For brilliant foliage, look no further than native trees AP
If You Think You Can Hold a Grudge, Consider the Crow NYT
‘I like to be in prison.’ Miami and Broward bank robber tells judge to give ‘me the max’ Miami Herald
Climate
Spain’s PM orders 10,000 troops and police to flood-hit Valencia BBC. Commentary:
This is the entrance ramp to an underground shopping centre car park with thousands of parking spaces. Rescuers have yet to dive down. This just gets more nightmarish https://t.co/1zFcmCUb9c
— Nate Bear (@NateB_Panic) November 2, 2024
Spain’s apocalyptic floods show two undeniable truths: the climate crisis is getting worse and Big Oil is killing us Guardian.
Syndemics
Commentary:
China?
China lifts all restrictions on foreign investment access in manufacturing sector CGTN
How China Uses Economic Sanctions War on the Rocks
After outcry, Chinese health body takes down propaganda aimed at boosting birth rate South China Morning Post
Xi Jinping’s Axis of Losers Stephen Hadley, Foreign Affairs
The State—and Fate—of America’s Indo-Pacific Alliances RAND
As America votes for new president, what are the 3 Cs and 3 Ts that will define Sino-US ties? Channel News Asia
Syraqistan
Netanyahu Spy Scandal: Leak Sabotaged Hostage Deal in Order to Save His Skin Tikkun Olam
Italy rocked by espionage scandal in which Mossad implicated YNet
Iran’s Khamenei threatens ‘crushing response’ to Israel attacks France24
COL. Lawrence Wilkerson : Can Ukraine Survive as a Country? Judge Napolitano, YouTube. Starts with analysis of last Israel strike at Iran.
Israel is falling far short of a U.S. ultimatum to increase flow of aid to Gaza, data shows PBS
Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport Terminal 1 Closes Following easyJet, Ryanair & Wizz Air Exodus Simple Flying
European Disunion
Germany’s upstart leftists chip at pro-Ukraine consensus Reuters
Dear Old Blighty
What did not happen in the Budget Richard Murphy, Funding the Future
New Not-So-Cold War
The Ukraine War is Lost. Three Options Remain. Counterpunch
Putin unlikely to come to the negotiation table, regardless of who wins US election CNN
Ukraine’s Bradley Fighting Vehicle ‘Dilemma’ Can Be Explained in 2 Words The National Interest
Ukraine plans for two Americas: Harris aid or Trump peace push EuroMaidan
SITREP 11/2/24: Another Big Tone Change as West Now Fears Ukraine’s Doom Simplicius the Thinker
NY Times Announces Ukraine Narrative Change Moon of Alabama
Polish foreign minister suggests Ukraine buy Polish weapons on credit Ukrainska Pravda
Transcript of ‘Dialogue Works’, edition of 1 November 2024 Gilbert Doctorow, Armageddon Newsletter
What went wrong for the EU in Georgia’s and Moldova’s election? BNE Intellinews
Moldova holds second round of presidential election Ukrainska Pravda
The Salisbury Tales Paul Sutton, Free Speech Backlash
Putin has ruled Russia for 25 years. How did he last so long? Christian Science Monitor
2024
What to watch over the final weekend of the 2024 presidential campaign AP
Harris and Trump focus on battleground states entering final weekend of campaign PBS
Why Are Democrats Having Such a Hard Time Beating Trump? Nate Cohn, NYT
National security leaders update:
For example (wait for it):
“As a conservative woman I could never vote for Kamala Harris b/c,,,”
What happened next was 3 separate attacks from this stranger! Her friend had to hold her back. I was called uneducated as she proceeded to give me her resumé.#Unhinged pic.twitter.com/q1jRO5yUNs— Annetta Catchings for Alexandria (@annetta_of) November 1, 2024
“I am a thirty-five year national security expert!”
A shocking Iowa poll means somebody is going to be wrong Nate Silver, SIlver Bulletin
Trump ahead of Harris in Iowa in new Emerson College poll The Hill
Why the right thinks Trump is running away with the race Boston Globe
Disinformation on the campaign trail threatens US election process France24
Voter fraud claims flood social media before US election BBC
Contested state supreme court seats are site of hidden battle for abortion access Guardian
Infographic: US elections pivotal for agricultural trade, sustainability S&P Global
I’m a geriatric physician. Here’s what I think is going on with Trump’s executive function STAT
Khaosmotic Epistemology: A Transdisciplinary Metatheory of Contemporary Legal Complexity? SSRN
Our Famously Free Press
Transcript – America This Week November 1, 2024: “The Celebrated New York Times Election Week Hit Job” Racket News
News consumers are more influenced by political alignment than by truth, study shows Phys.org. “We saw it on both political sides and even among people who scored well on a reasoning test. We were a bit surprised to see how widespread this tendency was. People were engaging in a lot of resistance to inconvenient truths.”
Digital Watch
Intel might be too big to fail — Washington policymakers are already discussing potential solutions if the chipmaker cannot recover Tom’s Hardware
Issue 69 – Nice Molly White, [citation needed]. Crypto.
CoffeeSpace is a Hinge-like app that wants to help you find your co-founder TechCrunch
Whose Garbage Becomes The Archive? – an interview with Eunsong Kim The New Inquiry
The Final Frontier
Space isn’t all about the ‘race’ – rival superpowers must work together for a better future Space.com
Class Warfare
Inside a flawed immigration system: Millions of undocumented workers and a verification program that few use LA Times
Exhuming Dracula’s Ancestors: What Vampires Reveal About Our Latent Fears Literary Hub
A Mother Superior’s Demons JSTOR Daily
Antidote du jour (Dixi):
And a bonus:
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— Posts Of Cats (@PostsOfCats) November 3, 2024
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here
