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British twins grow ‘monster’ pumpkin expected to weigh more than a rhino Telegraph
Investors raise bets on bumper half-point Fed rate cut FT
Climate
Scientists Will Engineer the Ocean to Absorb More Carbon Dioxide Scientifc American
Wildfires Threaten Nearly One Third of U.S Residents and Buildings Scientific American. From June, still germane.
650-foot tsunami in Greenland fjord made waves that lasted 9 days, scientists find NBC
Cave discovery in France may explain why Neanderthals disappeared, scientists say CNN
Old Easter Island genomes show no sign of a population collapse Ars Technica
Water
Is climate change making the Colorado Trail a thirst trap? It’s complicated. Colorado Sun
Syndemics
Inquiry into unexplained bird flu case in Missouri broadens to a close contact STAT
CDC FluView Update On Missouri H5 Case Adds An Important Detail Avian Flu Diary
Woman convicted for fatally infecting neighbour with Covid The Telegraph. Austria.
COVID futures: Social imaginaries of post-pandemic lives in Australia Futures
What We Know About Covid’s Impact on Your Brain Bloomberg. Commentary:
Canada Needs a National COVID-19 Inquiry Now (preprint) SocRxiv. Meanwhile in the UK:
China?
President Xi Jinping tones down focus on China’s growth targets as headwinds mount South China Morning Post
China committed to ‘peacemaker’ role, including on Ukraine, Xiangshan defence forum hears South China Morning Post
U.S. Navy’s Top SEALs Special Forces Team Simulating Attacks on China in Taiwan Strait War: How Effective Are They? Military Watch
Super Typhoon Yagi exposes China’s cashless society flaws as people flock to charge phones. Watch Hindustan Times
The Spellbinding Life of Koji Kashin: Japan’s Legendary Wandering Magician Tokyo Weekender
The cursed stone resists return Pearls and Irritations
Labour unrest shuts down 100 factories in Bangladesh BNE Intellinews
Syraqistan
Netanyahu asks for criminal probe into himself to evade ICC warrant Al Mayadeen
How a Single Jordanian Tribesman Put the ‘Cold Peace’ with Israel at Risk Internationalist 360°
Massachusetts man shot in scuffle with pro-Israel crowd as video emerges of another who self-immolated Middle East Eye
Africa
The cocoa connection: How ‘brown gold’ is smuggled between Ivory Coast, Liberia and Guinea France24
Russia Is Riding an Anti-Colonial Wave Across Africa Foreign Policy
Rewind and Reconnoiter: Does America Need an Africa Strategy? With Sam Wilkins War on the Rocks
New Not-So-Cold War
White House responds to Putin’s threats, calling it dangerous rhetoric but not a new one and US will not change its policy on Ukraine striking deep into Russian territory yet – White House Ukrainska Pravda. Commentary:
Biden indicates shift in Ukraine’s deployment of Storm Shadow missiles FT
Vladimir Putin Does Not Make Empty Threats Moon of Alabama
Raising the Stakes in Ukraine Consortium News
The State of the War in Ukraine NYT. The deck: “We explain using maps.”
Zelensky’s Last Hail Mary Gets Off to Rocky Start Simplicius the Thinker
Shoigu makes a comeback Gilbert Doctorow
Ukraine has highest mortality rate and lowest birth rate in the world Ukrainska Pravda
European DIsunion
The Gravedigger New Left Review. Barnier.
German chancellor, Polish premier discuss land border control decision Anadolu Agency
South of the Border
The Venezuela Elections of 28 July 2024: What and Whom to Believe? Venezuelanalysis
In a historic move, Colombia bypasses patent to access HIV drug Al Jazeera
Elon’s Brazilian Corporate Law Surprise Credit Slips
2024
‘It just exploded’: Springfield woman claims she never meant to spark false rumors about Haitians NBC. The deck: “The woman behind an early Facebook post that helped spark baseless rumors about Haitians eating pets told NBC News that she feels for the immigrant community.”
So what IS the truth about the city where Trump claims migrants are eating the pet cats and dogs? GREG WOODFIELD visits Springfield, Ohio, to find neo-Nazis are marching, residents in utter despair – and even talk of gun battles breaking out… Daily Mail. Commentary:
Donald Trump re-election bid being derailed by far-right influencers, allies fear FT
Trump appears to leave door open for second debate with Harris: ‘Maybe if I got in the right mood’ FOX
Ready your bets: Election gambling is going mainstream in the US Politico
Appeals court puts U.S. election bets on hold mere hours after a judge allowed it PBS
Democrats en Déshabillé
Staffer for NYC mayor fired amid extortion reports after NYPD commissioner resigns FOX
The Supremes
Loper Bright and the Ascendancy of the Cost-Benefit State (PDF) SSRN
What is Original Public Meaning? (PDF) University of San Diego School of Public Law
Digital Watch
We Spent $20 To Achieve RCE And Accidentally Became The Admins Of .MOBI watchTowr
Gunz
Keystone at Clearview football game canceled after threats to host school Cleveland.com
Health
Many mental-health conditions have bodily triggers The Economist
Groves of Academe
New University Rules Crack Down on Gaza Protests Mother Jones
Imperial Collapse Watch
US elections, China policy, Palestine-Israel and Russia-Ukraine: John Mearsheimer (video) ShanghaiEye, YouTube
Student Loans: Not Just About Attending College Conversable Economist
Class Warfare
Turning Peasants Into Pinions: At a Child’s Grave in Mousehold Heath, Near Norwich Literary Hub
The Gift of the Grange JSTOR
The Rise of Shot and Sail (excerpt) Big Serge Thought
Antidote du jour (Jérémie Silvestro):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
