A rare video shows an octopus hunting with fish and hitting those that don’t cooperate. NBC
Classification of sovereign wealth funds Brad Setzer, FT
climate
…Helen weakens to a tropical storm and moves into interior Georgia… …life-threatening storm surge, winds and heavy rain continue… National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Hurricane Center
* * * Climate change is so serious that even the North Pole is on fire bloomberg
* * * Low-carbon ammonia offers green alternative for agriculture and hydrogen transport Tech Explore
China begins piloting SAF on civil flights and airports. Increase in 2025 S&P Global. SAF = Sustainable Aviation Fuel.
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2. After 40 years of climate science (first with AGGG and now with IPCC), everyone feels like they know something about climate. But experts really only know their field. Generalists and practitioners can implement solutions, but experts are needed to develop them. Bamboo as a climate solution is totally untapped pic.twitter.com/4AKrGBUsTo
— Paul Mydowski (@_ppmv) August 30, 2024
water
Southern Water plans to transport supplies by tanker from Norwegian fjords F.T.
syndrome
New coronavirus is evolving resistance to antiviral treatments, study shows newsweek
EID Journal: New monkeypox virus sublineage C.1 causing community transmission, Vietnam, 2023 Bird flu diary
China?
Chinese stocks on track for best week since 2008 on economic stimulus as most Asian markets rise NBC
China ends week of ‘bazooka’ stimulus for struggling economy with rate cut Agence France-Presse
China’s industrial profit growth slows, highlighting urgent need for policy change South China Morning Post
Stock market frenzy mars Chinese market with glitches bloomberg
myanmar
Myanmar military urges anti-coup forces to abandon struggle and join negotiations Al Jazeera
India
Indian cricket remains associated with masculinity as women’s game grows in popularity new line magazine
Chinese and Russian companies include first foreign investors in construction project in Indonesia’s new capital Nusantara channel news asia
syrakistan
Prime Minister Netanyahu gives ‘green light’ to temporary ceasefire with Hezbollah: Israeli media anadolu agency
Prime Minister Netanyahu issues contradictory statements, dampening hopes for Lebanon ceasefire guardian
Dissatisfied US claims ceasefire plan rejected by Netanyahu was coordinated with him era of israel
* * * Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to New York is another missed opportunity for Israel Haaretz
Former General: “If the war continues for one more year, Israel will collapse” middle east monitor
discord in europe
France deploys colonial security forces to quell cost-of-living protests in Martinique MR online
Dear Old Blighty
Rachel Reeves should really be serving the country, not the city. funding the future
A new war that’s not so cold war
The wait is over: Putin reveals new nuclear theory as final warning to the West Simplicius, Simplicius the Thinker
Russian nuclear doctrine revised according to President Vladimir Putin’s latest speech gilbert doctorow
Russia sounds its nuclear saber again as Ukraine destroys munitions Al Jazeera
* * * Zelenskiy’s “victory plan”: Is the Ukraine war reaching its endgame? france 24
The US is providing billions of dollars more in weapons to Ukraine. Here’s how they help AP
Zelenskiy sets his sights on China, Brazil pushes for peace in Ukraine Reuters
* * * Missile attack on Ukrainian air base destroys F-16s on the ground – Report Military watch. If it’s true, it’s big.
* * * What does “victory” look like for Ukraine? audience
Who will win in Ukraine? These maps tell the real story. Wapo
The river flowing through the end of the NATO-Russia-Ukraine war Gordon Hearn, Russia and Eurasian Politics. See NC here and here.
* * * Could the United States be accused of “interfering” in Georgia’s elections? responsible national strategy
Is Georgia headed for a new revolution? Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
* * * The White House says President Zelenskyy’s visit to a weapons factory is not politically motivated. ukrainska pravda
Imagine the collapse of the Russian Empire Tim Mack’s counterattack
The Wild West of the Papal Synod JStor Daily
antitrust law
Google’s antitrust law won’t democratize surveillance, it will eliminate it Corey Doctorow, Pluralism
digital clock
X blocks links to hacked JD Vance documents The Verge
Explaining the drama between WordPress and WP Engine tech crunch
supply chain
91 hours left to avoid U.S. supply chain disruption splash 247
zeitgeist watch
Example of estimated organ market George Mason Law Research Paper No. LS No. 24-22
country for some women new quest
imperial collapse watch
Why can’t the US build icebreakers? construction physics
guillotine watch
Friend testifies that Ocean Gate CEO knew Titan diving project would end in disaster fox
class war
CEOs reveal how unwanted they are in a heartbreaking cry to return to the office bent wood
A tiny house on the edge of the New Deal nonsite.org
Enemies of the State: An Interview with John Zerzan anarchist library
the picture is incomplete Science. Deck: “A number of papers by prominent neuroscientist and top NIH official Eliezer Masria have come under question.”
The immediate antidote (Pudding 4 Brains ):
See yesterday’s link and antidote. here.
