What is a king tide? TreeHugger
Thousands celebrate East Timor’s 20th anniversary but the scars remain Reuters
WWII’s start marked in Poland with German remorse, warning AP
Biohackers are pirating a cheap version of a million-dollar gene therapy MIT Technology Review
One Scientist’s Quest to Bring DNA Sequencing to Every Sick Kid Wired
Part cow, part… bacterium? Biotech company makes heifer of gene-editing blunder Ars Technica
When the Public Feared That Library Books Could Spread Deadly Diseases Smithsonian
How an L.A. man with cancer got a parking ticket while in the hospital and ended up losing his car LA Times
American Airlines booted allergic black man from plane so dog could fly first class: lawsuit AlterNet
China?
Moment of truth approaching for Trump’s trade war Asia Times
Hurricane Alley
Dorian, Still Heading West, Batters Northwest Bahamas With 185 MPH Winds Weather Underground
South Carolina to evacuate entire coast as Hurricane Dorian closes in NY Post
Argentina Imposes Capital Controls as Reserves Drain Away Bloomberg
Class Warfare
As Grass-Roots Labor Activism Rises, Will Unions Take Advantage? NYT
Boeing Gets Almost $1 Billion To Keep The A-10 ‘Warthog’ Flying International Business Times
The Extortion Economy: How Insurance Companies Are Fueling a Rise in Ransomware Attacks ProPublica
Julian Assange
A Society Is Only As Free As Its Most Troublesome Political Dissident Caitlin Johnstone
2020
Too old for president? Health and fitness a better question AP
Trump faces more 2020 danger if Democrat scores upset in N. Carolina special election NBC
Sanders previews plan to cancel all past-due medical debt The Hill
Sanders Campaign Demands Washington Post Retract ‘Fact Check’ of Medical Bankruptcies Remarks Common Dreams
Health Care
Hormone therapy during menopause raises breast cancer risk for years, study finds Stat
Hong Kong
Protesters rally at Hong Kong airport to disrupt travel Reuters
Beijing’s treatment of Cathay is just the start. Welcome to Hong Kong’s future of corporatism SCMP
India
Era of Swiss bank secrecy over, Govt to get details from September Economic Times
‘We risk everything’: Reporting Kashmir amid lockdown, harassment Al Jazeera
A celebration to ‘remove obstacles’ BBC
Both Indian Democracy and Pakistan’s Militarism Have Failed Kashmir The Wire
Artificial highlands aren’t enough to protect Kaziranga animals during annual floods Scroll
Brazil
“SELECTIVE LEAK … ” Intercept. Glenn Greenwald.
Nearly 2,000 new fires have started in the Amazon in the last 48 hours despite burning ban from government Business Insider
Flight Shame: The Climate Hazards of Air Travel NYRB
Waste Watch
PLASTICS NPR (David L)
Bernie Sanders’s $16.3T climate plan promises major waste and recycling shifts Waste Dive
How Does Plastic Pollute the Ganga? An All-Women Scientists’ Expedition Is Looking for Answers The Wire
Brexit
Brexit: what just happened? EUReferendum.com
Leaked no-deal report says lorries could face 48-hour delays at Dover Guardian
I recognise Boris Johnson’s coup for what it is because I’ve seen this before – in Turkey Independent. Patrick Cockburn.
Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to rewrite the rules of the UK economy FT
Trump Transition
The Federalist Society Says It’s Not an Advocacy Organization. These Documents Show Otherwise. Politico
It’s pointless to work long hours so why do it? FT
Antidote du Jour (via):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
