2:00PM Water Cooler 8/1/2024 | naked capitalism
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Wildfires Can Create Their Own Weather, Further Spreading the Flames − An Atmospheric Scientist Explains How | naked capitalism
Yves here. Those who even casually follow climate change stories have heard of feedback loops like permafrost melts resulting in methane releases that raise carbon levels. This post describes local…
With Strife at Home, Security Concerns Grow for Israeli Olympians in Paris
Israeli athletes who had already been moving around the Paris Games with a security apparatus befitting a head of state can expect heightened protection after the recent assassinations of Hezbollah…
In an Italian Village, a Mayor Walks Off the Wine and Everyone Joins In
In a world that seems consumed by the trials of capitalism and the unyielding pressure to work, Robin Leach, the British television personality who died in 2018, noted one place…
Move Over Hot Chicken, There’s a Hotter Chicken in Town
In the summer of 2019, the American fast-food chain Panda Express introduced a limited-time-only special it called Sichuan hot chicken. Never mind that the dish would have been unrecognizable to…
Can Gouda’s Cheesemakers Stall a Sinking Future?
On a recent morning in Gouda, a small city in the Netherlands, hundreds of wheels of yellow cheese lay out in rows on the cobblestones of the town square, a…
Opinion | Sonya Massey’s Killing Is Black America’s Sorrow
In the days before she was killed, Sonya Massey was having death premonitions. She kept telling her family that she was going to die, that someone was going to kill…
Accused Sept. 11 Plotters Agree to Plead Guilty at Guantánamo Bay
The man accused of plotting the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and two of his accomplices have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy and murder charges in exchange for a…
Bank of England Cuts Interest Rates for First Time Since 2020
The Bank of England decided, by a slim margin among its policymakers, to cut interest rates on Thursday for the first time in more than four years amid slower inflation.…
Track Keeps Banning Drug Cheats. It Worries That Other Sports Are Not.
The announcements of track and field’s latest doping case or multiyear suspension arrived on an almost weekly basis this spring. A world champion. An Olympic medalist. And, most recently, three…