Bring back the mammoth Newsweek (Furzy Mouse).
‘Frog saunas’ could save species from deadly fungal disease, study finds Guardian
Private equity has become dangerous territory for investors and Private equity firms cut back on use of riskier debt strategies to fund payouts FT
Goodell: Private equity will be limited to 10%, but could increase Yahoo Finance
climate
A new era of capitalist plagues. Part 7: Wildlife farms and wet markets Climate and capitalism
* * * Global warming will cripple the world’s power grid Bloomberg
Nearly 1 million East Texas power customers remain without power since Hurricane Beryl struck on July 8. S&P Global. Explanation:
Here’s why Houston is without electricity. pic.twitter.com/elZbSfQbYS
— Machine Pan Kelly 🇺🇦 (@KellyScaletta) July 13, 2024
Hurricane Beryl was a warning for Houston Texas Observer
* * * Is Earth’s weather going crazy? Space.com
Runway at Hungary’s second-largest airport melts in heatwaves BNE Intellectual News
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water
Commentary: Clean water pays off Orlando Sentinel
Along changing coastlines, scientists focus on the future Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Syndemics
Health officials offer coronavirus advice for concerts and festivals amid growing fears of ‘Swifty Flu’ Irish Mirror
On high alert! Illness spreads across Florida, putting Disney World vacations at risk Inside the Magic
* * * Woman’s organs pop out from coughing due to coronavirus Gizmodo
Tongue symptoms may be a warning sign of COVID-19, raising concerns about new variants Liverpool Echo
* * * Oklahoma State Animal Health Commission: Belated HPAI H5 reported in Oklahoma daily livestock herd Bird flu diary
Development of a simple and highly sensitive viral particle concentration method for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in saliva Cell. From the abstract: “The developed method improves the analytical sensitivity of saliva-based SARS-CoV-2 testing and allows for the pooling of many samples, speeding up screening tests and reducing the labor required. Furthermore, the developed method may contribute to the sensitive detection of a variety of human and animal viral pathogens from saliva and various clinical samples.”
China?
China’s 3rd Plenary Session: Tight security surrounds key meeting as key policy issues mount South China Morning Post
China’s economy stagnates, pressure grows for more stimulus Channel News Asia
China’s newest overseas military base opens, more to be built Breaking the Defense
Back to Basics: How Many in the PLA? land
China’s coal-fired power share hits record low in May, renewables hits record high, analysis finds Greek Shipping News
Geely Geespace Update — Centimeter-level Global Positioning Service About CIS417
China and Russia conduct joint maritime patrols in the Pacific Ocean Anadolu Agency
The folly of linking NATO with the US’s Asian alliance Diplomat
Malaysia is building shopping malls at a frenzy, but the shoppers aren’t coming Al Jazeera
Leader of Nepal’s largest Communist party appointed new prime minister Al Jazeera
Shiraksta
Netanyahu’s whining drama uses Trump assassination attempt to fire Israeli attorney general Haaretz
Attack on Red Sea shipping port causes Israeli port collapse Seatrade Maritime
Dear Old England
What is the purpose of the majority? London Review of Books
GDP tracks everything except what really matters Funding the future
A new cold war
Russia bans entry into 15km zone along Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast Ukrainska Pravda
Russia’s Iskander ‘double attack’ destroys Ukrainian railways and infrastructure, kills key figures later Military Watches
44% of Ukrainians think it’s time for negotiations, but the majority oppose Putin’s terms Ukrainska Pravda
Ukraine’s population will fall to just 15 million by 2100 – UN BNE Intellectual News
2024
How federal agencies are responding to the assassination attempt on President Trump Government officials
Kimberly Cheatle fired Spy Talk
Trump assassination suspect had a Discord account but “rarely” used it, the company said. Kotaku
Isn’t this what Second Amendment advocates want? Carl Beijer
Biden Administration
‘This is what breaks glass in an emergency’: Analysts wary of threat to US data collection AP
Digital Watches
Sex, Lies, and Videotape Bent wood
AI has become a technology of faith Atlantic
Screen media use and mental health of children and adolescents JAMA. From the abstract: “A secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial finds that short-term reductions in leisure-time screen media use within families positively affect psychological symptoms in children and adolescents, particularly by reducing internalizing behavior problems and enhancing prosocial behavior.”
Sports Watch
supply chain
Risks to the global food market in six charts World Bank
The 40% increase in the price of badminton shuttlecocks in China is linked to a drop in pork prices. What is the reason? Channel News Asia
Empire Collapse Watch
America is staring into the abyss Edward Luce, F.T.
How can we stabilize America? (Excerpt) Noah Smith, Noahpinion
Class struggle
What the New Left Needs Dani Rodrik, Project Syndicate
IMF: Three-quarters of the world’s wealth is owned by 10% of the population, who also account for half of carbon dioxide emissions. BNE Intellectual News. Nothing changes…….
29. This is a 3,200-year-old attendance register found in Deir el-Medina, Egypt.
Reasons given for workers being absent from work include “brewing beer,” “embalming my brother’s body,” “drinking with cons,” and “being bitten by a scorpion.” pic.twitter.com/pPHl3o7qs3
— James Lucas (@JamesLucasIT) July 12, 2024
* * * Understanding bodily autonomy through three forms of oppression Hood Communist
Foucault Friday Closed Form
Today’s antidote (Ram Man):
See yesterday’s link and the Antidote du Jour here.
