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‘Splooting’ squirrels on Staten Island? NYC Parks sheds light on this bizarre behavior. SI Live (DL).

Angels Announce McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines On New Earth Will Work 67% Of The Time Babylon Bee. Somebody alert Stoller.

Climate

Rhine River at Kaub drops below transit levels, Germany The Watchers

China’s Yangtze river shrinks as heatwave, drought threaten crops Reuters

Panama Canal grapples with climate change threat Hellenic Shipping News

Global warming putting world’s biggest ice sheet at greater risk than scientists previously thought Daily Maverick

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A long thread on designing swales to capture water:

How does young soil support plant life? Soils Matter, Get the Scoop

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Climate change is making hundreds of diseases much worse Nature

Meet the team of volunteers removing invasive species from local parks Capital Daily

#COVID19

Morphological, cellular, and molecular basis of brain infection in COVID-19 patients PNAS. n = 26. From the Abstract: “Neurological symptoms are among the most prevalent of the extrapulmonary complications of COVID-19, affecting more than 30% of patients. In this study, we provide evidence that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is found in the human brain, where it infects astrocytes and to a lesser extent, neurons….. Our data support the model in which SARS-CoV-2 reaches the brain, infects astrocytes, and consequently, leads to neuronal death or dysfunction. These deregulated processes could contribute to the structural and functional alterations seen in the brains of COVID-19 patients.”

Has COVID-19 subverted global health? Pandemic

China?

China announces new Taiwan drills as US delegation visits AP

Jörg Wuttke on China’s Self-Destruction The Wire. President of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China.

China home prices fall for 11th straight month as suspended construction, mortgage boycott and weak economy hit sales South China Morning Post

China Youth Jobless Rate Hits Record 20% in July on Covid Woes Bloomberg. How does a supposedly Socialist state even have a jobless rate?

Leaked Data Show China’s Population Is Shrinking Fast Project Syndicate

“Cha Bu Duo”: The expression that fills western manufacturers in China with dread Sourcing Allies

Don’t Rule Out Intervention in the Solomon Islands The National Interest

Secret swearing in of Scott Morrison to 3 portfolios ‘very peculiar’ ABC Australia. Which Dark Scotty could not have done without a sign-off from the Governor General:

Syraqistan

Over 70 Economists Call for Biden Administration to Return Afghanistan’s Central Bank Reserves CEPR

The Shutdown of the Israeli Consciousness Haaretz. Seems to have wider application.

‘We killed a little boy, but it was within the rules’ +972

New Not-So-Cold Cold War

Henry Kissinger Is Worried About ‘Disequilibrium’ WSJ. “We are at the edge of war with Russia and China on issues which we partly created, without any concept of how this is going to end or what it’s supposed to lead to,”

Britain should prepare for a nuclear war The Telegraph

A World Gone MAD Myrmikan Research. From March, still germane. Well worth a read, but grab a cup of coffee.

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Russia Struggles To Supply Troops As Ukraine Destroys 2 Key Bridges In Kherson Oblast: UK Republic World. I would take with a truckload of salts.

Turkish Drone Maker Baykar Is Booked for Three Years, CEO Says Bloomberg

Russia reopens bond market to ‘not hostile’ investors BBC

Biden Administration

The U.S. Wants to Close Guantánamo. Could a Saudi Center Provide a Way Out? NYT (Re Silc). Closing the circle?

2024

Trump calls for return of privileged documents reportedly seized at Mar-a-Lago The Hill. Plot twist!

Trump’s Final Days Draw Scrutiny as Handling of Documents Investigated WSJ

Our Famously Free Press

Emails Raise Questions About WashPost Fact Checker Andrew Perez, The Lever. Kessler.

On TikTok, Election Misinformation Thrives Ahead of Midterms NYT. It’s so weird that Democrats never want to outcompete on the platforms; instead, they want to censor.

Healthcare

Mass General Brigham posts $949M quarterly net loss Becker’s Hospital Review

The Bezzle

The Strange Case of Nakamoto’s Bitcoin – Part 1 Sal Bayat. “Bitcoin is the world’s first case of investment fraud which is a digital network.” Well worth a read.

All time best interviews with accused fraudsters Dirty Laundry: AI, Investing & Fraud. This one is good, too.

Meta iOS apps accused of injecting code into third-party websites The Register. “If you trust Meta, you should have no concern that its script might be revised with more pernicious functions.”

Supply Chain

US CO2 shortage: Strains set to continue throughout the coming months GasWorld

Zeitgeist Watch

Daily affirmation (1):

Daily Affirmation (2):

Class Warfare

The Sanctification of George Soros James Kirchuk, The Tablet. “In case you couldn’t tell”?

Which diet will help save our planet: climatarian, flexitarian, vegetarian or vegan? The Conversation

Antidote du jour (via):

Bonus antidote (ctlieee):

See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.

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