Coffee Break: Across the Pond – Even the Best Laid EU Plans… | naked capitalism
The EU plans to continue the war with Russia are coming apart in a welter of debt and recriminations. Putin Delivers an Address to People in the West Putin told…
Links 3/24/2025 | naked capitalism
A Super Fungus Is Evolving in Polluted Cities – And It’s Spreading Through Cats SciTech Daily Man Develops Life-Threatening Infection After Eating Feral Pig Science Alert Imagining the Progressive Restaurant…
Satyajit Das: DOGE – The Accelerant in American Decline | naked capitalism
Yves here. Satyajit Das takes a high-level, measured approach to DOGE, stressing an issue that is oddly underplayed in American debates: that it’s fundamentally wrong-headed to approach government using the…
When Will Courts Start Using Contempt Power To Stop Trump Administration Procedural and Constitutional Abuses? | naked capitalism
I hate to put on my cynic’s hat, but I see a weird childlike faith in daddy figures behind the hope the the good daddy, Supreme Court Chief Justice John…
‘Quiet Panic’ as National Rental Assistance Program Set to Run Out of Cash | naked capitalism
Conor here: As Malcolm Harris wrote in his recent piece at The Baffler, which is well worth a read: Permitting single-stair apartment buildings, ending single-family zoning, and eliminating parking requirements…
The Middle East Logistics Wars | naked capitalism
In a February White House meeting between US President Donald Trump and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Trump doubled down on the trade route proposed by his predecessor, the India-Middle…
The Little-Known ‘Supreme Court Justices’ Who Decide Your Electricity Rates | naked capitalism
By Bridgett Ennis, co-founder of ChavoBart Digital Media, an audio and video production firm with a focus on scientific and environmental media. Originally published at Yale Climate Connections. Most people…
Trump Trying to Retrade Minerals Deal with Ukraine | naked capitalism
The Financial Times today has an important tidbit that provides yet more confirmation of why no one, particularly Russia, should try to enter into a deal with Trump. Even by…
Digital imperialism: How US Social Media Firms Are Using American Law to Challenge Global Tech Regulation | naked capitalism
Yves here. Oddly, this post skips over the original sin of the relationship of social media “platforms” with “free speech” which is their Section 230 exemption. That makes them not…
Coffee Break: End-of-the-Week Thoughts on Science and Other Matters Arising | naked capitalism
Part the First: NIH cancels funding for landmark diabetes study at a time of focus on chronic disease (paywall). As part of the defenestration of Columbia University, the National Institutes…