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When dogs recall toys, and horses plan ahead, are animals so different from us? Guardian
Playing It Safe Charles Hugh Smith, Of Two Minds
Climate
How to Address Two Environmental Crises at Once The New Yorker
‘Enormous’ profits from avocado exports drive deforestation, water shortages in Mexico PBS
Houston woman who includes tracking device with her recycling surprised to see where it ended up KHOU
China?
Saudi Arabia ‘open’ to petroyuan, closer China ties, minister says South China Morning Post
‘Justice is hard’: Hong Kong domestic helpers welcome rare rape conviction Al Jazeera
L’or de Dior: Dior unveils gold-inspired exhibition in Beijing Jing Daily
India
India’s new mega-dam will roil lives downstream with wild swings in water flow every day Madras Courier
Regional lawmakers in Indonesia pawn appointment letters to cover campaign costs, experts warn of potential political corruption Channel News Asia
Explosion rips through Bangladeshi demo yard Splash247. Ship demolition.
The Occupation of East Asia Internationalist 360°
Africa
Regional Interests New Left Review
Syraqistan
Hezbollah relies on ‘sophisticated’ tunnel system backed by Iran, North Korea in fight against Israel FOX
Nearly 443,000 Gaza children get 1st dose of polio vaccination Anadolu Agency
European Disunions
How Macron endangered French democracy and support for Ukraine Responsible Statecraft
Rise of far right in Germany’s east isn’t over yet BBC
Dear Old Blighty
Blinken to visit London for strategic dialogue with UK officials Anadolu Agency
Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to strip 10 million pensioners of winter fuel payments could KILL nearly 4,000 people… says LABOUR’S own research Daily Mail
New Not-So-Cold War
Inside Pokrovsk – the vital Ukrainian town in Russia’s sights BBC
The Kursk Offensive: A Net Assessment The National Interest
Wayward Russian Drone Panic: NATO Members Launch Latest Desperate Stunt Simplicius the Thinker
Russia Singles Out Western Personnel in Ukraine in Latest Precision Strikes Military Watch
Zelenskyy shares details of plan for Ukrainian victory with US congressmen Ukrainska Pravda
German Chancellor says any future Ukraine peace conference must include Russia Euronews
The West still needs Russian gas that comes through Ukraine The Economist
Black Sea Energy project: A new energy source for Europe from Azerbaijan and Georgia JAM News
Ukrainian restaurants flourish in Japan amidst prolonged displacement BNE Intellinews
Digital Watch
AI exuberance masks broad weakness in tech sector, say investors FT
Eleven Predictions: Here’s What AI Does Next The Honest Broker
Apple pins hopes on AI to boost flagging iPhone sales FT
Silicon Valley’s new wedding perk: A bio-engineered hangover cure San Francisco Standard
Startups are getting fined, or sometimes banned, by individual states TechCrunch
The Internet Archive lost their latest appeal. Here’s what that means for you The Internet Archive
Python script saw students booted off the mainframe for sending one insult too many The Register
2024
The Kamala and Tim Show Politico
Sanders on Harris’s politics: ‘Her views are not mine, but I do consider her progressive’ The Hill
The Latest Buzz From the Hive: Kill the Constitution! Streetwise Professor
Rainbow Flag Genocide Vs MAGA Hat Genocide Caitlin Johnstone
Is racism fueling claims about a Venezuelan gang “takeover” of apartment buildings in Aurora? Colorado Sun
Spook Country
Spy Chiefs of the C.I.A. and MI6 Convene, on a Couch and for a Crowd NYT. The deck: “Appearing together publicly for the first time in the history of their agencies, the heads of the U.S. and British intelligence services discussed Ukraine’s incursion into Russia and the war in Gaza.”
Working with spies makes you a propagandist, not a journalist Canadian Dimension
Whale, dead rat, cat or pigeon: Which animal is the best spy? Al Jazeera
Antitrust
Google’s lucrative ad tech business goes on trial BBC
Google to receive punishment for search monopoly by next August, says judge TechCrunch
The Supremes
The Gossip Girl-like dynamics of the Supreme Court Independent
Legal Theory Lexicon: Words and Concepts, Sentences and Propositions Legal Theory Blog
Book Nook
Patrick O’Brian is a great conservative writer Crooked Timber
Book Review: ‘Command’ by Lawrence Freedman RAND
HMS Challenger and the History of Science at Sea JSTOR Daily
The amateur sleuths trying to crack real-life cold cases FT. Shoutout to Harry Bosch.
Everybody Hates a Tourist
Greece cracks down on excessive tourism FT
Zeitgeist Watch
Pro-euthanasia film The Room Next Door wins top prize in Venice BBC
Endgame: How the Visionary Hospice Movement Became a For-Profit Hustle Pro Public
Guillotine Watch
Why do Miami’s mega-rich drop millions to live here? Step inside the Billionaire Bunker Miami Herald
Class Warfare
California companies wrote their own gig worker law. Now no one is enforcing it CalMatters
The Bizarre State of Western Democracy People’s Democracy
Antidote du jour (PlasticTVm):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
