Links 1/9/2025 | naked capitalism
How Multitasking Drains Your Brain MIT Press Calfornia Burning Space satellites track astonishing expansion of deadly California wildfires FOX. The video: In maps: Thousands of acres on fire in LA…
This Week’s Unholy Mix of Drought, Wind, and Fire in Southern California: A Warning of an Accelerating Insurance Crisis in Climate-Risk Areas? | naked capitalism
Yves here. We are posting below on an overview of the massive Pacific Palisades and environs fires. Even though there have been quite a few climate-change-related disasters, such as more…
Yanis Varoufakis: What to Watch Out for in the Unfolding Palestinian Genocide | naked capitalism
Yves here. As much as the effort may seem futile, it still is important to keep confronting the Israeli genocide in Gaza, even if that consists only of publicizing its…
Americans’ Rage at Insurers Goes Beyond Health Coverage – The Author of ‘Delay, Deny, Defend’ Points to 3 Reforms that Could Help | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post does a good job, at a high level, of confirming what everyone knows: that having health or homeowner’s insurance amounts to the insurer having an option…
100,000 Flee Los Angeles Wildfires, and Trump’s Last-Minute Supreme Court Ask
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Heavy Snow and Ice Is Forecast for Southern U.S. on Thursday and Friday
A strip of what forecasters are calling “heavy snow and disruptive ice” is expected to pile up across the South through the end of the week. From the southern plains…
Putin Gets a Snub in the Vast Wine Cellars of a Former Soviet Republic
Hermann Goering, Hitler’s right-hand man, survived the cut. His bottles of wine — part of a collection seized by the Soviet army as a trophy at the end of World…
Nation’s Leaders Will Gather to Honor Carter at Washington Cathedral
A weeklong series of tributes to former President Jimmy Carter culminates on Thursday with a solemn state funeral in Washington that will bring together all five of the nation’s living…
Tim Walz Endorses Ken Martin, a Fellow Minnesotan, to Lead the D.N.C.
Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, the Democratic Party’s 2024 nominee for vice president, on Thursday endorsed Ken Martin to be the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Mr. Martin,…
Who Is Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative Leader on a Path to Become Canada’s Next Prime Minister?
Pierre Poilievre, the man who is the favorite to become Canada’s next leader, has painted his country as “broken” and ridden with “crime and chaos.” He has derided Prime Minister…