Tesla shares tumble after Elon Musk smoked weed on comedian Joe Rogan’s live webcast Metro.co.uk. Note not The Onion.
Maine Man Accused of Embezzling $1.5 Million Worth of Lobsters in Most New England Crime Ever New York Magazine
Why we stick to false beliefs: Feedback trumps hard evidence Science Daily (Chuck L)
Turns out science’s focus on male mammals is really bad for women Wired (Dr. Kevin)
Academy C.E.O. Dawn Hudson After “Popular” Oscar Is Shelved: “We Want the Oscars to Evolve” Vanity Fair
Wind and Solar Farms Could Make it Rain Regularly in the Sahara Desert Motherboard
On going on and on and on Aeon
2018 Election
Cuomo Kept Fossil Fuel Pipeline Alive, Then Hired Pipeline’s Lobbyist to Run Reelection Bid Capital & Main. David Sirota.
Delaware senator spends big to turn back progressive challenge Reuters. EM: “Ah, Delaware – tax-haven and debt-merchantry country. ‘Carper was endorsed by former Vice President Joseph Biden, who served with Carper in the Senate representing Delaware.’ Of course he was.”
Waste Watch
Global soft drink firms back plan to eliminate packaging waste The Guardian
Big Brother IS Watching You Watch
IBM USED NYPD SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE TO DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY THAT LETS POLICE SEARCH BY SKIN COLOR The Intercept (Dr. Kevin)
Syraqistan>
When the battle for Idlib is over, where will the fighters who have sworn never to surrender go next? Independent. Robert Fisk.
Syria – U.S. Reveals Underpants Plan For Indefinite Occupation Moon of Alabama (The Rev Kev)
The Costs of Misunderstanding Our Adversaries American Conservative
The major uprising in Basra and southern Iraq is what the world should be worrying about in the Middle East right now Independent. Patrick Cockburn.
China?
China’s plan for conquest of the South Pacific Asia Times (The Rev Kev)
R.I.P. Chinese Exceptionalism? Project Syndicate
Alibaba’s Jack Ma ‘to step down and focus on philanthropy’ BBC
Japan acknowledges first radiation-linked death out of Fukushima Ars Technica
India
After Air India Flopshow, Centre Mulls Sale of Subsidiary Instead The Wire
Opinion: 377 verdict is a new dawn not just for LGBT rights but for individual liberties in India Scroll.in
India’s traditional wisdom in coping with extreme weather Village Square
The Slide of a Floating Rupee: What Should and Shouldn’t Be Done? The Wire
Class Warfare
Do Incarcerated Firefighters Deserve a Path to Employment? Capital& Main
HOPEFUL SIGN FOR BORROWERS DEALING WITH STUDENT DEBT AND TRYING TO SAVE FOR RETIREMENT National Conference of State Legislatures (UserFriendly)
Whole Foods workers, painting a grim future under Amazon, want to unionize Fast Company
The single most important piece of economics that everyone should know. Progressive Pulse (UserFriendly)
‘Punitive Discipline Policies Have Proven to Be Destructive to Children’ Fair (UserFriendly)
The Crash Ten Years After
Five surprising outcomes of the 2008 financial crisis FT (UserFriendly). Gillian Tett.
European banking market may see megamergers soon Handelsblatt
JPMorgan Is Thinking Pitchforks and Fed Stock Buying in the Next Financial Crash Wall Street on Parade (UserFriendly)
Fossil Fuels Are Next in Line for a Bailout – Here’s How We Respond TruthOut
Emerging markets: Argentina creaks under extreme stress FT
Health Care
There aren’t enough doctors to go around The Hill (UserFriendly)
A ‘hidden safety net’: How health authorities rapidly respond to outbreak scares on airliners Stat
Doctors said the coma patients would never wake. AI said they would – and they did SCMP
STARTUPS FLOCK TO TURN YOUNG BLOOD INTO AN ELIXIR OF YOUTH Wired
A Turbulent Mind Marshall Project (UserFriendly)
Supremes
Anti-Science Catholic Extremist: Kavanaugh Calls Birth Control ‘Abortion-Inducing Drugs’ Patheos (Chuck L)
Trump Transition
Trump administration re-opens Boundary Waters watershed to mining Quetico Superior Wilderness News (Chuck L)
New York federal prosecutors are investigating whether Trump Organization executives broke campaign finance laws Business Insider
Roaming Charges: “I Am Not Spartacus!” Counterpunch
How Bill Clinton Paved the Way for Trump’s War on Immigrants Truthdig. About time to give The Big Dog credit where credit is due….
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See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
