Virginity vs. promiscuity: The philosophical problems with sex Big Think (Micael T)
The 32 Best Horror Movies to Keep You Up at Night and The 14 Best Non-Scary Halloween Movies Vanity Fair (furzy)
Oldest fossil human footprints in North America confirmed ScienceDaily (Kevin W)
Iran’s Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize BBC
HotSat-1: Novel UK spacecraft maps heat variations across Earth BBC (David L)
Nonlinearity: Could Ozempick cause a deflation in the price of food?A mere 1% drop in demand can cause a significant overload. pic.twitter.com/ngwZCV8kfY
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) October 6, 2023
Cannabis doesn’t make you more creative — it makes you think you’re more creative ZMEScience (David L)
#COVID-19
After getting Covid multiple times, Drake becomes the latest artist to throw in the towel due to new chronic stomach illness as Covid shown to infect and destroy the stomach: pic.twitter.com/3utY8lyh5J
— Chris Turnbull (@EnemyInAState) October 6, 2023
Hello world! We are Boston COVID Action. We’re excited to bring free, no-questions-asked respirator distro to Boston after months of planning. pic.twitter.com/AQ86JpndrJ
— Boston COVID Action (@BosCovidAction) October 6, 2023
Climate/Environment
Hyundai, Kia To Adopt Tesla EV-Charging Standard From 2024 In US Reuters
China?
Raimondo wants more and better tools to curb Huawei Asia Times
Would democracy make China wealthier?
Obviously, not. That’s why Americans keep wanting to spread that thing to China. 😆 https://t.co/0swvONBagA
— S.L. Kanthan (@Kanthan2030) October 6, 2023
Myanmar’s top court declines to hear Suu Kyi’s special appeals in abuse of power and bribery cases Ground
India
Wow, the biggest dam in the Indian state of Sikkim, generating 1,200 MW of power (roughly the same as the Hoover dam) and costing about $3bio to build, was pretty much completely washed away after just 10 minutes of flash floods. https://t.co/y3AFTWDC8k
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) October 4, 2023
South of the Border
Can Venezuela become an oil exporter to the U.S.? Modern Diplomacy (Micael T)
New Not-So-Cold War
U.S. House of Reps Meltdown Puts Ukraine’s Future in Jeopardy Simplicius the Thinker
Ukraine: Financing The War About Hegemony Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)
Valdai International Discussion Club meeting President of Russia
The war in Ukraine is threatening to wash across the Black Sea Economist. A bit late to notice…
Ukraine’s Summer Offensive Has FAILED History Legends. Good overview, particularly for sending to those still in denial mode.
A reader comment on “Further to ‘Divine Intervention” that merits wide exposure Gilbert Doctorow (guurst). On Russian heavy bombs.
Ukraine completes investigation into killing of EuroMaidan protesters, indicts Yanukovych for murder Kyiv Independent (furzy)
Balkans
Unrest in Kosovo German Foreign Policy
Syraqistan
Here is what to know about the surprise attack on Israel. New York Times
Gaza militants enter Israel after rocket barrage BBC
Historic DISGRACE for Israeli govt Jacob Dreizen
Hamas has announced the launch of ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ against Israel, in response to the continuing provocations in Al-Aqsa.@sandragathmann explains why Al-Aqsa is significant in this episode from the #AJStartHere archive.
Full episode ➡️ https://t.co/NuTKo76mm7 pic.twitter.com/sFNWmgkECF
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) October 7, 2023
🇮🇱🇵🇸 In the West Bank and Palestine, the clergy have joined in: mosques are calling on the population to start a holy war and a new phase of intifada against Israel.
The stakes are rising: in previous years, such calls remained mostly online, not on the streets or, especially,… pic.twitter.com/ZR6EUzBNb6
— Rybar Force (@rybar_force) October 7, 2023
Netanyahu says Israel is at war after Hamas launches multi-front assault Financial Times
Breaking News: Israel launched Operation Iron Swords Israel destroys third Gaza tower eliminated Palestinian Terrorists #Gaza #hamas #southernisrael pic.twitter.com/mmeTLlxju9
— The World (@humantheworld) October 7, 2023
This is potentially significant. Scott Ritter argued in one of his videos a couple of months ago that Israel lost in its own war games v. Hamas, that if Hezbollah joined massively, and if Iran joined too, it would be wiped off the face of the earth. I can’t find the clip even though I thought I called that section out. But if Ritter had this right, Hezbollah clearing its throat would be seen as more significant in Tel Aviv and Washington that you’d otherwise assume:
Hezbollah has released a statement claiming that they are in Direct Contact with Hamas as well as other Palestinian Factions in the Gaza Strip and that they are Warning Israel to be Careful with what their next Actions.
