Links 03/18/2023 | naked capitalism
90-year-old tortoise became the father of three children BBC
Loneliness and the trinity of creativity: Ada Lovelace, the poles of the mind and the source of her imaginary power Marginan (Chuck L.)
Puzzles Drift Magazine (Anthony L)
#COVID-19
What worked against Covid: masks, closures and vaccines Wall Street Journal (Dr. Kevin)
7.6% MORTALITY from nosocomial COVID infection in Victoria. Increasing the number of nosocomial COVID infections until 2022.
But be sure to remove all mitigating measures in the hospital, because it makes sense. https://t.co/Z7oNInSlGM
— Dr. David Berger, ABSURDISTE CRONickLER (@YouAreLobbyLud) March 16, 2023
How the nasal vaccine can reduce the risk of contracting COVID – and new options Market overview (million years)
XBB.1.16 has a 140% growth advantage over XBB.1.5 (103.21%-177.41%).
It is much more aggressive than XBB.1.5. And probably faster than XBB.1.9 2/
— Vipin M. Vashishtha (@vipintukur) March 17, 2023
Climate/environment
Minnesota nuclear power plant spilled 400,000 gallons of radioactive water OilPrice (resilc)
A major oil company plans to artificially freeze the melting Arctic to extract more oil Vice (fluffy)
Ocean farming: seaweed finds its place in the sun New York Times (Dr. Kevin)
By 2030, global demand for fresh water will exceed supply by 40%, experts say Guardian We have been warning for years that drinking water is the first natural resource to come under acute pressure.
China?
US and other Western countries wary of Xi’s visit to Moscow South China Morning Post
China’s Global Civilization Initiative Welcomed China Daily (revised)
TikTok Plan to Prevent Government Intervention: D.C. Flooded with Influencers political
China and Argentina on the verge of a deal on fighters in the region Asia Times (Kevin W.)
India’s upcoming BrahMos deal with Indonesia could change ASEAN military-strategic dynamics Andrey Korybko (Mikael T.)
Pakistani police raided the home of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Lahore: TV bloomberg
Old Blighty
Workers in England go on strike and shut it down, hundreds of thousands at a time. We might want to pay attention. pic.twitter.com/JMCKbTRxq7
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) March 17, 2023
British pension funds are fleeing the stock market, exacerbating London woes bloomberg
UK backs Rolls-Royce project to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon CNBC (cnbc.c
Beauty France
Rage in France: Protesters block ring road in Paris after Macron’s forced pension reform France24
BREAKING: France, electricians and gas workers sing “Emmanuel Macron, if you continue, your house will be completely dark!”
Moments later: “Fort Bregancon”, the official residence of Emmanuel Macron, was cut off from electricity. pic.twitter.com/8hvPWCtcyZ… https://t.co/ck6mANtcnX
— Antonio Sabato Jr (@AntonioSabatoJr) March 16, 2023
New not-so-cold war
ICC judges issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin in connection with alleged war crimes Guardian We talked about how Ukraine uses tricks (mostly of a terrorist nature) because it cannot win the war. Now we have this. As Chris noted:
So a court that we don’t recognize and that Russia doesn’t recognize (both for the same reasons) is going to restrict Putin how? And his ability to do something will be affected, because why?
Let’s not forget this:
On Monday, the United States threatened to arrest and punish judges and other officials of the International Criminal Court if it tries to charge any American who served in Afghanistan with war crimes.https://t.co/UqPTwxr5VI
— Sirius Report (@thesiriusreport) March 18, 2023
In Ukraine, the US focused on the supply of weapons, not diplomacy – Secretary of State TASS
Understanding the scale and brutality, as well as the global stakes of the war in Ukraine Larry Johnson
The coming storm Douglas McGregor, American conservative
Kyiv issued a warning to countries that do not support Ukraine RT (Kevin W.)
