The Civil War taught the press how to influence the press.Lincoln narrowly missed reelection Fox. Worth a read.
How the government helped create the advertising industry JSTOR Daily
climate
Weather like Houston’s deadly storms are being caused by climate change Bloomberg. I heard about Houston.?
Just in: A post-apocalyptic scene in Houston, Texas as a severe thunderstorm sweeps through the city, destroying downtown buildings.
Winds of 80 miles per hour blew out windows in downtown Houston, leaving 1 million residents without power.
According to reports, four people… pic.twitter.com/pwkemOcnKf
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 17, 2024
Oops:
It was windy in Houston last night. pic.twitter.com/OAyj5yJLsq
— @amuse (@amuse) May 18, 2024
Permit canceled for world’s largest forest offset project Bloomberg. Wowsers. Could this whole carbon offset thing be a scam?!
Threats on the menu: Financialization of farmland and wars over food and agriculture backflow
Introducing the Sami people, Scandinavian land defenders atmos
water
pandemic
Prevalence and comorbidity of cognitive impairment in children and adolescents up to 12 months after SARS-CoV-2 (Omicron variant) infection Brain, behavior, and immunity. Summary: “Twelve months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, approximately 7% of children and adolescents report “brain fog,” or cognitive impairment. ” On the bright side, they will probably grow up to be libertarians….
Ambient carbon dioxide concentration correlates with SARS-CoV-2 air stability and infection risk Nature. From the abstract: “We demonstrate here that a significant increase in the air stability of SARS-CoV-2 can be attributed to a modest increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration (e.g. 800 ppm), and that the effect is mediated by changes in relative humidity. “This shows that the effect is more significant than that observed.” We modeled his likelihood of contracting COVID-19 based on his ambient CO2 concentration and conclude that this even a modest increase in his CO2 concentration results in a significant increase in overall risk. . These observations support the critical importance of ventilation of indoor environments and maintenance of low CO2 concentrations to reduce disease transmission. ” So CO2 is not just a representation of the presence of viruses in the shared air, it is a real risk factor.
* * * Highly pathogenic avian influenza detected in birds in New York City Science alert. By citizen science!
China?
China’s new home prices fall at the fastest pace in more than nine years channel news asia
China’s ‘AI-in-a-box’ products threaten Big Tech’s cloud growth strategy F.T.
great wall of china polycrisis
Vietnam appoints Minister of Public Security as new president channel news asia
South Korea
“My heart still hurts”: The personal sacrifice of exposing a K-pop scandal BBC
discord in europe
How ties with China erode Germany’s strategic autonomy Luci. Sheesh, China blew up the Nord Stream pipeline.What is Germany? thinkAre you doing it?
* * * Slovakia’s Fico ‘more stable’ after assassination attempt, judge rules suspect to remain in custody france 24
desire for war Craig Murray. “Can you imagine how much anger and emotion Western countries would have expressed if instead of Fico, a pro-Ukrainian and anti-Russian leader within the EU had been attacked?”
crosshair New Left Review. About Robert Fico.
Russia’s disinfo campaign blames Ukraine for shooting death of Slovak prime minister Although it is wired President Zelenskiy comments on Slovak prime minister’s disdain for Slovaks who raised money to buy shells for Ukraine Ukraineska Pravda. Personally, I think Ukraine did it because Ukraine says Russia did it.
syrakistan
Pro-Israel billionaire incites New York City mayor’s crackdown on Columbia University students Al Mayadeen. “As shown in the chat logs, some members expressed a willingness to fund private (Israeli?) investigators to assist the New York Police Department in managing the protests.” Important.
Israel’s Gantz demands post-war plan for Gaza, threatens government resignation Al Jazeera
Israel’s defeat in the Gaza war: former Mossad deputy chief anadolu agency
* * * Aid truck crosses pier built by US military for first time into Gaza France 24. photograph:
The truck is half empty (or half full, depending on how you look at it). why?
