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Supply: https://t.co/4jKC0AxMgJ pic.twitter.com/5oCDg0AQPF— Rita Bauer (@wischweg) July 29, 2024
A Fossil Named Tina Could Rewrite the Story of Human Evolution In style Mechanics (Chuck L)
Close to-Grounding Incident in Nice Barrier Reef Attributed to GPS Malfunction GCaptain (guurst)
#COVID-19
COVID surging in California, nears two-year summer time excessive. ‘Virtually everyone has it’ Los Angeles Occasions (Paul R)
Local weather/Surroundings
How Quickly Would possibly the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Discovered an Reply—and Shook the World Wired (Dr. Kevin)
Park Hearth is now one in all California’s largest wildfires on file, burning space almost half the dimensions of Rhode Island CBS (Kevin W)
Is Japan almost cured of its nuclear allergy? Asia Occasions (Kevin W)
China?
US palms $500m navy assist enhance to Philippines amid China tensions Aljazeera
Justice Dept. Says TikTok Might Permit China To Affect Elections Fortune
Chinese language EVs and the race for autonomous AI Asia Occasions
India
Winds of change in India-China relations Indian Punchline
India deploys military, air power as demise toll resulting from landslides in Kerala climbs to 57 Anadolu Company
South of the Border
Elon Musk had, out of his almost 50k tweets, zero about Venezuela previous to April.
Now he’s tweeting continuous in regards to the “dictator.”
Once I stated Twitter goes full-circle again to the times of the Arab Spring, as a device for toppling governments, that is what I meant. https://t.co/uFaNnk10em
— Alex Rubinstein (@RealAlexRubi) July 30, 2024
Venezuelan Guarimbas: 11 Issues the Media Didn’t Inform You Venezuelanalysis (Chuck L)
Olympics
Olympians referred to as the meals in Paris a ‘catastrophe’ — and one workforce is flying in its personal chef Enterprise Insider (Kevin W)
French Web Strains Minimize In Newest Assault Throughout Olympics Bloomberg
European Disunion
Eurozone financial system grows 0.3% over second quarter Monetary Occasions
Säpo must be made chargeable for censorship – that’s not very sensible Aftonbladet by way of machine translation. Micael T: “SÄPO = Swedish Safety Service”
Outdated Blighty
Winter gas funds scrapped for hundreds of thousands BBC (Kevin W). Observe his is a subsidy for pensioners and the poor.
Gaza
‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 297: Israel and Lebanon brace for brand new escalation after 12 Syrian residents of the Golan Heights have been killed by a strike Mondoweiss (guurst)
* * * Patrick Lawrence: No Extra Silence ScheerPost (Robin Ok). Essential. Key level: “….be part of me in asking what we’re not purported to ask: Is what Israel is doing in Gaza worse than the Holocaust? ” I introduced this up with Lambert just a few days in the past, and never as a query.Up for dialogue within the Israeli parliament: the legitimacy of raping prisoners pic.twitter.com/9KuqCW9ntK
— Hamza M Syed (@HamzaMSyed) July 29, 2024
“Devoted to all companions within the buy of our drones”
Israeli troopers from the 5280 Battalion of the Alexandroni Brigade filmed the detonation of Palestinian properties in Wadi Salka, east of Khan Yunis, as a dedication to Israeli occupation military donors who offered them with… pic.twitter.com/O08M3ezd55
— Quds Information Community (@QudsNen) July 28, 2024
Erdogan Says Turkiye Might ‘Enter’ Israel To Assist Gazans Sputnik. Erdogan has been all hat, no cattle however he may choose a lower-risk approach to help.
At rowdy cupboard assembly, Netanyahu stated to sentence mob breaking into IDF bases, however evaluate it to anti-government protests Occasions of Israel
New Not-So-Chilly Conflict
Putin warns US towards deploying long-range missiles in Germany Guardian
Ukrenergo not planning energy provide restrictions in Ukraine on Tuesday Interfax. Some enchancment in operations.
