Link October 9, 2024 | Naked Capitalism

Research reveals whether an elephant’s trunk is on the left or right side based on its wrinkles Guardian (Dr. Kevin)

keynes in dublin Dublin Book Review (Anthony L)

Everything is outside the water: Should philosophers have maxims? The Point (Anthony L)

Why paintings (still images) are important New Statesman (Anthony L)

Needles in the Haystack: Stories of Lost Waves Chris Dalla Riva (Anthony L)

Climate/Environment

Percentage of the world’s oceans with sea surface temperatures (SST) of 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Celsius) or higher in September. It’s as if something has changed. 🤔 pic.twitter.com/jW1XIztkBN

— Brian Brettschneider (@Climatologist49) October 7, 2024

Warning on climate change as world’s rivers dry up at the fastest rate in 30 years guardian

Is Arctic methane causing the climate crisis? julian crib

Greece’s honey production plummets due to climate change Ekatamerini. No baklava?

Brits are being asked to dig up unnecessary electrical equipment to tackle copper shortage guardian

China?

State files lawsuit alleging TikTok’s addictive nature captivates children washington post

Chinese stocks fall the most since 2020 on skepticism about economic stimulus bloomberg

Foxconn is building Nvidia superchip facility in Mexico, executive says Reuters

China requires school teachers to submit passports Financial Post (Dr. Kevin)

discord in europe

According to Danish newspaper reports, the US Navy was said to have been on the scene shortly before Nord Stream was destroyed. Weltwoche (Micael T) by machine translation

New record: More pensioners rely on social assistance than ever before NOZ (Micael T) by machine translation

How the European Union passed a brave new law to protect the planet’s forests, only to see it turn out to be a logistical and bureaucratic nightmare that no one wanted.Euzippius (Michael T.)

old blighty

Russian spies plot ‘mayhem’ on UK streets, MI5 chief warns financial times

israel vs resistance

“Dad, what were you doing during the Gaza massacre?” pic.twitter.com/5ZsUZNKSjZ

— Palestine Online 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) October 8, 2024

Investigating war crimes in Gaza I Al Jazeera investigation YouTube (Fergy)

A year of genocide and famine Daniel Larison

Gaza after a year of war seymour hersh

Northern Gaza is under threat of annihilation and is becoming vacant land. 400,000 Palestinians are being forced south to overcrowded “safe zones” that host 1 million displaced people in tents without any services. This area is 10% of Gaza that Israel has been systematically bombing for months. https://t.co/TPzgzTGCAj

— Nicola Perugini (@PeraginiNic) October 9, 2024

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns Lebanon could face ‘Gaza-like’ destruction Al Jazeera. Therefore, it is now official policy rather than an inference from behavior.

For those who doubt – Hezbollah is reported to be back alabama moon

Hezbollah says Israel is using UN forces as ‘human shields’ in southern Lebanon Cradle (Kevin W)

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Colonel Larry Wilkerson: Israel is on the brink of destruction in war with Iran and Hezbollah! Dialogue Works, YouTube. Contains important discussion of US and Iranian hostilities over the Strait of Hormuz

Iran’s ‘Ahmad Charabis’ is supporting Israel’s plan to bomb Iran Antiwar.com (Michael T)

Israel considers $66 billion war bill as economic crisis deepens Cradle (Kevin W)

After a year of war, Israel’s unity is wavering, and even the support is bleeding RT

Scott Ritter: Is Israel’s complete defeat against Iran and Hezbollah imminent? Dialogue Works, YouTube. Mr. Ritter again discusses how unlikely the idea of a nuclear test claim is (he still repeats 10 miles below the surface, which seems wrong), but he has We have solid information about the inspection and how difficult it will be to avoid it (Ritter explains that it will happen) by a “gun device” as opposed to a missile. Launching a bomb does not require many tests. See “Gun Device” starting at 28:50.

A new war that’s not so cold war

The Ukrainian army is like a mushroom. Russian military is harvesting Marat Kailin

Pivotal stalemate in war takes shape as Russia tightens negotiating terms Simplicius (Kevin W). In my post about Foreign Minister Lavrov’s interview in Newsweek magazine, I restated Putin’s terms of June 14th, but I was too indirect. Foreign Minister Lavrov made it clear that he was reaffirming President Putin’s position. Considering Kursk, it’s actually worth noting that Russia is simply sticking to its guns. We linked to Anadolu Agency’s document at the time, not only covering everything that Mr. Lavrov listed in his typically long Putin speech, but also showing that Anadolu Agency said the exact same points that Mr. Lavrov made. It was shown that they had been put together again.

