Patient readers, there were five posts yesterday, and will be three today, because today is (for those who celebrate) Good Friday. –lambert
Crows Are the New Pigeons The Atlantic
AI boom drives global stock markets to best first quarter in 5 years FT
Climate
Taking into account climate and nature in monetary policy and banking supervision around the world Frank Elderson, Bank of International Settlements
Shock Discovery: Huge Carbon Credit Project in Australia Turns Out to Be a Sham Science Alert. “Shock” indeed!
We Need to Decarbonize Software IEEE Spectrum
The Fescue Fighters Grist
Worldwide population levels:
Also neatly illustrates why single-country explanations (“it’s the legacy of the one-child policy”, “it’s their brutally competitive school system”) are often misguided.
This is happening ~everywhere, against widely varying policies and cultures.
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) September 5, 2022
#COVID19
New Data: Long COVID Cases Surge MedPage Today
Long Covid in Aotearoa NZ: Risk assessment and preventive action urgently needed (PDF) Public Health Communication Centre
Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease Associated with E200K Mutation and SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Pure Coincidence or Neurodegenerative Acceleration Clinical and Translational Neuroscience. N = 1. From the Abstract: “In our opinion, the rising global prevalence of neurodegenerative complications following COVID-19 disease adds urgency to the study of this potential relationship, mostly in elderly patients who may experience worse long-lasting outcomes systemically and within the nervous system.”
Covid’s scientific silver lining: A chance to watch the human immune system respond in real time STAT
Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic? The Tyee
Humans give more viruses to animals than they give us, study finds The Pig Site
China?
China’s Country Garden delays publication of 2023 financial results Channel News Asia
Xi Jinping’s chief of staff is China’s new internet tsar, sources say South China Morning Post
America’s latest move to block China’s economic rise Pearls and Irritations
China’s COMAC wide-body C929 jet in ‘detailed design stage’, official says Reuters
Indonesia’s eras: Reflections on Jokowi’s legacy and Prabowo’s presidency Brookings Institution
Japan
Mystery Rise in Infection With 30% Fatality Rate Sweeps Japan Newsweek. ‘Tis a mystery!
Syraqistan
Top UN court orders Israel to allow food and medical aid into Gaza BBC
At The UN It Is A Rogue U.S. Against The Rest Of The World Moon of Alabama
Japan set to resume funding to UNRWA Anadolu Agency
US calls for probe into video of Israeli forces shooting, burying Palestinians Anadolu Agency
Israeli court deals blow to Netanyahu in ruling on religious students FT
Israeli opposition leader wins Yesh Atid party’s 1st-ever primary Anadolu Agency. Bibi critic, FWIW.
Obama and Clinton defend Biden’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza FT
New Not-So-Cold War
Today’s 13 minute interview on WION, Indian television: “Russian FSB says US, UK and Ukraine behind Moscow attack / What’s the truth? Gilbert Doctorow
West Desperately Deflects as Ukraine’s ISIS Gambit Backfires Simplicius the Thinker(s). Always worth a read, but when I read a sentence like “I’ve now studied Lukashenko’s exact statement” and there’s no link to the statement, I feel like pounding my head on my desk.
Russia Doubles Down on Blaming Concert Massacre on Ukraine and the West WSJ
Russia attacks energy facilities at night, damaging thermal and hydroelectric power plants Ukrainska Pravda
Putin’s Next Escalation Is Coming Hanna Notte, NYT
Russia’s Lavrov tells newspaper that Ukraine peace plan is pointless Reuters
Ukraine’s survival hangs in the balance Indian Punchline
Maneuver Theory and the Cold War Big Serge Thought
Biden Administration
US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. It’s the first revision in 27 years AP
Antitrust
Explosive New Documents Unearthed On Live Nation/Ticketmaster Matt Stoller, BIG
Baltimore’s Key Bridge Collapse
Analysts downplay Baltimore bridge collapse trade impacts Seatrade Maritime. Lots of detail.
‘Remarkably complicated’ | No clear timeline to reopen the channel to the Port of Baltimore following Key Bridge collapse WUSA
Baltimore Bridge May Trigger Historic Marine Loss, Says Lloyd’s of London Bloomberg
Titanic law could help ship owner limit liability in Baltimore bridge collapse Straits Times
Could protective barriers have prevented Baltimore bridge collapse? FOX
US provides Maryland $60 million to rebuild Baltimore bridge Reuters
The Bezzle
25 years for Sam Bankman-Fried Molly White, [citation needed]. Commentary from an attendee:
I attended the SBF trial. It was one of the most mind-blowing experiences of my life.
Seeing him get a 25 year sentence today is as surreal as it felt sitting right behind him in that courtroom.
Here’s my story of that day: pic.twitter.com/4fdMMGGxG7
— John Wang (@j0hnwang) March 28, 2024
Commentary:
From SBF’s parents sentencing statement:
If true, very sad (since depression is something I would never wish on anyone). Should somebody check in on Stanford?
Digital Watch
Why error correction is quantum computing’s defining challenge Physics World. Oh.
Google AI Threatens Website with Demonetization. What’s Next? Down with Tyranny. Tip o’ the NC hat to DWT!
Assange
Slowly Suffocating Assange, Like its Other Enemies Caitlin Johnstone, Consortium News
Healthcare
Health care is ‘overwhelmingly complex’ for older adults, experts say: ‘Ever-increasing hurdle’ FOX. Caltrops.
The Final Frontier
Life as we know it could exist on Venus, new experiment reveals Space.com
Groves of Academe
The Real Crisis in Humanities Isn’t Happening at College The Honest Broker
Imperial Collapse Watch
One Satellite Signal Rules Modern Life. What if Someone Knocks It Out? NYT
Guillotine Watch
Jeffrey Epstein’s Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker Wired. “[M]any of the coordinates captured by Near point to multimillion-dollar homes in numerous US states.”
Class Warfare
How asset managers came to own everything and you failed to notice (video) Mark Blyth, Rhodes Center for International Finance and Economics:
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Capitalism Is Dead – Long Live Capital Crooked Timber. Yanis Varoufakis’ Technofeudalism.
Amazon’s Illegal Subpoenas Matt Bruenig, NLRB Edge
What do DEI, CRT, wokeness, and cultural Marxism have in common? Carl Beijer
The First New Deal Phenomenal World. On “economic planning.”
The stories we tell each other about the economy in which we live are more important than the data we collect about it Funding the Future
Maintain Your Brain Matt Taibbi, Racket News
Antidote du jour (via):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
