Today’s Water Cooler: China trade deal, Biden, Bloomberg, Sanders, Sanders “apology” to Biden, Warren, impeachment, shipping and climate, Amazon hand recognition, AI regulation, SEC and “ghost revenue,” Extinction Rebellion, ozone and the Arctic, “Cats”, the marshmallow test, Oxford comma
Monday, September 22, 2025
Jeff Bezos’ Not So Excellent Indian Adventure: Modi Government Disses Inept Amazon
India’s top BJP ministers show cold shoulder to foreigner bearing “gifts”- the Amazon promise to create jobs- and push back accordingly.
The Lords and Ladies of Discipline: An Interview with Matt Stoller
Matt Stoller explains how economics reinforces established power relations.
In Historic Shift, Second Largest Physicians Group in US Has New Prescription: It’s Medicare for All
The 159,000-member American College of Physicians cal for major changes to the US health care system and endorse Medicare for All.
Thoughts on Warren, Sanders and the Convention: Warren’s Choice?
Unpacking the implications of the Warren attack on Sanders.
The New York Times Dual Endorsement of Klobuchar and Warren: This Ain’t It, Chief
Lambert puts on his yellow waders and ventures out on the Times Editoral Board…
A European Green Deal Will Not Work Without Refocusing Productivity
A welfare-oriented European Green Deal needs to focus on resource and energy productivity, not raising labour productivity.
Brexit: Digging In
Brexit again gets ugly.
Sex Workers Can Tell You Why Sex Work Is Work – Speak to Them
Combatting mispercptions about sex work, paritcularly the need for better work condiions.
Lake Erie, Toxic Algae, and Mobilizing to Protect Toledo’s Drinking Water by Declaring the Lake a Person
How Toledo citizens mobilized to protect the Lake Erie ecosystem by declaring it to be a person with rights, the reaction of the corporations and the State, and how you can help.
For a Sustainable Food System, Look to Seeds
The work of building biodiversity into our food systems has two distinct challenges. One is preserving the genetic material contained in the seeds and the centuries of agricultural knowledge that have developed alongside them. And two is nurturing a relationship with the seeds as living beings.
Please Join Us! NYC Meetup This Thursday January 23 With Michael Hudson
Hope you can visit with Michael Hudson and Yves at our meetup this Thursday!
