WA man charged after taking off his garments and assaulting crew member on a flight certain for Melbourne The Australian (Robin Okay). Will now we have so as to add “WA man” to “Florida man”?

Intercourse and Alcohol in Medieval Occasions: A Look into the Pleasures of the Center Age Open Tradition (Micael T)

Kansas biologists discover ‘tremendous uncommon’ threatened species within the mouth of a hungry toad KSNT (Robin Okay)

‘Cocaine sharks’ present in waters off Brazil Science (Robin Okay)

164 whales and dolphins euthanised by DOC in a 12 months Waikato Occasions (Robin Okay)

Science reveals ‘world’s most lovely girl’ Otango Occasions (Robin Okay). You’d by no means realize it from the picture. Make-up harsh and overdone, and he or she appears like she has cheek implants.

🚨Replace: Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone Nationwide Park simply had a large eruption! Is the Yellowstone Caldera about to erupt!?!
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— US Civil Protection Information (@CaptCoronado) July 23, 2024

Researchers uncover battery-free expertise that harvests energy from radio and Wi-Fi indicators for low-powered units Tom’s {Hardware} (Micael T). Well being fetishists will depict the truth that this a lot power is zapping round as dangerous to well being. It could be dangerous for bees.

#COVID-19

An infection Management, Emergency Administration, Security, and Normal Ideas ICEMSG. Paul R flags: “That is an open letter to hospital and clinic directors, in addition to any healthcare group. Be happy to share extensively, notably to any directors you might know.”

Covid-19 is an unwelcome attendee on the Paris Olympic Video games CNN. Paul R: “Heck of a job.”

Local weather/Setting

Snow Belt to Solar Belt Migration: Finish of an Period? Federal Reserve Financial institution of San Francisco

Tasmania presents ‘Eco-Milk’ from seaweed-fed cows Taipei Occasions (Robin Okay)

Twisted carbon nanotubes may obtain considerably higher power storage than superior lithium-ion batteries PhysOrg. Chuck L: “Assuming they’re pondering electrical energy, a motor/generator gadget will likely be required to cost/discharge the ‘battery.’”

Timber have an additional local weather profit due to methane-eating microbes New Scientist (Dr. Kevin)

Previous King Coal Stays All-powerful and Omnipresent. Bloomberg

Local weather activists have disrupted flights at Frankfurt and Oslo airports on the second day of coordinated “oil kills” protests throughout Europe and North America Guardian

China?

US, Japan exchange China as graduates’ locations Taipei Occasions (Robin Okay)

Why is China stockpiling assets? The Week

North Korea’s financial system rebounds as Russia ties gasoline arms commerce South China Morning Publish

Africa

US sanctions three, together with two primarily based in SA, for increasing Isis in Africa The Citizen (Robin Okay)

Sudan battle: Weapons being exported to conflict-torn nation regardless of UN arms embargo Sky

The dearth of management Kaieteur Information (Robin Okay)

European Disunion

Europe’s Path to Struggle and Self-Destruction Fabian Scheidler (Micael T)

LNG terminals in-built Germany turned out to be of no use to anybody Worldwide Affairs (Micael T)

Annalena Baerbock just isn’t solely silly, but in addition malicious and deceitful Anti-Spiegel (Micael T)

Previous Blighty

Hovering UK mortgage charges have pushed 320,000 adults into poverty, thinktank says Guardian

Thames Water debt downgraded to junk standing by Moody’s credit score company with efficient nationalisation doable Sky

Gaza

Making Gaza uninhabitable. The Israeli navy detonating a water reservoir in Rafah. pic.twitter.com/1JjTjVqnjI

— Nicola Perugini (@PeruginiNic) July 27, 2024

Palestinian Deaths Within the Gaza Battle Are In all probability Shut To Half A Million Ian Welsh

Gaza’s Orphans London Evaluate of Books (guurst)

The ICJ Simply Demolished Certainly one of Israel’s Key Defenses of the Occupation Haaretz (Dr. Kevin)

