Links 1/12/2023 | naked capitalism
Jazz Is Freedom The Baffler Grief, a (grand)mother tongue Scalawag Climate Oregon Follows California, Bans Combustion New Car Sales By 2035 Motor1 #COVID19 The bivalent vaccine booster outperforms Eric Topol,…
The Ukrainian Demilitarized Zone – “Negotiations” Start at a Dead End | naked capitalism
Yves here. The latest John Helmer post, which uses a Ukrainian fabrication about Russia putting out feelers for negotationa, as its point of departure, and therefore has the potential to…
How a War on Porn Is Endangering US Sex Workers | naked capitalism
Yves here. Sex work is legal in Australia. I’m linking to a New South Wales guide by the Sex Workers Outreach project which explains the rules there. The depressing part…
‘Industry’ and the State (Twitter Files 11 & 12) | naked capitalism
Yves here. There’s been drinking-from-a-firehose level revelations from the Twitter files. Tom Neuburger goes though the latest batches, focusing on the most disturbing examples of Twitter subservience to censorship demands.…
Crypto-Focused Silvergate Bank Got De Facto Backdoor FDIC Bailout via $4.3 Billion Federal Home Loan Bank Advance | naked capitalism
Kate Berry in American Banker has done some important sleuthing in her new American Banker story, Silvergate Bank loaded up on $4.3 billion in Home Loan bank advances. Berry gets…
Italy and the EU Are on Collision Course as Economic Conditions Worsen | naked capitalism
By Conor Gallagher It seems like yesterday that the western media was up in arms that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Putin-loving Brothers of Italy (Fdl) party were…
Militarized Japan and the Biden-Kishida Summit Signal Moment in the New Cold War | naked capitalism
Yves here. While you were busy worrying about the war in Ukraine, the US has been firming up the commitments and resolve of an all-too-willing Japan to mix things up…
Atmospheric Rivers Over California’s Wildfire Burn Scars Raise Fears of Deadly Mudslides – This Is What Cascading Climate Disasters Look Like | naked capitalism
Yves here. While the press has made some attempts to identify climate change/environmental feedback loops, they tend to focus on simple ones, like higher temperatures leading to ocean floor and…
Textbooks Are Falling Behind on Climate Change | naked capitalism
Yves here. Textbooks, like dictionaries, help anchor orthodox thinking and usage. Evidence that textbooks are becoming even more hesitant in discussing climate change suggests that big corporate pushback and doubt-sowing…
Chasing Big European Corporate Miscreants Through New York Courts: An Update Via a Barclays Filing | naked capitalism
We though we’d give a mini-progress report on a set of filings against a series of European corporate governance train wrecks, including Bayer, Volkswagen, UBS and Credit Suisse via the…