Airlines cancel Bali flights after volcano spews ash miles into the sky Al Jazeera
Climate
COP29: No clear signs of peak for fossil fuel CO2 emissions, say scientists S&P Global
COP29: Pay up or face climate-led disaster for humanity, warns UN chief Business Standard
Oil and gas are a ‘gift of God’, says COP29 host BBC
Does Exxon fear the collapse of the CCS house of cards? Bud’s Offshore Energy
* * * Time to freak out? How the existential terror of hurricanes can fuel climate change denial The Conversation
Syndemics
USDA Announces 5 New HPAI H5 Poultry Outbreaks Affecting 2.5 Million Birds Avian Flu Diary
China?
China arms itself for potential trade war with Donald Trump FT. Commentary:
Interesting that Mearsheimer, a longtime proponent of containing China (and, IMHO, very wrong about this), believes we’re now well past the point of no return.
He says that “the US cannot do much at this point to slow down Chinese economic growth” and that he “would bet that the… pic.twitter.com/KsYvuq39Os
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 10, 2024
China’s luxury market loses shine as Bain study shows spending decline South China Morning Post
The sheer scale of it:
It started out 2 Fridays ago as a meme,
last Friday it became a movement (now with detractors). Apparently around 600,000-400,000 people from all over China on Friday and Saturday night (Oct 8 and 9) came to Zhengzhou and sharebiked from Zhengzhou to Kaifeng to… (a thread) https://t.co/yIGEV7rWvT pic.twitter.com/SwrNnHKd6F— JR Urbane Network (@JRUrbaneNetwork) November 10, 2024
Gravity’s Eastern Voyage The Royal Society
Poverty a Dead Political Issue in Increasingly Divided Japanese Society Nippon.com
Malaysia to protest to Philippines over its new maritime laws Reuters. China, too. Commentary:
This is hugely important and no-one is paying attention.
Philippines President Marcos Jr. just signed 2 new bills (the “Maritime Zones Act” and the “Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act”), backed by the U.S. State Department (via a press release by the infamous Matthew Miller:… pic.twitter.com/dWNE6jorIq
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 9, 2024
Myanmar
Unions file complaints over Myanmar garment production Channel News Asia
The Koreas
A World Without Men: Inside South Korea’s 4B Movement New York Magazine
Pop hit APT too distracting for S Korea’s exam-stressed students BBC
India
Can India benefit from Trump’s bid to end the Russia-Ukraine war? South China Morning Post
India’s import dependence on key pharma ingredients may reduce by half Business Standard
India shows all the signs of a failed middle-income country — first face them to fix things Economic Times
Syraqistan
Israeli army tells residents south of Beirut to evacuate ahead of attack Anadolu Agency
Two Weeks in Beirut Craig Murray
* * * Only Netanyahu Could Have Chosen a Cushier Trump Foreign Policy Team
UN nuclear chief in Iran to ‘reach diplomatic solutions’ Channel News Asia
* * * Zionists in Amsterdam Patrick Lawrence, Consortium News
European Disunion
EU must take its destiny into its own hands after Trump’s election – EU chief diplomat Borrell Ukrainska Pravda
Europe’s richest man Bernard Arnault is suing X owner Elon Musk Fortune
Dear Old Blighty
Britain must treat tech giants like nation states, minister warns The Times
New Not-So-Cold War
Captain Ajax: Let’s be realistic – we’re fighting with sticks and stones. It all comes down to numbers Ukrainska Pravda
Ukraine’s bonds jump as investors bet Trump will end war FT
Europe Can Take Over America’s Role in Ukraine Foreign Policy
* * * Let’s Make a Deep State Peace Deal WSJ
Fourth Estate Begins Conditioning Ground for Removal of Defiant Zelensky China, Simplicius the Thinker
* * * Corruption looms over Ukraine’s massive reconstruction effort France24
Ukrainian railways report extensive damage due to war Ukrainska Pravda
* * * The View from Moscow The Nation
Russia’s economy is tougher than it looks, no chance of a crisis in the next 3-5 years – CASE BNE Intellinews
South of the Border
Putin Approves Supply of 80,000 Tons of Fuel to Cuba Resumen
How Naval Interdiction Could Help Curb Haiti’s Gangs War on the Rocks
Peru’s Chancay mega port to become Latin America’s gateway to Asia CGTN
Trump Transition
What’s DOGE? Musk’s new political appointment under Trump is a crypto joke TechCrunch. Commentary:
Here’s a key point about our mission at DOGE: eliminating bureaucratic regulations isn’t a mere policy preference. It’s a legal *mandate* from the U.S. Supreme Court:
– West Virginia v. EPA (2022) held that agencies cannot decide major questions of economic or political…— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) November 13, 2024
House spending leaders on Musk plan: We’ll see Politico
* * * ‘Trump opens Gaetz of hell’ with attorney general pick France24
Fetterman rips Gaetz pick: ‘God tier kind of trolling just to trigger a meltdown’ FOX
* * * All the Big Tech leaders congratulating Donald Trump The Verge
2024
GOP holds onto House majority — clinching the trifecta Politico
Abortion Closed Form
Dealignment New Left Review
Democrats en Déshabillé
Do-list:
Confirm the NLRB; fill judicial vacancies; confirm Lina Khan. Democrats are useless. https://t.co/xunkxMktIq
— Greg (@GregGrandin) November 13, 2024
Digital Watch
Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops 404 Media
The Final Frontier
Read the chilling testimony of Navy veteran due to testify on UFO cover up: ‘We’re being visited’ Daily Mail
This Black Hole Is Eating So Much Matter that It Defies Known Science 404 Media
Zeitgeist Watch
Poetry Nook
Auden’s Island The Hedgehog Review
Imperial Collapse Watch
“He gets on base”:
Admiral: “We need to replace our fleet with three more carrier strike groups and fifteen guided missile destroyers.”
Palmer: “No, we need to replace it in the aggregate.”
Admiral: “The what?”
Palmer: “One carrier is a target. A thousand autonomous vessels are a nightmare.” pic.twitter.com/273iFy5he4
— Patrick Blumenthal (@PatrickJBlum) November 8, 2024
Class Warfare
Viewpoint: To Unify the Working Class, Put Workers First Labor Notes
The problem is the nation-state Crooked Timber
Unions walk away from US East Coast ports contract negotiations Seatrade Maritime
When You Cross Pinochet With a Cyberpunk Dystopia… The Anarchist Library. Freedom zones.
Some Preliminary Considerations on Legal Personhood for Nonhuman and Future Entities (PDF) Graz Law Working Paper No. 09-2024
Antidote du jour (H. Zell):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
