Putin BNE Intellinews
Modi’s country visit to Russia is part of a larger campaign to make India a global power, say Channel News Asia watchers
A massive earthquake 2,500 years ago reset the Ganges River, study shows Space.com
Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesting students Channel News Asia
Syracistan
Gaza live: Fighting continues in Gaza City as Shujaiya destroys the Middle East Eye
Hope for Hamas Deal Spreads From Washington to Israeli Top Brass. Netanyahu Has Other Concerns Haaretz
****** Biden says he’s ‘disappointed’ to cut aid to troubled Gaza Agence France Presse. Comment:
Humanitarian aid in Gaza.#AFPGgraphics chart showing the number of aid trucks entering Gaza every day since October 21, 2023, according to UN OCHA. pic.twitter.com/xiCjIBhi5B
– AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 12, 2024
****** Israeli soldiers admit to delaying entry into kibbutz as Hamas attacks FT. Comment:
Based on Israeli media and military sources, these are by my calculations the most confirmed locations so far where the Israeli military approved the Hannibal Directive and killed Israelis on Oct. 7th:
1. Nova Rave
2. Kibbutz Be’eri
3. Erez military base
4. The base of the Re’im army
5. Nahal Oz…– Aaron Mate (@aaronjmate) July 10, 2024
****** ‘Over 186,000 dead’ in Gaza: How reliable are the estimates published in the Lancet? France24
Pro-Israel Group Censoring Social Media Led by Former Israeli Intelligence Officer Lee Fang
The Case of the Hard International Law of Corporate Homicide (PDF) Keele Law Review. From the Abstract: “Soft legal options have not brought about a sufficient reduction in the number of deaths caused by corporate conduct within the limits of the law. This article will argue that now is the time to establish a strong international law on corporate killings, and for governments to ensure that there is an effective way to rehabilitate victims and their families and to take action to help the victim or those affected. the family pursued reforms to ensure the balance of power against multinational corporations. “
Africa
Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso: a triumvirate of military leaders redraws the map of West Africa France24
The breakup of Europe
Brussels confirms that Orbán, who rubs shoulders with Putin, violates the agreements of the EU and six EU countries to boycott the ministerial meetings during the Hungarian presidency Ukrainska Pravda.
Why did Greece introduce a six-day working week? Al Jazeera
From the Nazi mansion to the hipster hub FT
A small fire in the castle of the ancient cathedral in the French city of Rouen is under the control of the AP
Hello Old Blighty
Workers need to eliminate genetic peers Funding the Future
Journalism:
Reaching out to journalists is stupid because they don’t reveal anything important. It’s just being a member of the PMs PR team if paid by another agency.
It needs to be changed it is out of date
— Esha K (@eshaLegal) July 11, 2024
The New Cold War
Can the West Still Win? Analyzing Ukraine’s Future Technological Superiority Claims Over Russia Simplicius the Thinker(s)
Russia Will Take ‘Lands Remaining in Ukraine’ After Ceasefire: Medvedev Newsweek
Ukraine Seeks New Summit With Russia Ahead Of US Election Bloomberg
****** US Announces Will Send Previously Banned Nuclear Missiles to Germany Antiwar.com
Zelenskyy says the problem with future F-16 fighter jets is similar to the one Ukraine had with Abrams tanks to Business Insider.
Northrop Grumman finalizes contract to produce ammunition in Ukraine Breaking Defense
****** Exclusive: US and Germany foil Russian plot to kill CEO of arms manufacturer exporting weapons to Ukraine CNN
War-driven brain drain in Russia reverses as up to 45% of migrants return home BNE Intellinews
Why are NATO and China against Ukraine? Al Jazeera
NATO Summit
Key takeaways from Biden’s NATO news conference: gaffes and disdain for Al Jazeera. Comment:
The problem with this press conference is that everyone is looking at Biden’s understanding and/or basic competence, rather than the substance of what he is saying, including the increasingly escalating bloc conflict with China and Russia. (Trump has almost identical positions, FYI)
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) July 12, 2024
Joe Biden vows to ‘get the job done’ in highly-anticipated press conference The FT
Scholz joins a moving chorus of world leaders sticking up for Biden Politico
The announcement of the NATO Summit leaves open the possibility of Georgia replacing JAM News
The Pentagon and Its Pet NATO Monkey Matt Bivens, 100 Days
2024
Hollywood Democratic donors turn their backs on Biden BBC
The presidential battle may involve taking control of the state capitols in the many swing states of AP
Democrats Step Up Election-Year Pressure on Supreme Court WSJ
The Biden Administration
NS Approves NTSB’s National Safety Policy Recommendations for Railroad Years
The Supremes
Loper Bright Results (PDF) Cass Sunstein SSRN. From the Abstract: “[C]The available evidence supports the following proposition: If the goal is to predict whether an appeals court will overturn an agency’s interpretation of the law, it may be more important to know whether the panel consists of Republican or Democratic nominees, and whether the organization’s interpretation leans left or right, than whether it is Chevron or Loper Bright is it the governing law.”
Thinking Out Loud: The Chevron Doctrine American Council on Science and Health
Health care
Post-Approval Safety Science Grant (implicit only) NEJM. Comment:
Dr. Stanley Plotkin, the world’s leading vaccinologist, along with his students, recently withdrew. After decades of claiming that vaccine safety is rigorously studied, they are now admitting that it is not, before or after getting a license. But don’t be fooled – read my stack or this long tweet… pic.twitter.com/FAxYgmy678
– Aaron Siri (@AaronSiriSG) July 10, 2024
Can a reader with a NEJM account post a comment?
Serious errors plague the DNA tool that is the workhorse of biology Nature
A digital clock
OpenAI Scales Advances Towards ‘Human-Level’ Problem Solving at Bloomberg
Imperial Collapse Watch
More former military officers are turning VCs as defense tech investment hits $35B TechCrunch
Guillotine Watch
Big money allocation/incredibly bad taste:
Let’s start with the upper 32,000 sq ft place 😍 pic.twitter.com/Z44iqQUnU4
– Zillow Gone Wild 🏡 (@zillowgonewild) July 11, 2024
Class War
New York Amazon Workers Want Workers’ Notes for June 10th Holiday
Educating Teachers to Eliminate Unions Presented by CMD
Why Ernest Hemingway’s Younger Brother Founded the Floating Republic in the Caribbean Smithsonian
Antidote du jour (Adrian Pingstone):
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
