We’re Bringing the Woolly Mammoth Back to Life Newsweek (Furzy Mouse).
‘Frog saunas’ could save species from deadly fungal disease, study finds Guardian
Private equity has become hazardous terrain for investors and Private equity firms slash use of risky debt tactic to fund payouts FT
Goodell: Private equity would be limited to 10 percent, could increase Yahoo Finance
Climate
Capitalism’s New Age of Plagues. Part 7: Wildlife farms and wet markets Climate & Capitalism
* * * The World’s Power Grids Are Failing as the Planet Warms Bloomberg
Almost 1 million East Texas power customers still in dark since Beryl hit July 8 S&P Global. Commentary:
If you don’t have power in Houston, here’s why. pic.twitter.com/elZbSfQbYS
— Machine Pun Kelly 🇺🇦 (@KellyScaletta) July 13, 2024
Hurricane Beryl Was a Warning Shot for Houston Texas Observer
* * * Is Earth’s weather getting weirder? Space.com
Runway melts at Hungary’s number two airport hub due to scorching heat BNE Intellinews
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Water
Commentary: Clean water can be profitable Orlando Sentinel
Along shifting coastlines, scientists bring the future into focus Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Syndemics
Health chiefs offer concert and festival Covid advice amid fears of ‘Swiftie Flu’ Irish Mirror
High Alert! Disney World Vacations in Jeopardy as Disease Spreads Across Florida Inside the Magic
* * * A Woman’s Covid Cough Caused Her Guts to Spill Out Gizmodo
Tongue symptom could be red flag for Covid as new variant causes concern Liverpool Echo
* * * Oklahoma Board of Animal Health: HPAI H5 Belatedly Reported in An Oklahoma Diary Herd Avian Flu Diary
Development of a simple and highly sensitive virion concentration method to detect SARS-CoV-2 in saliva Cell. From the Abstract: “The developed method can improve the analytical sensitivity of the SARS-CoV-2 test using saliva and speed up and save labor in screening tests by pooling many samples. Furthermore, the developed method has the potential to contribute to the highly sensitive detection of various human and animal viral pathogens from the saliva and various clinical samples.”
China?
China’s third plenum: tight security surrounds crucial meeting amid big policy questions South China Morning Post
China’s economy falters, raises pressure for more stimulus Channel News Asia
China’s newest military base abroad is up and running, and there are more on the horizon Breaking Defense
Back to the Basics: How Many People Are in the People’s Liberation Army? RAND
China coal generation share at record low in May as renewables hit new highs, analysis shows Hellenic Shipping News
Geely Geespace update — global centimeter-level positioning services CIS 417
China, Russia conduct joint maritime patrol in Pacific Ocean Anadolu Agency
The Folly of Interlinking NATO and US Asian Alliances The Diplomat
Malaysia is building malls like crazy – but shoppers aren’t coming Al Jazeera
Leader of Nepal’s largest communist party named new prime minister Al Jazeera
Syraqistan
Netanyahu’s Whiny Theatrics Leverage Trump’s Assassination Attempt to Axe Israel’s AG Haaretz
Attacks on Red Sea shipping bankrupt Israeli port Seatrade Maritime
Dear Old Blighty
What’s a majority for? London Review of Books
GDP records everything but the things that really matter Funding the Future
New Not-So-Cold War
Russians ban entry to 15-kilometre zone along Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast Ukrainska Pravda
Russian Iskander ‘Double Strike’ Takes Out Ukrainian Rail and Infrastructure – Then Kills Valued Personnel Military Wach
44% of Ukrainians believe time for negotiations has come, but majority disagree with Putin’s terms Ukrainska Pravda
Ukraine’s population will crash to a mere 15mn people by 2100 – UN BNE Intellinews
2024
Shooter’s perch at Trump rally an ‘obvious threat,’ rooftop was a ‘no-brainer’ to secure: expert FOX
How federal agencies are responding to the Trump assassination attempt Government Executive
Fire Kimberly Cheatle Spy Talk
Suspect Behind Trump Assassination Attempt Had A Discord Account But ‘Rarely’ Used It, Company Says Kotaku
Isn’t this what 2nd Amendment guys want? Carl Beijer
Biden Administration
‘This is break glass in case of emergency stuff’: Analysts alarmed by threats to US data gathering AP
Digital Watch
Sex, lies and Videotape Crooked Timber
AI Has Become a Technology of Faith The Atlantic
Screen Media Use and Mental Health of Children and Adolescents JAMA. From the Abstract: “This secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial found that a short-term reduction in leisure-time screen media use within families positively affected psychological symptoms of children and adolescents, particularly by mitigating internalizing behavioral issues and enhancing prosocial behavior. “
Sports Watch
Spain wins record fourth European Championship title by inflicting another painful loss on England AP
Supply Chain
Risks in global food markets in six charts World Bank
A 40% price hike for badminton shuttlecocks in China is linked to the lower cost of pork. What’s the deal? Channel News Asia
Imperial Collapse Watch
America is staring into the abyss Edward Luce, FT
How can America be stabilized? (excerpt) Noah Smith, Noahpinion
Class Warfare
What the New Left Needs Dani Rodrik, Project Syndicate
IMF: Three quarters of the world’s wealth is owned by 10% of its people, who account for half of the CO2 emissions BNE Intellinews. Plus ça change….
29. This is a 3200-year old attendance sheet found in Deir el-Medina, Egypt.
Reasons for workers being absent include “brewing beer”, “embalming brother”, “drinking with Khonsu” and “bitten by a scorpion”. pic.twitter.com/pPHl3o7qs3
— James Lucas (@JamesLucasIT) July 12, 2024
* * * Understanding Bodily Autonomy Through Triple Oppression Hood Communist
Foucault Fridays Closed Form
Antidote du jour (Ram-Man):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