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 7, 2023
Hezbollah has released a statement claiming that they are in Direct Contact with Hamas as well as other Palestinian Factions in the Gaza Strip and that they are Warning Israel to be Careful with what their next Actions.
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 7, 2023
Whether Israel prevails militarily in this most recent violence, its situation overall is unsustainable.
It must transition from a US forward operating base to a nation willing/able to live in peace/cooperation with its neighbors.
Riyadh/Tehran prove there’s alternatives.
— Brian Berletic (@BrianJBerletic) October 7, 2023
Saudi Arabia Willing to Raise Oil Output to Help Secure Israel Deal Wall Street Journal (David L)
Hillary Clinton joins call for UN to criminalise gender apartheid Channel News Asia (furzy)
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
ICE, CBP, Secret Service All Illegally Used Smartphone Location Data 404media
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It New York Times. Paul R: “Matching named to online pics for police.” Moi: “Why I obsessively avoid being photographed.
How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet Wired via the Wayback Machine (David L). The original link now goes to a page where Wired said it pulled the story.
Imperial Collapse Watch
NATO is Done Col. Larry Wilkerson, Dialogue Works
The IMF and World Bank talk good governance, but walk with state-capturers CADTM (Micael T)
India to Receive Last Two Russian S-400 Units in 2024: How Is Russia Producing Them So Quickly? Military Watch
How Do We Survive the Constitution? New Yorker (furzy)
Biden
Biden blames the press for bad poll numbers RT (Kevin W)
Spoiler alert: Biden world is taking third-party threats seriously Politico
Hunter Biden Claims Immunity, Seeks Dismissal of Federal Gun Charges Sputnik (Kevin W)
Democrats en déshabillé
If we’re going to deprogram cult members, we should start with cult leaders.
I nominate the BlueAnon elder who programmed followers to believe in deranged Trump-Russia conspiracy theories and support an apocalyptic proxy war with Russia: https://t.co/laAn1maLhg
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) October 6, 2023
Have They Gone Mad? Matt Taibbi. Hillary makes right wing fever swamp depictions of Democrats/liberals as Bolsheviks look warranted.
GOP Clown Car
A Broken Congress Is What MAGA Always Wanted Daily Beast (furzy)
Red airwave: America’s conservative talk radio saturation Agence France-Presse (furzy). Yes, conservative does not exactly = GOP but the Venn diagram overlap is substantial. I mentioned back in the 2016 elections that many people misunderstood how influential radio was and how it was dominated by conservative talk shows. And let us not forget explicitly Christian stations!
Immigration
Biden U-turns AGAIN and starts deporting thousands of Venezuelans to combat migrant surge – as AOC demands president ‘takes responsibility and reverses’ border wall construction Daily Mail
How Biden’s Promises to Reverse Trump’s Immigration Policies Crumbled New York Times (Kevin W)
Google Agrees To Reform Its Data Terms After German Antitrust Intervention Techcrunch
The Price-Fixing Economy Matt Stoller (Chuck L)
Huge US government borrowing adds to bond market pain Financial Times (Kevin W)
The Bottomless Swamp of Regulatory Capture Charles Hughes Smith (Micael T)
Inflation
Job growth is strong, wage growth continues to normalize Economic Policy Institute
Summers Says Fed’s Interest Rate Hikes Aren’t Working as in Past Bloomberg. Yours truly was far from alone in predicting that.
Rent. Online shopping. Meat. These are some markets affected by recent price-fixing conspiracies. Is inflation being driven by systemic price fixing across the economy via algorithm? Recent antitrust suits suggest it’s a real factor.https://t.co/s84BCvXPor
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) October 6, 2023
AI
AI girlfriend encouraged man to attempt crossbow assassination of Queen The Register
The Bezzle
FTX Employees Discovered Alameda’s $65 Billion Backdoor Months Before Collapse The Block
FTX co-founder says Sam Bankman-Fried firm was ‘taking customers’ money’ for years Financial Times
Class Warfare
Striking Autoworkers Win Shock Victory Ken Klipperstein (Randy K)
Auto workers worry it takes less labor to build electric cars. Maybe not, some researchers say CNN. ma: “Hmmm………the companies want to use different workers though…i.e., those not under the UAW (or any) contract.”
Antidote du jour:
And a bonus:
MIND IF I PET YOU HORSY ? pic.twitter.com/jsS30gFgwZ
— Animal Press (@AnimalsAddicts) October 5, 2023
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
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