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Links 9/2/2024 | naked capitalism


Slow Going Atmos

BLS Data Slipups Are Becoming a Pattern Bloomberg

The La-La-Land Fairy Tale of a “Soft Landing” Of Two Minds

Inside the ‘golden age’ of alien hunting at the Green Bank Telescope Phys.org

‘Gateway to Hell’: Giant Hole in Siberia Is Expanding Rapidly Science Alert

Climate/Environment

A Storm of Sand: The Powerful Intercontinental Reach of Saharan Dust SciTech Daily

Protecting the Prairie Zero Sum

Pandemics

Mpox cases in Nigeria rise to 48, spread to capital, 20 states Anadolu Agency

How Pakistan’s Peshawar has emerged as mpox ‘epicentre’ Firstpost

The Mpox Global Health Emergency — A Time for Solidarity and Equity New England Journal of Medicine

Bangladesh

The Contest to Shape “Country Platforms” Phenomenal World

PacNet #61 – Rethinking Bangladesh’s arms import strategy: Curbing reliance on China Pacific Forum. Board of Directors.

China?

US Offers to Escort Philippines Ships in South China Sea as Part of New Anti-China Escalation Orinoco Tribune

Blacklisted Huawei posts record profits despite U.S. sanctions — Chinese tech giant raked in $7.7B in net profit in 1H 2024 Tom’s Hardware

China’s air travel shows significant recovery, record high expected this year Channel News Asia

How deeply rooted are China’s economic woes? Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum

European Disunion

East Germany votes for right-wing AfD, against Ukraine war Asia Times

Scholz urges German parties to exclude far right as AfD poised for state election victory The Guardian

Mathew D. Rose – German State elections: a Tectonic Political Shift Brave New Europe

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Confusion with Italian governing parties position on Ukraine Euractiv

Council of Europe calls on Italy to strengthen anti-corruption measures Jurist News

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Hungary’s gas deliveries guaranteed for long term, chief diplomat says in St Petersburg bne Intellinews

EU Pro-War Foreign Ministers Take Aim at Hungary in Tense Foreign Council Meeting Hungarian Conservative

Old Blighty

I heard years of Grenfell testimony. Here’s why the disaster could have been prevented BBC. See NC on Grenfell here, here, here, here, here, and here.

Labour chooses austerity: the black hole is an illusion Counterfire

Syraqistan

General strike against Netanyahu begins over hostages, as Israel continues bombing of Gaza The New Arab

Moody’s warns of rating consequences of escalation Globes

US to offer final hostage deal framework, ‘critical days ahead’ officials say Ynet. The deck: “Biden set to offer a ‘take it or leave it’ deal to both sides in final push to secure hostage deal, report says; American officials tell families of hostages with U.S. citizenship that the ball is in Hamas’ court.”

U.S., Israel-Hamas Mediators Have Lost Faith in Netanyahu, PM’s Intentions for Gaza Deal Haaretz

How the U.S. Enabled Netanyahu to Sabotage a Gaza Ceasefire Drop Site

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The Islamic State Is Trying to Rebound Arab Center Washington DC

US ramps up military reinforcements at its occupation bases in Syria Al Mayadeen

New Not-So-Cold War

Russia attacks Kyiv with missile barrage, says Ukraine Anadolu Agency

Foreign Minister Sikorski says that Poland should down Russian missiles over Ukraine Ukrainska Pravda

F-16 fighter jet in Ukraine unlikely shot down by ‘friendly fire,’ NYT suggests Kyiv Independent

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INTERACTIVE MAP: HUNDREDS OF KNOWN RUSSIAN MILITARY OBJECTS ARE IN RANGE OF ATACMS Institute for the Study of War

Ukrenergo warns the population to brace for a hard winter bne Intellinews

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Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region is legitimate, says NATO’s Stoltenberg VOA

Kursk Offensive: West Heralds ‘Rebirth’ of Maneuver Warfare Simplicius the Thinker

ANATOL LIEVEN: HOW THE RUSSIAN ESTABLISHMENT REALLY SEES THE WAR ENDING Foreign Policy

The Caucasus

Armenia suspends participation in Russian-led CSTO ‘at all levels,’ Armenian PM says Kyiv Independent

“Sign a peace treaty on already agreed terms”: Pashinyan’s proposal to Baku JAM News

Georgia awaits a historic ruling from the Constitutional Court on the “foreign agents” law JAM News

South of the Border

Honduras Condemns Armed Forces Coup Attempt (+US Extradition Treaty) Orinoco Tribune

2024

Bereaved US families criticise Harris’ cemetery comment AP

Democrats en déshabillé

Realignment and Legitimacy

The Constitution Is Sacred. Is It Also Dangerous? New York Times

Our Famously Free Press

Liberalism Removes its Mask Matt Taibbi

Socialists should support Brazil’s Twitter ban Carl Beijer

European Allies Are Doing America’s Dirty Jobs The American Conservative

Gunz

TEXAS IS ARMING MEXICO’S GUNMEN Texas Observer

Police State Watch

TEXAS STATE POLICE GEAR UP FOR MASSIVE EXPANSION OF SURVEILLANCE TECH Texas Observer

AI

Palantir Gets A BUNCH of New Deals Daily Palantir

Microsoft Bing Copilot accuses reporter of crimes he covered The Register

‘A tech firm stole our voices – then cloned and sold them’ BBC

Zuckerberg wants to control the next platform—no matter what it is Diconnect

Intel’s big turnaround plan is now looking very expensive and poorly timed Marketwatch

Intel Rallies On Report Chip Giant Is Exploring Options Including Foundry Split Investor’s Business Daily

Big Brother is Watching You Watch

IN LEAK, FACEBOOK PARTNER BRAGS ABOUT LISTENING TO YOUR PHONE’S MICROPHONE TO SERVE ADS FOR STUFF YOU MENTION Futurism

Antitrust

Here’s 22 Examples of Google Employees Trying to Avoid Creating Evidence in Antitrust Case 404 Media

Imperial Collapse Watch

If you must win, you must make your partner country a winner too Gateway House

America isn’t ready for another war — because it doesn’t have the troops Vox

How Lula and Modi drove a splinter through the heart of the BRICS bloc Strategic Culture

Class Warfare

THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF U.S. TEACHER STRIKES National Bureau of Economic Research. From the abstract: “…we find that, on average, strikes increase compensation by 8% and lower pupil-teacher ratios by 0.5 students…”

10,000 US hotel workers strike over Labor Day weekend Al Jazeera

The Unsung History of Heartland Socialism In These Times

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