Yearly Archives: 2020

Links 6/6/2020

China’s Covid-19 Recovery Is Intensifying Class Exploitation

China’s response to the pandemic is to furth disempower its domestic and peripheral populations.

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/5/2020

COVID19 in the West ~ Biden’s polling ~ Biden’s Veepstakes ~ Trump and the economy ~ Obama’s house ~ Vote! ~ Voting debacles in Maryland and Los Angeles ~ Employment figures, and are they suss ~ GOOG ~ Bitcoin ~ The Fed and Moral Hazard ~ COVID19 testing ~ Policing in America ~ Money and power ~ Utility workers ~ Non-linear writing

Melting Ice Opens Doors for Wider Spread of Contaminants, Diseases

New pathways and new and more distant places are leading to additional scientific findings on impacts of melting Arctic ice.

Links 6/5/2020

Judges Try To Balance Legal Rights And Courtroom Health

Judges are making battlefield health calls in reopening courtrooms, and some policies don’t look very sound.

How Africa is Coping With Coronavirus

Politics and the caliber of social programs have influenced how countries in Africa have tried to limit the economic damage of the coronavirus.

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/4/2020

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ICUs Become A ‘Delirium Factory’ For COVID Patients

COVID can infect the brain and current protocols may exacerbate the delirium it induces in some patients, as doctors aim to slow its spread.

Links 6/4/2020

Covid-19 Recessions: This Time It’s Really Different

Why Covid-19 damage will be lasting.

U.S. States Just Lost Pipeline Veto Rights And That’s A Big Deal For Oil

The EPA issued new regulations on pipeline approvals that narrow state authority to intervene. But the fight may not be over.

The Battle Over Free Speech Online Is a Volcano That’s Ready to Blow

The battlte to control social media keeps getting hotter.