Hyperlinks 7/30/2022 | bare capitalism

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The declare: Scientists at CERN are speaking with demonic entities and opening a portal to hell USA Immediately. Excellent news!

U.S. Economic system Transitions to Slower Progress as Inflation Weighs on Customers WSJ. The URL reveals how the editors rewrote the headline: us-employers-labor-costs-inflation-q2-2022. On “transitions,” commentary:

GDP Report Might Have Confirmed a Decline, however It’s Not a Recession MorningStar

Indicators of Softening Barry Ritholtz, The Massive Image.

The Final Days of Sound Finance Phenomenal World

Local weather

Drought Threatens Main Rivers within the U.S. and Europe Maritime Govt and Rhine degree in Germany falls once more, vessels solely part-loaded Hellenic Delivery Information

China?

A Taiwanese contrarian on China’s rhetoric, thread:

A brief thread on China’s #rhetoric on @SpeakerPelosi‘s rumored plan to go to Taiwan. To this point Beijing’s wording has been far under the edge of the sorts of phrases & phrases that China traditionally used for signaling impending struggle/brinkmanship. /1

— Wen-Ti Sung (@wentisung) July 27, 2022

Anyone who is aware of Mandarin might need a go.

Debate deepens over Wuhan moist market’s position in kickstarting the pandemic Nationwide Geographic. Not a photo-essay, a evaluation.

Would a nuclear-armed Taiwan deter China? Australian Strategic Coverage Institute. From 2020, a cheerful thought that’s nonetheless germane!

The Koreas

Minimal Wage and How South Korea Prevented Japanization The Blue Roof

#COVID19

Oz:

COVID-19: Time to place individuals forward of politics Perception. Australian Medical Affiliation. Austrialian visits New York: “[T[t was striking how much more sophisticated their response was than ours” [bangs head on desk].

Three myths about COVID-19 — and the most important problem that lies forward ABC Australia (KatieBird). “As an immunologist with 4 a long time of analysis on antibodies beneath my belt, I at all times felt like I had a reasonably good deal with on COVID-19. However once I caught the virus in Might, my hubris rapidly changed into humility. COVID-19 left me with a severe coronary heart complication that happens in 2 per cent of contaminated individuals, with the danger not diminished by immunisation or prior an infection.” The myths: “Fable #1: It’s only a chilly now so let’s get it over with”; “Fable #2: Being absolutely immunised stops an infection”; “Fable #3: Variant-specific vaccines are the reply.” Heaps and plenty of charts. Nicely value a learn.

Hope, denial and Covid-19 The Saturday Paper

Queensland data greater than 18,000 COVID-19 circumstances after software program challenge ABC Australia (Skippy).

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Why these two East Vancouver residents are distributing 1000’s of N95 masks without spending a dime CBC (MR). Being Canadian, the 2 residents characterize BC’s masks coverage as “neglectful.” What “neglectful” means is that Dr. Bonnie Henry, BC’s Provincial Well being Officer, is a malevolent droplet goon.

Los Angeles County avoids new masks rule as COVID stabilizes LA Instances. I believe I’ve seen this film earlier than….

Life expectancy in Japan sees first decline in 10 years amid pandemic Japan Instances

Pandemic Conjures up A New Crop Of Farmers Texas Observer. Being a peasant shouldn’t be within the least romantic.

Monkeypox

America Ought to Have Been Capable of Deal with Monkeypox Katherine Wu, The Atlantic. The deck: “Has COVID taught us nothing?”

Medical options and novel displays of human monkeypox in a central London centre throughout the 2022 outbreak: descriptive case sequence BMJ. n = 197. Conclusions: “These findings affirm the continued unprecedented neighborhood transmission of monkeypox virus amongst homosexual, bisexual, and different males who’ve intercourse with males seen within the UK and plenty of different non-endemic international locations.” The sampling comes from HCID (Excessive consequence infectious illnesses) Centres in London. Ugly images.

Syraqistan

Is open Saudi airspace actually an enormous deal? – evaluation Jerusalem Submit

UK/EU

West London faces new houses ban as electrical energy grid hits capability FT. Due to information facilities. There’s gonna be a number of extra capability if the Metropolis of London dwindles to a regional participant.

Evaluation from Italy: A political disaster that no one needed Euro Information

New Not-So-Chilly Battle

Zelenskyy visits port as Ukraine prepares to ship out grain AP

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The rouble is hovering and Putin is stronger than ever – our sanctions have backfired Simon Jenkins, Guardian (KLG).

