How to earn a ‘black belt’ in solar eclipse chasing Space.com
South Korean ‘artificial sun’ reaches 7 times the Sun’s core temperature Interesting Engineering
Modern Living Is Stripping Our Gut of Healthy Bacteria SciTech Daily
Researchers find WWI and WWII bombs in the ground are becoming more volatile Phys.org
Climate/Environment
Exclusive: Startup Plans Largest Ocean Geoengineering Plant IEEE Spectrum
World’s first green steel plant backed by Bill Gates, Amazon opens in Colorado Interesting Engineering
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Microsoft and OpenAI want to build a $100 billion datacenter Interesting Engineering
Will bitcoin and data centers risk US climate goals? Floodlight
With energy demand surging, utilities fall back on their old standby: Fossil fuels Grist
Water
Iowa official finds dead fish in 50 miles of fertilizer-contaminated river Des Moines Register (LS)
#COVID-19
The Greatest Trick The John Snow Project.“Most governments are trying to trick us into believing we don’t need to adapt to COVID-19. They can’t sustain the illusion forever.”
Victorian children as young as eight-years-old are being diagnosed with long Covid.
Health experts warn it’s becoming more common, putting further pressure on the state’s health system. https://t.co/hN7jIhJQ8E @ainsleykoch #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/dxhTpPxHAB
— 7NEWS Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) March 31, 2024
India
For a decade, earnings of regular salaried & self-employed Indians have been declining: ILO Down to Earth
India’s Income Inequality Is Now Worse Than Under British Rule, New Report Says TIME
Indian Economy Is Rigged Under Plutocratic Influence. What About Elections? The Wire
Indians may already be experiencing temperatures close to limits of human survivability without even being aware Down to Earth
China?
China’s new rules for finance pull the brakes on gravy train, bringing ‘greed is good’ era to a halt South China Morning Post
From Pyramids to Olives CICC Research, CICC Global Institute. Springer, Singapore. On China’s wealth inequality problems.
China’s factory activity hits 1-year high, adding to signs economic recovery is picking up pace South China Morning Post
What if China Manufactures a Sugar High? Liberty Street Economics
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Everything Chinese is a national security threat to the United States Pearls and Irritations
The Lucky Country
Australia’s energy transition collides with Japan’s energy security East Asia Forum
New Zealand’s Building Boom—And What the World Must Learn From It Apricitas Economics
Syraqistan
Netanyahu approves Rafah attack plans despite international warnings Anadolu Agency
Dozens Killed, Injured – In New ‘Flour Massacre’, Israel Targets Aid Recipients in Gaza Palestine Chronicle
Israel Created ‘Kill Zones’ in Gaza. Anyone Who Crosses Into Them Is Shot Haaretz
‘Israel’ bombs journalist tents within al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital Al Mayadeen
Israel’s Netanyahu to undergo surgery for hernia Anadolu Agency
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Palestinian-led campaign calls for haste in rebuilding the PLO The New Arab (LS)
Egyptian official: We reject sending Arab or joint forces to Gaza i24
Egypt Receives Additional USD 5 Billion Funding from the IMF Egyptian Streets
Egypt seeks border security support from US amid Gaza negotiations POLITICO
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Israeli F-16s Provide Close Air Support to Turkish-Sponsored Jihadists in Syria’s Aleppo Military Watch
Turkey’s opposition claims victory in Istanbul, Ankara in blow to Erdogan Al Jazeera
European Disunion
Academic Freedom Dies Not With a Bang, But a Whimper The Left Berlin
New Not-So-Cold War
Russia Seeks Extradition of Ukraine Security Service Head; Ukraine Rejects Demand Reuters
Rus Missile Strike, Tsirkon, 3rd Town Falling, Ukr Troops Bombed, Huge Losses; Neocons Unlimited War Alexander Mercouris (video)
ARE UKRAINE AND NATO WAITING IN VAIN FOR A RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE? Larry Johnson
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Worthy Use of NASA Budget: Mars Program Technology Found in Ukrainian Drones Sputnik
Debt alert for Italy if NATO rearmament race is on – Moody’s Ansa
Sanctions on Russian diamonds see traders flee Antwerp for Dubai bne Intellinews
The Extension of Geopolitical Rivalries to the South Caucasus Threatens Regional Peace and Security Modern Diplomacy
South of the Border
60 years since coup, Brazilians call on US to declassify its role Responsible Statecraft
Spook Country
Secret CIA Presence on January 6th Confirmed Kit Klarenberg, Active Measures
2024
Trump vs. Biden Polls: Joe Has Finally Stopped the Bleeding New York Magazine
The Memo: Biden faces new moment of truth as Israel presses in on Rafah The Hill
GOP Clown Car
Ukraine aid likely to spark mutiny against Speaker Johnson, could force him out, GOP rep says New York Post
GOP congressman tempers ‘Nagasaki and Hiroshima’ comments on Gaza: ‘I used a metaphor’ POLITICO
Our Famously Free Press
Chevron owns this city’s news site. Many stories aren’t told. Floodlight
AI
Artificial Intelligence – Magic Money Tree Richard Windsor, Radio Free Mobile
CRAZED CEOS ADDING AI TO HOME APPLIANCES Futurism
OpenAI unveils voice-cloning tool Tech Xplore
Something in Your Eyes May Reveal if You’re at Risk of Early Death Science Alert
A Digital Twin Might Just Save Your Life NOEMA
Police State Watch
Prison Phone Companies Involved in Scheme to Ban In-Person Jail Visits, Lawsuit Says Gizmodo
Forced Labor vs. Forced Idleness Dollars & Sense
Groves of Academe
Should Higher Education Ratify Privilege or Public Service? Law and Political Economy Project
Class Warfare
Liz Shuler Wants AI to Reinvigorate the Labor Movement POLITICO
Christianity Was Always for the Poor Jacobin
Sports Desk
3 Strikes and Cashiers Are Out at the New Ball Game PYMNTS
Zeitgeist Watch
Floating Board From ‘Titanic’ Sells for Over $700,000 Smithsonian Magazine
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