Links 11/20/2023
Love thy neighbor: Cooperation extends beyond one’s own group in wild bonobos Phys.org
Dismantling the Walls in Our Heads Sapiens
Study Finds a Potential Downside to Vigorous Exercise We Didn’t Know About Science Alert
Climate/Environment
Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says Guardian
Burning Coal To Survive Climate Change NOEMA
Conservation programs offer solutions to climate threats, but are vastly underfunded Investigate Midwest
Who’s Buying Nebraska? Corporations, investors grabbing giant chunks of Nebraska farmland Flatwater Free Press
Toxic Train Bombs
Union Pacific Fired Him Rather Than Heed His Warnings of Dangerous Rail Conditions ProPublica
Water
A trip down troubled waters, drought on the Mississippi River KARE11
#COVID-19
What I’m Reading: Pushing back on pandemic revisionism. Inside Medicine
NYC launches $4 million COVID vaccine campaign targeting poorer neighborhoods New York Post
Employees who violate Amazon’s return-to-office mandate will be blocked from promotions: ‘Your manager will be made aware’ Fortune
California workers died of a preventable disease. The threat was known years earlier. Los Angeles Times. Silicosis.
Old Blighty
Britain’s SAS Abetting Gaza Genocide? Al Mayadeen
Homelessness, Destitution, and Hunger Soar in the UK Human Rights Watch
Africa
Dollar Scarcity is Pushing More African Countries to Crisis Modern Diplomacy
The three-stage process through which African resource sovereignty was ceded to foreign mining corporations Review of African Political Economy
China?
If you believe in US decoupling from China, take a look at Mexico’s trade balance. Exports to the US (blue) are up massively, reflecting a big rise in imports from China (red). There is no trade decoupling. China is just sending its goods to the US on more circuitous routes… pic.twitter.com/tbp6wqCAdJ
— Robin Brooks (@RobinBrooksIIF) November 19, 2023
The Big Reveal goes awry Frozen Garlic. On the breakdown of the Taiwan joint presidential ticket.
European Disunion
Latvian Foreign Minister Karins Signals Interest in NATO Top Job Bloomberg
Too good from @kajakallas:
“the new NATO leader should come from a newer member state, committing at least two percent of its budget to defense, & should ideally be a woman. So it’s logical it should be Mark Rutte”
[who meets none of the criteria.
Kallas meets them all] pic.twitter.com/ZNHRAVvtlI— Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦 (@bctallis) November 19, 2023
Germany Buys Three More Poseidon, Increasing Question Marks On MAWS Naval News
Germany: Pistorius on the Road to the Chancellery Thanks to the Bundeswehr? Defense Aerospace
Syraqistan
Palestinian death toll in Gaza Strip rises to 13,000 since Oct. 7 Anadolu Agency
Israeli forces advance in Gaza City as Benjamin Netanyahu resists ceasefire calls FT
U.S. Believes Netanyahu Will Eventually Support Palestinian Authority Controlling Gaza Ha’aretz
Day after Biden oped proposing two state solution, Palestinian control over Gaza and West Bank, etc. , Netanyahu issues statement condemning the Palestinian Authority pic.twitter.com/9btzMi3KWe
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) November 19, 2023
Former Maj. Gen. and head of the Israeli National Security Council, Strategic Planning Branch of the IDF:
Full translation of Giora Eiland’s genocidal column in Yediot Ahronot.
I expect all relevant parties to start issuing arrest warrants and writing up prosecution files.@UNOSAPG @WairimuANderitu @IntlCrimCourt @KarimKhanQC @CIJ_ICJ @ICJPalestine @theCCR @Gilles_Devers https://t.co/HeQCRM7TdE pic.twitter.com/BPg0J4vGof
— Tali (@TalulaSha) November 19, 2023
🚨WATCH: Israeli children sing, “We will annihilate everyone” in Gaza, against a background of destruction.
Disturbing video was posted, then deleted by Israeli national broadcaster @kann_news.
