A study finds that dogs can smell your stress — and make decisions accordingly NPR
Global markets remain downbeat Anadolu Agency
Amazon Shares Slide as Spending Surges and Revenue Outlook Disappoints WSJ
Intel to lay off 15,000 employees TechCrunch
Private Equity Giants Invest More Than $200M in Federal Races to Protect Their Lucrative Tax Loophole Exposed by CMD
Finance should pay much more attention to undersea cables risk FT
Climate
Born to Modulate: Researchers Reveal Origins of Climate-Controlling Particles (press release) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
How decline of Indian vultures led to 500,000 human deaths BBC
Plants and their pollinators are increasingly out of sync Grist
The Physics of Cold Water May Have Jump-Started Complex Life Quanta
Syndemics
Preprint: A One Health Investigation into H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus Epizootics on Two Dairy Farms Avian Flu Diary
Incidence of heart attacks and strokes was lower after COVID-19 vaccination (press release) University of Cambridge
China?
PBOC Adviser Issues Rare Criticism of China’s Economic Policies Bloomberg
At 30th round of talks on border dispute, China and India agree to speed up negotiations South China Morning Post
Commentary: China is still the world’s biggest emitter, but also an emerging force in climate diplomacy Channel News Asia
EU firms resist European Commission plan to screen private investment in China South China Morning Post
Rescuers in China race to find missing people, seal dykes after deadly floods caused by Typhoon Gaemi Channel News Asia
Bloody July New Left Review. Bangladesh
India
The Great Neoliberal Hindutva Show: Ambani-Modi and the Wedding Culture Industry MR Online
Indonesia’s decision to dish out mining permits to religious groups causes internal rifts, slammed by environmentalists Channel News Asia
Syraqistan
Readout of President Joe Biden’s Call with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel Whitehouse.gov
US redeploying forces to protect Israel from Iran retaliation, Biden says FT
U.S. prepares to counter Iranian attack on Israel within days, U.S. officials say Axios. Commentary:
3. But now, Iranian leaders have come to understand that Netanyahu and other senior leaders in Israel are seeking a way out from the strategic defeat they face.
Their only path to victory is a wider war. @glcarlstrom makes an important observation here: https://t.co/6tWoQrEyFr
— Esfandyar Batmanghelidj (@yarbatman) July 31, 2024
Britain’s Secretary of State for Defense John Healey visits Israel to deescalate tensions Jerusalem Post
* * * Sanctifying Death: Why Israelis Celebrate Assassinations Haaretz
* * * A riot for impunity shows Israel’s proud embrace of its crimes 972 Magazine
Israel returns sexually abused Gaza detainee to detention centre where he was tortured Middle East Monitor. Commentary:
🚨The wife of the IDF rapist soldier declares full support for her husband violently sodomizing a Palestinian detainee until he was hospitalized with a ruptured intestine, a severe injury to the anus & lungs, & broken ribs”. pic.twitter.com/5p8t0Im9FK
— Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) July 31, 2024
The Great Game
“The U.S. has no strong leverage over Baku, but It has a plan”: An opinion from Yerevan JAM News
European Disunion
Europe’s growth lags US again, as Germany remains the eurozone’s economic problem child AP. Commentary:
Europe‘s most valuable companies are a company selling obesity drugs to Americans and a company selling handbags to Asians. We should be so proud. pic.twitter.com/M7Nf1Z3Ipb
— Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) August 1, 2024
Dear Old Blighty
The Far Right’s Southport Rampage All That Is Solid
‘Southport was just the spark’: UK hit by unrest as far-right exploits knife attack tragedy France24
Governments don’t borrow from financial markets Funding the Future
South of the Border
US insists that opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez won Venezuela’s presidential election Anadolu Agency
New Not-So-Cold War
Zelenskiy calls for a referendum on giving up territory to Russia BNE Intellinews
Kremlin comments on idea of Russia’s participation in second Peace Summit and possibility of negotiations Ukrainska Pravda
Zelenskyy: Ukraine to negotiate security agreement with another European country Ukrainska Pravda
Should Ukraine join Nato? Guardian. Commentary:
That’s actually a very thought-provoking point made by Orban in a recent speech (https://t.co/3ePbiaGrf4), who argues that “Western Europeans, in every gesture [now express] grandiosity instead of greatness” and have become geopolitical “aggressive dwarfs”.
He says this is…
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) July 31, 2024
* * * Russian Army Takes Out Another Ukrainian Abrams Tank with Guided Artillery Shot Miltary Watch
Back to the Future of Comms RAND
On The Road: Moldova Right Now Three Quarks Daily
* * * Americans freed by Russia in major prisoner swap arrive in US Al Jazeera
The Supremes
The Common Political Foundations of Originalism and Cost-benefit Analysis (PDF) Jonathan S. Masur and Eric A. Posner, SSRN
Digital Watch
Is AI going to pay its way? Wall Street wants tech world to show it the money The Register
US court blocks Biden administration net neutrality rules Reuters
After OnlyFans, AI ‘girlfriends’ are tech’s next pitch to lonely men Al Jazeera
The Olympics
Simone Biles reclaims gymnastics all-around crown for sixth Olympic gold France24
Are the super shoes used in Olympic races distorting results? FT
Innovative Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony a Testament to Doing Things the “French Way” Nippon.com
The 420
Mitigating the Opioid Epidemic: The Role of Cannabinoids in Chronic Pain Management – A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Evidence and Mechanisms (preprint) medRxiv
The Final Frontier
After ISS: The private space station era is dawning Space.com
Class Warfare
New ‘Battery Belt’ Opens Organizing Front in the South Labor Notes
Los Angeles gave families $1,000 a month in the biggest basic income pilot in the country. Now the results are in. Business Insider
People Hate on the D.M.V. But It’s Great. Tressie McMillan Cottom, NYT
Ridin’ Dirty: A Basic Reference for Freight Hopping Anarchist Library
Antidote du jour (Dave Pape):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
