Physicists Create One-Way Sound Waves Science Alert Oh, good. Expect better sounding weapons.
The new science of death: ‘There’s something going on in the mind that doesn’t make sense’ Guardian (Chuck L). Since April, it’s still the same.
A Crackdown on GLP-1 Compounded Medicines Has Begun
TikTok Execs Knew About App’s Impact on Teens, Lawsuit Alleges NPR
Climate/Environment
Clean Energy Transition Faces Looming Metal Supply Crunch OilPrice
Dramatic pictures show first floods in Sahara in mid-century Guardian (Kevin W)
China?
China To Raise Credit Rating In Effort To Stimulate Economy Wall Street Journal
China is not coming to save the world economy this time Financial Times
The Philippines faces China over the South China Sea in ASEAN meets France24
🇨🇳 China has completed the world’s first unmanned masonry project
The unmanned aerial bridge was paved and rolled over a 157.79km section of the Beijing-HK Expressway, completing the world’s first unmanned road construction project⬇️
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The afternoon of… pic.twitter.com/EHfKS9olHQ— ChenKojira 🇨🇳 (@ChenKojira) October 9, 2024
North Korea says it will permanently ‘close’ the border with South Independent
Africa
Sudan’s RSF accuses Egypt of involvement in airstrikes on its army Aljazeera
The breakup of Europe
Viktor Orban’s happy exchange with Ursula van der Leyen in Strasbourg yesterday Gilbert Doctorow (guurst)
The EU is considering creating ‘return zones’ for migrants to speed up deportations Radio Free Liberty
EU helps Turkey expel migrants from Syria and Afghanistan Politico
Europe must come together to avoid a financial crisis, IMF managing director tells Euronews EuroNews
France Hits Big, Rich Firms to Cut ‘Huge’ Debt Pile Bloomberg
Old Blighty
Gilts Buyer Strike Risk If Borrowing Rises, Citi Economist Says Bloomberg
British workers are facing the crisis of their lives as productivity plummets in Victorian times and youth unemployment rises Fortune.
Israel v. Axis of Resistance
American Journalist Arrested, Arrested in Israel Glenn Greenwald
Israel has displaced 3 million people since October 2023 Stephen Semler
“Earth and victory.” The Flautist (Dr. Kevin)
Scholz announces another arms shipment to Israel Tagesschau with machine translation (guurst)
****** Gaza is like Japan after the nuclear bombs, says the head of the Nobel Peace-winning group Anadolu Agency
The UN says no food has entered northern Gaza since early October, putting 1 million people at risk of starvation CNN (ma)
****** Two Lebanese soldiers killed in Israeli airstrike hours after UN peacekeeping HQ shot down The Guardian (Kevin W)
🤔 Yonatan Netanyahu
Back in the late 1980s, during my modern phase of study in Israel, I read both Binyamin Netanyahu’s book, A Place Among the Nations, and Yonatan Netanyahu’s books.
Yoni was his older brother; the golden boy. Bibi always tried to balance, but she never… pic.twitter.com/wHOlr00nCJ
– Will Schryver (@imetatronink) October 10, 2024
The Iraqi resistance enters the war with new targets, the Cradle-developed weapons
****** We discussed in a recent post that Israel has put itself in a position where if it can use it, a powerful pre-emptive strike would be its best play. We discussed the possibility of using nuclear weapons, including EMP (I had a conversation with a top expert in nuclear physics who vehemently denied that this would represent a major leap and was beyond what Israel could attempt. I need to get more details). But give Galant that Israel’s attack will be “lethal, precise, and surprise” could point to a different type of WMD distribution, say the workers somehow gassing the ground with the nuclear program or the leadership of Iran.
