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Sunday, April 28, 2024
Links 4/28/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 12 Comments »
The Wars Come Home
Weapons, tactics, techniques and, maybe most importantly, ideology are already spreading in the US and across the Collective West from the Ukraine and Gaza Conflicts.
Topics: Banana republic, Corporate governance, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Global warming, Guest Post, Income disparity, Middle East, New McCarthyism, Russia, Social values, Surveillance state
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 8 Comments »
Freedom of Speech Ends Where True Power Begins
“I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice,” William Lloyd Garrison once said. “On this subject, I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation.”
Topics: Europe, Income disparity, Middle East, New McCarthyism, Social values, Surveillance state
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 4 Comments »
Links 4/27/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 212 Comments »
Book Review: The Enduring Allure of Alien Worlds
In her new book, astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger explores how scientists might find life on other worlds.
Topics: Guest Post, Science and the scientific method, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:17 am | 33 Comments »
How Banks and Investors Are Fueling a Global Biodiversity Crisis
Commercial financial flows to the forest-risk commodity sectors are driving the majority of tropical deforestation and biodiversity loss.
Topics: Banking industry, Environment, Globalization, Guest Post, Investment management, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:54 am | 5 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/26/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, Seattle Clean Air Collective, Presidential immunity, Susie Wiles, feared political operative and Trump’s right hand person, AI infesting Etsy crochet pattern marketplace ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 49 Comments »
Are You Ready to Dive Deep into China’s Intellectual Odyssey?
Celebrated intellectual and historian Wang Hui, author of The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought, discusses the origins and evolution of Chinese values
Topics: China, Guest Post, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 11:16 am | 38 Comments »
Links 4/26/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 306 Comments »
Mexican Economy Faces Its “With U.S. Or Against U.S.” Moment
“What the US is really interested in is ‘security shoring,’ not nearshoring,” as it begins to place national security concerns above all other considerations in its relationship with China.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 23 Comments »
Free Speech on the Ropes: Legislation to Revoke Not-for-Profit Status of Organizations that Support Palestine Protests Passes in House
The officialdom has just wheeled out much heavier weaponry in the war against free speech, here targeting not-for-profits.
Topics: Banana republic, Media watch, Middle East, New McCarthyism, Politics, Surveillance state
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:47 am | 68 Comments »
Book Review: “On the Move” Is a Must-Read Account of U.S. Climate Migration
Climate migration is here, even in rich countries like the US, and set to accelerate.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Real estate
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:55 am | 13 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/25/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, anti-Trump legal cabal revealed, sudden emergence of the Molineux Rule as an issue for Bragg’s prosecution, documents unsealed by Judge Cannon with the loss of a judgeship. ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 74 Comments »
Google AI Censorship: Google Reverses Itself Fully on Demonetization Threat After Intervention by Matt Taibbi and Our Demonstration of Pervasive Errors
Hooray! Google fully reversed itself on its AI-generated censorship and demonetization threat. But don’t assume this sort of thing is over.
Topics: Legal, Media watch, Politics, Social policy, Social values, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:20 am | 27 Comments »
Links 4/25/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 255 Comments »