Research has shown that dogs can smell stress and react accordingly. NPR
Global markets remain sluggish Anadolu Agency
Amazon shares fall amid surging spending and disappointing revenue outlook The Wall Street Journal
Intel to lay off 15,000 employees TechCrunch
Private equity giants are investing more than $200 million in federal elections to protect favorable tax loopholes Published by CMD
Finance should pay more attention to undersea cable risks FT
climate
Born to regulate: Researchers uncover origin of climate-controlling particles (Press Release) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
How the decline of Indian vultures led to half a million deaths BBC
The harmony between plants and their pollinators is becoming increasingly out of whack Grist
Cold-water physics may have fueled the rise of complex life Quanta
Oil is fueling LA Noema
Syndemics
Preprint: One Health investigation into H5N1 avian influenza virus outbreaks on two dairy farms Bird flu diary
Heart attack and stroke rates fall after COVID-19 vaccination (Press Release) University of Cambridge
China?
People’s Bank of China adviser launches rare criticism of China’s economic policies Bloomberg
China, India agree to speed up talks on border dispute at 30th round of talks South China Morning Post
Commentary: China remains the world’s largest emitter, but it’s also a new force in climate diplomacy Channel News Asia
EU companies resist European Commission’s plans to review private investment in China South China Morning Post
Chinese rescuers rush to search for missing people, seal levees after devastating floods from 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 grant mining licenses to religious groups has sparked internal conflict and been condemned by environmentalists Channel News Asia
Shiraksta
Summary of President Joe Biden’s phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu White House
Biden says US troops will be redeployed to protect Israel from Iranian retaliation FT
US officials say they will prepare to counter Iranian attacks on Israel within days Axios. Commentary:
3. But now Iranian leaders have come to understand that Prime Minister Netanyahu and other Israeli officials are seeking a way out of the strategic defeat they face.
Their only path to victory is a broader war. Follow There’s an important observation here. https://t.co/6tWoQrEyFr
— Esfandiar Batmanghelizi (@yarbatman) July 31, 2024
British Defence Secretary John Healey visits Israel to try to ease tensions Jerusalem Post
* * * The Sacralization of Death: Why Israelis Celebrate Assassinations Haaretz
* * * The impunity uprising shows Israel proudly embracing its crimes 972 Magazine
Israel returns sexually abused Gaza detainees to detention centers where they were tortured Middle East Monitor. Commentary:
🚨The wife of an Israel Defense Forces rapist soldier has declared her full support for her husband’s violent rape of a Palestinian detainee, continuing until he was hospitalized with ruptured intestines, severe injuries to his anus and lungs, and broken ribs. pic.twitter.com/5p8t0Im9FK
— Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) July 31, 2024
Great Game
“The US does not have much influence in Baku, but it has a plan”: Opinion from Yerevan JAM News
European Separation
European growth again lags US; Germany remains euro zone’s economic problem child AP. Commentary:
The most valuable companies in Europe are a company that sells obesity drugs to Americans and a company that sells handbags to Asians. We should be proud. pic.twitter.com/M7Nf1Z3Ipb
— Michael A. Alouette (@MichaelAArouet) August 1, 2024
Dear Old England
Far-right Southport riots Everything is solid
‘Southport was just the catalyst’: UK plunged into unrest as far-right exploits knife attack tragedy France 24
The government will not borrow from the financial markets. Funding the future
South of the Border
US claims opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez won Venezuela’s presidential election Anadolu Agency
A new cold war
President Zelensky calls for referendum on ceding territory to Russia BNE Intellectual News
Kremlin comments on Russia’s intention to participate in the second Peace Summit and possible negotiations Ukrainska Pravda
Zelensky: Ukraine will negotiate security agreements with other European countries Ukrainska Pravda
Should Ukraine join NATO? Guardian. Description:
This is actually a very thought-provoking point that Orbán made in a recent speech (https://t.co/3ePbiaGrf4) argues that Westerners have become geopolitically “aggressive dwarfs” because “in every gesture they now express grandiosity instead of greatness.”
He says…
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) July 31, 2024
* * * Russian military destroys Ukrainian Abrams tank with guided artillery fire Military Watches
Towards the future of communication land
On the road: Moldova today Three Quark Daily
* * * Americans released in major Russian prisoner swap arrive in US Al Jazeera
The Supremes
The common political basis of fundamentalism and cost-benefit analysis (PDF) Jonathan S. Masser and Eric A. Posner, SSRN
Digital Watches
Will AI be profitable? Wall Street wants tech to show it Registry
US court blocks Biden administration’s net neutrality rules Reuters
After OnlyFans, AI ‘girlfriends’ are tech industry’s next pitch to lonely men Al Jazeera
Turkey blocks Instagram amid ‘censorship’ dispute Al Jazeera
Olympic
Simone Biles reclaims all-around gymnastics title, winning her sixth Olympic gold medal France 24
Do the supershoes used in Olympic competitions skew the results? FT
The innovative Paris Olympics opening ceremony was proof of the “French way” Nippon.com
No. 420
Mitigating the opioid crisis: 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 the ISS: The era of private space stations is upon us Space.com
Class struggle
New ‘Battery Belt’ Opens Organizing Front in the South Labor Notes
Los Angeles has given every family $1,000 a month in the nation’s largest basic income trial, and the results are in. Business Insider
People hate the DMV, but it’s great. Tressie McMillan Cotton, The New York Times
Ridin’ Dirty: The Basic Reference for Cargo Hopping Anarchist Library
Today’s antidote (Dave Pape):
See yesterday’s link and the Antidote du Jour here.
