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Cheetahs Will Soon Be Reintroduced to India The Conversation
I Went Seaweed Foraging in California and Hit the Mother Lode NPR (David L)
This is near Cromwell, OK. Brent Havins shot this video of a wind turbine that got struck by lightning. pic.twitter.com/jBjUNas0yc
— Mike Collier (@MikeCollierWX) July 22, 2022
Ways of Living Aeon
Tour de France: Jasper Philipsen and Jonas Vingegaard Crowned in Paris Tour de France
‘Parentese’ Is Truly a Lingua Franca, Global Study Finds NY Times (David L)
The Rise and Fall of the Manufactured Home – Part II Construction Physics (re Šilc)
It’s Okay To Compare Australia In 2016 With Nazi Germany, And Here’s Why New Matilda
#COVID-19
Science/Medicine
The Fögen Effect Masks a Big Methodological Issue McGill
“He predicted that over time, as vulnerable older people died, deaths caused by the virus would fall and the virus would become increasingly endemic.”
The beauty of the dry tinder strategy is that the more deaths happening “now” the better you’re doing!https://t.co/aplRAMSmDz
— Dr David Berger, aBsuRdiSTe cROnickLeR (@YouAreLobbyLud) July 21, 2022
After COVID: Unhappiness Is Worse Among Single and Non-Religious Americans Institute for Family Studies (re Šilc)
US
COVID-19 ‘is Going to be with us Forever,’ White House Says Yahoo News
Tucker Carlson’s Banned on YouTube Discussion of Biden, COVID, and the Injections Sage Hana (Richard R)
Monkeypox
Lawmakers Step up Pressure on Administration over Monkeypox The Hill
The Agony of an Early Case of Monkeypox New Yorker
Monkeypox Explained: How to Protect Yourself and What to Watch Out For NPR (David L)
Why Monkeypox is Spreading, but Not as Fast as Covid-19 The Indian Express
Climate/Environment
Europe’s Not Ready for a Hotter World Politico
“American Scar”: The Environmental Tragedy of the Border Wall New Yorker (furzy)
Heat Waves Worsen Mental Health, Especially for the Most Vulnerable The Grid (Kevin S)
Thousands Evacuated as California Wildfire Grows Dunya
‘Explosive’ California Wildfire Near Yosemite Spirals Out of Control’ Daily Mail
China?
U.S. Attempts To Make China An Enemy Require A Lot Of Fantasy Moon of Alabama. From over the weekend, still germane.
China Plans Three-Tier Data Strategy to Avoid US Delistings Financial Times (Kevin W)
Old Blighty
The Forde Report’s Villains Now Control the Labour Party Tribune
Race for Number 10: The Key Truss and Sunak Backers in Line for Top UK Jobs Financial Times (Kevin W)
Deconstructing the Cult of Winston Churchill: Racism, Deification and Nostalgia for Empire The Conversation
Worst NHS Staffing Crisis in its History is Putting Patients at Serious Risk, MPs Warn The Guardian (Kevin W)
Train Strikes Revive British Unions, with Alex Gordon Belabored
Italy
Technocrats Will Never Stop the Far Right, in Italy or Anywhere Else Jacobin
New Not-So- Cold War
US Bolsters Cyber Alliance to Counter Rising Iran Threat The Hill
Defiant Orban Doubles Down on Russia Policy, Arch-Conservativism Bloomberg
NATO Is a Luxury Good the United States Doesn’t Need Foreign Policy
For Those About to Rock, NAM 2.0 Salutes You Pepe Escobar (ctlieee)
Syraqistan
Israeli Supreme Court Rules Citizens Can be Stripped of Status for ‘Breach of Loyalty’ Mondoweiss (guurst)
Inside Saudi Arabia’s Plan to Build a Skyscraper That Stretches for 75 Miles Wall Street Journal
Sri Lanka
Rights Group Seeks Arrest of Ex-Sri Lanka President in Singapore Al Jazeera
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
Amazon Already Knows a Lot About Me, but One Medical takes it to a Whole New Level CNBC (Kevin W)
1/6
The Criminal Case Against Trump Is Getting Stronger The Atlantic (furzy)
In Jan. 6 Hearings, Gender Divide Has Been Strong Undercurrent NY Times (furzy)
Biden
Supremes
Supreme Court Leak Probe: So Many Questions, So Few Answers AP
Abortion
‘Everybody Is Dug In’: Kansans Fiercely Debate the First Post-Roe Vote on Abortion NY Times (Kevin W)
Police State Watch
Has Florida Man Finally Met his Match? Meet Florida Sheriff AP
Supply Chain/Inflation
The Fed Must Emulate the Tactics of Volcker’s Fight Against Inflation Financial Times
Elizabeth Warren: Jerome Powell’s Fed Pursues a Painful and Ineffective Inflation Cure Wall Street Journal
The Fed’s Mission Improbable: Beating Inflation Without Causing a Recession NPR
Class Warfare
‘Nobody Would Choose This’: A Turnpike Rest Area and a Van Become Home for One Maine Family Press Herald
The percentage of 25-34y old living with parents or relatives in the US
1970: 11%
2020: 29%Says something about wealth was distributed.
Very little upside in real wages, and a lot in financial assets and house prices. pic.twitter.com/n4lcL4ouqt
— Alf (@MacroAlf) July 23, 2022
(ctlieee)
America’s Child-Care Equilibrium Has Shattered The Atlantic (re Šilc)
Antidote du Jour (ChetG):
The reds (squirrels) have much character and are rather fierce, given their small size. They have a splendid war cry too, something that can strike terror in gray squirrels or chipmunks.
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour: here.
