All That Man Is The Baffler. I was living in England at the time of the ’86 World Cup, and I can never forgive Maradona the hand of God goal. Never. Poor Peter Shilton. For the refs to allow that goal…
Overpopulation Translational Ecology (BM)
We wouldn’t be able to control superintelligent machines Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (The Rev Kev)
Linksys’ Motion-Sensing Wifi Now Uses All Your Wireless Devices For More Accurate Alerts Gizmodo (BC)
Someone Etched ‘Trump’ on a Florida Manatee NYT (RM)
Japan’s New Year tuna auction in pictures SCMP
Modern life is rubbish! The people whose homes are portals to the past Guardian
The Fascinating Second Lives of Stuff American Conservative
Is It Really Too Late to Learn New Skills? New Yorker
Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air built its empire on old, cheap planes Al Jazeera. I’ve flown Sriwijaya. There’s no other option to fly to some Indonesian destinations,
#COVID-19
‘Everywhere you look, people are infected’: Covid’s toll on California Latinos Guardian
At COVID-19 ‘breaking point’, Malaysia suspends parliament Al Jazeera
Taiwan’s coronavirus success, job opportunities lure foreigners to talent-thirsty island SCMP
The Containment Problem Michael Capalbo
Covid: England told to prepare for worst weeks of pandemic Guardian
India delivers Covid-19 shots ahead of ‘world’s biggest vaccination drive’ SCMP. Notice merely being over 50 places a person in a top risk category, therefore near the front of the queue tp get a vaccine.
Andrew Cuomo’s Vaccine Debacle Perfectly Encapsulates His Style of Governing Jacobin
Far as I know, New York state law does not allow for recalling the governor. We’re stuck with the Emmy Award-winning prince of negligent homicide.https://t.co/1B30bQk8Gq
— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) January 11, 2021
Class Warfare
We Are the Main Event The Baffler. Kim Kelly
COVID Workplace Protections Are Welcomed and Attacked Capital & Main
The Case Against $2,000 Checks Is Garbage Daily Poster. David Sirota.
Whither America? Peojwct Syndicate. Joseph Stiglitz.
Julian Assange
What Assange’s Victory Really Means Counterpunch Patrick Cockburn.
Our Famously Free Press
Brexit
‘It’s like a motorway crash’: Urgent meeting sought to resolve Brexit mess which has left fishing industry suffering huge losses The Press and Journal (Col. Smithers)
Why Rishi Sunak can’t escape blame for the Covid-19 crisis New Statesman (Col. Smithers)
Today, in “predicted consequences of Brexit turn out to be right”, our first entry is some shortages of fresh fruit and veg… https://t.co/C1hbnPmFJi
— David Henig (@DavidHenigUK) January 11, 2021
Capitol Seizure
A Civilian’s Guide to Insurrection Legalese Marshall Project
We Should Know Exactly Who Funded Last Week’s Right-Wing Riot Jacobin
How Trump’s pied pipers rallied a faithful mob to the Capitol Reuters
Deutsche Bank and Signature Bank will ‘sever ties with Trump and his organization’ following election loss and MAGA riots – but POTUS still owes them $300 million in loans Daily Mail. That’ll show him! Wait, this ban applies to future business only. And he already owes them 300 mil. Oh.
Facebook bans ‘stop the steal’ content, 69 days after the election CNN
Donald Trump being banned from social media is a dangerous distraction Guardian. Matt Stoller and Sarah Miller.
The ACLU in NYT on why the union of Silicon Valley monopolies — Apple, Google and Amazon — to remove Parler from the internet is so problematic. While ACLU is largely just a liberal pressure group now, they still have some real civil liberties lawyers:https://t.co/wgBlAnjyZX pic.twitter.com/3twrrwD5Rq
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 11, 2021
Impeachment
House Plans Trump Impeachment Vote for Wednesday WSJ
California Republicans in battleground states face no-win vote on impeachment San Francisco Chronicle
Republicans gauge support for Trump impeachment The Hill
McCarthy says Trump accepted some responsibility for Capitol riot Politico
Biden Transition
Trump declares state of emergency in D.C. ahead of inauguration Politico
FBI fears armed protests by Trump supporters ahead of Biden inauguration BBC
Syraqistan
Dear Congress – Stop Wasting Time With Impeaching Trump – End His Famine In Yemen Moon of Alabama
China?
PATRICK LAWRENCE: US Meddling in Hong Kong Consortium News (AL)
India
Supreme Court stays implementation of farm laws, forms panel to hold talks Times of India
Bad Loans Ratio of Banks May Shoot up to 13.5% by September, Higher if Severe Stress: RBI The Wire
By treating protesting farmers as if they’re ignorant, government is repeating an old colonial idea Scroll
What Delhi Tells Us About Neoliberalism The Wire
Only a dozen large firms to gain from bank loans recast, most stressed firms not eligible The Print
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See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
