Monday, September 15, 2025
Democrats’ VP Choice Tim Walz Has a History of Working on the Side of Monied Interests Against Workers
Walz’s folksy persona helps mask standard neoliberal positions, and Minnesota workers paid the price.
Electric Vehicle Revolution Stalls, Leaving Metal Markets in Limbo
Another sober take on near and perhaps intermediate-term electric vehicle prospects.
Satyajit Das: The Middle East’s Dance of Death – Part 2: Fallout
Satyajit Das, continuing his series on the contemporary Middle East, focuses on the Al Aqsa Flood attack and Israel’s response.
What’s Wrong and Right with Project 2025
Why the Project 2025 dog’s breakfast of proposals bears watching.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/6/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; best Olympic story; Walz is Kamala’s VP choice; Climate tipping points unpredictable; Andy Warhol’s lost Amiga Art ~
“How Does OpenAI Survive?”
Ed Zitron explains in gory detail why OpenAI looks like the mother of all bezzles.
What Is the Milei Government Doing With Argentina’s Gold?
Argentina’s cash-strapped central bank has around two million troy ounces of gold in its vaults, valued at around $4.5 billion. Or at least it did.
Climate Change and Hard Labor: The Rising Toll on Outdoor Workers
Governments and employers are slow to adapt to the risk to workers of higher outdoor temperatures.
Despite the Recession-Emergency-Rate-Cut Buffoonery, the Services Sector Expands Strongly on Growth in New Orders & Employment. Inflation Pressures Still On
Services are two-thirds of the economy; as long as they’re firm, the economy will plug along just fine, even as manufacturing stalled
Insects: Apocalypse Soon?
The world-wide decline of insect populations, strengths and weaknesses of the studies, causes and effects
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/5/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Hoisted from Comments: Is Intel Going Down the Boeing Path?
Why Intel’s prospects are even worse than its stock price plunge and worried press accounts suggest.
