Shallows Lobsters Out of Their Caves Portland Press-Herald
Meet Italian ‘Fruit Detective’ Searches Centuries-Year-Old Paintings for Clues to Product That Disappeared from Smithsonian Kitchen Table
The weather
Plant Co2 Uptake Rises Nearly a Third in New Global Estimates (press release) Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Wildfires and smoke are becoming more dangerous around the world, research shows Wildfire Today
‘Obamacare’ for homeowners insurance can protect against climate change The Hill
The myth of plastic recycling is finally revealed by The Telegraph (MT).
Water
Ensuring Strong Water Infrastructure Requires Creative Financing RAND
Syndemics
Four Rapid PCR Tests for COVID You Can Take at Home (and Why You Should) Life Hacker
China?
Why Xi Jinping changed his mind on China’s fiscal stimulus FT
Commentary: Are warnings of Hong Kong’s demise as a financial center exaggerated? Channel News Asia
Beijing hails cross-strait policies as Taiwan tourist numbers, residency bids rise South China Morning Post
Syracistan
Hezbollah hid more than $500M in gold, money under a hospital in Lebanon, the IDF told FOX. Stake: “Israel has said it has no plans to target a hiding place under al-Sahel Hospital in Beirut.”
Israel has attacked UN troops in Lebanon a dozen times, says FT leak
What Kind of Leader Will Hezbollah Have Next? The law
After Nasrallah London Review of Books
****** Israel Cancels Plans for First Strike on Iran After Leak of Key Documents – Reports Viewed by Military
Media Blackout on US Ken Klipperstein’s Leaked Intelligence Docs
Leaked US assessment of Israel’s plans to strike Iran shows BBC
****** Quiet and silent rejection: The ordinary fighters are no longer willing to continue fighting (Google translate) Makom
‘He got out of Gaza, but Gaza didn’t get out of him’: Israeli soldiers return from the struggle of trauma and suicide CNN. Comment:
The killer who killed himself CNN thought it might offend its readers, was on Israeli TV with a co-pilot a few months ago bragging about destroying 5,000 Palestinian homes single-handedly: pic.twitter.com/Hb6w3qf1ev
– Mohammad Alsaafin (@malsaafin) October 21, 2024
****** Israel proposes a ‘limited’ ceasefire without withdrawing from Gaza: Report Anadolu Agency. Comment:
There is no silent part.
– T. Ryan Gregory (@TRyanGregory) October 21, 2024
****** US authorizes CIA forces to run biometric concentration camps in Gaza Strip Dan Cohen, Uncaptured Media. Floor: “A private intelligence agency dubbed the “Uber of war zones” is preparing to create what Israel hopes will be a model for removing Hamas’ rule in Gaza.
Paying off ‘Israel’s’ war debts may force tough choices: AP Al Mayadeen
The New Cold War
Ukraine’s Defense Minister explains Kyiv’s ‘victory strategy’ David Ignatius, WaPo. Floor: “Rustem Umerov outlines pragmatic vision for ending war with Russia.”
Poland to request access to secret appendices of Ukraine’s Victory Program Ukrainska Pravda
Biden’s New $400 Million Ukraine Package ‘Not Enough’: Former CIA Director Newsweek. Petraeus.
****** Is NATO ready for war with Russia? Kyiv Independent
Why Europe Is Not Ready to Defend Itself Bloomberg
****** Why should Putin negotiate? The viewer
Strange Russian war targets FT
****** Kiel Institute Report on Ukraine War Manufacturing: A Deep Dive Simplicius, Simplicius the Thinker
****** Cold shower for Euro-integrationists. What happened to the referendum and the presidential election in Moldova? JAM news
Why the majority of Moldova is voting against its European future Pravda Europe
****** Russian Pacific Fleet Redux: Northern Japan as the new center of Gravity War on the Rocks
BRICS
Meeting with BRICS journalists Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
What can we expect from the 2024 BRICS summit? Brookings Institution
Can BRICS beat the G7? BNE Intellinews
Can the BRICS Take Over the West? Foreign Policy
Putin seeks unity at BRICS summit to challenge Western ‘hegemony’ France24
Malaysia’s BRICS bid: Malaysia is eager to join the growing CGTN group
2024
Trump’s McDonald’s visit provided four political highlights for FOX
Trump Accuses Kamala Harris of Lying About Getting a White House Job The Onion
Ukraine May Call Trump Election Stumbling Block
Who would manage Kamala Harris’s finances? FT
Trump’s American rallies leave money unpaid, again and again Al Jazeera
A digital clock
Raghavan Ed Zitron’s Need, Where’s Your Editor?
Police State Watch
Lawsuit Claims Unconstitutional Use of Herd Surveillance Cameras 404 Media
Not being trusted
FTC Is Better Without Ambition Matt Yglesias, Bloomberg
The Final Frontier
An ancient meteor four times the size of Mount Everest may have sparked life on Earth Daily Mail
Most of Earth’s meteorites probably come from the same 3 places Space.com
Sports Desk
World Series! Ross Barkan, Politics
Freedom Was Built, Bought, and Blessed by a Rebel
Seven Important Documents That Show the Human Side of Black Law History Book
Class War
Another Anglocentric Neoliberal Institutional Economics Nobel is Jomo Kwame Sundaram, The Challenge of Development+
Businesses large and small are not the same Tax Research UK
Children are munching on bags of baby food in record numbers. ‘We’ll pay for it,’ said the LA Times experts (Carla).
How the Human Brain Copes with Zero Quanta Abnormalities
Antidote du jour (Steven G. Johnson):
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
