2:00PM Water Cooler 10/31/2024
~ Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Trump garbage truck stunt; Section Three has risen from the grave; Boeing stock remains stable, pensions are the sticking point ~
Links 11/1/2024 | naked capitalism
Instagram-famous squirrel named Peanut seized by New York state authorities AP The Many Avatars Of Coconuts Madras Courier What’s so special about the human brain? Nature Monkeys will never type…
Argentine President Javier Milei Fires His Foreign Minister for Voting Against US’ 62-Year Blockade of Cuba | naked capitalism
This year, like last year, only two countries voted against lifting the blockade: the US and Israel. But Argentina was meant to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them. Once again, the United…
Can We Avoid a Franken-Future with AI? | naked capitalism
Yves here. In this post, Lynn Parramore interviews historian Lord Robert Skidelsky over his concerns over the long-term, societal impact of AI. Skidelsky is particularly concerned with degradation of human…
Wolf Richter: Boeing Launches $22 Billion Share Offering to Get Breathing Room, Dodge Junk Credit Rating, after Having Wasted $64 Billion on Share Buybacks | naked capitalism
Lambert here: Hard to see why “engineering” in “financial engineering” doesn’t have air quotes around it. By Wolf Richter, editor of Wolf Street. Originally published at Wolf Street. Boeing, which…
US economy growing ahead of US election
Getty Images The US economy grew solidly in the three months to September, expanding at an annual rate of 2.8%. Despite there being a slight slowdown from the prior quarter’s…
Links 10/31/2024 | naked capitalism
Alcohol consumption abundant in the natural world, study finds Guardian Starbucks’ sales decline for 3rd consecutive quarter Anadolu Agency Climate Models downplay wrath of what they sow Arctic News Climate…
Why Does the West Hate Russia So Much? | naked capitalism
The Bolshevik revolution of 1917 shook the elites of Europe. They likely hadn’t been that uneasy since the guillotines were getting worn out in France in 1794. In the 2021…
It’s Harris’s Race to Lose… | naked capitalism
Conor here: A quote comes to mind. “How many more of these stinking, double-downer sideshows will we have to go through before we can get ourselves straight enough to put…
What Would a Real Renewable Energy Transition Look Like? | naked capitalism
By Richard Heinberg, a senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute and the author of Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival. This article was produced by the Earth Food…