Large Brother is Watching You Watch
China Ponders Making a Nationwide ‘Our on-line world ID’ The Register
Why the left ought to care about privateness Present Affairs (Paul R)
2024
America’s New Political Conflict Pits Younger Males Towards Younger Girls Wall Avenue Journal. So all this political divisiveness is now hitting the gender divide among the many younger. On the margin, not very pro-reproduction.
Biden
Biden decries ‘extremism’ on Supreme Court docket, particulars plan for time period limits, ethics code for justices Related Press. Has he not gotten the memo that he’s a lame duck?
Most People need Biden to resign now – ballot RT. Rasmussen is a proper wing pollster. Even so, hole between approval v. disapproval of Biden persevering with counsel there would nonetheless be far more nays than yeas even with totally different query phrasing.
Kamala
Kamala Harris, triumphant cat girl: The political household has misplaced its sparkle Unherd
Harris Places Abortion, a Weak point for Trump, at Heart of Marketing campaign Wall Avenue Journal. This form of factor infuriates me. The ladies’s rights motion and their presumed ally, Workforce Dem, did completely nothing to safe abortion rights, which might not have been laborious throughout Peak Feminism, the 1970, earlier than the non secular proper had a lot clout. In most nations, abortion rights have come about by way of laws, not courtroom rulings. The Dems proceed to be merely performative on this difficulty. There isn’t any manner a Harris Administration may get any significant laws handed. But this is the reason voters ought to favor her? Severely? As a result of she is promoting an empty bag? I may see abortion as on the listing since pro-abortion voters are mad on the Republicans for rolling again abortion rights, however the lead when the Dems don’t have anything actual to supply?
Kamala Harris Collapsed in 2020. Right here’s The right way to Keep away from a Repeat. Politico
Unique: Web Star Estee Palti’s Humorous Take On Kamala Harris Cackle India Immediately World, YouTube. Li: “Estee goes international!”
Trump
Donald Trump Backs ‘Strategic Bitcoin Stockpile’ in Speech to Crypto Devoted Wired (Dr. Kevin). Kill me now. US continues its slide into third-worldism.
Our No Longer Free Press
Essentially the most chilling phrases as we speak: I’m from NewsGuard and I’m right here to price you Jonathan Turley, The Hill. Clearly retaliatory. Disappointing that Turley doesn’t appear inclined to sue, however maybe he doesn’t need to sign that’s an choice till they dig their gap with their “report”.
Copyright Strikes Silence Paris Olympics Critics Reclaim the Internet (Micael T)
German Writer Stops All Printing of JD Vance’s E-book Hillbilly Elegy Jonathan Turley
Woke Watch
Right here’s Proof That Woke Capitalism Is in Retreat Disaster Investing (Micael T)
Mum jailed for forcing daughter into deadly marriage BBC :-(. However a reminder that “woke” shouldn’t be all the time unhealthy.
AI
Faisal Mahmood: A.I.’s Transformation of Pathology Eric Topol (Robin Ok)
From Sci-Fi To State Legislation: California’s Plan To Forestall AI Disaster ars technica
McDonald’s hit by first international gross sales drop since 2020 Monetary Occasions
Crowdstrike 404
Delta Seeks Damages From CrowdStrike, Microsoft After Outage CNBC. I really like these Godzilla v. Mothra fights.
The Bezzle
Sen. Cynthia Lummis broadcasts invoice for US Treasury to purchase 1 million bitcoin value $68 billion The Block (UserFriendly)
Trump Media Inventory (DJT) – The 2nd Quarter Earnings Report Wants Rationalization Forbes (furzy)
Tesla’s dismal outcomes draw the shorts, and the tipsters, again out of the shadows Francine McKenna. The preview is informative.
Information Web site Says It’s Utilizing to AI to Crank Out Articles Bylined by Pretend Racially Various Writers in a Very Accountable Manner Futurism (Paul R)
Class Warfare
Dwelling via one other nice transformation… Branco Milanovic (Micael T)
Low-Earnings Properties Drop Web Service After Congress Kills Low cost Program arstechnica
John Deere beneath hearth for shedding a whole lot of American employees because it shifts manufacturing to Mexico New York Occasions (Kevin W)
CBDCs are a Risk to Liberty Reclaim the Internet (Micael T)
Antidote du jour (Alena S):
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
