On patrol with Thailand’s ‘Anti-Monkey Unit’ battling to maintain primates at bay in Lopburi ABC Australia (Kevin W)
What explains the variations in sexual sensation between us? aeon (Chuck L)
What turns into of the broken-hearted? Scientists investigate New Scientist (Micael T)
Smashing concept: how East Germany invented ‘unbreakable’ consuming glasses Guardian (Kevin W)
World’s largest 3D-printed neighborhood nears completion in Texas Reuters (Kevin W)
Chunk-sized Threats of Ticks Your Native Epidemiologist (Dr. Kevin)
#COVID-19
BREAKING! Elements of China witnessing a COVID-19 resurgence pushed by a brand new recombinant Delta and Omicron variant. XDV.1 Thailand Medical Information (IM Doc)
Local weather/Setting
Zhidan County in Shaanxi, China, has been hit by flash flooding. Heavy rain, which broke historic data with as much as 179.1 mm of rainfall, occurred from the night of August 8 to the morning of August 9 👀pic.twitter.com/XHCglntuM3
— Volcaholic 🌋 (@volcaholic1) August 9, 2024
‘Cruisezilla’ passenger ships have doubled in dimension since 2000, environmental group warns CNN (Kevin W)
The brand new EU initiative to Clear up Plastic Waste is silly, will do nothing, could also be counter-productive and a great deal of individuals assume it’s completely cool anyway eugyppius (Micael T)
Avocado goldrush hyperlinks US corporations with Mexico’s deforestation catastrophe Reuters (Robin Ok)
In 2023 the world’s forests stopped performing as a carbon sink REDD Monitor (Micael T)
China?
This can be a good learn by a former GM government, analysing the terribly quick rise of China’s home automobile makers and the ensuing drop within the gross sales of overseas automobile manufacturers: https://t.co/ltSqhu2xqo
The important thing driver was in fact the rise of EVs: “The EV share of whole automobile gross sales…
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) August 7, 2024
Quite a few airways are as soon as once more canceling flights to China The Avenue
TSMC Arizona struggles to beat huge variations between Taiwanese and US work tradition Tom’s {Hardware}. Micael T: “So all this American Talwan vs. China nonsense iis actually about importing new administration practices to the US?” Moi: A few of you could keep in mind that Toyota went right into a three way partnership with GM to take over GM’s worst plant, which function common absenteeism and drunkenness in its workforce, and naturally excessive defect charges. Toyota bought the plant efficiency to above common for Toyota vegetation, which was a lot larger than GM ranges.
Bangladesh
Regime change in Dhaka a morality play M.Ok. Bhadrakumar, Deccan Herald (Chuck L)
Bangladesh as colour revolution on India’s doorstep Asia Instances (Kevin W)
Gaza
‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 307: Not less than 56 Palestinians killed throughout Gaza as Israel bombs two extra colleges in newest massacres Mondoweiss (guurst)
🚨Whereas the world reads the information as mere headlines, many fail to understand the complete impression of Israeli struggle, together with starvation, displacement, poverty, illness, and worry confronted by these kids in #Gaza ! pic.twitter.com/aZF6hcByAG
— Nour Naim| نُور (@NourNaim88) August 9, 2024
In addition to the army help, the co-management of the “humanitarian” circumstances of life calculated to carry in regards to the bodily destruction of Gaza Palestinians as a bunch. Gaza has been starved and left with out the required medical assist (resulting in extra deaths) for 10 months. https://t.co/FS5qt8CvGR
— Nicola Perugini (@PeruginiNic) August 8, 2024
State-funded Chief Rabbis of Tampa Florida’s sister metropolis Ashdod (Israel’s Sixth-largest metropolis, pop. 225,000) rule that females above the age of 9 could not trip scooters and their voices might not be heard after they trip metropolis buses, the place they’re already pressured to take a seat within the again seats https://t.co/Z700qMof8H
— David Sheen (@davidsheen) August 8, 2024
Price rising for US because it fights off Houthi drones Politico
Airways droop flights as Center East tensions rise Reuters
US accuses Israeli far-right minister of ‘deceptive’ Gaza ceasefire feedback Monetary Instances. ZOMG, the US thinks sending the zero credibility yapping canine spokescritter John Kirby in opposition to Smotrich, or any Israel official, goes to make an iota of distinction? In reality, will probably be appropriately acknowledged as yet one more admission of weak point.
