I thought I was done with parenting. But the turtles had other plans for the Guardian
Syndemics
Longitudinal Clinical Evaluation of COVID, Research and Social Impact: Global Expert Consensus (preprint) The Lancet. From the Abstract: “Following severe COVID-19, the risk of having symptoms that persist beyond the initial illness, is estimated at 15% per person for each infection… This reinforces the need for translational research and large-scale clinical trials. Research on organ or body damage and Long COVID and vaccines were also areas where it was difficult to find high consensus, but those statements that reached consensus are important.”
Ports around the world are starting to test the mpox Splash 247 crew
Pandemic Policy: Planning for the Future, Assessing the Past (series) Stanford University
China?
The inside story of the secret backchannel between the US and China FT
China, Philippines clash in South China Sea despite efforts to rebuild trust Channel News Asia
****** China property: Shanghai’s luxury homes are for sale as developers target the super-rich South China Morning Post. Comment:
A woman made staff at a Louis Vuitton store in China count 600,000 yuan, which took staff two hours, before canceling purchases and leaving, in retaliation for being mistreated by staff during a visit to the store. pic.twitter.com/NFx8wcm2A0
– Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) August 24, 2024
China provides subsidies to develop Xinhua household goods trade
****** Big Tech in China is doubling down on AI use despite US FT restrictions
China in Central America: Just a Mirage Diplomat
No US Navy Aircraft Carriers Included in Pacific Naval News
in Myanmar
China to hold 3-day military drills near Myanmar border South China Morning Post
‘Global beast’: Myanmar’s Internet-based scams widen the net Frontier Myanmar
Africa
Morocco’s Western Sahara strategy has paid off for Deutsche Welle. Currently:
Suddenly, the Sahara desert is a very wet place with heavy rain and storms for the next 2 weeks. pic.twitter.com/HLlGVqMmSe
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) August 25, 2024
Syracistan
Israel’s Preemptive Strike on Lebanon Leaves It Sinking in Mud Like Haaretz
UN, peacekeeping mission asks Israel, Hezbollah to stop firing amid Anadolu Agency expansion
Israel and Hezbollah exchange heaviest fire on border in months before canceling PBS
10 foreign airlines cancel flights to Israel amid rising tensions with Hezbollah Anadolu Agency
Disease spread in Gaza as sewage contaminated camps and beaches BBC
The New Cold War
Russia launches massive missile and drone attacks on Ukraine FT
Was the Kursk attack a major strategic mistake? BNE Intellinews
Russian Engels airfield where strategic bombers were attacked by UAVs – photo, video Ukrainska Pravda
****** Zelensky’s Attack on Russia Sends Message to Moscow—and to Washington WSJ
Ukraine keeps crossing Russian red lines. Phuthini keeps blinking. Po
****** Zelenskyy calls a mass meeting focused on the traitors of Ukrainska Pravda
Zelenskyy: I am all for diplomacy, but not at the expense of 30% of our territories Ukrainska Pravda
****** US destroys black Russian LNG tanker Splash 247
Russia, China compete with US for control of Arctic Circle that could shape international trade for decades FOX
NATO’s Arctic strategy is an American conservative overreaction
South of the Border
Mexico In Flux New Left Review
The Biden administration
Top defense contractors are poised to collect record sums after orders surged in the FT
Biden Administration Blocks Two Private Enrollment Sites From ACA Marketplace KFF Health News
2024
How Democrats Made Republicans: RFK Should Be the Party’s Wake-up Call Jonathan Turley
Celebrating at the DNC in the Time of Genocide
Vance says Trump will vote for abortion ban The Hill organization
Judges allow Arizona to use proof of citizenship law for 2024 voter registration SCOTUSblog
Spook Land
Telegram says jailed CEO Durov has ‘nothing to hide’ BBC
Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app? A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering
Vindman says Musk should be ‘scared’ after Telegram CEO’s arrest: ‘Free absolutists are weirdos’ FOX. Comment:
Although Durov holds French citizenship, he has been arrested for violating French law, this has wider implications for other social media platforms, including Twitter. There is a growing intolerance of disinfo & negative influence and a growing desire for accountability. Musk should be…
– Alexander S. Vindman ❎ (@AVindman) August 25, 2024
Not being trusted
Monopoly Round-Up: The Kroger-Albertsons Case Begins Tomorrow Matt Stoller, BIG
Google Condemned for Monopolization. Will It Matter? Jacobin. Comments (August 5):
Destroying important evidence is a huge red flag and has serious consequences.
In the Google Play Store case, Judge Donato called it “a direct attack on the proper administration of justice.”
An adverse instruction in that case resulted in a unanimous finding of liability. pic.twitter.com/FEJgMtzGfX
— Lee Hepner (@LeeHepner) August 5, 2024
Boeing
Boeing staff ‘downplayed’ that rival SpaceX will rescue stranded astronauts: ‘Disgraceful’ NY Post
A digital clock
By 2024, it’s actually better to start in San Francisco, according to data and founders who moved to TechCrunch.
Houses
New York City Office-to-Residence Wave Builds Commercial Spectator
Health care
Drug Development Failure: how GLP-1 development was abandoned in 1990 (preprint; PDF) Jeffrey S. Flier, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. “Therapies related to GLP-1 have now been established as a major success, why and why these early efforts to develop the class were prematurely terminated should be of interest to historians, entrepreneurs, drug hunters and therapists.”
Gunz
A federal judge tosses a Kansas machine gun possession case on Second Amendment grounds in Kansas City
Guillotine Watch
Do You Want To Showcase Your Valuable Paintings On The High Seas? This New Niche Service Works With Art On Yachts ArtNet
Babe Ruth’s famous ‘called shot’ jersey sells at auction for more than $24 million, sets record for sports collection Boston Globe
Class War
Canada Labor Board Orders End to Railway Work Stoppage US News
Australians get the ‘right to hang up’ after hours on the BBC
Do Anarchists Dream of Freed Sheep? The Anarchist Library
Finding love: Research reveals where love resides in the brain (press release) Aalto University
Cloudbusting Alan Neale, When We Are Real
Why is the world so binary? Funding the Future
Antidote du jour (Daiju Azuma):
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
