This is Naked Capitalism fundraising week. 1289 donors have already invested in our efforts to combat corruption and predatory conduct, particularly in the financial realm. Please join us and participate via our donation page, which shows how to give via check, credit card, debit card or PayPal or our new payment processor, Clover. Read about why we’re doing this fundraiser, what we’ve accomplished in the last year,, and our current goal, more original reporting.
Where Can You Find the Oldest Cat Door on Earth? Smithsonian Magazine
Can This Piston-Less Engine Save Internal Combustion And Pose A Threat To EVs? Top Speed
Why so many new products for adults look like they were made for little kids Fast Company
Parasites turn ants into zombies that adapt to temperatureInteresting Engineering
Climate/Environment
The big conservative talking point on climate now is that fossil fuel development is solving poverty and energy access, esp in Africa. A few key things to note:
1. Nigeria has the largest and oldest fossil fuel industry on the continent & lowest energy access rate in the world 🧵— Amy Westervelt (@amywestervelt) September 17, 2023
Africa’s Lands Are Targeted for Climate Action, but Who Owns the Land? The Elephant
Water
America’s largest water highway is in trouble, ominous for Midwest grain farmers The Star Tribune
‘It’s an emergency’: Midwest towns scramble as drought threatens drinking water Missouri Independent
#COVID-19
Places that are doing IPAC better than hospitals:
– my tattoo artist’s studio
– my massage therapist’s clinic
– my dentist’s office
– my house https://t.co/jG7bMJqf9J— Amanda Hu (@amandalhu) September 18, 2023
Switching off the cytokine storm EurekAlert!
Old Blighty
India
Nipah Virus in Kerala Live Updates: 42 more samples test negative for Nipah, says Kerala health minister The Times of India
Crisis in India’s Bread Basket Himal Southasian
What’s Driving Hindu Nationalism in Nepal? The Diplomat
China?
Trading Order The Polycrisis. On protectionism and interdependence.
How the ‘Unilateral Neoliberalism’ of the US Helped China to Weaponise its Economy for Geopolitics The Wire
China seeks to expand police power to collect biological information of suspects in minor offences South China Morning Post
Chinese police detain Evergrande employees after financial arm of indebted company fails to pay investors South China Morning Post
European Disunion
Poland, Hungary, Slovakia impose own Ukraine grain bans as EU measure expires Politico EU
New Not-So-Cold War
‘Biden’s phase’ of Ukraine war is beginning Indian Punchline
The Biden Administration is Providing Billions of Dollars of Weapons to a Regime Dominated by People With an Attitude Towards Russia that is Similar to Adolph Hitler Covert Action Magazine
Key GOP lawmaker voices support for sending long-range missiles to Ukraine The Hill
CNN Poll: Majority of Americans oppose more US aid for Ukraine in war with Russia Modern Diplomacy
Because Ukrainian nationalists and DC’s uniparty wouldn’t accept Ukraine’s constitutional commitment to neutrality; the elected President overthrown in 2014; the 2015 Minsk accords; and an April 2022 peace deal with Russia, the comedian elected on a peace platform is now a proxy… https://t.co/Xr3aPF5aec
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) September 18, 2023
NATO Chief: ‘We Must Prepare Ourselves for a Long War in Ukraine’ VOA News.
The key mistake that Western policymakers are making right now is thinking that they have a meaningful choice in the matter. https://t.co/2u1S4qricb
— Armchair Warlord (@ArmchairW) September 17, 2023
***
Ukraine is firing shells faster than can be supplied. Can Europe catch up? CNN
Production of key munition years ahead of schedule, Pentagon says Defense News
U.S. HELPED PAKISTAN GET IMF BAILOUT WITH SECRET ARMS DEAL FOR UKRAINE, LEAKED DOCUMENTS REVEAL The Intercept
Erdogan’s UNGA visit strained by Sweden’s NATO delay, Turkey’s F-16s sale Al-Monitor
Syraqistan
Saudi Arabia pulls out of Israel normalization talks: ReportThe Cradle
Will Israel’s High Court defy the far-right government? +972 Magazine
Imperial Collapse Watch
– Spend $500 billion developing a stealth fighter
– Engineer it to be as hard as possible to find
– Lose one
– Ask the public to help you find it https://t.co/7ASigX2ib8— Big Serge ☦️🇺🇸🇷🇺 (@witte_sergei) September 18, 2023
Spook Country
CIA Official Questioned Over Wuhan Cover-Up Took Job at U.S.-China Consulting Firm Lee Fang
2024
Top Democrats’ Bullishness on Biden 2024 Collides With Voters’ Worries New York Times. The deck: ‘Party leaders have rallied behind the president’s re-election bid, but as one top Democratic strategist put it, “The voters don’t want this, and that’s in poll after poll after poll.”’
WATCH: Fmr. Pres. Trump “won’t say” if he would send U.S. troops to Taiwan if China were to invade, if re-elected.
Trump: “Only stupid people are going to give that answer.”@kwelkernbc: “But you don’t take it off the table?”
Trump: “I don’t take anything off the table, no.” pic.twitter.com/nHTgX3Bcx6
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) September 17, 2023
Biden again says US forces would defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression CNN. From 2022, still germane.
Gagging Donald Trump: Why Smith’s “Narrowly Tailored Motion” is Neither Narrow Nor Wise Jonathan Turley
GOP Clown Car
Man groped by Lauren Boebert during frisky ‘Beetlejuice’ date owns gay-friendly bar that hosts drag shows New York Post
Democrats en déshabillé
Some Democrats Are Trying to Preemptively Outlaw a Billionaire Tax Jacobin
Whose Fault Is It? How Things Work
Healthcare
Medical Debt Is Killing Our Patients MedPage Today
Police State Watch
New Orleans DA Fights ‘Terrorism’ on Streets With AI Spycraft WSJ
Our Famously Free Press
A few thoughts on the Russell Brand furore Jonathan Cook
Brand’s thoughts on the matter:
This is happening pic.twitter.com/N8zIKLbJN2
— Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) September 15, 2023
AI
Tech
Apple continues to use our own mortality as marketing The Verge
Supply Chain
Silk Road vs Spice Route: IMEC and its Implications Modern Diplomacy
Class Warfare
America’s Short-Lived Safety Net Has Almost Fully Unraveled The Nation
Poverty made an alarming jump. Congress could have stopped it. The Hill
What Happens When Wall Street Buys Most of the Homes on Your Block? New York Times
***
***
Stimulants may be driving a “fourth wave” of the overdose crisis, with deaths at an all-time high Salon
Communities across Appalachia band together for first-ever 13-state Narcan distribution event AP
The Bezzle
First Celebrities Settle Lawsuits Over FTX Deals Decrypt
Requiem For Royalties: NFT Exchanges Abandon Recurring Compensation For Artists Forbes
Antidote du jour (via):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