Truly, the Russian Economic system Is Imploding International Coverage

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Ukrainian billionaire Dmitry Firtash: ‘Putin will go additional. What is going to Europe do then?’ FT

Europe’s combat to remain united over struggle in Ukraine FT

Ukraine Received’t Save Democracy International Affairs

London’s Excessive Court docket guidelines in opposition to Venezuela’s Maduro in $1 billion gold battle Reuters

Biden Administration

Pelosi Go to Units Up No-Win Scenario on Taiwan International Coverage. Pelosi’s district is 31.9% Asian. After all, Asian shouldn’t be the identical as Chinese language. However, I might not be shocked to be taught that high-value Chinese language donors have sturdy views on Taiwan coverage, and had been tremendously involved to share them with Pelosi. So, 冰淇淋 (if I’ve translated aright).

The Knowledge of Stepping Again From the Edge Eunomia

Local weather specialists expertise an odd sensation after the Manchin price range deal: optimism NPR

Joe Biden and the Disappearing Elephant: Make a Full-Sized Scandal Vanish in Entrance of an Viewers of Thousands and thousands Jonathan Turley. Expensive Hunter. How is he holding up?

2024

Trump Simply Advised Us His Grasp Plan David Frum, The Atlantic. The deck: “If he will get in subsequent time, he gained’t be dislodged by any means.” Appears legit. In spite of everything, we haven’t even been in a position to “dislodge” Bush period struggle legal flack David Frum.

The Bezzle

Tiger International-backed Missfresh stops paying salaries because it runs out of money FT. “An govt on the Tiger International-backed firm instructed workers on a rapidly organized name that an anticipated funding from a coal mining group had not materialised, and that it couldn’t pay overdue June salaries.” So the Shanghai PMCs whinging about not with the ability to get meals deliveries throughout lockdowns had been actually whinging about not with the ability to money of their tiny subsidies from the billionaires who funded loss-making operations. Just like here. And the “important staff” are left holding the bag. Identical to right here. It’s a humorous previous world, as Maggie Thatcher as soon as remarked.

The Crypto Collapse Has Flooded the Market With Rolex and Patek Bloomberg

Web3 darling Helium has bragged about Lime being a shopper for years. Lime says it isn’t true. Mashable

The precise to by no means be forgotten The Pull Request. I’ve but to come across anybody saying “You need to use this Web3 app, it’s superb.” And I do attempt to hold observe, even the shills and crooks. Have any readers had a distinct expertise?

Elon Musk Tesla’s new $10000 residence for sustainable dwelling. Queen Tales. Entertaining, as a result of AI that emitted it wants some work. That is the one hyperlink I can discover on Musk’s putative latest venture. The remaining is on YouTube, Pinterest, and Reddit, so natural, completely. However, I’m submitting this adjoining to “The Bezzle,” not in it, as a result of at present is my day to be form.

Healthcare

Stringent measles, different vaccine guidelines for N.Y. schoolchildren upheld Reuters

Sports activities Desk

Hurry residence early Indignity. On the Baltimore Orioles and the economics of baseball.

Zeitgeist Watch

“I’m simply going to the center of the inferno”: Interviewing Alex Moyer, Director of “Alex’s Battle.” Matt Taibbi, TK Information. A must-read. Chris Arnade lined comparable territory in Dignity.

The Dirtbag Is Again The Atlantic

An actual-life Lord of the Flies: the troubling legacy of the Robbers Cave experiment Guardian. However “Center Grove” is simply as vital.

Why Are There So Many Mass Shootings in the USA? International Affairs

Imperial Collapse Watch

The way it began:

🎉Immediately, Amtrak resumed service between Burlington VT and New York Metropolis. It’s been 69 years because the final passenger prepare left Union Station in 1953. pic.twitter.com/RRbOJS4Hw7

— Vermont Clear Cities (@VTCleanCities) July 29, 2022

The way it’s going:

Nicely, some man’s warehouse is crumbling onto the tracks north of Albany, so we’re getting off the prepare and taking a bus from Saratoga to Albany as a substitute. https://t.co/QaDs0DaObO

— Andrea Suozzo (@asuozzo) July 29, 2022

Again within the day, I often glanced on the newspaper of the Albanian Communist Social gathering (grey newsprint, very). I vividly keep in mind a triumphant story about Albania…. constructing a ship. “Renewing” a single-track line from New York to Burlington jogs my memory of that, one way or the other.

Guillotine Watch

Boston Consulting in ‘nepotism’ row over work expertise for youngsters of high workers FT

Households With Younger Kids Led Exodus from Main Cities Throughout COVID Financial Innovation Group. EIG Atlantic Council-adjacent.

Class Warfare

On Economics And Democracy In The Lengthy Run

Newsom 2024!

California is exporting the poor and importing the wealthy pic.twitter.com/Z0T3xinkVt

— Armand Domalewski (@ArmandDoma) July 29, 2022

Is Australian rhyming slang in a little bit of froth and bubble? Let’s take a Captain Prepare dinner (spoiler: the billy lids might maintain the important thing) The Dialog. Helpful to speak en claire. Eh?

Antidote du jour (via):

Anti-antidote:

I’m fairly mild-mannered about critters usually, however when the groundhogs threatened to invade — they didn’t — I used to be trying into potato weapons.

See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.