Newly discovered seamount reveals spaghetti monster and other rare sea creatures CNN
What Was The First Recreational Drug? Gizmodo
Climate/Environment
Who Owns the Power in the Power Revolution? Climate + Community Project
Environment: A climate problem is a health problem Pearls and Irritations
An epidemic
More contagious form of COVID ‘just started’ amid wave of California Los Angeles Times
Kansas COVID-19 spike coincides with unexplained tuberculosis The Kansas Reflector. Comment:
Here it comes. We are in dire straits.
“Unexplained tuberculosis,” other than multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, was spreading in Kansas last year. As of 2020, we know that SARS-CoV-2 reactivates TB.
TB increased 26% in US children under 5 last year. In… pic.twitter.com/FiJQPhXDyx
— Laura Miers (@LauraMiers) August 31, 2024
Japan
US Bandwagoners and Hawks: Who Could Be Japan’s PM? Sputnik
China enters Japanese waters days after Kyodo News protests
As Japan seeks record defense budget for fiscal 2025, experts warn of military resurgence Global Times
China?
China’s factory employment continues to shrink amid weak economic momentum South China Morning Post
WHAT IS THE ITALIAN CARRIER STRIKE GROUP DOING IN THE INDO-PACIFIC? War on the Rocks
The breakup of Europe
France has left to seek the support of Macron Le Monde
Who’s Afraid of Sahra Wagenknecht? Thomas Fazi, Unherd
Putin, cash and guns make ‘firecrackers’ rethink Swiss Politico’s neutrality
Poor countries that receive more from the budget than they put into it “must understand that the world where they receive the envelope of financing is unconditional.[attached]. . . it’s gone,” said one EU official reporting on the first work of the 2028-34 budget
— Henry Foy (@HenryJFoy) September 1, 2024
Syracistan
Renowned Surgeon and Lead Author of New Lancet Study Suffered by Israeli Army News Site
“Yes, it is possible to achieve total victory… There is a limited number of people in Gaza”
It was broadcast two weeks ago on the news of Channel 13. The speaker is a member of the group Abir Kara – a politician, businessman and criminal, who was once a Member of Knesset as part of Bennett’s group. pic.twitter.com/mnPj5qjwbM
— BM 🇵🇸🗝️ ↩️ (@ireallyhateyou) August 31, 2024
Israel finds six bodies of Gaza detainees Al Jazeera
‘The Israelis are frustrated, but do they want to stop the war? Not really’ +972 Magazine
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‘There was no mercy, not even for the children’: trauma in the West Bank after the Israeli attack The Guardian
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Hezbollah’s Beirut Airport Powder Keg Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Inside The Telegraph’s ‘disrespectful’ Beirut airport allegations of Hezbollah weapons The New Arab. Since July 4, still germane.
“Tell Israel, ‘Look, if you have to go, we’re behind you all the way'” Alastair Crooke
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US soldiers injured in raids during ‘non-combat’ operation in Iraq Responsible Statecraft. Deck: More evidence that America is at war without actually being at war, in the Middle East.
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Turkey is ready to discuss the withdrawal of troops from Syria, but the terms have not been agreed – Lavrov News.az
Why Turkey is moving towards normalization with Syria The New Arab
Lavrov draws parallels between Israel and Ukraine RT
The New Cold War
The fall of Ukraine in Donetsk is so fast, so fast compared to 2 years ago that some pro-Ru milblogger think it might be a trick of AFU. If Ukraine has no other strategy, we are seeing the results of the Kursk attack that many predicted.
— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) August 31, 2024
Россия не белая и пушистая: Russia is not white and it is furry Gilbert Doctorow
The White House rejects a plan to send F-16 maintenance workers to Ukraine, the WSJ Kyiv Independent reports. “… the Biden administration hopes that European countries will take full or partial responsibility for maintaining Ukraine’s recently delivered F-16s.”
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Exclusive: Russia’s payments barriers to its Chinese partner tightened in August Reuters. It’s an interesting time.
Turkmenistan Overtakes Russia in Gas Exports to China The Times of Central Asia
Closing the back door: The new TurkStream is here. Can the West stop you? Politics. Check out NC here.
Old Blighty
Britain on the Wrong Side of History
South of the Border
Brazil bans X RT. Comment:
Another elected official in Brazil – a Congressman – tells Moraes that he will deceive himself, announcing that he uses a VPN to access and send to X, and that he will continue to do so.
Congratulations to the Brazilians who are participating in civil disobedience for their freedom:🇧🇷
– Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 31, 2024
Or maybe Brazil saw Musk and X meddling in the Venezuelan elections alongside the NED and the CIA and decided that US hegemony dressed up as “free speech” would not be tolerated…
A nation’s information space must be protected as carefully as its physical domains – its borders, coastlines and…
-Brian Berletic (@BrianJBerletic) August 30, 2024
Spook Land
Macron denies inviting Telegram founder Durov to France’s Anadolu Agency
How American union leaders worked with the CIA to undermine democracy is a Red Flag
The Biden Administration
Palestinians Seek US Appeals Court Review of Biden Genocide Complicity Claims
Trump
Crypto is the new business of the Trump family. Ethics watchdogs have concerns. Politics
Kamala
CNN denies that the length of Harris’ interview was edited by The Hill
RFK Jr.
RFK Jr. is suing the North Carolina board of elections for polling The Hill. To get out of the vote.
Democracies en déshabille
I got Covid at the DNC. Why is the next epidemic not in this campaign? Too Close to Call
The COVID Wave at the DNC Wasn’t a Blog of ‘Amazing’ Speeches
The GOP Clown Car
The think tank behind Project 2025 is also behind some of Florida’s most extreme Tenant Seeking laws
Imperial Collapse Watch
BRICS New Development Bank Approves Algeria’s Inclusion in Economic Block Telesur
Why does Algeria want to join BRICS? The New Arab
Our Famously Free Press
Organized attacks on all former western democracies.
Danny Shaw was arrested on his way back from speaking with me at the Free Palestine International Film Festival.
Richard Medhurst was arrested on his way to speak to me on the set of Beautiful Days…– Craig Murray (@CraigMurrayOrg) August 31, 2024
Big Brother Watching Watching
Growing backlash from law enforcement as NFL asks officials to submit face scans to Record
The AI
Is AI Image Generator Reduced to Making Child Porn? IEEE Spectrum
OpenAI is searching for an answer to its copyright problems The Verge
How to Guide AI Proprietary Law with Spirits from Atlantis Defector
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AI firms are SF’s most sought-after employers. Here’s how much office space they’re adding to The San Francisco Standard
It’s certainly good of Oprah to host this extended sales pitch for the AI manufacturing industry at a time when its fortunes are flagging and the AI bubble is threatening to burst.
– Brian Merchant (@bcmerchant) August 31, 2024
Class War
The job market needs workers. The youngest are over 75 years old. Christian Science Monitor
Uber drivers in Kenya ignore the app and charge their own rates to the rest of the world
The Montreal model of resistance to vulture capitalism The Breach
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