Long live Badger Day!! JStor Daily
Quantum computing and financial systems: opportunities and risks bank for international settlements
climate
…Milton is strengthening in the southern Gulf of Mexico… …Storm surge and hurricane watches issued for parts of Florida… and hurricane milton National Hurricane Center. Explanation:
⚠️ #milton It is currently expected to become a major Category 3 hurricane before hitting the west coast of the Florida peninsula on Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/Mqu1VwODmO
— Zoom Earth (@zoom_earth) October 5, 2024
For Milton, evacuation is the better part of courage. Bird flu diary
…Kirk is a mostly extratropical cyclone… …still causing large swells and rip current hazards along the U.S. East Coast… National Hurricane Center. Explanation:
I have never seen the National Hurricane Center’s cone extend into Germany and Denmark. #kirk pic.twitter.com/56xxMpjzqi
— Collin Gross (@CollinGrossWx) October 6, 2024
* * * America is lying to itself about the cost of disasters atlantic ocean
Safety Guidelines: Re-entering a flooded home CDC
* * * Disappearance of salmon canneries and fisheries downstream of the Eel River lost coast outpost
What is the cost of sustainability? JSTOR Daily
water
Every bucket, real or imagined: How Colorado plans to store water is a big question for dams. Colorado Sun
syndrome
Doctors warn that new XEC coronavirus variant could bring back masks and social distancing chronicle
‘Severe than expected’: Bird flu deaths increase among California dairy cows LA Times
Some top schools are embarrassed by the coronavirus pandemic Greg Gonsalves “The Nation”
China?
The Rise of a “Community of Destiny”: The Hierarchy of China’s Foreign Policy diplomat
Young Chinese are pessimistic about their future prospects as new graduates flood into a tough job market South China Morning Post
Chinese hackers infiltrate government eavesdropping on US internet providers Matt Johansen, Varne
The joy of an underrated bucket-list experience in rural Mongolia without answering the phone channel news asia
India
Indian government says criminalizing marital rape is ‘too harsh’ BBC
South Korea
South Korea and the Philippines agree to build a “strategic partnership” and strengthen ties anadolu agency
Southeast Asian criminal networks are thriving on Telegram’s ‘underground market’, UN says channel news asia
syrakistan
America’s war plan against Iran outlined in this influential think tank paper Military watch. Explanation:
The similarities between the current dominant narrative of the West and the narrative of late communism are quite striking. In both cases, words have lost all connection to reality.
— Branko Milanovic (@BrankoMilan) October 6, 2024
Lawsuit to destroy Iran’s nuclear program immediately foreign policy.
It will take more than a few weeks for Iran to build a nuclear bomb New York Times. Explanation:
I mean, I’m not a seismologist, but the graph on the right looks like a test to me. https://t.co/ohSoY4Vhme pic.twitter.com/P0ubXI9iNf
— Armchair Warlord (@ArmchairW) October 6, 2024
Are you a reader?
Iran resumes flights after short-term suspension due to ‘flight restrictions’ anadolu agency
* * * Israel’s threat to Lebanese peacekeepers is ‘outrageous’, says President Michael D. Higgins The Irish Times says: Explanation:
I mapped the area in green. #Ireland deploy a battalion to the south #Lebanonrefused to obey Israeli military evacuation orders or move. We’ve also overlaid IDF evacuation zones in red to show that Irish peacekeepers continue to hold their positions. https://t.co/BG50dv6WKF pic.twitter.com/eWyMXXetzr
— A. Beydoun (@weatherwar) October 6, 2024
* * * What did Al Jazeera’s investigation into Israeli war crimes in Gaza reveal? Al Jazeera. Details of “Ghost Unit”:
2/19 The Hebrew word “Refaim”, which means “ghost”, refers to the Ghost Squad, a sniper team consisting of the following soldiers:
3 United States (New York, Virginia, Illinois)
2 France (Paris & Lyon)
1 Belgium (Brussels)
1 Germany (Munich)
1 South Africa (Johannesburg)
1 Italy
1 Ethiopia
1 Azerbaijan (Baku) pic.twitter.com/oVKz2jTn8S— Yunis Tirawi |Ytirawi (@ytirawi) October 4, 2024
Israel turns prison into ‘hell’ with torture anadolu agency
* * * Gaza Strip on a map: How a year of war dramatically changed life in the region BBC
US to offer ‘compensation’ to Israel if it achieves acceptable targets in Iran – Reports jerusalem post office
discord in europe
Spain proposes mini-union to break EU capital market deadlock F.T.
Dear Old Blighty
Starmer’s new climate policy is unacceptable funding the future
Canary has leaked a copy of the second NHS eLearning module on ME/CFS. That’s not good. canary
A new war that’s not so cold war
President Zelenskiy sends Ukraine’s chief of staff and deputy prime minister to US to discuss victory plan ukrainska pravda
How did Ukraine get the opportunity to join NATO and what does Prime Minister Rutte’s visit have to do with it? european pravda
After the invasion of Kursk in Ukraine, Kiev assumes the role of occupation force (Excerpt) Le Monde
ISW assesses whether financial incentives could impact Russia’s mobilization rate ukrainska pravda
south of the border
Bolsonaro’s right-wing party makes significant gains in Brazil’s local elections france 24
Biden administration
2024
Harris won’t say whether Netanyahu has a ‘true close ally’ in the US Axios
Andrea Mitchell says Kamala Harris has ‘huge problems’ with men and they don’t take her seriously fox
supremes
Supreme Court rejects EPA’s methane ban, mercury regulations SCOTUS Blog
antitrust law
Monopoly Recap: The Feds took $3,000 from you and gave it to Jamie Dimon Matt Stoller, BIG
digital clock
GEICO discontinues insurance coverage for Tesla Cybertruck, ‘this type of vehicle does not meet our underwriting guidelines’ torque news. Explanation:
During a Stanford band’s halftime show, a girl dressed up in a cardboard Cybertruck loses control and keeps crashing into things.
— Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) October 5, 2024
Are we similar in the way we think and feel? Field evidence on the development of shared reality when working with service robots. (Press Release) Journal of Business Researched
Substack wants to be more than just a newsletter semaphores
Moral panic over social media and teen depression Matthew Ingram “Torment Nexus”
heath care
World’s first treatment using donor cells brings autoimmune disease into remission Nature. N = 3. “One woman and two men with severe autoimmune diseases went into remission after treatment with bioengineered, CRISPR-modified immune cells.”1 The three are the first patients with an autoimmune disease to be treated with artificial immune cells made from donor cells, rather than immune cells harvested from their own bodies. This is the first step towards production.”
geetgeist watch
News available:
Next time you go to Walmart, walk through the front end. Right next to the AED is a box containing multiple Stop The Bleed kits.
You may need to know this if you do active shooting. They are needed because once fully collapsed, looters will not be able to touch them. #consciousness
— Tactical Wisdom (@DolioJ) October 6, 2024
class war
“This scenario is a little special.” Railway era”
meaning of life nation. Deck: “The Past and Future of Debt Resistance.”
Adapt or die, or…? Charles Hugh Smith “Of Two Minds”
Antidote (via):
See yesterday’s link and antidote. here.
