Links 2/29/2024 | naked capitalism
Gonzalo Lira was born today; like Frederick in the Pirates of Penzance, February 29 would have been his birthday. –lambert The Groundhog Watchers Nautilus. Citizen science! One of world’s smallest…
Rishi Sunak Orders Crackdown on Protests Despite Court Challenge | naked capitalism
After years of terrible leadership in the UK, and now high inflation and a recession taking place when social services, particularly the NHS, have been hollowed out, it’s actually striking…
Biden’s Energy Balancing Act
A junior White House economist made a chart last year — the sort of chart that previous presidents might have put in a campaign ad. It shows that U.S. energy…
Putin Says Direct Western Intervention in Ukraine Risks a Nuclear Conflict
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said the West faced the prospect of nuclear conflict if it intervened more directly in the war in Ukraine, using an annual speech to…
A Biden-Trump Border Showdown, and Mitch McConnell’s Exit
The New York Times Audio app is home to journalism and storytelling, and provides news, depth and serendipity. If you haven’t already, download it here — available to Times news…
How Poisoned Applesauce Found Its Way to Kids
The Daily is made by Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung, Stella Tan, Alexandra Leigh Young, Lisa Chow, Eric…
Russia Took the City. Now It’s Coming for Their Villages.
Villagers living near the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka listened with dread in recent weeks to the sound of the bombs falling there, knowing their troops were taking a pounding and…
5 Convicts Familiar With Navalny’s Prison Confirm Hellish Conditions
Locked in an Arctic prison, Aleksei A. Navalny is likely to have spent his final days in some of the most inhumane conditions within Russia’s extensive penitentiary system, according to…
In Ancient Bones, a Reminder that Northern Ireland’s Ghosts Are Never Far
They turned up around Halloween, as a roaring storm gripped the wetlands of Northern Ireland and tilled its ground: human bones, sticking up from the tea-colored water in Bellaghy bog,…
Texas Firefighters Rush to Control Blaze as Warm, Windy Weather Approaches
Firefighters had a narrowing window to battle the wildfires raging in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, as forecasters were expecting higher wind speeds and hotter, dryer air to return over…