Feed your fish remotely with a Raspberry Pi-powered feeding system Tom’s Hardware
Appliance and tractor manufacturers lobby against granting repair rights to the military 404 Media
climate
How Global Capital Destroyed Climate Science George Tsakraklides
Carbon dioxide emissions from Canadian wildfires in 2023 Nature. From the abstract: “Canadian wildfires in 2023 were extreme in size and intensity, burning more than seven times the average annual area compared to the past 40 years. We find that the scale of carbon emissions rivals the annual fossil fuel emissions of any large country, with only India, China and the United States producing more carbon annually.”
New study highlights expansion of drylands due to climate change (Press Release) University of Bristol
Hundreds of ancient viruses discovered deep beneath Tibetan glaciers Yale Environment 360
Namibia authorises culling of elephants, hippos, other wildlife amid worst drought in 100 years BNE Intellectual News
How Japan ignored climate change critics and built a global natural gas empire Bloomberg. Useful maps:
Syndemics
Summer surge in coronavirus cases means we may have to go back to 2020 pandemic prevention measures The Hill
Commentary: Stanford University hosts party for peddlers of COVID misinformation and disinformation Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times
* * * Influenza A(H5) Clusters Linked to Exposure to Poultry at Two Facilities — Colorado, July 2024 CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. From the summary: “As the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus lineage 2.3.4.4b genotype B3.13 increases, U.S. public health agencies must be prepared to rapidly investigate and respond to illnesses among agricultural workers, including those with limited access to health care.”
* * * Strengthening community resilience: Lessons for COVID-19 prevention The Lancet. “Only through collective and coordinated action can we hope to prepare for future health challenges and build a world in which no one is left behind. Global health is not a luxury, but a fundamental right and a prerequisite for global stability and prosperity.”
China?
China’s offices are emptier than before the pandemic amid economic slowdown FT
China’s industrial strategy on a collision course with Germany’s key export industries Eura Active
* * * China’s Future Industries: Investment Prospects for Emerging Low Altitude Economies China Briefing
China’s low-altitude economy spreads its wings as struggling regions look up South China Morning Post
China’s low-altitude economy lacks growth roadmap, industry group says Reuters
Philippines, Vietnam sign defense pact Channel News Asia
Indonesia’s app-based motorbike taxi drivers strike to protest low wages Channel News Asia
Africa
Transsion reports on Chinese investment in Africa African Business
Shiraksta
Israel begins ethnic cleansing in the West Bank Alabama Moon
Is the US going to fight Hezbollah? Prem Thakkar, Zeteo
Israel agrees to suspend polio vaccination campaign BBC
Houthi rebels release video of fighters boarding Greek oil tanker in the Red Sea Al Jazeera
The Beijing Declaration is an important step towards resolving the Palestinian issue Al Jazeera
European Separation
An unprecedented and dangerous political situation in France Le Monde
Dutch government to ban ASML from providing services for wafer tools installed in China Tom’s Hardware
Dear Old England
British fusion startup helps US develop stealth submarines FT
A new cold war
Ukraine Situation Report: Collapse of the Donbas Front Alabama Moon
What the fall of Pokrovsk means for Ukraine Euromaidan Press
Ukraine’s first F-16 shot down, but it’s unclear how BNE Intellectual News
* * * Ukraine’s bold offensive puts pressure on the U.S. to ease its cautious stance on war AP
ATACMS and the Russian Sanctuary The Wall Street Journal
* * * Brazil did not warn Ukraine about its intention to present a joint peace plan with China – Ukrainian ambassador to Brazil Ukrainska Pravda
Global Elections
How the historic 2024 election will impact the climate World Resources Institute
2024
Read: Harris and Waltz’s exclusive joint interview with CNN (Transcript) CNN
Kamala Harris discusses policy shifts in first CNN interview as Democratic candidate CBS
Kamala Harris goes all-in on fracking in tense interview exchange POLITICO
* * * Trump calls 2024 election a “choice between communism and freedom” Anadolu Agency
Rules for Harris-Trump debate include muting microphones and no spectators AP
The Supremes
What does the Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Decision say??? (PDF) Albert W. Alschuler, University of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 861. “This paper uses Justice Sotomayor’s ‘SEAL Team Six Hypothesis’ to test the classification that Trump v. United States adopted in determining whether a former president’s actions are immune from prosecution. It concludes that, contrary to Justice Sotomayor’s argument, a president who orders military forces to assassinate a political opponent may be prosecuted…. The paper explains the procedural tangle that the Supreme Court’s decision created. It concludes that if the American judicial system proves unable to hold the most corrupt president in American history to account, the fault lies primarily with the Supreme Court.”
Digital Watch
Judge rules $400 million algorithmic system illegally denied Medicaid benefits to thousands of people Gizmodo. Deloitte.
* * * What sets Telegram CEO Pavel Durov apart from other tech executives luck
Can tech executives be held accountable for what happens on their platforms? The New York Times
* * * Major sites oppose Apple’s AI scraping Wired
Why Intel missed out on the iPhone: The XScale era Tip Letter
Zeitgeist Watch
Searchers said a hiker who had been left behind on the mountain by a colleague was rescued. BBC. During an office break.
health care
Can the brain help heal a broken heart? scientist
Bad Banks
Class struggle
Dollar General warns poor American consumers are running out of money FT
As Powerful as a President: Why Billionaires Are Now More Influential than World Leaders Literary Center
The emergence of monumental architecture in Atlantic Europe: the fortified enclosures of the 5th millennium BC in western France Cambridge University Press
Ghosts of history Noema
Today’s antidote (Diego Delzo):
See yesterday’s link and the Antidote du Jour here.
