The cat has become the most popular tourist attraction in the Polish city Notes from Poland
The world’s deadliest fungus has adapted to the US invasion Field and flow. ‘Cause there’s so much crap? And they keep us in the dark?
Fall in love with investments rational walk
Climate
A realistic “energy transition” is to make better use of less energy. Sustainability
China’s provinces are on the list of the world’s most climate-sensitive regions: data Asia Channel News
Argentine drought-affected fields lose billions of dollars and ruin farmers Reuters
Iron deficiency threatens microbes that play a key role in the food chain in the Southern Ocean The science. A fascinating story that shows once again how little we know.
China?
With the end of zero COVID in China comes chaos, trouble, recovery Asia Channel News
Awakening the Dragons Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Empire, Communications and NATO Wars
Wealthy Chinese struggle to find private jets as travel recovers FT
India
Adani issue: Supreme Court says it won’t issue media injunction indian express
Adana crisis is exactly what India needs Foreign policy
European disconnect
Debate erupted in the Hungarian parliament over Sweden and Finland’s membership in NATO Andalu Agency
How a secret firm spreads lies and chaos around the world Der Spiegel. “Jorge’s team says they’re taking $15 million for election manipulation. Hanan, aka Jorge, says he has about half a dozen intelligence agencies among his clients.” This is not very big money!
Dear old Blighty
UK nurses union suspends strikes after government agrees to wage talks Andalu Agency
The Digital Pound: A New Form of Money for Households and Businesses Bank of England. Read more about NK here.
Return of private equity suggests resurgence of London salad days FT
New not-so-cold war
China calls on Russia and Ukraine for ceasefire and peace talks AP
What was not discussed in Munich American conservative
* * * Here’s how Ukraine can take back Crimea political
“Absolute victory over Russia is impossible” Fiona Hill, Unherd
Fight for survival: what victory looks like for Putin Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
* * * A year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine: the reaction of experts RAND
Report card about the war in Ukraine Foreign policy
* * * Explanation of the “secret” of Russian aviation The Dreizen Report
Briefing at the UN Security Council on the Nord Stream gas pipeline (video) Jeffrey D. Sacks. Transcript.
Corruption of large industry “sweeteners” in the sale of weapons abroad Responsible Public Administration (Re Silc).
Biden administration
Biden nominated former Mastercard CEO Ajay Bangi to head the World Bank. Reuters (Resilc). Re Silc: “Why not the CEO of PayPal?”
After Alaska Airlines planes hit the runway while taking off from Seattle, there was an attempt to “turn off the plug” Anchorage Daily News (PR).
Supply chain
How to deal with the shipping container crisis Hellenic Shipping News
‘Colossal’ tidal wave of new container ships is about to strike cargo waves
healthcare
Doctors disappear from emergency rooms as hospitals seek to cut costs KHN. The words “private capital” should be in the title.
The FDA wants to interfere with the practice of medicine WSJ. Comment: “An overlooked provision in the bill’s cumulative spending bill could give the agency the power to prohibit off-label use of approved therapies.” German since January.
Bezl
Sam Bankman-Fried faces additional bank fraud charges in new indictment CoinDesk
He saw Koons’ “balloon dog” fall and crash… and wants to buy the remains NPR
L’Affaire Joffrey Epstein
Documents from JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon wanted in lawsuits against Jeffrey Epstein FT
zeitgeist watch
American paranoia Times Literary Supplement. Since the First World War.
* * * Small Penises and Fast Cars: Evidence of a Psychological Link (preprint) PsyRvix. The Abstract: “In this experiment, we manipulated men’s perceptions of the size of their penis compared to others. We gave them false information, claiming that the average size of the penis is larger than it really is, believing that on average these men will feel that relatively and subjectively their own penis is smaller; compared to those who said the average penis size was smaller than the true average. We then asked them to rate how much they would like to own a sports car. These facts and questions were buried among other items giving information and asking for product ratings, so our hypothesis was hidden from participants. We found that men, especially men over 30, found sports cars more desirable when they were made to feel like they had a small penis.” Hmm. I wonder if this technique can be used more widely?
This wooden phallus could be a rare 2000 year old dildo Scientific anxiety. Who said there is no progress?
Perestroika and legitimacy
Marjorie Taylor Green Calls for ‘National Divorce’ Between Liberal and Conservative States NBC and Ignore “National Divorce” by Marjorie Taylor Green Atlantic Ocean
Seattle bans caste-based discrimination, becoming the first city in the US to do so Seattle Times
There’s a war going on in your local Buy Nothing group New York Magazine
class war
Poison bomb on a Norfolk Southern train:
Ohio train crash linked to overheated wheel bearing axioms yes. The train could also split in two during braking, which could be due to it being improperly “blocked” (heavy cars at the back) due to the precision planned railroad that forgoes such subtleties. see also cargo waves for more information, including rolling bearings.
‘Superfund for Workers’: East Palestine Raises Questions About Worker Displacement payday report
One reason Norfolk Southern victims should be wary of trusting the US government (BP oil well blowout in 2010: an example) Brian J. Donovan, Journal of Accountability
5 unanswered questions about the collapse of Eastern Palestine after the preliminary NTSB report Hill
* * * Tax breaks threaten remote work if cities start to implement them Bloomberg
Can our brains be controlled? quantum
Antidote for the dayway):
See yesterday’s links and Antidote du Jour Here.
