Links 01/25/2023 | naked capitalism
New study suggests Earth’s inner core may have ‘paused’ and reversed its rotation Hill. See, that’s your problem.
Miami man injured by fallen iguana during outdoor yoga class Miami New Times
Climate
A new adaptation to existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 90%. (press release) University of Birmingham (Ignacio).
Carbon capture provides 2 billion tons of CO2 per year, but it’s not enough Nature
Giant wind turbines continue to fall mysteriously. It shouldn’t be. Popular Mechanics
‘Death by a Thousand Clearcuts’: Deep Snow Canadian Caribou Disappear Narwhal
Feds refuse to call emergency services for slow ships, facilitating whale strikes AP
Water
Oklahoma City sues oil company for stealing drought relief water KOSU
Milbourne St. Andrew’s Wastewater Rivers Should Not Become Water Company’s “Witch Hunt” Dorset is alive. Public health advocates keep joking about John Snow leaving the pump handle on so people can make their own “personal risk assessment” for cholera, but maybe the joke will be on them? And U.S?
#COVID-19
FDA emails show vaccine leader questioning Pfizer’s ‘super-accelerated’ 2021 vaccine review Endpoint News
“Died suddenly” is the anti-vaxxers’ new favorite phrase Slate
China?
Wuhan frontline: first city hit by Covid-19 learns lessons South China Morning Post. Then and now:
Spring Festival in 2022 and 2023, another Hangzhou East Station. pic.twitter.com/eOtMbVrShD
— Travel sharing (@TripInChina) January 24, 2023
China’s economic model is in crisis (and Xi knows it) (interview) Michael Pettis, New York Magazine
“Byzantine Republic” and the Chinese Empire: something in common? Branko Milanovic, Global Inequality and more
Biden administration expresses concern to China about companies selling aid to Russia CBS
Cold control phenomenal world
Japan’s manufacturing activity continues to decline for third month in a row – PMI Reuters
India
Limit vaccination of risk groups, declare end of pandemic, expert working group says economic times
Amid panic in China, Covid vaccination gains momentum in India: here’s what you need to know indian express
Biden sends senior officials to try to win over African countries long courted by China and Russia. CBS
in Syracuse
Media help launder US military PR about joint exercises with Israel Responsible public administration
Leading Pro-Israel Democrat Warns Netanyahu Government’s ‘Mistakes’ Could Undermine US Support With her
European disconnect
Brussels targets cryptocurrency in sweeping new banking reform FT
Strong loyalty to the clan, the locals helped the mafia boss Messina Denaro go unnoticed Reuters
New not-so-cold war
Germany to send Leopard tanks to Kyiv, allow others – sources Reuters
US ready to supply Abrams tanks to Ukraine WSJ. Comment:
“They need a detachment of American troops. The troops will come … and in four days everything will be forgotten. Then we will be told that we must send more troops. you must take another.”
~ JFK about Vietnam. pic.twitter.com/hAu6qA98eR
— Big Serezha ☦️🇺🇸🇷🇺 (@witte_sergei) January 24, 2023
Many note that Ukraine will need training to drive the M1 and Leopard. But NATO drivers (USA, Poland, Germany) already trained. So what, move in tanks, with boots on the ground to follow? Furthermore:
Ukraine will almost certainly try to throw them into a concentrated offensive somewhere, simply because they will have problems with maintenance and provision – pencil in the short life of the machines and act accordingly.
— Big Serezha ☦️🇺🇸🇷🇺 (@witte_sergei) January 24, 2023
So the battlefield requirement for these heavy tanks – assuming they arrive after the ground has thawed – will be good roads and/or good railroads, as well as any other terrain requirements for a tank’s great thrust. It’s like telegraphing a blow, and Russia will have enough time to bounce back.
M1 Abrams is the right tank to work in Ukraine Foreign policy. “Ukraine’s path to regaining its territorial sovereignty lies in the use of machines, not in the sacrifice of people. To do this, we need help from abroad.” Now they tell us!
Will the M1 Abrams and Leopard 2 tanks win the war for Ukraine? [1945[1945г
* * * Why Russia’s war in Ukraine today is so different from the war a year ago Talk
Baldfellas: How the failed regime change movement in Belarus affected Putin’s military plan Mark Ames, Exile. We could, as we said before, “discuss” Putin’s initial attack on Kyiv from Belarus, but that this is the result of a “Color Revolution” retaliatory strike… It’s interesting.
Referring to the Kosovo precedent: can we reject the Russian argument? Fletcher Forum of World Affairs
* * * “Several Ukrainian officials fired as balloons in corruption scandal” Gilbert Doctorow
What actually happened during those NATO meetings last week? Responsible public administration
south of the border
Protests in Peru will continue – Interior Minister Al Mayadeen
Brazilian Lula sacks army chief over Bolsonaro riots Al Jazeera
Omitting evidence: that the IMF is wrong about Venezuela SEPR
US expresses ‘serious concern’ over Mexico’s policy against GMO farmers Reuters
Biden administration
Justice Department. sues Google over digital advertising dominance AP
Janet Yellen abandons $1 trillion coin to avoid default WSJ
A Brief History of the Last Reigning Music Monopoly, from CCR to Travis Scott and Taylor Swift Mo Weaver
Supply chain
Shipping hit by weak demand for Chinese goods FT
New study: 96% of companies are moving production closer to home due to supply chain disruptions Container news
An Economic Secret Hidden in a Tiny Discontinued Pasta Bastion
Technology
League of Legends source code hacked, Riot refuses to pay for blackmail Kotaku
Generative AI: how will the new era of machine learning affect you? FT
Our famous free press
Murdoch pulls out of Fox-News Corp merger after investor resistance FT
Pfizer pays to change history Lever arm
State Police
Inside the underground economy of solitary confinement Marshall Project
healthcare
Dollar General launches mobile clinics as it aims for a broader healthcare presence Fierce Pharma (Petal).
class war
1 important thing: rollover fatigue axioms
Why and how class still matters Jacobin
Design economics NOVEMBER
Antidote for the dayway):
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