Zelenskiy cancels November peace summit RT (Kevin W)

Former NATO chief Stoltenberg could have prevented the Ukraine conflict, but instead he fueled it. sputnik

big brother is watching over you

Smart TVs are like a “digital Trojan horse” in the home Ars Technica. I’ve always thought so.

imperial collapse watch

Finally pic.twitter.com/oASTK3vQuZ

— Philip Proudfoot 🇱🇧🇵🇸 (@PhilipProudfoot) October 8, 2024

playing cards

Book raises unconfirmed claims about Trump-Putin relationship New York Times (Kevin W)

Kamala

Democrats are worried as Kamala Harris struggles to break through with the working class wall street journal

Democrats worried about Harris’ Biden-style ‘hiding in the basement’ campaign Just news. Well, after that 60 Minutes interview, hiding seems like her best option.

Mr. Camara yesterday accused Governor DeSantis of “playing politics” in response to the hurricanes that are hitting Florida.

Biden today said DeSantis is “cooperative” and “doing a great job.”

The West Wing seems to be on two very different wavelengths. pic.twitter.com/Ik5EsgBFJ2

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 8, 2024

Kamala’s true guts: Harris’s maligned gun-toting role under the Biden-Harris administration Jonathan Turley. See also IM Doc for comments on yesterday’s link about Glocks.

2024

Problems with public opinion polls new york book reviews

Trump and Harris have vastly different opinions on science, but they have something in common when it comes to U.S. technology policy. The Conversation (Kevin W)

Milton

Biden issues ‘life or death’ warning after Hurricane Milton, tells millions of Florida residents to leave BBC. where will they go? Would you sleep in your car in a safer Walmart parking lot?

Why are experts so afraid of Hurricane Milton? the hill

Timelapse taken by Hurricane Milton about 2 hours ago.

1/6400 second exposure, 14mm, ISO 500, 0.5 second interval, 30fps pic.twitter.com/p5wBlC95mx

— Matthew Dominick (@dominickmatthew) October 8, 2024

Helen’s aftermath

‘The worst I’ve ever seen’: Disinformation disruption hits FEMA Politico. Another desperate and shameful excuse for censorship. What matters to the public is whether FEMA is providing relief to disaster-stricken areas. Perhaps Team R’s false fuss about performance has no effect on the provision of aid. What that could damage is FEMA’s reputation and Mr. Kamala’s chances of victory.

Compare this scapegoat to the report from KLG that Lambert ran yesterday.

My sources have no reason to lie. Maybe I’m exaggerating, but it seems all too likely to me.

FEMA is Charlie Foxtrot, no matter what its apologists and administrators say. Almost everyone who applies for $750 will be denied. For example, if you have insurance, it won’t cost you $750 because a bona fide insurance company will pay it. Yes, but for many, it’s only after being dragged kicking and screaming to cut a check. My assistant rents a house in rural Georgia. Her losses are real, but because she’s a renter, it costs less than $200 to replace the produce and meat that went missing in her freezer after a week’s power outage. That’s all she asked for. Ukraine has $200 billion or something, but she doesn’t have $200. In some areas, it is still unclear when power will be restored. Compared to the mountains of North Carolina, these are a blessing. This is the message people are getting…things are likely to get even worse when Milton crashes into Tampa St. Paul. Pete Wednesday night. Winds will be sustained for the remaining 24 hours, returning to 150 mph. This could be a killer.

Fact-checking falsehoods about FEMA funding and Hurricane Helen NPR (Fergy). Please pay attention to this claim.

As of Sunday, FEMA said it had delivered more than $137 million to six Southeastern states, including 7,000 federal employees, nearly 15 million meals, 14 million liters of water, 157 generators and more than 500,000 tarps. announced that it had provided support.

$137 million is like couch lint compared to the scale of this disaster. Lambert also noted that while he would have expected articles about FEMA relief to arrive by now, none are showing up on his extensive feed. I can’t prove that it’s negative or close to negative, but…

Hurricane Helen is America’s Chernobyl moment Unhard (Anthony L)

I think this kind of thing is also what would-be censors are upset about. However, this article cites FEMA documents and uses one of its videos. Survival of the worst Lau Bejis

Watchdog agency finds $7 billion in unused funds at FEMA – even though Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas says none is available for future disasters new york post

U.S. lawmakers pursue FCC’s $900 million Starlink disregard in the wake of Hurricane Helen register