Turkey intends to ratify Finland’s application for NATO membership in Parliament Anadolu Agency
US airline barred from flying in Russian airspace hopes to restrict competitors The New York Times. This will simply make the US less attractive as a destination by increasing transit times for all passengers who would otherwise use trans-Russian routes.
in Syracuse
Will Bibi break Israel? Economist
Former Israeli PM urges world leaders to avoid Netanyahu Associated Press (resilc)
For the first time, Democrats are more sympathetic to Palestinians than Israelis: Poll salon
War in Iraq: 20 years on and war supporters haven’t learned lessons, experts say middle eastern eye
Shock and War: Iraq 20 Years Later, 4. The Inspectors BBC Radio 4 (remastered)
Saddam’s rusting yacht serves as a picnic spot for Iraqi fishermen Reuters (repeated)
Big Brother is watching you
AI fools the voice recognition system used by the Australian tax office to verify identity Guardian
Why Palantir’s latest NHS land grab is such bad news for patients openDemocracy
Imperial crumbling clock
Problems with AUKUS Daniel Larison
What does the AUKUS subbotnik mean for regional security Responsible Security
Trump
Report commissioned by Trump undermines his allegations of dead and double voters Washington Post
Biden
Where the money went: Bidens and Biden associates who received Chinese money New York Post (furry)
As stated below, you do not expect privacy with respect to your trash and abandoned property. This is just a mockery of this unfortunate repair shop owner. However, if someone on the right was on the lookout, they would fund his defense because the repair shop owner could make a discovery on Hunter.
Hunter Biden just sued the Delaware repair shop where he left his laptop for invasion of privacy and sharing his data.
The obvious premise is that the laptop was real and came from this store — the exact opposite of what all the corporate media claimed about the 2020 election: https://t.co/eL92l3QDuN
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 17, 2023
WHO IS YOUR GEORGE BALL? Seymour Hersh
Rural America and the suburbs politically split the company Asia Times
Our press is no longer free
Twitter files and the new censorship regime Andrew Lowenthal
Massachusetts Supreme Court upholds residents’ right to be rude New York Times (revised). Thus, people may be non-political, but not those who have a megaphone.
Baaad Banks
Efforts to save the First Republic failed to ease investor worries Wall Street Magazine
UBS in talks to buy Credit Suisse Financial Times
This is fascism, SVB Bailout Edition Counterpunch. Good cry!
Biden to Congress: to ban the heads of bankrupt banks from working in the industry Resilk’s axioms: “You mean like Barney Frank?”
wow Boeing claims it is not responsible for the claims of those injured in the 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia because “the victims died painlessly because the plane crashed into the ground so fast that their brains didn’t have time to process the pain signals.” https://t.co/5PE7782yvd
— Alec McGillis (@AlecMacGillis) March 16, 2023
Bezl
Break
The London Metal Exchange found sacks of stones in a warehouse in Rotterdam instead of nickel, which is the basis of several of its contracts.@mburtonmetals @megacontango https://t.co/8OQW00JT0m
— Jack Farchy (@jfarchy) March 17, 2023
Microsoft is testing a built-in cryptocurrency wallet for the Edge browser Ars Technique
Guillotine clock
Kiss my ass: Credit Suisse wife Lizzie Asher flashes her ass amid $54 billion bailout Page six. Resilc: “Where is ISIS when you need them to run the incineration cells?”
class war
“WHEN YOU ARE AN ACTIVIST, YOU PARTICIPATE IN OTHER MOVEMENTS IN TIME AND IN THE WORLD.” JENNY WEBER ON THE ART OF PROTEST Patagonia (Gurst)
Google cancels the payment of the remaining sick leave for laid-off employees CNBC Resilc: “When Does Someone Shoot?”
A perfect storm of food stamp cuts and low tax refunds is brewing — and discount chains like Dollar General and Big Lots could feel the pain. business insider
Why mental health care is almost impossible to qualify for Medicaid intercept
Antidote of the Day (Tracey X):
And a bonus. Resilka sheep herd:
See yesterday’s links and Antidote du Jour Here.
