What Is Next for Venezuela?
The standoff in Venezuela has reached a worrying juncture, with negotiations falling apart, side deals emerging and regional states rolling out new sanctions on Caracas.
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Links 1/7/2020
‘Because Insects Are Key to Our Own Survival,’ 73 Scientists Unveil Global Roadmap to Battle Bugpocalypse
Reducing planet-heating emissions and curbing use of pesticides immediately is necessary to prevent further collapse of insect populations.
Read more...In Iran Showdown, Conflict Could Explode Quickly – and Disastrously
The odds of conflict morphing into war are higher than most think.
Read more...Iraq Coverage: Yet Another Cavalcade of Stupid at the Wall Street Journal
Our famously free press in action.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/6/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: New state polls, Biden’s electability, “Pete Butterbar,” Klobuchar, Sanders, Yang, protracted Democrat primary, AOC, McDonalds, Uber, auto manufacturing, the Rapture, tough plants, elephant footprints, ants walking backwards, “The Newsroom,” Monica Echeverría, Marie Kondo, hamster mazes
Read more...Nick Turse: Trump Threatens Mass Destruction in Afghanistan
Trump threatens mass slaughter in Afghanistan.
Read more...Iraq Parliament Calls for U.S. Troops to Be Expelled (plus Cavalcade of Stupid)
A round-up on the Iraqi parliaments resolution calling for our troops to leave, plus the idiocy of elite policy-makers, of both parties.
Read more...Australia’s Bushfires Are A Wake-Up Call: We Must Build A More Humane Economy Before It’S Too Late
Here’s hoping the Australian bush fires trigger new alliances in 2020, so that we come together to recognise that this crisis is one that hurts us all
Read more...Manufacturing Employment, New Orders & Production Fall Fastest Since Apr-Aug 2009
Yves here. As readers know well, on the one hand, services and not manufacturing dominate the US economy. But manufacturing jobs, even now, are relatively well paid and manufacturing growth is often seen as having spillover effects. By Wolf Richter, editor at Wolf Street. Originally published at Wolf Street US manufacturing took a turn from […]
Read more...What if We Let the Oceans Into Our Cities?
Radical thinking for soon-to-be-waterlogged cities.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/3/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: Polling, Biden, Buttigieg, Gabbard, Sanders, Williamson, Democrats and Iran, Kohler, KKR, Apple, AirBnB, Uber, facial recognition, global river ice, educational technology debacles, privatized military housing, inequality data, cellphones and academic achievement
Read more...Plastics Problem: Overview, Plus What YOU Can Do to Reduce Your Use of Plastics
Plastics Problem: how bad is it? Very. Steps to take, beyond low-hanging fruit, without despairing.
Read more...Links 1/3/2020
What Is Climate Change Adaptation, and Why Does It Matter?
Climate change reality is starting to sink in.
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