‘World’s oldest calendar’ discovered carved into ancient monument Space.com
Global stocks claw back bulk of losses from Monday’s rout FT
Climate
Federal infrastructure funding is fueling a push to remove dams and restore river habitat AP
Carbon Market Faces Upheaval as 32% of All Credits Fail Test Bloomberg
Poison in the Air ProPublica
Syndemics
Updated COVID Vaccines Are Coming: Effectiveness, Who’s Eligible And More Forbes
China?
China’s leaders sweat over ‘difficult to heat’ economy at summer retreat FT
Shenzhen joins Chinese local governments taking unsold homes off developers’ hands South China Morning Post
China issues two new methodologies for domestic voluntary carbon market S&P Global
Vietnam backs Cambodia’s Mekong canal, urges cooperation on impacts Channel News Asia
Myanmar
Strategically important Myanmar military HQ appears to fall to the resistance, in a blow to regime AP
China envoy, Myanmar junta chief meet on border clashes Channel News Asia
European Disunion
Dear Old Blighty
Night of Far-Right Violence Averted in U.K. as Counterprotesters Take to Streets WSJ (!!). Commentary:
This is better than any speech from a politician we’ve heard recently 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
pic.twitter.com/GhWKlGueOv— Jay Motty (@JayMotty) August 8, 2024
Banksy howling wolf artwork removed BBC
Caucher Birkar – from asylum seeker to Fields Medal winner at Cambridge The Times
New Not-So-Cold War
Battles rage in Russia as Kyiv advances in war’s largest counter-incursion FT. The deck: “Ukraine’s forces have captured roughly 350 sq km in Kursk region.”
Battles rage in Kursk region after Ukraine’s largest incursion yet into Russia France24. Commentary:
Map of the 🇺🇦 Armed Forces advancement in the Kursk region of Russia.
To the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant is now only 22 km.
Source: US Government-financed Radio Liberty. pic.twitter.com/CAJ9UaMNA7— hamzullahdarman (@hamzullahdarman) August 9, 2024
Russia strengthens security at Kursk nuclear power plant amid Ukraine’s assault in region Anadolu Agency
Ukraine gains control of Sudzha gas station – The Washington Post Ukrainska Pravda. “A transit point for Russian gas flowing through Ukraine to the EU.”
Russia’s Lipetsk region under ‘massive’ drone attack, governor says Al Jazeera
* * * Pentagon says Ukraine’s attack into Russia is not escalatory The HIll
* * * Why Ukraine’s generals may have rolled the dice on an incursion into Russia CNN
What is Ukraine’s goal in the Battle for Kursk? BNE Intellinews
Can Ukraine Get Back on the Offensive? Foreign Affairs
Kursk raid will not shift war in Ukraine’s favour Unherd
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Syraqistan
Gaza As A New(?) Western Method To Wage War Moon of Alabama
Overwriting Palestine New Left Review
* * * Biden joins leaders from Egypt, Qatar in urging Gaza cease-fire, hostage release deal The HIll
Israel’s Enemies Seek Revenge, but Not So Harsh as to Start All-out War Haaretz
Israeli army reports ‘military offensive’ in southern Gaza Strip Anadolu Agency
* * * Houthis Attack Greek-Owned Tanker With Small Craft and RPG Maritime Executive
Israelis practise red heifer ritual in front of Al-Aqsa Mosque Middle East Eye (Carolinian).
Why Ilan Pappe’s new book on the Israel lobby is a must-read Middle East Eye. From June, still germane.
2024
Black Left Critique of Kamala Harris Black Agenda Report
Trump fights for spotlight as Democrats dominate coverage BBC
Only Trump Can Go to Tehran The American Conservative
The Supremes
Dog, cat owners go on offense in US Supreme Court brief Reuters
Police State Watch
Cello-playing climate activist arrested at New York Citibank protest as crackdown escalates Guardian
Our Famously Free Press
Why the Decline of Local Media Could Be a Security Risk RAND
Teenager Accused of Derailing Train and Posting Crash Video Online NYT
Digital Watch
A GitHub token leak could have put the entire Python language at risk TechRadar
Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Bob Casey question Kroger’s use of electronic pricing in stores Cincinnati.com
Auditing of AI: Legal, Ethical and Technical Approaches (PDF) Jakob Mökander, Digital Sociey. From the Abstract: “The next step in the evolution of auditing as an AI governance mechanism, this article concludes, should be the interlinking of these available-and complementary-approaches into structured and holistic procedures to audit not only how AI systems are designed and used but also how they impact users, societies and the natural environment in applied settings over time.”
The Bezzle
US court orders FTX to pay $12.7bn to customers Al Jazeera
‘Airbnb Hopping’: How Hunted Hackers Stay on the Run From Kidnappers 404 Media
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa Fashion
Monthly export of readymade clothes may rise by $250 mn amid B’desh crisis Business Standard
Sports Desk
Exclusive: WADA to put U.S. anti-doping agency under compliance review and Athletes undercover? Global and U.S. anti-doping agencies clash over tactics Reuters
The 420
Through the Psychedelic Looking Glass New Lines Magazine
Housing
Breed’s sweeps of S.F. homeless encampments hit snag as federal judge orders more training San Francisco Chronicle
Report shows where San Francisco’s homeless people have been sent ABC7
You Call That Compassion? Freddie DeBoer
Class Warfare
What burger flipping tells you about the US economy FT
Dispatch From a Meat Packing Factory: “If We Unite as Workers, We Have the Power” Workday Magazine
Antidote du jour (Patrick_K59):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
