A jar full of gold coins buried by a soldier 2400 years ago found interesting Engineering. “As we board the Fennario…”
Mercury may have an 11-kilometer underground layer, researchers told CNN
Mysterious 2,500-Year-Old Tomb Found Full of Science Warning for Kids
An epidemic
The Olympics are used to take the level of Covid19 to the next level. If you can win silver with Covid19 – don’t even think about not going to work! Long follow covid news will not like to be in the headlines…..
– Health Before Profits – Australia (@healthb4profits) August 2, 2024
Some people in the house had a difficult wedding yesterday as their minister fainted while officiating.
The minister came down with “a cold or hayfever or something” during the week, but thought the best thing to do was to pass, because…
“If the Olympic…— tern (@1gootern) August 4, 2024
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Urgent Countermeasures Needed: Researchers Find Flies Carrying Bird Flu in Japan SciTechDaily
Climate/Environment
Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ larger than average, scientists find National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The heat deaths of people without air conditioning, often in mobile homes, emphasize the AP power imbalance
Oil companies sold the public on a fake climate solution – and defrauded taxpayers out of millions Vox
The company wanted to store carbon under US forests; may find the Floodlight it desires
Africa
How capitalism is destroying the horn of Africa: sheep and crises in Somalia and Sudan African Political Economy Review
Senator on Freudian slip – takes it back after US must continue to “exploit” Africa
What the Kenyan protests tell us about economic governance and the politics of reform in Africa An Africanist Perspective
China?
Why Is It So Hard for China to Increase Domestic Demand? Michael Pettis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Former Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin goes dark on social media after now-deleted article on China’s economic strategy Asia News Channel
‘Like punishment’: Youth discontent rises as China puts renewed effort to raise retirement age
Scorching heat in China’s Yangtze Delta threatens power cuts, the South China Morning Post’s economy
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China needs to choose a side, and it may choose the West Asia Times. The author is an Assistant Professor of Business Economics at the University of Nottingham and appears to have a few blind spots.
Blinken’s Asian tour brings together alliances but will it endure? The Straits Times
US rejects Vietnam’s request for ‘market economy’ status affecting trade commitments Financial Times
Syracistan
Israel, Lebanon, Iran, and Yemen Prepare for Continued and All-Out War Elijah J. Magnier
Top US general in Middle East as US and Israel prepare for possible Iran attack Axios
The US will send more military resources to the Middle East Al Jazeera
Russian Il-76TD specialized in weapons transport arrived in Iran Bulgarian Military
Iran US Prepares Troops, Netanyahu Calls Biden Bluff; Rus Black Sea SU35 Patrols Target NATO Drones Alexander Mercouris (video)
Iran Keeps the World on Pins and Needles Simplicius the Thinker
WAITING FOR EVENTS Larry Johnson, Sonar21
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‘Stop harassing me’: Biden said he scolded Netanyahu when he wanted a hostage deal – The Times of Israel
The US president hopes that Iran will go down amid the turmoil in the Mideast Anadolu Agency
Blinken talks with UK, French counterparts to ‘reduce’ growing tensions in Mideast Anadolu Agency
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“Something is coming from outside”: Eyewitness Account After Ismail Haniyeh Killing Taken Down News Site
Iran has arrested a number of prisoners following the killing of the leader of Hamas in the Middle East Eye
Israeli leaders celebrate the massacre – and make the living pay the price +972 Magazine
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Criminal Law and the Function of Political Economy
2 Georgia Guardsmen Die in Unrelated Incidents in Iraq Military.com
The division of Europe
Macron’s Liberal Coup Tribune
Sahra Wagenknecht lays out the conditions for possible alliances in East Germany Die Sachsen
Hungary says Croatia is not reliable in oil transport, angering Zagreb Euractiv
Szijjarto: Ukraine’s possible oil embargo ‘held in Brussels’ Budapest Times
Just Transition Fund to pay for ax throwing and sauna festivals in Estonia ERR
The New Cold War
Russian CEO Reveals New ‘Doomsday Drone’ To Be Used In Nuclear War Newsweek
Russians damaged railway infrastructure in Poltava Oblast: trains delayed Ukrainska Pravda
Ukraine’s navy says it sank Russian Black Sea Fleet submarine, destroyed S-400 missile system in ‘successful strike’ The Kyiv Independent
The Crimean bridge could be destroyed in the coming months, Budanov told The Kyiv Independent
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Baerbock calls US missiles in Germany a ‘credible deterrent’ Deutsche Welle
Germany are very happy to draw a target on their back Tarik Cyril Amar, the Ninth Wave
The Nakedness of EU’s ‘Geo-Political’ Ambitions Will Be Revealed – As Ukraine War Unwinds Alastair Crooke, Al Mayadeen
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Biden team closes deadline for Ukraine war plan Responsible Statecraft
Old Blighty
#CONTINUED The ethnically divided Mid-Northern kingdom is steeped in ancient tribal animosity and has seen centuries of bloody tribal conflict, much of it fueled by zealots keen on the taste of British nationalism like the warlike Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of King Charles III.
— gathara (@gathara) August 3, 2024
Freedom of Speech and the Wave of Fascism Craig Murray
UK Government adviser calls for Covid-style regulation against protests UnHerd
How is this statement not motivation?
— Daniela Gabor (@DanielaGabor) August 4, 2024
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British underwater software developed by Belarusian engineers The Telegraph
O Canada
The end of progressive neoliberalism in Canada Canadian Dimension
South of the Border
The US government cites groups it supports to allege election ‘fraud’ in the Venezuela Geopolitical Economy Report.
Venezuela’s Supreme Court Asks Electoral Authorities to Submit Presidential Election Records (+Enrique Márquez) Orinoco Tribune
2024
Watch out for August! City Journal
The Trump-Harris debate is volatile as the candidates trade off on what’s next USA Today
Trump
Judge rejects Trump’s request to dismiss DC lawsuit over special prosecution, The Hill
Kamala
NASA HEAD SAYS KAMALA HARRIS REALLY FINDS SPACE Futurism
Rare Races of Hard Listening The Wayward Rabbler
Sanders backs Walz in Harris veepstakes: He will ‘speak for’ working people
Stein
US candidate Jill Stein considers Palestinian spokesmen singing in VP position Al Jazeera
Imperial Collapse Watch
Lloyd Austin Absurdly Withdraws 9/11 Plea Agreements, Rightly Holding That Use of Torture Is Incompatible with Pursuit of Justice Andy Worthington, Close Guantanamo
Why Ammar al-Baluchi Rejected the Guantanamo Agreement to End War
Academe qualifications
Freedom from Contradiction The Baffler
Big Brother Watching Watching
The NFL will roll out facial recognition software across the league The Record
The AI
We Owe It To Us To Avoid These People Mercilessly Blog Talk
Class War
The Boondoggle School Lunch Money Racket
Are Non-Contestants Really Ending? GREAT by Matt Stoller
Bezzle
Pump and Trump The Verge. “Inside the MAGA-fueled fever dream of the 2024 Bitcoin Summit.”
Chartbook 302 Kamala v. crypto. Is 2024 really the election of Silicon Valley? Or is this about “making Bitcoin great again”? Adam Tooze, Chart
The FBI issues a warning about fraudsters posing as crypto Coin Telegraph exchanges
Driving Transit in Rural Minnesota: A Bus Operator Reflects [Covid] Workday Magazine for Safety and Sustainability
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