* * * Yemen’s Houthis will target all ships heading to Israel, group says Reuters
How tiny Djibouti said ‘no’ to the US over Houthi Red Sea attack bloomberg
* * * However, there were five forensic pathologists working at the Shura base, where most of the bodies were taken for identification. In that capacity, they also examined bodies that arrived naked or semi-naked to check for possible rape. There were no signs of sexual intercourse or genital mutilation on the bodies, according to sources familiar with the details.
At the same time, there were only five forensic pathologists on duty, so they could only manage to oversee a quarter of the bodies at most. This means that approximately 75% of the bodies were buried without undergoing any specialized examination.
Israeli military continues to post abuse videos despite promises to take action BBC
A new war that’s not so cold war
Ukraine’s mobilization law comes into force as new Russian pressure strains military ABC
Old people belong here.How the Ukrainian army became a 40-year-old army and whether lowering the mobilization age will affect combat performance ukrainska pravda
Russia annihilates the Ukrainian army, ending the Ukraine war (Interview) Jacques Beau, Dialogue Works
* * * President Zelensky sees new prospects for Ukraine’s counterattack ukrainska pravda
Highlights of Zelenskyy’s AFP interview Agence France-Presse. President Zelenskiy: “As for aircraft, I have said openly that in order to prevent Russia from gaining air superiority, we should have 120 to 130 state-of-the-art aircraft in our fleet.” And ponies!
Ukraine requests US cooperation in targeted attack in Russia WSJ
* * * Russian court seizes millions of euros worth of Deutsche Bank assets France 24. Only a few million?
To move the world—Moscow’s power and pursuit of parity with the United States F.T.
global elections
Controversy erupts over India’s electoral bonds, opponents call ‘world’s biggest fraud’ channel news asia
2024
antitrust law
supremes
Consumers and financial services win with CFPB road rulemaking Adam Levitin, Bloomberg
‘Stop the Steal’ symbol displayed at Judge Alito’s home new york times
spook country
“I’m the new Oppenheimer!”: My soul-destroying day at Palantir’s first-ever AI Warfare Conference guardian
assange
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange faces US extradition judgment day Reuters.Let’s expect positive results.
digital watch
EU warns Microsoft that it could be fined billions of dollars for missing GenAI risk information tech crunch
Reddit becomes AI agnostic and signs data training agreement with OpenAI Register. How long will it take until Autocoprophagy completely takes over and becomes AI Training Set -> Bot Reddit Post -> AI Training Set?
Globe of Academy
Priority:
It’s final week at UCSF School of Medicine, but the library is closed to students and administrators have turned it into a police headquarters. pic.twitter.com/66Np5fvNyG
— Jersey Noah🔻 (@JerseyNoahx) May 18, 2024
Police tactics at some pro-Palestinian protests ignore past lessons marshall project
MMT
Magical monetary theory comes to prime time (Excerpt) Matt Taibbi, Racket News. Taibi does a great job, but it’s so much more than that. “For nearly a decade, I have been listening to people who in previous eras would have been wandering around in asylums without pants on, claiming that the solutions to all of Earth’s problems can be graphed on a napkin. ” Laffer curve). That’s fair to say, but media criticism is not an appropriate tool for evaluating academic research. Mr. Kelton was, but Mr. Laffer was not. Taibi should study or stay in his lane.
sports desk
Pickleball courts with legal pickle (Press Release) Acoustical Society of America
zeitgeist watch
Vatican revamps criteria for evaluating Mary’s visions.Aims to fight misinformation business standard
Feral Hog Watch
New study: Canada’s ‘superpig’ invasion could spread to northern US fields and streams
imperial collapse watch
America’s global hegemony is coming to an end, and multiple alliances are emerging. The Hill. Interesting to see in this venue.
It hurts but it’s sacred. London Review of Books. Understanding British imperialism.
class war
The end of southern anti-union politics compact. But not so fast –
Mercedes workers in Alabama voted against joining the UAW The Hill. Explanation:
How to find the history of your local wobble Anarchist Library. A word about paper storage.For those who want to rewrite Ozymandiasbut what about post-collapse data centers?
Antidote (via fveronesi1):
See yesterday’s link and antidote. here.
