2:00PM Water Cooler 9/26/2024 | naked capitalism
Bird Song of the Day Sage Thrasher, Gunnison, Colorado, United States. Twelve minutes! I guess people become fascinated with the mimicry and wonder what will come next? In Case You…
Diet-Related Diseases Are the No. 1 Cause of Death in the US – Yet Many Doctors Receive Little to No Nutrition Education in Med School | naked capitalism
Yves here. While the exhortation to have all doctors receive some nutrition training sounds all well and good, perhaps the advocates should take a look at what passes for nutrition…
Links 9/26/2024 | naked capitalism
Cave Fish Adolescence Means Sprouting Taste Buds in Weird Places Scientific American Climate …HELENE STRENGTHENING AND EXPECTED TO BRING CATASTROPHIC WINDS AND STORM SURGE TO THE NORTHEASTERN GULF COAST… …PREPARATIONS…
The Challenge of Preserving Good Data in the Age of AI | naked capitalism
Yves here. The challenge of preserving good data existed before AI but AI looks set to make the problem worse. There are several layers to this conundrum. One is the…
Indian Foreign Minister Throws Cold Water on the Idea of a BRICS Currency | naked capitalism
Yves here. The remarks by the highly respected Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar should put paid to the idea that a BRICS currency is coming soon, if ever. Jaishankar raises…
Links 9/25/2024 | naked capitalism
Dear patient readers, Apologies for the lack of original posts. One we expected to come in didn’t and finding a replacement chewed into time to draft one of our own.…
Who Holds All These US Treasuries? Update on the Investors in the Ballooning US National Debt in Q2 | naked capitalism
Yves here. Yours truly hates to sound like a broken record, but the de-dollarization enthusiasts are way ahead of the state of play and near-term prospects. Yes, dollar primacy is…
How Cities Run Dry | naked capitalism
Yves here. Yours truly has been under-reporting in Links the number and severity of bad climate change effect stories, since if I did merely a pretty good job, they would…
What Is a “Fair” Drug Price? | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post provides a tidy kneecapping of big Pharma whinging about being subjected to price restrictions. The even shorter version of what follows is that drug prices and…
Big Ag’s Road to Brazil | naked capitalism
By Rachel Sherrington, an investigative researcher and reporter based in Brussels, and Hazel Healy, DeSmog’s UK Editor. Originally published at DeSmog. This week, as business and government leaders, investors and…