Pot filled with gold coins buried by soldier 2400-year-ago discovered<\/a> Interesting Engineering. \u201cAs we rode out to Fennario\u2026\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Mercury could have an 11-mile underground layer of diamonds, researchers say<\/a> CNN<\/p>\n Mysterious 2,500-Year-Old Graveyard Found Filled With Young Children<\/a> Science Alert<\/p>\n Pandemics<\/p>\n The Olympics are being used to take the normalisation of Covid19 to the next level. If you can win silver with Covid19 \u2013 dont even think about staying away from work pleb! The follow up long covid stories will be unlikley to make the headlines\u2026.. https:\/\/t.co\/lmobgP4cjr<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Health Before Profits \u2013 Australia (@healthb4profits) August 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Some folk back home had a complicated wedding yesterday as their minister collapsed while conducting it. \u2014 tern (@1goodtern) August 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n ***<\/p>\n Urgent Countermeasures Are Needed: Researchers Find Blowflies Carrying Bird Flu in Japan<\/a> SciTechDaily<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Climate\/Environment<\/p>\n Gulf of Mexico \u2018dead zone\u2019 larger than average, scientists find<\/a> National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<\/p>\n Heat deaths of people without air conditioning, often in mobile homes, underscore energy inequity<\/a> AP<\/p>\n Oil companies sold the public on a fake climate solution \u2014 and swindled taxpayers out of billions<\/a> Vox<\/p>\n A company wanted to store carbon under US forests; it may get its wish<\/a> Floodlight<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Africa<\/p>\n How capitalism is destroying the Horn of Africa: sheep and the crises in Somalia and Sudan<\/a> Review of African Political Economy<\/p>\n Senator in Freudian slip \u2013 walks it back after saying US must keep \u201cexploiting\u201d Africa<\/a> The Canary<\/p>\n What Kenyan protests tell us about economic management and the politics of reforms in African states<\/a> An Africanist Perspective<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n China?<\/p>\n Why Is It So Hard for China to Boost Domestic Demand?<\/a> Michael Pettis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace<\/p>\n Former Global Times top editor Hu Xijin goes dark on social media after now-deleted article on China\u2019s economic strategy<\/a> Channel News Asia<\/p>\n \u2018Like being served a sentence\u2019: Youth discontent flares as China puts renewed work into raising retirement age<\/a> Channel News Asia<\/p>\n Scorching heatwave in China\u2019s Yangtze Delta threatens power crunch, economy<\/a> South China Morning Post<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n China needs to pick a side, and it just might pick the\u00a0West<\/a> Asia Times. Author is Assistant Professor of Business Economics at the University of Nottingham and seems to have a few blind spots.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Blinken\u2019s Asia trip beefs up alliances but will they endure?<\/a> The Straits Times<\/p>\n US rejects Vietnam\u2019s bid for \u2018market economy\u2019 status in blow to trade ties<\/a> Financial Times<\/p>\n Syraqistan<\/p>\n Israel, Lebanon, Iran, and Yemen Are Preparing for a Rolling and Comprehensive War<\/a> Elijah J. Magnier<\/p>\n Top U.S. general in the Middle East as U.S. and Israel prepare for possible Iran attack<\/a> Axios<\/p>\n US to deploy additional military resources to the Middle East<\/a> Al Jazeera<\/p>\n Russian Il-76TD specializing in arms transport landed in Iran<\/a> Bulgarian Military<\/p>\n Iran US Prepare Forces, Netanyahu Calls Biden Bluff; Rus Black Sea SU35 Patrols Target NATO Drones<\/a> Alexander Mercouris (video)<\/p>\n Iran Keeps World on Pins and Needles<\/a> Simplicius the Thinker<\/p>\n WAITING FOR THE MISSILES<\/a> Larry Johnson, Sonar21<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n \u2018Stop bullshitting me\u2019: Biden said to scold Netanyahu in call on truce-hostage deal<\/a> The Times of Israel<\/p>\n US president hopes Iran would stand down amid Mideast tension<\/a> Anadolu Agency<\/p>\n Blinken speaks with UK, French counterparts to \u2018deescalate\u2019 rising Mideast tensions<\/a> Anadolu Agency<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n \u201cSomething came from the outside\u201d: An Eyewitness Account of the Aftermath of Ismail Haniyeh\u2019s Assassination<\/a> Drop Site