Endangered Caucasian lynx walks 2200 km in one year, GPS shows Duvar
Ever heard of ‘evil architecture’? 👿 Take for example benches that cannot be slept on, pins to prevent skateboarding or anti-homeless spikes. Here we talk about the avian equivalent: anti-bird spikes. Nasty metal spikes to stop birds from perching or nesting. pic.twitter.com/VfJNXMRTgE
— Auke-Florian (@AukeFlorian) July 11, 2023
Beautiful. Full paper here.
These Signs Could Be An Indication Your Home Is About To Slide Down A Hill LAist
Climate/Environment
Canada’s Political Elites Are Climate Criminals in the Pocket of Big Oil Socialist Project
EU to drop ban of hazardous chemicals after industry pressure The Guardian
World Bank Names CEOs to Help Bring Private Funds to Climate, Development Finance Reuters
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Summer Heat Waves Killed 61,000 in Europe Last Year, Study Says New York Times
Residents of US south-west swelter under record-breaking heatwave The Guardian
US Has a Power Disconnection Crisis Consortium News
A heat wave will cook your electric car battery, if you let it The Mercury News
#COVID-19
Weekly additions to US kidney transplant waitlist hits all-time high Inside Medicine
Another Hidden Covid Risk: Lingering Kidney Problems New York Times. From Sept. 2021, still germane.
Humoral vaccine response and breakthrough infections in kidney transplant recipients during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide cohort study The Lancet. “Kidney transplant recipients experienced reduced SARS-CoV-2 vaccine response and were at increased risk of severe COVID-19.”
China?
De-Risking as Viewed from China Sinification
In Zambia’s debt deal, what was the point of the Common Framework? Africa Watch
New Not-So-Cold War
We value our allies. We value our shared security. And we always appreciate an open conversation.
Ukraine will be represented at the NATO summit in Vilnius. Because it is about respect.But Ukraine also deserves respect. Now, on the way to Vilnius, we received signals that…
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 11, 2023
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‼️ Russian MoD reported today that, just since the beginning of the AFU “offensive” (June 4th), Russian air defenses have shot down 176 HIMARS rockets and 27 Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
No other military on the planet has this capability.
No-Fly Zonehttps://t.co/z5zrpaSYUO pic.twitter.com/EgyqSFP84c
— Will Schryver (@imetatronink) July 11, 2023
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📢New Update of our Ukraine Support Tracker. Due to Ukraine’s counteroffensive, I had expected to see a big new wave of support. Once data collection was done, I was surprised how small total new commitments were March-May 👇 Plus: only ~50% of promised weapons have arrived. A 🧵 pic.twitter.com/3WthWVB1Do
— Christoph Trebesch (@Ch_Trebesch) July 6, 2023
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Biden skips NATO leader dinner as staff cites recent workload — days after president lounged on beach New York Post
No, Ukraine Hawks Aren’t Strengthening America The American Conservative
NATO Isn’t What It Says It Is Grey Anderson and Thomas Meaney, New York Times
White House greenlights troubled arms deal with Türkiye RT
NEW: Biden admin is offering to provide Greece some tactical weaponry amid concerns in Congress that Turkey — longtime rival but fellow NATO member — will get too many concessions as U.S. seeks support for Sweden’s bid to join alliance, source tells me. https://t.co/TLHP9CrF0L
— Farnoush Amiri (@FarnoushAmiri) July 11, 2023
Red Army Rising: Kursk and Beyond Big Serge Thought
U.S. sanctions top Serbian security official for actions that support Russia’s ‘malign activities’ Politico
NATO chief ready to meet with Serbian president to defuse tensions in Kosovo Anadolu Agency
Syraqistan
US loots new batch of Syrian oil, reinforces bases in occupied Hasakah The Cradle
MbS to Blinken: ‘No’ to Israeli normalization, ‘yes’ to Syrian reconciliation The Cradle
GCC countries, Russia keen to enhance cooperation Arab News. Russian FM Lavrov: “We have a unified position with the Gulf states towards Syria’s unity and sovereignty over its lands.”
B-a-a-a-a-d Banks
Bank of America agrees to pay $250 mln over junk fees, other violations Reuters
Gallup Poll: Confidence in U.S. Banks Stood at 60 Percent in 1979. Today, It Stands at 26 Percent. Wall Street on Parade
Spook Country
Unpopularity Behind Elite Demands For Spying And Censorship Public
Biden Administration
Judge Rules for Microsoft: Mergers Are Good BIG by Matt Stoller
White House announces new plan to address the growing threat of xylazine in overdose crisis STAT
FBI director to testify as GOP’s skepticism reaches fever pitch The Hill
2024
Trump denounces Biden’s decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine NBC News
Let us not be deceived: NATO is an expanding instrument of U.S. global power that provoked Russia into a criminal invasion and occupation of Ukraine. This proxy war between the American Empire and the Russian Federation could lead to World War III. We must stop the war and war…
— Cornel West (@CornelWest) July 10, 2023
Realignment and Legitimacy
Historically Low Faith in U.S. Institutions Continues Gallup
Activism, Uncensored: A History of Flag-Burning Matt Taibbi, Racket News
GOP Clown Car
Right-Wing Websites Connected to Former Trump Lawyer Are Scamming Loyal Followers With Phony Celebrity Pitches ProPublica
The Supremes
US colleges and universities are ‘selling access’ to supreme court justices AP
Woke Watch
‘Woke or KKK’: NYU Hosts Whites-Only ‘Antiracism’ Workshop for Public School Parents Washington Free Beacon
oh cool they’re doing it to fred hampton now https://t.co/Wk27k5PW83 pic.twitter.com/cTi7oI7moz
— sam (@halaljew) February 6, 2021
Obama Legacy
In defense of Deliverism Cory Doctorow, Pluralistic. The deck: “The radical idea that people vote for politicians who make their lives better.” Would it have been different if the mobilization refused to stand down after Obama’s victory?
Obama and his podcast partner are going to have to do a duet “Nebraska” album:
Nebraska Mom Pleads Guilty to Giving Abortion Pills to Her Teen Daughter Jezebel. “…cops obtained a warrant for Facebook messages between her and her mother. Facebook parent company Meta complied and provided the messages, in which the pair allegedly discussed ending Celeste’s pregnancy with pills.”
Digital Watch
EU tries again with new framework for data flows to US Al Mayadeen
Amazon claims it isn’t a “Very Large Online Platform” to evade EU rules Ars Technica
Supply Chain
Antibiotic Shortage Could Worsen Syphilis Epidemic New York Times
America Has Shortage of Key Lead-Poisoning Drug Wall Street Journal
Shifting trade patterns see Mexico become biggest exporter to US The Loadstar
Sports Desk
MLB working with Dow to develop a baseball with better grip AP
Our Famously Free Press
Vice Execs Were Paid Over $1 Million In Bonuses The Day After ‘Painful’ Layoffs HuffPost
Konrad Wolf Prize 2023 goes to Julian Assange Akademie der Künste
Class Warfare
SoCal Hotel Strike Reaches Its Second Wave LAist
Checked Out: How LA Failed to Stop Landlords From Turning Low-Cost Housing Into Tourist Hotels ProPublica
Hollywood studios could face two strikes for the first time in 63 years. How did we get here? Los Angeles Times
They Don’t Want Us And We Don’t Need Them Defector
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