New Not-So-Chilly Struggle
Ukraine SitRep: Kursk Marketing campaign Designed To Preserve Struggle Going Moon of Alabama (Kevin W). Alexander Mercouris has an attention-grabbing idea as to why the Russias have been caught flat-footed. He assumes that Russia did see forces massing in Sumy area, however assumed they have been for defensive functions, that nobody can be so dumb as to throw a few of their finest remaining items into (at finest) a Hail Mary go.
Whereas the AFU’s Kursk raid doesn’t appear to be a serious operational or strategic menace, it is nonetheless a nasty, dangerous signal of issues to come back. One of the vital ugly situations can be if the Ukrainians have accepted and internalized that the frontline is fucked for them, and determine to… https://t.co/DsQ1KUCqP2
— Russians With Angle (@RWApodcast) August 8, 2024
Ukraine to unleash robotic canine on its entrance traces Agence France-Presse (Li)
Huge Brother is Watching You Watch
Remark from the TSA on Tulsi Gabbard and the “Quiet Skies” Program Matt Taibbi
Russia’s Biometric Growth Faces Rising Information Safety Fears Reclaim the Internet. Micael T: “It appears as if Russia too is aboard on the WEF dystopia.”
DHS Prioritizes Investigating FAM Whistleblowers Over Quiet Skies Surveillance Abuses UncoverDC (furzy)
Trump
The Put up-liberal Catholics Discover Their Man in J. D. Vance Atlantic (furzy)
Trump calls Tim Walz ‘freakish,’ stepping up assaults on Dem ticket Politico. Trump nonetheless of his marks.
Kamala
Kamala was too nervous to go to dinner and wanted coaching.
This can be a girl in her late 50s.
Superb.
She couldn’t deal with a cocktail party. No marvel they gained’t let her do interviews.https://t.co/xoRsyrH3Y7 pic.twitter.com/reB7wrAaKq
— Coddled prosperous skilled (@feelsdesperate) August 8, 2024
‘Uncommitted’ leaders demand Harris again Israel weapons embargo to get endorsement Detroit Information (ma)
From Aaron Bushnell To “I’m Talking” In 5 Months Caitlin Johnstone (Kevin W)
Our No Longer Free Press
Extra on Scott Ritter, Ukraine and Israel and My Dialog with an Iranian Professor Larry Johnson (furzy). Linked for the dialogue of Ritter however the different elements have benefit too.
20 months in jail for a Fb submit is insane. The UK has fallen. pic.twitter.com/duT8y8oVQn
— Finish Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 9, 2024
Mr. Market Has a Unhappy
World monetary markets settle into ‘yo-yo sample’ after Monday’s meltdown Metropolis A.M.
US shopper spending slowdown weighs on journey and leisure teams Monetary Instances
Do the maths. Recession dangers add up. Washington Put up
One other recession sign: Bank card spending is slowing considerably. FXStreet
Abortion
Choose to rule whether or not Alabama can prosecute individuals who assist out-of-state abortions The Hill
Antitrust
The Google antitrust treatment ought to extinguish surveillance, not democratize it Pluralistic (Chuck L)
Elon Musk’s X sues advertisers over alleged ‘large advertiser boycott’ after Twitter takeover ABC (furzy). f they colluded, which having a model named org coordinating suggests, it’s a restraint of commerce and Musk, regardless of his warts, would have a case
Advertisers axe company accountability scheme after lawsuit from Musk’s X Guardian (furzy). A responsible look. A extra pointed account X and Rumble’s Lawsuit Topples Alleged Censorship Cartel Reclaim the Internet (Micael T)
AI
Google DeepMind develops a ‘solidly newbie’ desk tennis robotic TechCrunch (Dr. Kevin)
The Bezzle
How Intel, the weak hyperlink within the chip technique of Bidenomics, is resorting to monetary engineering to boost billions for fabs. Adam Tooze (Paul R)
Apple’s new charging cords have ruined my life. Welcome to Charging Wire Hell. Enterprise Insider (Kevin W)
USPS Textual content Scammers Duped His Spouse, So He Hacked Their Operation Wired
ATM Software program Flaws Left Piles of Money for Anybody Who Knew to Look Wired (Kevin W)
Class Warfare
State Behemoths Are Devouring the World Economic system Bloomberg
Germany might partially nationalize key weapons maker – media RT (Kevin W)
Antidote du jour. Tracie H:
The proprietor of this exceedingly delicate mannered little girls’ man that my husband and I encountered at a neighborhood espresso store was telling us how in all places they go the little fellow is adored by all of the waitresses and baristas.
And a bonus (Chuck L):
This made my day! pic.twitter.com/uhY4CQhmar
— Nature is Superb ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) August 7, 2024
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
