Dear patient readers,
Due to all the Biden stories, you got an extra big serving of Links.
Researchers Make Breakthrough in Study of Mysterious 2000-Year-Old Computer Found in Shipwreck Futurism (Kevin W)
Earth’s core has slowed so much it’s moving backward, scientists confirm. Here’s what it could mean CNN (Kevin W)
The Misplaced Incentives in Academic Publishing Undark
Ghosting isn’t as cold-hearted as it seems, say psychologists — but people still hate it ZME Science (Dr. Kevin)
#COVID-19
The US Primary-Care System Can’t Withstand the Next Pandemic Bloomberg. A Bloomberg editorial. Lambert also featured in Water Cooler but deserves prominent play.
Russian experts sound alarm over post-Covid health issue RT (Anthony L)
New study links COVID-19 to lasting neuropsychiatric issues, highlights vaccination benefits News-Medical (Paul R)
Climate/Environment
The Great Oil Shortage: Are We Ready for the Next Crisis? Deep Dive
We don’t see a pathway’ to coal phaseout, says US utility Financial Times
Swiss government will allow financial institutions to self-regulate greenwashing Green Central Banking
13,000 evacuated as Northern California’s Thompson Fire burns SFGate
China?
‘Made in China’ resonating more deeply at home Asia Times (Kevin W)
EU brushes aside risk of China trade war over electric vehicle tariffs Guardian
Why Chinese banks are now vanishing. The state is struggling to deal with troubled institutions Economist
Sport US federal investigation into Chinese swimmers’ doping cases subpoeanas World Aquatics’ executive director to testify ABC Australia (Kevin W)
Koreas
‘This is very serious’: Tensions spike in the buffer zone between North and South Korea Independent
Japan
Japan declares victory in ‘war’ on floppy disks BBC (Kevin W)
Africa
Kenya’s mass protests expose African fury with IMF Financial Times
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is grappling with a severe food crisis exacerbated by two formidable challenges: rampant insecurity and devastating floods Business Day Nigeria
European Disunion
European central bankers have warned that risks including trade tensions and high government debt are piling up for the region’s economy Financial Times
Old Blighty
Richard Seymour, Majority Without a Mandate New Left Review (Anthony L)
Consequences of the British Election Ian Welsh (Micael T)
Councils Locked Out of Funding Signal Crisis for UK After Vote Bloomberg
The Dreadful Continuity of British Foreign Policy Daniel Larison
Starmer’s role in Assange’s persecution Thomas Fazi
Gaza
Israel’s starvation policy in Gaza is forcing people to eat tree leaves Mondoweiss
Yemen’s hypersonic missiles: A West Asian military revolution The Cradle
Yemen’s Houthis ramp up Red Sea attacks Middle East Eye. From mid-week, still germane.
Mossad-led negotiating team returns to Israel after talks on Hamas offer in Doha Times of Israel
Saudi FM calls for sanctions on Israeli officials amid Gaza war Arab News
New Not-So-Cold War
Answers to Russian media questions President of Russia (guurst)
Vladimir Putin: “The issue of creating a legal framework for international security and strategic stability is still on our to-do list” International Affairs (Micael T)
Viktor Orbán meets Vladimir Putin despite EU outcry Financial Times
Putin: Ceasefire ‘Impossible’ Until Peace Talks With Ukraine Begin Sputnik (Kevin W). Russia has made clear it will not stop prosecuting the war even if talks are on, see Istanbul in March-April 2022.
Much-vaunted Patriots can’t even defend themselves TASS. This was reported by Alexander Mercouris, that Russian forces claimed to have successfully intercepted 4 Patriots. This is an indirect confirmation. That’s before getting to the fact that Russia has also been destroying the batteries.
The editorial board of the @FT calls for special treatment for the restructuring of Ukrainian bonds by private creditors, asserting that ‘this is not like any other sovereign restructuring’. They argue that ‘the country cannot be distracted by a lengthy bankruptcy deal’ and must… pic.twitter.com/wFrR2Mgps7
— Karina Patrício (@KPatricio_) July 5, 2024
Ukraine To Be Warned It’s ‘Too Corrupt’ For NATO – Telegraph RT
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
Europol Says Mobile Roaming Tech Making Its Job Too Hard The Register
Scotland biometrics commish wants ICO to look into cops use of cloud Biometric Update
Imperial Collapse Watch
He got $30K to leave the military when it needed to downsize. Now the government wants that money back.NBC. Paul R: “This is disgusting.”
The centre-right is dying a slow death. It is an epochal change for politics across the West. Eugyppius. Micael T: “Wake me up when the Ukraine-conflict, the China-confrontation, fairer distribution of wealth is happening. Until then it is just change of package with the same content.”
As Biden slips toward the edge, NATO holds its collective breath Washington Post
Immigration
Are Mass Deportations Possible? The Case Of The Dominican Republic Joseph Jordan
Trump
Biden
Masks Have a Higher Approval Rating than Joe Biden OK Doomer (Dr. Kevin)
You can stick a fork in him:
NEW: President Biden goes on incredibly confusing rant, calls himself the first black woman to serve with a black president.
He also called himself the “first president that got elected statewide in the state of Delaware, when I was a kid.”
“By the way, I’m proud to be the, as… pic.twitter.com/VMNtVe85Pz
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 4, 2024
‘In denial’: Democrats livid that Biden is digging in Politico
Biden defends health, insists he will beat Trump in high-stakes interview The Hill
The Conspiracy of Silence to Protect Joe Biden New York Magazine. Help me. An effort to depict the press as snookered. Yes, the insiders were keeping Biden in tissue paper. Even so 1. that should have been noticed and 2. he was having plenty of bad moments in public despite that.
Joe Biden Interview With ProPublica: Full and Unedited ProPublica. Robin K: “This interview was 9 mos ago. Differences of Biden then to Biden now seem to show how remarkably swift his decline has been.”
Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m. CNN (Kevin W). More admissions against interest.
There’s a Name for the Trap Biden Faces New York Times
Biden Must Resign Atlantic (furzy). When you have lost the Atlantic…
The French Election Is a Warning for Biden The American Conservative
It’s Time For The Biden Campaign To Embrace AI HuffPo. BC: “A HuffPo op-ed calling for Biden to be replaced by an AI avatar – for ‘democracy’”.
2024
Whether It’s Biden or Someone Else, Gaza Remains Top Priority for “Uncommitted” Voters Intercept
INTERVIEW: Kamala Harris is so stupid she thinks Sinai is the plural of sinus George Galloway. ZOMG, the headline justifies a watch!
Gunz
Vending machines selling bullets at grocery stores (Carla R)
AI
I have to say AI’s ideas for camping are quite unorthodox, to put it mildly. pic.twitter.com/O6g90QvlyV
— Tomasz Oryński (@TOrynski) July 3, 2024
Google Paper: AI Potentially Breaking Reality Is a Feature Not a Bug 404media
Brazil blocks Meta from using social media posts to train AI BBC (Kevin W)
The Bezzle
The Shareholder Supremacy Edward Zitron
Air travel is getting worse. That’s what passengers are telling the US government Associated Press. Kevin W: “Related story Delta flight diverted to JFK after passengers were served spoiled food CNN”. I had multiple absolutely awful domestic trips in the 12 months before I left the US, monster delays and cancellations.
Guillotine Watch
Class Warfare
Here’s Why the Young No Longer Believe in the American Dream Crisis Investing (Micael T)
The average American feels they need to earn over $180K to live comfortably, survey shows USA Today (Kevin W)
Antidote du jour (Tracie H):
And a bonus (dk):
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) July 4, 2024
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here
