The Future May Not Be As Electric as We Think
Is there a ceiling to electric vehicle uptake? And even worse, is that lower than many assume?
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Links 7/12/2024
A License to W*nk: Spain to Launch Digital Identity Wallet to Limit and Ration Access to Internet Porn Sites
The proposal comes just months after the European Parliament and the European Council of Ministers unanimously approved the European Commission’s sweeping digital identity regulations.
Read more...Biden: Strategic Projections of Confidence
The effort to shore up Biden’s flagging Presidential candidacy is a case study of the role of confidence and commitment in campaigns.
Read more...Climate Change Is Coming for Hospitals
Many hospitals will have their operations interrupted and/or degraded by climate change. What to do?
Read more...New Agenda of Russia-India Relations
Modi and Putin had a bear hug earlier this week. Some context on India-Russia dealings and US upset about them.
Read more...Links 7/11/2024
“Tariffs Don’t Protect Jobs. Don’t Be Fooled.”
More discussion of tariffs as the US is using to whack Chinese imports, above all EVs.
Read more...Something Rotten in the State of Albion
A look at Britain’s image versus its conduct.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/10/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Trump VP picks; Biden’s wall of Black support; Pelosi: “Not so fast!” ~
Read more...Michael Hudson: Russia and China CRUSH NATO’s Plan as Ukraine FALLS Apart
NATO is looking wobbly and many of its woes are self inflicted.
Read more...Radioactive Real Estate: Finding a Forever Home for Nuclear Waste
Castoffs from U.S. nuclear weapons get buried at one site in New Mexico. But what happens when that facility fills up?
Read more...Orbán Shuttle Diplomacy Highlights EU Representation Problem but Not in the Way the Pro-war Crowd Claims
EU diplomats deride Orban for conducting diplomacy, but polls show that Europeans are increasingly in favor of a negotiated end to the war.
Read more...Why the US Doesn’t Have National Health Insurance: The Political Role of the AMA
Documenting the role of the AMA in blocking public health care in the US.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/9/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; New Covid charts (no good news at all); Biden on Morning Joe; open processes to replacing Biden; the Enneagram ~
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