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Cats like to play fetch like dogs. The game is rooted in both species’ hunting instincts PBS
The pet-brain effect: How cats and dogs can save you from cognitive decline BBC
Turkey’s stray dogs, once ‘masters of the road,’ face new peril WaPo
Dogs can remember names of toys years after not seeing them, study shows Guardian
Letter: Future will be shaped by the heresies of heterodox economics FT:
But if elite capture and the resulting torpor in economics have not been total and complete, it is because there are economics departments in a handful of US universities which have put up an active and spirited resistance for years, with The New School in New York, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the University of Missouri Kansas City perhaps being pre-eminent in this long battle of economic ideas. These and other economics departments are at the centre of a lively intellectual community (often referred to as “heterodox economics” by many of its own), many of whose members are also associated with the Union of Radical Political Economics (URPE).
Climate
‘Oh my God, what is that?’: how the maelstrom under Greenland’s glaciers could slow future sea level rise Guardian
Arrhenius 1896: First Calculation of Global Warming Protons for Breakfast. Commentary:
EV Battery Makers Have Been Doing It Wrong Clean Technica
Syndemics
University of Alberta researchers retract COVID study, citing multiple errors CBC
Mild at First: A Brief History of The 1918 Bird Flu Pandemic Jessica Wildfire, OK Doomer
Poliovirus that infected a Chinese child in 2014 may have leaked from a lab Science. “The exact source of that virus is unclear, as is the route by which it infected the child, and the authors are careful not to point fingers. But the paper underscores the fact that accidental releases of poliovirus are remarkably common.”
CDC Confirms Human H5 Bird Flu Case in Missouri (press release) CDC. “There is no immediate known animal exposure. No ongoing transmission among close contacts or otherwise has been identified.”
Mask bans disenfranchise millions of Americans with disabilities STAT. The deck: “Medical exemptions to these bans are nothing more than Band-aids.”
Fast-spreading mpox variant detected in Congo’s densely populated capital Business Standard
Colorado farmworkers are coming down with bird flu after tending to sick animals without PPE KGNU
China?
Sorry Mr. Sullivan, But You Just Got China So Wrong The China Academy
China urges US to ‘maintain’ stable climate policies Anadolu Agency
Chinese start-up aims for nuclear fusion at half the cost of US rivals FT
For China, Africa’s allure grows amid feuds with West. But do risks outweigh its promise? South China Morning Post
‘Special forces-styled travel’? Changing face of mainland Chinese travellers triggers Hong Kong tourism rethink Channel News Asia
The Koreas
Tens of thousands in South Korea protest lack of climate progress Channel News Asia
Koreans in Uzbekistan: K-pop and a brewing cultural clash Al Jazeera
Syraqistan
Israeli forces accused of killing their own citizens under the ‘Hannibal Directive’ during October 7 chaos ABC Australia
Autopsy of Turkish-American activist shows she was killed by sniper’s bullet to the head: Nablus governor Anadolu Agency. Commentary:
Sarah Wilkinson in her own words Jewish Voice for Labor. Commentary:
This is an utterly shocking account from journalist Sarah Wilkinson of her recent violent arrest by 16 counter-terrorism police, several masked, at 7.30am.
They smashed up, or stole, many of her belongings; emptied an urn of her mother’s remains over the floor; have denied her…
— Jonathan Cook (@Jonathan_K_Cook) September 2, 2024
European Disunion
Europe’s economy survived ‘terrible prophecies’ but must now tackle trade with China: EU’s Gentiloni CNBC. Commentary:
Western Europeans fail to understand the extent to which they were f*cked by the 2008 subprime crisis.
It’s actually quite extraordinary: if you take the example of France in 2008 we were almost on par with the US in GDP per capita, $45.5k vs $48.5k, a small 6% difference.… pic.twitter.com/Pf0Qbg47aq
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) September 3, 2024
Macron’s coup is a shameless affront to democracy The Telegraph
Mass protests erupt in France after Macron picks Barnier as PM Al Jazeera
Dear Old Blighty
Starmer defends cutting winter fuel payments BBC. Oblique commentary:
Tory health reforms left UK open to Covid calamity, says top doctor’s report Guardian
UK health minister says NHS needs to make ‘three big shifts’ to survive FT
Boris Johnson faces ‘serious questions’ over new business with uranium entrepreneur Guardians
New Not-So-Cold War
Ukraine’s Kursk offensive has triggered doubts among Russian elite, spy chiefs say FT
US and UK spy chiefs praise Ukraine’s ‘audacious’ Russia incursion and call for a Gaza cease-fire AP
The War in Ukraine Is Already Over—Russia Just Doesn’t Know it Yet Reason
Outgunned and outnumbered, Ukraine’s military is struggling with low morale and desertion CNN
Zelenskyy on long-range strikes on Russia: We need to find key to one country, others will follow suit Ukrainska Pravda
Deep Strikes Into Russia Have Limited Value, Pentagon Says Bloomberg
U.S. Air Force F-35s Demonstrate Ability to Use Makeshift Runways Close to Russian Borders Military Watch
There was genuine risk of Russia using nuclear weapons at start of Ukraine war, CIA boss reveals The Telegraph
US arms advantage over Russia and China threatens stability, experts warn Guardian
Far Eastern Economic Forum: perhaps the least covered international event by Western major media this week Gilbert Doctorow
South of the Border
Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro leads ‘free speech’ rally in Sao Paulo Al Jazeera. Commentary:
Good to see a large protest today in São Paulo against the general authoritarianism of Minister Alexandre de Moraes, and specifically his still-shocking banning of X in all of Brazil, along with a law he somehow invented banning VPNs to access it:pic.twitter.com/CFVS8Fdgw9
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 7, 2024
2024
Harris and Trump offer very different visions for the economy ahead of Tuesday’s debate PBS
What Awaits a Harris Presidency The Atlantic
Antitrust
A Post-Google World Matt Stoller, BIG. The deck: “Another Google antitrust trial starts on Monday. If Google loses, it’ll be three strikes. At some point, they will give up and realize that the writing is on the wall for their current business model.”
Digital Watch
Nearly half of Nvidia’s revenue comes from just four mystery whales each buying $3 billion–plus Fortune
Why AI Can Push You to Make the Wrong Decision at Work Brain Facts
The Worsening Raspberry PI Rp2350 E9 Erratum Situation Hackaday
The Final Frontier
Problem statement:
The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens.
These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years.
Flight rate will… https://t.co/ZuiM00dpe9
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 7, 2024
Groves of Academe
Jewish Faculty letter to CU presidents re Task Force report (PDF) Google Drive. Columbia. Meanwhile in Texas:
Stanford’s writing program is firing their lecturers and gutting the department Literary Hub
Imperial Collapse Watch
Amphibious Ship Suffers Breakdown, Marking at Least Third Navy Mechanical Issue This Year Military.com
Class Warfare
Upending a longstanding paradigm, cardiologists embrace ZIP codes, not race, to predict heart risk STAT
Watch: Cruise ships chopped in half are a license to print money The New Atlas
Early science and colossal stone engineering in Menga, a Neolithic dolmen (Antequera, Spain) Science
Antidote du jour (Keith Weller):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
