A river is pushing up Mount Everest’s peak ScienceDaily (Kevin W)
The Last Hominin Standing Nautlius (Anthony L)
Stem cells reverse woman’s diabetes — a world first Nature (furzy)
Main character syndrome aeon (Micael T)
#COVID-19
Effect of COVID-19 global lockdown on our Moon Oxford Academic (Paul R)
Climate/Environment
Extreme Weather Around the World Risks Boosting Food Bill. Bloomberg Agriculture Spot Index on track for 7% monthly gain Bloomberg
US climate change targets threatened by tech energy surge from AI Financial Times. Gee, ya think?
Ocean waves grow way beyond known limits, new research finds University of Manchester (Anthony L)
Switzerland and Italy Redraw Border Due To Melting Glaciers BBC
Central Asia in Search of Water Cooperation Global Affairs (Micael T)
Office Property Slump Makes Climate Upgrade Costs Even Riskier Financial Times
Bloody hell, it almost doesn’t look real 😬 https://t.co/H8Bdu1GE2L
— Volcaholic 🌋 (@volcaholic1) September 28, 2024
China?
Taiwan on alert over ‘multiple waves’ of missile firing in inland China Reuters
China’s lithography gains a glass half full, not half empty Asia Times (Kevin W)
A sewage system pressure test in Nanning, China, went so horribly wrong that a pipe exploded next to a busy highway, sending an almighty shart 10m into the atmosphere with such force that it flipped a mechanical digger and rained clumps of poop over motorists and pedestrians pic.twitter.com/NgdtgRVVQI
— RT (@RT_com) September 28, 2024
Africa
Sudan’s forgotten civil war risks exploding into a geopolitical crisis Reuters
European Disunion
The effects of the Greens’ policies lie somewhere between Covid and the Allied bombings Anti-Spiegel via machine transaltion (Micael T)
How Schleswig-Holstein sold their reliable diesel ferry for a song, spent 3.3 million Euro for a new emissions-free solar ferry that doesn’t work, & increased carbon emissions on top of it all Eugyppius. Micael T: “Lately, the Germans havet shown an irrational side that is both highly amusing and deeply worrying. I wonder if they have always been like this.”
Germany to abandon hopes of economic growth Telegraph
Thousands protest in Portugal over surging house prices and rents Retures
Old Blighty
Kemi Badenoch says UK minimum wage is harming businesses Financial Times (Kevin )
Half of Welsh adults likely to ration energy use this Winter amid Rising Costs Nation.crymu
Gaza
IDF announces launch of limited ground raids of Hezbollah sites across Lebanon border Times of Israel. Larry Johnson depicted the idea of a limited invasion as a limited pregnancy.
Middle East on the brink: Israeli tanks mass at the border with Lebanon amid fears of imminent ground invasion – as West scrambles to prevent ‘all out war’ following IDF airstrikes in Yemen Daily Mail
US, Israel agree on ‘necessity of dismantling attack infrastructure’ along Lebanese border Anadolu Agency
I do not want conflict, no one in their right minds wants conflict, war or bloodshed. The entire world understands and knows exactly what Netanyahu and Israel are doing. They want escalation. They keep pushing, keep pushing and provoking.
Each attack, each assassination, each…
— Noctis Draven (@DravenNoctis) September 28, 2024
Israeli ground attack ‘about saving face, winning political points’ Aljazeera
The US gifted the Israelis the 83 1-ton bombs to drop on Beirut, and US aircraft directed their delivery. Who is in charge of the US? https://t.co/6nGgPjEa2k
— Alex (Sasha) Krainer (@NakedHedgie) September 28, 2024
Netanyahu says killing Nasrallah is key to restoring power balance and recovering hostages NBC. What does Nasrallah have to do with Hamas hostages?
Austria Freedom Party wins. WSJ, Biden hides Ukraine $61B strategy. Switzerland angers Ukraine Alex Christoforu, YouTube. At 21:30, Christoforu shows an image of the original headline of a Jerusalem Post story depicting Lloyd Austin as furious with the lack of notice about the assassination of Nasrallah. Later versions of the same story lowered Austin’s temperature level.