Iran lawmakers ask National Security Council to authorize creation of Nuclear Weapons International Affairs (Micael T)
Iran’s Quds Force commander Qaani is being investigated for alleged espionage by Shafaq
The New Cold War
Russian Iskander Missile Strike Destroys Western Weapons of Ships Arriving in Ukraine – Military Watch Reports
UK could send troops to Ukraine on training mission The Times
Despite Chrystia Freeland’s denials, her grandfather was complicit in the Nazi genocide The Breach (Anthony L)
Big Brother Watching Watching
” rel=”nofollow”>Robot Vacuums Hacked Across US Start Yelling Slurs Gizmodo (Paul R)
What we know about cyber attacks archived Kim Crawley (Allen K)
Old devices, defunct servers can be turned into spying, China’s top security agency warns South China Morning Post
Imperial Collapse Watch
Recently, it has been said that the West is “incapable of making a deal,” meaning that Western powers have simply violated international agreements, negotiated a negative view as a delaying, procrastinating, or targeting strategy, and undermined the agreements reached by former leaders.
Why?⬇️… pic.twitter.com/523QroFBg3
— Armchair Warlord (@ArmchairW) October 11, 2024
Biden Aims To Sow Chaos – Netanyahu And Zelensky Are Working For Him In Alabama (Kevin W)
Monbiot is right about the evils of capitalism. But then he works as a propagandist Jonathan Cook (Chuck L)
Putin first promised this capability, IIRC in 2018:
Sarmat 2 can hit the US from the South… pic.twitter.com/o9jlMM2D5a
— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) October 10, 2024
Biden
Blinken’s pathetic attempt to tarnish Biden’s record of Responsible Statecraft
Trump
‘The Apprentice’ director talks about Donald Trump’s portrayal in NPR film (with audio)
Read The JD Vance Dossier Ken Klippenstein (with audio)
Trump supporters are undaunted. Watch out for your cats:
Two Haitians, in their own words, tell you the truth about eating cats and dogs. Please share this with someone who only uses state-run media. pic.twitter.com/MEe4R81R7E
– Insurrection Barbie (@DefiantlyFree) October 10, 2024
Kamala
Kamala Harris appears on the cover of Vogue in a glowing profile: ‘National rescue’ Fox (Kevin W)
Kamala Harris’s husband Doug Emhoff denies the hot news where he slapped his ex and got his children’s nanny pregnant Daily Mail (Li)
Obama faces backlash over black comments The Hill
2024
DOJ Sues Virginia Over Alleged Voter Roll Release Too Close To Election Day WRIC
Ours is No Longer Free
Elon Musk’s X Engaged in ‘Pattern of Election Disruption’ to Help Trump: Reports New Civil Rights Organization (crazy). I fail to see how what Musk is doing is different from what other media moguls are doing, especially Murdoch and the Sulzbergers, except that Musk is very sophisticated. The real problem is not “interference in the election” but that Musk is a publisher through the use of organizational influence, so X and Facebook (who are doing the same thing but less obviously) should lose the Section 230 liability waiver.
Trump Camp Worked With Musk’s X To Test My Reporting Ken Klipperstein. Above, as standard media on the Hunter laptop. But then again, they are publishers….
Flyover Watch
US local news 2024: Front page BBC. Bernard M: “Yes, PRINT newspapers. A wonderful investigation of several papers in small rural areas. “
Iowa steps in to feed 1.3M chickens after company files for bankruptcy Des Moines Register (Robin K)
Judge: Tyson’s management ‘useless’ but not harassing USDA inspector Iowa Capital Dispatch. Robin K: “Ignore the unsanitary conditions, the business expert says the inspector can’t ‘stop the line’.”
Mr Market is Giddy
Big bankers are left holding baby Think.ing
Under the Skin of CPI Inflation: “Core CPI” Fastest for 3rd Month on Sharp Swing in Used Car Prices, Depreciation Sticks to Services. Gasoline Was Thrown by Wolf Richter
Class War
Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs as losses mount amid factory strike CNBC
Antidote du jour (via):
And a bonus (Chuck L):
Amazing 🤎🩶 pic.twitter.com/Fg7H8Bz2HS
— 🏴 (@S___h___a___h) October 8, 2024
Second bonus (Chuck L):
You need to see this!
The dog warns its owner that the dolphin is distressed and needs help.
The dog and the dolphin became friends for life after this.
Such a great feel good story!
👀❤️ pic.twitter.com/bIZZXI6pgy
– AmericanPapaBear (@AmericaPapaBear) October 10, 2024
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
