Links 6/11/2023 | naked capitalism
Louisiana man jumps into Busch Gardens alligator pit in mindless bid for social media clout, gets busted by cops New York Post Octopuses tweak the RNA in their brains to…
Summer Reading
The books are piling up again. The physical ones on the bedside table; the library queue; the e-bookshelves on which reside the novels impulse-purchased from bed, begun and then forgotten…
The EU Looks to “Jungle” Sacrifice Zones to Help It Out of Energy Crisis | naked capitalism
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell’s comments last year describing the bloc as a garden and much of the rest of the world as jungle were widely criticized. Often…
Opinion | What Donald Trump and Reality Winner Have in Common
Mr. Trump and his defenders argue that the indictment against him is politically motivated. They argue that he is being prosecuted for retaining classified government documents even though President Biden…
Opinion | Ron DeSantis Thinks Power Corrupts … Everyone Else
DeSantis is portraying himself as the figure liberals have long feared: a Donald Trump who plans, a Donald Trump who follows through. One question is whether that’s what Republicans really…
‘Everything Will Die’: A Dam Blast Imperils Ukraine’s Vital Lifeline
The view from villagers’ gardens on the northern shore of Kakhovka Reservoir has changed significantly in the four days since an explosion destroyed the nearby dam and the waters receded.…
Faceless, Nameless and Dead by the Dozen in a Train’s Cheapest Cars
They cram themselves every day by the millions onto India’s overtaxed trains, chasing a shred of economic opportunity across the vastness of the world’s most populous nation. Tickets costing about…
It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Hurt
In the movie “Moneyball,” Peter Brand, a baseball analyst played by Jonah Hill, has a mantra for the type of player his team covets. “He gets on base,” Brand says…
Silicon Valley Confronts the Idea That the ‘Singularity’ Is Here
For decades, Silicon Valley anticipated the moment when a new technology would come along and change everything. It would unite human and machine, probably for the better but possibly for…
How Walt Nauta, a Personal Aide, Came to be Charged as Trump’s Co-Conspirator
On May 25, as former President Donald J. Trump was at the Saudi-backed LIV golf tournament at his course in Sterling, Va., one of his aides was photographed leaning toward…