We captured it and added English subtitles
FULL STORY: https://t.co/fzS5bu2NBx pic.twitter.com/pKut1WYixi
— Electronic Intifada (@intifada) November 19, 2023
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A Chain of Proxy Wars Looms Large Behind Gaza Modern Diplomacy
To Bluff or Not to Bluff imetatronink
Iran unveils hypersonic missile as Khamenei urges Muslim states to sever Israel ties Al Arabiya
Houthis ‘hijack’ Israeli-owned car carrier Galaxy Leader Lloyd’s List
US faces rift amid Resistance ops against bases, troops in Syria, Iraq Al Mayadeen
Europe is following the US into another disastrous war Middle East Eye
New Not-So-Cold War
New Raft of Articles Tighten the Screws on Zelensky, Plead for Course Correction Simplicius the Thinker
IS ZELENSKY BEING PREPPED TO JOIN THE FRIENDS OF THE U.S. CLUB? Larry Johnson, A Son of the New American Revolution
Zelensky Reveals Moscow’s ‘Maidan 3’ Plan: Disinformation Campaign Aiming to Spark Coup Kyiv Post
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Ukrainian Pilot Defects to Russia: U.S. Arms Cutoff and Counteroffensive Fallout Crush Morale Military Watch Magazine
Russia is transitioning to gas heating in the countryside – Europe is moving to log fireplaces in the city Gilbert Doctorow
In Putin’s Russia Politics is War by Other Means and War is Revolutionizing Russian Military Affairs Gordon Hahn, Russian & Eurasian Politics
The West’s Pro-Armenian Pivot Is Complete After The US & EU Openly Took Its Side Andrew Korybko
Imperial Collapse Watch
Pentagon Fails 6th Audit in a Row and Their Excuses Are Hilarious Ken Klippenstein
South of the Border
Argentina was invited to join BRICS, but far-right president-elect Javier Milei has pledged to withdraw.
The extremist boasted: “Our geopolitical alignment is with the U.S. and Israel. We are not going to align with communists” https://t.co/Vz80c0MI5H
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) November 20, 2023
O Canada
Federal COVID-19 benefits briefly halved poverty rate among Toronto’s low-income workers: analysis The Globe and Mail
B-a-a-a-a-d Banks
Blackstone Top Bidder for Signature’s Commercial Property Loans PYMNTS
The Dismal Science
Why Mainstream Economics Got Inflation Wrong Project Syndicate
Spook Country
Hard Truths Break Bans Tarik Cyril Amar’s Substack
A Jan. 6 defendant pleads his case to the son who turned him in New York Times
2024
Poll: Biden’s standing hits new lows amid Israel-Hamas war NBC News. “…strong majorities of all voters disapprove of his handling of foreign policy and the Israel-Hamas war.” Commentary:
If there were any people with honor left in his egregiously demented party, they would be calling for his resignation, as well as that of Sullivan, Blinken and Nuland, the criminal Gang of Four running this horrifying shit show. //6
— Dan Kervick (@DanMKervick) November 20, 2023
Newsom TV ad hits DeSantis on abortion as Fox debate looms Politico
Antitrust
Supermarket Squeeze: The Real Costs of the Kroger-Albertsons Deal American Economic Liberties Project
Realignment and Legitimacy
Why Democrats Became The Totalitarians They Warned Us About Public
Tech
In the battle to bring ousted founder Sam Altman back to OpenAI, Microsoft and Satya Nadella hold the trump cards Fortune
Yaccarino On Hot Seat As Ad Execs Urge Twitter CEO To Resign Forbes
Our Famously Free Press
Jezebel, a Peeing Device, and Me Slate
AI
Boston experimented with using generative AI for governing. It went surprisingly well Fast Company. Many layers of BS.
In Pennsylvania and elsewhere, A.I. is being applied to the nation’s aging infrastructure. Is that wise? New York Times
Minding the AI Power Gap: The Urgency of Equality for Global Governance Tech Policy Press
Healthcare?
Mayo operating gain doubles in Q3 Becker’s Hospital Review. Looks like Mayo’s scorched earth threats to prevent Minnesota nursing staff standards paid off.
Mayo Clinic workers say they have terrible health insurance Minnesota Reformer. From October 25, still germane.
Police State Watch
Countless hours of LAPD body camera videos go unwatched. Could AI be the answer? Los Angeles Times
Debunking the Myth of a Shoplifting Crisis Governing
Supply Chain
Germany considers Ozempic export ban amid shortages Reuters
CDC rushes extra doses of Sanofi, AZ’s Beyfortus to ease supply shortfall Fierce Pharma
25% of current drug shortages are more than 5 years old Becker’s Hospital Review
Book Nook
Contemplating Cormac McCarthy High Country News
Class Warfare
THE UNEXPECTED COMPRESSION: COMPETITION AT WORK IN THE LOW WAGE LABOR MARKET National Bureau of Economic Research
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