Flight makes emergency landing after live mouse climbs out of in-flight meal CBS
Governance watchdogs take fright as ‘zombies’ stalk US boardrooms FT
The IMF Must End Its Destructive Surcharges Joseph Stiglitz, Project Syndicate
Climate
Weather Derivatives Grow as Risks Intensify OpenMarkets
World’s biggest deforestation project gets underway in Papua for sugarcane Monga Bay
Solar Ambitions Phenomenal World
The Breakthrough That Could Unlock Ocean Carbon Removal Heatmap
Water
This Is Life in America’s Water-Inequality Capital. It Might Be About to Change Time
Is the Indus Waters Treaty the latest India-Pakistan flashpoint? Al Jazeera
Syndemics
Second health care worker tied to Missouri bird flu case had respiratory symptoms STAT
Is bird flu spreading among people? Data gaps leave researchers in the dark Nature
Covid-19 : A risk assessment too far? David Osborn, Patient Safety Learning
Unrepentant droplet dogmatists in UK hearing:
Another shocker from Dr Ritchie at the Covid Inquiry:
LR: Covid is different from TB because the predominant mode of spread for TB is airborne; for Covid the predominant mode of spread is droplet & contact.
KC: Is that still your position today?
LR: That’s my position.
— Cat in the Hat 🐈⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 (@_CatintheHat) September 21, 2024
China?
The Long Game: Understanding US and China’s Theories of Victory The Diplomat
Is China looking to Mao Zedong’s ‘Third Front’ as part of economic self-reliance drive? South China Morning Post
Why China is sending southern officials north to its rusting economic front lines South China Morning Post
The rise of solar power and China’s staggering EV growth may have pushed global emissions into decline ABC Australia
Chart of the Day: China Exports of Green Energy Products Pick Up Pace Amid Oversupply Caixin Global
Marxist leader set to become Sri Lanka’s next president Channel News Asia
Africa
Kenya signs historic pact with US to advance its nuclear power plans BNE Intellinews
Syraqistan
U.S. fears war in Lebanon but hopes Israeli attacks push Hezbollah to a deal Axios. “Israeli officials said their increasing attacks against Hezbollah are not intended to lead to war but are an attempt to reach ‘de-escalation through escalation.’”Oh. Commentary:
The genocidal rhetoric by Israeli officials towards Lebanon is starting, with here Yoav Kisch (Minister of Education) saying: “there is no difference between Hezbollah and Lebanon, Lebanon will be annihilated.”
Same rhetoric as with Gaza. Have we learned?pic.twitter.com/N1me5Vtuun
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) September 22, 2024
‘Battered and weakened’: Israel deals Hizbollah its worst ever week and Israel bombs Lebanon as Hizbollah rockets hit Haifa suburbs FT
3 Israelis injured as Hezbollah strikes military industrial complexes in northern Israel and US urges Americans to leave Lebanon as Israel-Hezbollah border attacks intensifies Anadolu Agency
Is ‘Israel’ using small nuclear weapons in Gaza and South Lebanon? Al Mayadeen
* * * Israel raids and shuts down Al Jazeera’s bureau in Ramallah in the West Bank AP
* * * Did Middle East device attack violate international law? Advocates want an investigation Associated Press
The Neck and the Sword (interview) Rashid Khalidi, New Left Review
European Disunion
Europe’s authoritarian, unelected ruler, Ursula von der Leyen, in a growing dispute with NATO leadership Gilbert Doctorow
Macron unveils new right-wing French government BBC
Albania plans to create ‘sovereign state’ for Bektashi order Anadolu Agency
Dear Old Blighty
Keir Starmer shows off new Downing Street cat called Prince: Siberian kitten was ‘part of deal’ with PM’s kids to move into No 10 Daily Mail. Commentary:
Cat walking into the weekend
(Photo @PoliticalPics) pic.twitter.com/ssBS6tsdzW— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) September 20, 2024
New Not-So-Cold War
Ukraine’s Victory Plan envisages NATO membership invitation for Kyiv and modern weapons supplies Ukrainska Pravda
Ukraine’s victory plan: bold and speedy steps needed from allies Politico
Zelenskyy has a gamechanging plan to win peace. For it to work, Biden must back it – fast Timothy Garton Ash, Guardian
* * * Zelenskyy to visit US factory producing 155mm artillery shells – AP Ukrainska Pravda
Ukraine Has a Strange Way to Make the M1 Abrams Tank Even Better The National Interest
Why U.S. Foreign Policy Won’t Grow Up The American Conservative
2024
US Secret Service finds security ‘breaches’ in its review of Trump assassination attempt France24
Kamala Harris plans to skip historic Al Smith dinner despite long-standing tradition: report FOX
Michigan Arab-Americans ‘can’t stomach’ Harris stance on Gaza BBC
A Last-Minute Effort to Mess With the 2024 Vote Is Underway. It’s Scarier Than Expected. Slate
Digital Watch
Delivery Robot Knocked Over Pedestrian, Company Offered ‘Promo Codes’ to Apologize 404 Media
Health
Cells Across the Body Talk to Each Other About Aging Quanta
The Final Frontier
What the 1st analysis of China’s Chang’e 6 lunar far side samples revealed Space.com
47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft just fired up thrusters it hasn’t used in decades CNN
Boeing
Boeing’s turbulence continues: CEO Ted Colbert resigns amidst struggles Financial Express
Boeing becomes its own ‘burning platform’ The Air Current (PI).
Class Warfare
Boeing machinists on picket lines prepare for lengthy strike: ‘I can last as long as it takes’ CNBC
New practices in industrial relations The Anarchist Library
Disavowed Knowledge Three Quarks Daily
Book Review – Living on Earth: Life, Consciousness and the Making of the Natural World The Inquistive Biologist
Antidote du jour (Macieias):
Bonus Antidote:
Tigers are proficient swimmers and have been observed crossing rivers as wide 7 km (4.3 miles).pic.twitter.com/nUqqsdk6MG
— Wonder of Science (@wonderofscience) September 5, 2023
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
