Slow Going Atmos
BLS Data Slipups Are Becoming a Pattern Bloomberg
The La-La-Land Fairy Tale of a “Soft Landing” Of Two Minds
Inside the ‘golden age’ of alien hunting at the Green Bank Telescope Phys.org
‘Gateway to Hell’: Giant Hole in Siberia Is Expanding Rapidly Science Alert
Climate/Environment
BREAKING: record Arctic temperatures look “like something that shouldn’t be physically possible” as global climate enters a “catastrophic phase” 🧵
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) September 1, 2024
A Storm of Sand: The Powerful Intercontinental Reach of Saharan Dust SciTech Daily
Protecting the Prairie Zero Sum
Pandemics
Mpox cases in Nigeria rise to 48, spread to capital, 20 states Anadolu Agency
How Pakistan’s Peshawar has emerged as mpox ‘epicentre’ Firstpost
The Mpox Global Health Emergency — A Time for Solidarity and Equity New England Journal of Medicine
Bangladesh
The Contest to Shape “Country Platforms” Phenomenal World
PacNet #61 – Rethinking Bangladesh’s arms import strategy: Curbing reliance on China Pacific Forum. Board of Directors.
China?
US Offers to Escort Philippines Ships in South China Sea as Part of New Anti-China Escalation Orinoco Tribune
Blacklisted Huawei posts record profits despite U.S. sanctions — Chinese tech giant raked in $7.7B in net profit in 1H 2024 Tom’s Hardware
China’s air travel shows significant recovery, record high expected this year Channel News Asia
How deeply rooted are China’s economic woes? Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum
European Disunion
East Germany votes for right-wing AfD, against Ukraine war Asia Times
Scholz urges German parties to exclude far right as AfD poised for state election victory The Guardian
Mathew D. Rose – German State elections: a Tectonic Political Shift Brave New Europe
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Confusion with Italian governing parties position on Ukraine Euractiv
Council of Europe calls on Italy to strengthen anti-corruption measures Jurist News
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Hungary’s gas deliveries guaranteed for long term, chief diplomat says in St Petersburg bne Intellinews
EU Pro-War Foreign Ministers Take Aim at Hungary in Tense Foreign Council Meeting Hungarian Conservative
Old Blighty
I heard years of Grenfell testimony. Here’s why the disaster could have been prevented BBC. See NC on Grenfell here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Labour chooses austerity: the black hole is an illusion Counterfire
Syraqistan
General strike against Netanyahu begins over hostages, as Israel continues bombing of Gaza The New Arab
Moody’s warns of rating consequences of escalation Globes
US to offer final hostage deal framework, ‘critical days ahead’ officials say Ynet. The deck: “Biden set to offer a ‘take it or leave it’ deal to both sides in final push to secure hostage deal, report says; American officials tell families of hostages with U.S. citizenship that the ball is in Hamas’ court.”
U.S., Israel-Hamas Mediators Have Lost Faith in Netanyahu, PM’s Intentions for Gaza Deal Haaretz
How the U.S. Enabled Netanyahu to Sabotage a Gaza Ceasefire Drop Site
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The Islamic State Is Trying to Rebound Arab Center Washington DC
US ramps up military reinforcements at its occupation bases in Syria Al Mayadeen
New Not-So-Cold War
Russia attacks Kyiv with missile barrage, says Ukraine Anadolu Agency
Foreign Minister Sikorski says that Poland should down Russian missiles over Ukraine Ukrainska Pravda
F-16 fighter jet in Ukraine unlikely shot down by ‘friendly fire,’ NYT suggests Kyiv Independent
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INTERACTIVE MAP: HUNDREDS OF KNOWN RUSSIAN MILITARY OBJECTS ARE IN RANGE OF ATACMS Institute for the Study of War
Russia is now weaponising both geography and physics. pic.twitter.com/0mpUOSW5CA
— КАЦ 🇰🇪🇾🇪🇵🇸🍂 (@iFortknox) September 1, 2024
Ukrenergo warns the population to brace for a hard winter bne Intellinews
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Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region is legitimate, says NATO’s Stoltenberg VOA
Kursk Offensive: West Heralds ‘Rebirth’ of Maneuver Warfare Simplicius the Thinker
🧵1/3 🇺🇦Relatives will be held accountable for draft dodgers, – Zelensky’s government.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal presented a list of measures that will be applied not only to draft dodgers, but also to their close relatives (spouses, children, parents, sisters, pic.twitter.com/Z926YtXaWd
— Pete Liquid Питик (@PeteLiquid) September 1, 2024
ANATOL LIEVEN: HOW THE RUSSIAN ESTABLISHMENT REALLY SEES THE WAR ENDING Foreign Policy
The Caucasus
Armenia suspends participation in Russian-led CSTO ‘at all levels,’ Armenian PM says Kyiv Independent
“Sign a peace treaty on already agreed terms”: Pashinyan’s proposal to Baku JAM News
Georgia awaits a historic ruling from the Constitutional Court on the “foreign agents” law JAM News
South of the Border
Honduras Condemns Armed Forces Coup Attempt (+US Extradition Treaty) Orinoco Tribune
2024
Democrats en déshabillé
AOC criticizes Jill Stein on Instagram, saying her Green Party presidential campaigns are “not serious” and “predatory.”
“What does this person do to grow power?” pic.twitter.com/M1wMHDqdtH
— bryan metzger (@metzgov) September 1, 2024
Realignment and Legitimacy
The Constitution Is Sacred. Is It Also Dangerous? New York Times
Our Famously Free Press
Liberalism Removes its Mask Matt Taibbi
Socialists should support Brazil’s Twitter ban Carl Beijer
European Allies Are Doing America’s Dirty Jobs The American Conservative
Gunz
TEXAS IS ARMING MEXICO’S GUNMEN Texas Observer
Police State Watch
TEXAS STATE POLICE GEAR UP FOR MASSIVE EXPANSION OF SURVEILLANCE TECH Texas Observer
AI
Palantir Gets A BUNCH of New Deals Daily Palantir
Microsoft Bing Copilot accuses reporter of crimes he covered The Register
‘A tech firm stole our voices – then cloned and sold them’ BBC
Zuckerberg wants to control the next platform—no matter what it is Diconnect
Intel’s big turnaround plan is now looking very expensive and poorly timed Marketwatch
Intel Rallies On Report Chip Giant Is Exploring Options Including Foundry Split Investor’s Business Daily
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
Antitrust
Here’s 22 Examples of Google Employees Trying to Avoid Creating Evidence in Antitrust Case 404 Media
Imperial Collapse Watch
If you must win, you must make your partner country a winner too Gateway House
America isn’t ready for another war — because it doesn’t have the troops Vox
How Lula and Modi drove a splinter through the heart of the BRICS bloc Strategic Culture
Class Warfare
THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF U.S. TEACHER STRIKES National Bureau of Economic Research. From the abstract: “…we find that, on average, strikes increase compensation by 8% and lower pupil-teacher ratios by 0.5 students…”
10,000 US hotel workers strike over Labor Day weekend Al Jazeera
The Unsung History of Heartland Socialism In These Times
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