The world’s oldest calendar engraved in ancient ruins discovered Space.com
Global stock markets recover most of their losses from Monday’s crash FT
climate
Federal infrastructure funding is driving dam removal and river habitat restoration. AP
Carbon markets face turmoil as 32% of carbon credits fail test Bloomberg
Poison in the air ProPublica
Syndemics
The latest COVID vaccine is here: Effectiveness, who should take it, and more Forbes
China?
China leader struggles with economy ‘hard to heat’ at summer home FT
Shenzhen joins Chinese local governments to take back unsold homes from developers South China Morning Post
China unveils two new approaches for domestic voluntary carbon market S&P Global
Vietnam supports Cambodia’s Mekong Canal construction, asks for cooperation on impacts Channel News Asia
Myanmar
Strategically important Myanmar military headquarters falls to rebels, dealing blow to regime AP
Chinese envoy meets with Myanmar junta leader over border clash Channel News Asia
European Separation
Viktor Orban, the White Raven, becomes EU President Succulents
Dear Old England
Night of far-right violence in Britain as protesters take to the streets to avoid WSJ (!!). Explanation:
This is better than any politician’s speech I’ve heard recently 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
pic.twitter.com/GhWKlGueOv— Jay Motty (@JayMotty) August 8, 2024
Banksy’s Howling Wolf Artwork Removed BBC
Kocher Birkar – From asylum seeker to Cambridge Fields Medal winner Times
A new cold war
Fighting intensifies in Russia as Kiev advances in biggest counter-invasion of war FT. Deck: “Ukrainian forces occupied approximately 350 square kilometers of the Kursk region.”
Fighting intensifies in Kursk region after Ukraine’s largest-ever incursion into Russia France 24. Explanation:
Map of the 🇺🇦 military advance in Russia’s Kursk region.
The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant is just 22 km away.
Source: Radio Liberty, funded by the U.S. government. pic.twitter.com/CAJ9UaMNA7— Hamzullah Darman (@hamzullahdarman) August 9, 2024
Russia steps up security at Kursk nuclear power plant after Ukrainian attacks in region Anadolu Agency
Ukraine seizes Suzha gas station – The Washington Post Ukrainska Pravda. “Transit point for Russian gas flowing through Ukraine to the EU.”
Russia’s Lipetsk region comes under ‘massive’ drone attack, says governor Al Jazeera
* * * Pentagon says Ukraine’s attack on Russia will not escalate The Hill
* * * Why Ukrainian generals are gambling on invading Russia CNN
What were Ukraine’s objectives in the Battle of Kursk? BNE Intellectual News
Can Ukraine go on the offensive again? Foreign Affairs
The Kursk attack will not turn the war in Ukraine’s favour Don’t form a group
* * * Russia should not back down any further in Ukraine – Medvedev RT
Shiraksta
Gaza is the West’s new (?) tool for waging war Alabama Moon
Palestinian Overwrite New Left Review
* * * Biden joins Egyptian, Qatari leaders in calling for Gaza ceasefire, hostage release deal The Hill
Israel’s enemies want revenge, but not enough to start an all-out war Haaretz
Israeli army reports ‘military attack’ in southern Gaza Strip Anadolu Agency
* * * Houthis attack Greek-owned tanker with small boat and RPG Maritime Executive
Israelis perform red cow ritual in front of Al-Aqsa Mosque Middle East Eye (Carolina).
Why Ilan Pappe’s new book on the Israel Lobby is a must-read Middle East Eye. From June, still relevant.
2024
Black leftists’ criticism of Kamala Harris Black Agenda Report
As Democrats dominate the news, Trump struggles for attention BBC
Only Trump can go to Tehran American Conservatives
The Supremes
Dog and cat owners become aggressive in U.S. Supreme Court brief Reuters
Police State Surveillance
Cello-Playing Climate Activist Arrested at Citibank Protest in New York as Crackdown Intensifies Guardian
Renowned free press
Why the decline of local media poses a security risk land
Teenager accused of derailing train and posting video of accident online The New York Times
Digital Watch
GitHub token leak could have compromised the entire Python language Tech Radar
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bob Casey question Kroger’s use of electronic pricing in stores Cincinnati.com
Auditing AI: Legal, ethical and technical approaches (PDF) Jakob Mökander, Digital Sociey. From the abstract: “The article concludes that the next step in the evolution of auditing as an AI governance mechanism should be to interlink these available complementary approaches into a structured, holistic procedure to audit not only how AI systems are designed and used, but also how AI impacts users, society and the natural environment over time in the environments in which it is applied.”
Basil
US Court Orders FTX to Pay $12.7 Billion to Customers Al Jazeera
“Airbnb hopping”: How a hunted hacker keeps eluding kidnappers 404 Media
Fafafafa Fashion
Monthly ready-made garment exports may rise by $250 million amid Bangladesh crisis Business Standard
Sports Desk
Exclusive: WADA places US Anti-Doping Agency under compliance review and Athletes go undercover? World and US anti-doping agencies at odds over strategy Reuters
No. 420
Through the psychedelic mirror New Lines Magazine
housing
Breed Police’s San Francisco homeless camp cleanup operation hits dead end after federal judge orders more training San Francisco Chronicle
Report shows where San Francisco’s homeless are being sent ABC7
You call that compassion? Freddie DeBoer
Class struggle
What flipping burgers can tell us about the US economy FT
Report from meat processing plant: “We are powerful when we unite as workers” Workday Magazine
Today’s antidote (Patrick_K59):
See yesterday’s link and the Antidote du Jour here.
