Links 2/11/2023 | naked capitalism
‘We’re exhausted’: Cat feeders hope more can be done to stop stray dog attacks Channel News Asia Don’t feed the bears! But birds OK, new Tahoe research shows AP Signals…
ChatGPT Is a Data Privacy Nightmare. If You’ve Ever Posted Online, You Ought To Be Concerned | naked capitalism
Yves here. Yours truly, like many other proprietors of sites that publish original content, is plagued by site scrapers, as in bots that purloin our posts by reproducing them without…
What Happens When Progressives Tacitly Accept Reactionary and Authoritarian Identity Politics | naked capitalism
Yves here. Qui tacet consentire videtur, or “he who is silent is understood to agree” can apply in political as well as legal contexts. Here, Peter Dorman contends that progressives…
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/10/2023 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Reader Query Once More: Periodically we’ve posted threads of recommendations for vendors (doctors, dentists, restaurants, retail, gyms, performance venues) that are what I might call…
Links 2/10/2023 | naked capitalism
A dwarf planet beyond Neptune has a mysterious ring that astronomers can’t explain Space.com Why giant prehistoric animals got smaller BBC Fed rolls out 2023 stress-test scenarios, with wrinkle for…
This Was Another Big Week for Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) | naked capitalism
Another G-7 economy took a big step toward adopting a central bank digital currency (CBDC). At the same time, the first largish economy to have launched a CBDC, Nigeria, descends…
How Did the German Greens Become the Party of Warmongers? | naked capitalism
By Conor Gallagher German media has been oddly silent since investigative journalist Seymour Hersh’s article revealing that the US was behind the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines. What little…
Hit With Extreme Weather, Texas Cities Debate Cost of Adaptation | naked capitalism
Conor here: As this article demonstrates, the costs of personal risk assessments are going to keep going up as climate change intensifies. Not much progress was made in Texas after…
Seymour Hersh: Navy Divers + Spooks + Norway Took Out Nord Stream 2 on Biden’s Orders, Using Timer | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. It was never hard to figure out — despite best efforts of our famously free press — who blew up the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline…
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/8/2023 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Red-and-black Grosbeak. Atta Lodge / Iwokrama Canopy Walkway, Potaro-Siparuni, Guyana. “4 cuts of a presumed pair. I think (but can’t…