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Sunday, December 28, 2025
Links 3/3/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 177 Comments »
Democratic Rights Are No Excuse for Airing Russian Perspectives in Europe
Why are European elites “on the side of Ukraine’s freedom” so eager to curb freedoms at home? The silencing of opposing viewpoints accelerates in Italy as support for Project Ukraine declines.
Topics: Auto industry, Energy markets, Europe, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Russia
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 64 Comments »
Amid Pushback, the USGS Decides to Restore Its Pesticide Database
Scientists say the resource is crucial for understanding what agricultural chemicals are doing to human health and the environment.
Topics: Environment, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 5 Comments »
Links 3/2/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 219 Comments »
The Reality of Bidenomics: How Good Was Biden for the Economy?
A thorough takedown of the aggressively-sold falsehood that economic performance under Biden is good but the poors are too stupid to get it.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 42 Comments »
The Polish-West Ukrainian Conflict Over East Galicia in 1918−1919
How a conflict between Poland and West Ukraine after the end of World War I has ramifications today.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Guest Post, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:31 am | 30 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/1/2024
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Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 75 Comments »
Despite Inspector General Demand, EPA Refuses to Re-Do Review of Seresto Flea and Tick Collar Implicated in Thousands of Pet Deaths
The FDA is refusing to redo a review that gave a free pass to Seresto tick collars, implicated in thousands of pet deaths
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Health care, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 8 Comments »
Links 3/1/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 181 Comments »
Amid Rising Tensions With US and Canada, Mexico’s AMLO Threatens to Boycott Upcoming North American Leaders’ Summit
“We are asking for respect.”
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 42 Comments »
Scorching the Earth Westward — What Comes Next as the Ukraine Army Collapses*
Some expert Russian input on what might be coming next for Ukraine.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:25 am | 86 Comments »
Assange: Our Enemy of the State
When murder is done in our name, those like Assange who expose it are enemies of the state
Topics: Guest Post, Legal, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:46 am | 24 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/29/2024
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Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 92 Comments »
Mounting Research Shows That COVID-19 Leaves Its Mark on the Brain, Including Significant Drops in IQ Score
Even mild COVID-19 can lead to the equivalent of seven years of brain aging.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 66 Comments »
Links 2/29/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 203 Comments »