🇱🇧 The burial shroud of “His Eminence, the Mujahid Commander, the Secretary General, Ayatollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah” pic.twitter.com/XqSXSjEdev
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) September 29, 2024
New Not-So-Cold War
Bipartisan report urges rethink of America’s Russia strategy The Hill (Kevin W). Lovely.
Russia Threatens Legal Action Against NATO Countries Over Nord Stream Explosion Dagens.com
Zelensky ready to fire spy chief – media RT
Nagorno-Karabakh Bears the Scars of Azeri Control Jacobin (Robin K)
Imperial Collapse Watch
We get so bogged down in the daily stream of atrocities committed by Israel that it’s easy to lose sight of the big picture.
At the end of the day the reason why it matters so much, besides it being an affront to our most basic humanity, is because whatever we collectively let…
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) September 30, 2024
Did Sabotage Stall the Navy’s Newest Nuclear Aircraft Carrier? gCaptain
Sports betting will do to America what it’s done to Australia. Jacobin (Robin K)
“It’s not election interference when we do it!” The EU and US are getting desperate to subdue Georgia Tarik Cyril Amar (Micael T)
Biden
Hezbollah Reaches Out To U.S. For Advice On How To Govern With A Dead Leader Babylon Bee (Chuck L)
Trump
How Trump distorts immigration and crime data in new attacks on Harris Washington Post (furzy)
See Lara Trump role:
“In the face of Hurricane Helene’s devastation, Goya stands united with the resilient communities of Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas, embodying the spirit of compassion and support. Together, we nourish hope and rebuild lives, reminding everyone that even in the darkest… pic.twitter.com/ooB6aaVJDu
— Goya Foods (@GoyaFoods) September 30, 2024
Letitia James May be Winning the Lawfare but Losing the War Jonathan Turley
Kamala
Harris Ignores Antiwar Voters at Her Peril Daniel Larison
We are light on Helene due to how comprehensive Lambert’s post yesterday was. However, some notable sightings:
This is devastating. We do NOT have 360 substations worth of transformers and other electrical equipment sitting in stockpiles waiting to be deployed. It could take a very long time to restore power to everyone. Are we facing a Hurricane Maria-type impact on grid infrastructure? https://t.co/k0Wli7XlEf
— Jesse D. Jenkins (@JesseJenkins) September 30, 2024
Abortion
Georgia’s 6-Week Abortion Ban Is Struck Down New York Times (Kevin W)
Georgia Judge Strikes Down State’s Abortion Ban in Stunning Ruling New Republic (furzy)
Our No Longer Free Press
One really crazy moment for me 7 years ago researching all this was discovering troves of DARPA grants dedicated to helping the Pentagon’s civil-military affairs branch neutralize the Blob-critical components of the Occupy Wall Street movement https://t.co/lxKVD5oQbM pic.twitter.com/k2eooDk7wR
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) September 27, 2024
Facebook throttles local League of Women Voters with an election coming up. Kansans, stay vigilant. Kansas Reflector (Robin K)
Reporters Without Borders’ Attack on Sputnik and RT Highlights NGO’s Status as ‘Media Wing of NATO’ Sputnik (Kevin W). FWIW, I don’t recall ever encountering them, much the less linking to them.
AI
AI Data Center Boom Spurs Race to Find Power Wall Street Journal
Cruise Fined $1.5 Million For Failing To Report Robotaxi Crash Involving Pedestrian The Verge
The Bezzle
Google Wins Lawsuit Against Scammers Who ‘Weaponized’ DMCA Takedowns Torrentfreak
Class Warfare
Dockworkers go on a strike that could reignite inflation and cause shortages in the holiday season Associated Press
The Big Shift From Salaries To Bonus-Based Pay Wall Street Journal
Hooters Joins US Chains Hit by Hard-Up Diners, Rising Food Costs Bloomberg
Antidote du jour. mgl” “This is a pukeko (aka purple swamphen, australasian swamphen) & chick. They’re ubiquitous here in NZ.”
And a bonus (a replacement for one Chuck L provided that Twitter removed):
pic.twitter.com/B7VEFFNcc6
— out of context dogs (@contextdogs) October 1, 2024
And a second bonus (Chuck L):
These grandkids planned to surprise their grandma at the airport dressing as t-rex but she heard about it and planned her own surprise. pic.twitter.com/moVLVzbjuZ
— NO CONTEXT HUMANS (@HumansNoContext) September 30, 2024
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
