Links 24.04.2023 | naked capitalism

How Saxophonist Jimmy Giuffre Taught Me Organizational Theory Honest Broker

An important argument in favor of CBDC Willem Buiter, Project Syndicate

A return to pandemic hunger levels could signal economic instability Reuters

Climate

Blue carbon problem Nautilus (MT). Who knew that it would be risky to monetize the swamp? Today’s must-read.

Fire and Ice NPR

Electric vehicles fall short of EPA ratings by a much larger margin than gasoline vehicles in our actual road tests Car and driver

Small towns are chasing America’s $3 trillion climate gold rush WSJ

Water

California to meet 100% water demand for first time since 2006 AP

#COVID-19

Looking for helpers (1), later today:

I have no idea what “phone-off operation” is, but if it gets Johns Hopkin’s attention, fine.

Looking for helpers (2), tomorrow:

Old trick. Arranging a meeting as soon as possible!

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Increased risk of autoimmune diseases after Covid Eric Topol, Ground Truths

lymphocytopenia MSD Manual (way). Definition:

Lymphocytopenia is a total lymphocyte count < 1000/μL (1 × 109/L) in adults or < 3000/μL (< 3 × 109/L) in children under 2 years of age. . If a complete blood count reveals lymphocytopenia, immunodeficiency testing and analysis of lymphocyte subpopulations should be performed, usually after the patient has recovered from any acute event. Treatment is directed at the underlying disease.

Etiology:

Acquired lymphocytopenia can occur with a number of other disorders (see table Causes of Lymphocytopenia).

The most common reasons include

  • Protein-energy malnutrition
  • HIV infection
  • Some other viral infections

Hm.

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Long-term risk of herpes zoster after COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study of 2,442,686 patients Journal of Medical Virology. “Risk [herpes zoster (HZ)] during the 12-month follow-up period was significantly higher in patients who recovered from COVID-19 compared to those in the control group.”

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Antibody levels in saliva and plasma in children and adolescents after primary infection with micromicrobial variants of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Germany (letter) JAMA. “Unlike pre-Omicron variants, primary Omicron infection elicited only a weak IgG antibody response, possibly resulting in insufficient prevention of salivary IgG infection. The observed avoidance of neutralization of repetitive Omicron variants may be due to the absence of antibodies rather than reduced binding affinity As a result, SARS-CoV-2 newly infected Omicron variant may also go largely undetected in seroprevalence studies.”

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Factors Determining Nurse and Support Staff Commitment to Community Face Protection During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada: A Pilot Study American Journal of Infection Control. From the abstract: Initiatives regarding the perceived effectiveness of PPAs, knowledge of recommended use, perceptions of risk at work, and personal barriers to use can improve adherence to PPAs.” In other words, masks fail when hospital infection control administrators sabotage mask-wearing efforts (a confounding factor not included in the infamous Cochrane study). Lawyers: Pay attention to the place. This is a professional journal that hospital infection control administrators should be aware of, and an article they may have chosen to ignore.

China?

Chinese leaders highlight economic risks of economic recovery bloomberg

Yi Gang: Building a Modern Central Banking System to Promote China’s Modernization Bank for International Settlements

Why Chinese billionaires keep disappearing CNBC Because Xi has the right idea?

Why the Chinese luxury market is stronger than ever since the Covid-19 pandemic South China Morning Post. This? Imagine it.

Myanmar

Myanmar militants kill senior election official AP Fake elections led by the junta.

India

Covid is spreading rapidly in 8 states; Yamuna Nagar from Haryana has the highest 57% positive reviews. Luck. Quite an achievement.

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big scam London Review of Books. Adam

Q&A: Chilling: Adani sues journalist, quoted by Hindenburg Al Jazeera

Adani Group launches first bond buyback since Hindenburg attack bloomberg

Korea

US urges South Korea not to make up China’s deficit if Beijing bans Micron chips FT. Being a friend is deadly…

in Syracuse

Syria comes in from the cold Scott Ritter, Consortium News

The Amazing Story of How Philly Cheesesteaks Gone Huge in Lahore, Pakistan Philly Meg (Re Silc).

European disconnect

Travel disruption warning as May Day targets latest round of French protests Travel weekly

Serbian president signals possible referendum on EU deal with Kosovo Anadolu Agency

Dear old Blighty

UK wants special Brexit discount to join EU science projects political Insolence!

New not-so-cold war

Planning an invasion of Ukraine from a Russian perspective (maybe) Guy Balter, son of the American Revolution. Intriguing!

On the edge of the war zone Dmitry Laskaris (Jrkrido).

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Borrell from the EU will soon agree on the purchase of ammunition for Ukraine European Union

Unprepared for a long war, the US Army is under gunpoint to make more ammunition AP (Reverend Kev).

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The longest day in Ukraine Foreign policy. Deck: “The first 24 hours of the expected counteroffensive will probably be decisive.”

Opinion Can Ukraine win without Western boots on the ground? (letter) WaPo

Guided bombs – a new Russian tactic in the war in Ukraine? german wave

There will be no nuclear strike after Ukraine enters Crimea – head of intelligence of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Ukrainian truth oh

Biden administration

Record number of migrants die at US border WSJ

Ganz

When Colorado’s dominant Democrats refuse to accept an assault weapons ban, you have to wonder why. Colorado Sun. Because Democrats are the same gun fetishists like the gun fetishists who oppose them, and the whole discussion quickly turns into “They don’t even know what ‘AR’ stands for.” [snicker]With a focus on hardware, all parties refuse to think in systems. Weapons must be licensed like cars.with training and insurance. They should also be kept away from children.

Country shocked by mass shootings continues to buy weapons CNN

Bezl

My brilliant life as a corporate spy who lied on his way to the top Story (MT).

Secret Ingredient of Hustle Culture: Virtual Assistant in the Philippines The rest of the world. Under the heading “Asia/work“.

Technology

No AI Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker

How We All Became AI Brain Donors axioms Not just mining, but outright theft (or “initial accumulation”, as Bearded calls it).

The future of AI depends on a free high school teacher database Bloomberg. Kropotkin would be proud. Or not?

Supply chain

“Russia will increase pipeline gas supplies to China by almost 50%” Anadolu Agency

Army, Metals & Mining RAND Corporation

zeitgeist watch

Dragon at Disneyland caught fire, no one was injured ABC

Perestroika and legitimacy

free association (map) Lapham’s Quarterly

Imperial crumbling clock

Fears grow as US military faces recruitment crisis for second year in a row: ‘cultural rot’ spreads FOX

class war

How it’s done:


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East Palestine: “We actually bombarded the city with chemicals to open the railway” In these times

Our opinion: Still “very angry” and “sick”. Norfolk Southern must do the right thing with East Palestine Columbus Dispatcher

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