A Authorized Justification for Genocide Jewish Currents (guurst)

They Did the Math: Hebrew College’s Nice Mathematicians Are Leaving Israel Haaretz (Dr. Kevin)

Tourism to Israel in dire straits as 10 % of inns face whole monetary collapse The Cradle

Syraqistan

Why Iran’s missile strikes pose an actual drawback for Pakistan European Management Community

New Not-So-Chilly Struggle

Russia’s Putin hosts Syria’s Assad in Kremlin as tensions rise within the Center East South China Morning Publish

Imperial Collapse Watch

The Bretton Woods Second—and Its Mandatory Substitute Carnegie Endowment

Defence corporations are assured Western governments will proceed to extend spending on weapons to counter Russia and China Reuters

Chinese language Warships Watched by NATO Arrive in Russia’s Strategic Baltic Hub Newsweek

World Struggle Three is nearer than anybody dare admit Telegraph

US navy, in search of strategic benefits, builds up Australia’s northern bases amid China tensions Reuters

Trump

Watch out for an Unconstrained Trump International Coverage Daniel Larison

Trump Assassination Try

Secret Service Opted Out of Drone Surveillance Earlier than Trump Assassination Try US Senator Sputnik

FBI unsuitable about assassination try, Trump’s physician says RT

Vance

JD Vance Has a Bunch of Bizarre Views on Gender Politico (Dr. Kevin)

Kamala

Amazon DISAPPEARS Guide About Kamala Harris! w/ Caleb Maupin Jimmy Dore, YouTube

Authorities transparency web site pulls web page naming Kamala Harris ‘most liberal’ senator NBC (Paul R)

Who’s behind Kamala Harris? UnHerd. UserFriendly: “Another reason to not vote for Kamala. She already has Holder tapped for vetting VP’s.”

Donald Trump and J.D. Vance Assault Kamala Harris’s Legitimacy Charles Pearce (furzy). So that is how the Dems attempt to faux there isn’t a legitimacy drawback, by declaring that the evil Rs are making a difficulty of it?

FBI raids dwelling of former aide to NY Gov. Hochul, report says NBC (BC). Hhhhm.

Our No Longer Free Press

Why Does Washington Publish Hold Publishing International Property? Lively Measures (Micael T)

AI

Power-Environment friendly AI: New {Hardware} May Slash Computing Energy Wants by 1000x ScienceBlog (Dr. Kevin)

ChatGPT is bullshit Ethics and Data Know-how. UserFriendly: “Clearly, they will need to have learn NC.”

The Bezzle

CrowdSuck American Prospect. One other should learn by Moe Tkacik (Userfriendly)

As Foghorn Leghorn warned “That is going to trigger extra confusion than a mouse in a burlesque present.” The Ohio Supreme Courtroom dominated promoting a boneless hen dish is a “cooking model not a assure.” https://t.co/jjLFeCU7iD

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) July 27, 2024

Class Warfare

The New Menace to the Chip Trade: Employee Unrest Wall Avenue Journal

(1/3) RIP OFF: Huge well being insurers overcharge taxpayers a whopping $140 billion {dollars} *a 12 months* to manage Medicare Benefit plans (greater than the U.S. has spent on protection help to Ukraine since 2022 and ~3x what the U.S. spent on foster care in 2023.)@joeyrettino @PNHP pic.twitter.com/8dBQLSSS4V

— Wendell Potter (@wendellpotter) July 26, 2024

Larger CEO pay in massive well being care techniques linked to hospital consolidations, examine suggests MedicalXpress (Chuck L). It is a huge motive for consolidation everywhere. Odd that MedicalXpress tries to depict this as a shock. The CEO of the promoting firm will get an enormous exit payoff. The CEO of the customer will get a pay enhance as a result of working a much bigger entity supposedly warrants a much bigger comp bundle.

Antidote du jour. Daniel G’s goldfish:

See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.