Cyclone Ian batters South Carolina in second US landfall
After wreaking deadly havoc in Florida, Ian smashes piers in South Carolina and floods neighbourhoods.
Aerial views of destruction from Hurricane Ian in Florida
Seen from above, the wreckage Hurricane Ian left in its wake shows the power of the historic storm.
Hurricane Ian: Bigotry couldn’t beat this family – then came the storm
“I was able to hear that they were OK, that they were safe, they were uninjured,” she told the BBC. “They had water. She said something about food, but I…
Messages reveal how Musk and Twitter boss fell out
Bret Taylor, Twitter’s board chair, texts Musk about the dinner. “I think they were looking for an Airbnb near the airport and there are tractors and donkeys,” he says in…
Stranded people and their pets airlifted from island
Teams from the United States Coast Guard and the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue have began airlifting residents out of Sanibel Island, in southwest Florida. A chunk of the Sanibel Causeway fell…
Links 10/1/22 | naked capitalism
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
Tech Billionaires Are Actually Dumber Than You Think | naked capitalism
By Sonali Kolhatkar, the founder, host and executive producer of “Rising Up With Sonali,” a television and radio show that airs on Free Speech TV and Pacifica stations. She is…
Financing Ukraine’s victory: Why and How | naked capitalism
Lambert here: The bios tell the tale. Torbjörn Becker, Director at Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, Olena Bilan, Head of Research and Chief Economist at Dragon Capital, Ukraine’s leading investment…
Battered by Floods and Trapped in Debt, Pakistani Farmers Struggle to Survive
NAWABSHAH, Pakistan — The young woman waded into the waist-deep floodwater that covered her farmland, scouring shriveled stalks of cotton for the few surviving white blooms. Every step she took…
The Great Guinea Pig Giveaway Has Begun
There are other, less quantifiable warnings: Some city pet store owners say that customers who at the height of the pandemic scooped up creatures like bearded dragon lizards, and hamsters…