Links 8/10/2024 | naked capitalism

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 examine New Scientist (Micael T)

Smashing thought: how East Germany invented ‘unbreakable’ ingesting glasses Guardian (Kevin W)

World’s largest 3D-printed neighborhood nears completion in Texas Reuters (Kevin W)

Chew-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/Atmosphere

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 measurement since 2000, environmental group warns CNN (Kevin W)

The brand new EU initiative to Resolve Plastic Waste is silly, will do nothing, could also be counter-productive and a great deal of folks suppose it’s completely cool anyway eugyppius (Micael T)

Avocado goldrush hyperlinks US firms with Mexico’s deforestation catastrophe Reuters (Robin Okay)

In 2023 the world’s forests stopped appearing as a carbon sink REDD Monitor (Micael T)

China?

This can be a good learn by a former GM govt, 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 complete automobile gross sales…

— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) August 7, 2024

Quite a few airways are as soon as once more canceling flights to China The Road

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 chances are you’ll do not forget that Toyota went right into a three way partnership with GM to take over GM’s worst plant, which characteristic common absenteeism and drunkenness in its workforce, and naturally excessive defect charges. Toyota obtained the plant efficiency to above common for Toyota vegetation, which was a lot increased than GM ranges.

Bangladesh

Regime change in Dhaka a morality play M.Okay. Bhadrakumar, Deccan Herald (Chuck L)

Bangladesh as coloration revolution on India’s doorstep Asia Occasions (Kevin W)

Gaza

‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 307: No less than 56 Palestinians killed throughout Gaza as Israel bombs two extra faculties in newest massacres Mondoweiss (guurst)

🚨Whereas the world reads the information as mere headlines, many fail to know the complete influence of Israeli conflict, together with starvation, displacement, poverty, illness, and worry confronted by these youngsters in #Gaza ! pic.twitter.com/aZF6hcByAG

— Nour Naim| نُور (@NourNaim88) August 9, 2024

In addition to the army assist, the co-management of the “humanitarian” situations of life calculated to carry concerning the bodily destruction of Gaza Palestinians as a bunch. Gaza has been starved and left with out the mandatory medical support (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 journey scooters and their voices is probably not heard once they journey metropolis buses, the place they’re already pressured to sit down within the again seats https://t.co/Z700qMof8H

— David Sheen (@davidsheen) August 8, 2024

Alaskan F-22 Fighters Ahead Deployed to Help Israel In opposition to Iran: Qatari Airbase Performs Host Army Watch

U.S. Approves Large Arms Gross sales to Israel, Waives Leahy Sanctions In opposition to Abusive Israeli Army Unit Amid Ongoing Atrocities DAWN

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 Occasions. 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 actual fact, it is going to be accurately acknowledged as one more admission of weak point.

New Not-So-Chilly Battle

Ukraine SitRep: Kursk Marketing campaign Designed To Maintain Battle Going Moon of Alabama (Kevin W). Alexander Mercouris has an attention-grabbing idea as to why the Russias had been caught flat-footed. He assumes that Russia did see forces massing in Sumy area, however assumed they had been for defensive functions, that nobody can be so dumb as to throw a few of their greatest remaining items into (at greatest) a Hail Mary cross.

Whereas the AFU’s Kursk raid doesn’t appear like a serious operational or strategic menace, it is nonetheless a nasty, dangerous signal of issues to return. One of the grotesque 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 Perspective (@RWApodcast) August 8, 2024

Russia has begun evacuating folks from components of its western area of Lipetsk, after a “huge assault” by Ukrainian drones, regional governor, Igor Artamonov, mentioned. Reuters

Ukraine to unleash robotic canines 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 Knowledge Safety Fears Reclaim the Internet. Micael T: “It appears as if Russia too is aboard on the WEF dystopia.”

10 years after Michael Brown’s loss of life, police physique digicam effectiveness nonetheless elusive Axios

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 lady in her late 50s.

Wonderful.

She couldn’t deal with a cocktail party. No marvel they received’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 components have benefit too.

20 months in jail for a Fb publish is insane. The UK has fallen. pic.twitter.com/duT8y8oVQn

— Finish Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 9, 2024

Mr. Market Has a Unhappy

International monetary markets settle into ‘yo-yo sample’ after Monday’s meltdown Metropolis A.M.

US client spending slowdown weighs on journey and leisure teams Monetary Occasions

Do the maths. Recession dangers add up. Washington Put up

One other recession sign: Bank card spending is slowing considerably. FXStreet

Abortion

Decide to rule whether or not Alabama can prosecute individuals who support 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 ‘huge 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 duty 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 beginner’ 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 International Economic system Bloomberg

Germany might partially nationalize key weapons maker – media RT (Kevin W)

Antidote du jour. Tracie H:

The proprietor of this exceedingly gentle mannered little women’ man that my husband and I encountered at a neighborhood espresso store was telling us how all over the place 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 Wonderful ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) August 7, 2024

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