News<\/p>\n Iran arrests dozens in sweeping arrests following Hamas leader\u2019s assassination<\/a> Middle East Eye<\/p>\n Israeli leaders celebrate assassinations \u2014 and make the living pay the price<\/a> +972 Magazine<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Genocide Trade-Offs<\/a> Law and Political Economy Project<\/p>\n 2 Georgia Guardsmen Die in Noncombat-Related Incidents in Iraq<\/a> Military.com<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n European Disunion<\/p>\n Macron\u2019s Liberal Coup<\/a> Tribune<\/p>\n Sahra Wagenknecht sets conditions for possible coalition in East Germany<\/a> Die Sachsen<\/p>\n Hungary says Croatia is unreliable for oil transit, sparks outrage in Zagreb<\/a> Euractiv<\/p>\n Szijjarto: Possible Ukraine oil embargo \u2018managed from Brussels\u2019<\/a> Budapest Times<\/p>\n Just Transition Fund paying for axe throwing and sauna festivals in Estonia<\/a> ERR<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n Russian CEO Reveals New \u2018Doomsday Drone\u2019 to Use in Nuclear War<\/a> Newsweek<\/p>\n Russians damage railway infrastructure in Poltava Oblast: trains delayed<\/a> Ukrainska Pravda<\/p>\n Ukraine\u2019s military says it sunk Russian Black Sea Fleet submarine, damaged S-400 missile system in \u2018successful hit\u2019<\/a> The Kyiv Independent<\/p>\n Crimean Bridge could be destroyed in coming months, Budanov says<\/a> The Kyiv Independent<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Baerbock calls US missiles in Germany a \u2018credible deterrent\u2019<\/a> Deutsche Welle<\/p>\n Germany is all too happy to paint a target on its back<\/a> Tarik Cyril Amar, The Ninth Wave<\/p>\n The Nakedness of EU \u2018Geo-political\u2019 Ambitions Will Be Revealed \u2013 As the Ukraine War Melts Away<\/a> Alastair Crooke, Al Mayadeen<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Biden team blows off deadline for Ukraine war strategy<\/a> Responsible Statecraft<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Old Blighty<\/p>\n #BREAKING<\/a> The ethnically-divided Mid-Northern kingdom is riven by ancient tribal hatreds and has witnessed centuries of bloody tribal conflict, much of it sparked by fanatical anti-flavour extremists from war-like English tribe of Keir Starmer, handpicked PM of King Charles III.<\/p>\n \u2014 gathara (@gathara) August 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Freedom of Speech and the Fascist Wave<\/a> Craig Murray<\/p>\n UK Government advisor calls for Covid-style controls against riots<\/a> UnHerd<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n How is this statement not incitement? https:\/\/t.co\/k6ewDwjs3v<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Daniela Gabor (@DanielaGabor) August 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n ***<\/p>\n Britain\u2019s nuclear submarine software built by Belarusian engineers<\/a> The Telegraph<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n O Canada<\/p>\n The end of progressive neoliberalism in Canada<\/a> Canadian Dimension<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n South of the Border<\/p>\n US gov\u2019t cites groups it funds to allege electoral \u2018fraud\u2019 in Venezuela<\/a> Geopolitical Economy Report<\/p>\n Venezuela\u2019s Supreme Court Asks Electoral Authorities to Submit Presidential Election Voting Records (+Enrique M\u00e1rquez)<\/a> Orinoco Tribune<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n 2024<\/p>\n Watch Out for August!<\/a> City Journal<\/p>\n Trump-Harris debate in flux as candidates trade barbs over what\u2019s next<\/a> USA Today<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump<\/p>\n Judge denies Trump motion to dismiss DC case over selective prosecution<\/a> The Hill<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Kamala<\/p>\n HEAD OF NASA SAYS KAMALA HARRIS REALLY GETS SPACE<\/a> Futurism<\/p>\n The Peculiar Partisans of Ostentatious Obedience<\/a> The Wayward Rabbler<\/p>\n Sanders backs Walz in Harris veepstakes: He will \u2018speak up\u2019 for working people<\/a> The Hill<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Stein<\/p>\n US candidate Jill Stein considering vocal Palestine advocates for VP spot<\/a> Al Jazeera<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Imperial Collapse Watch<\/p>\n Lloyd Austin Cynically Revokes 9\/11 Plea Deals, Which Correctly Concluded That the Use of Torture Is Incompatible With the Pursuit of Justice<\/a> Andy Worthington, Close Guantanamo<\/p>\n Why Ammar al-Baluchi Turned Down The Guantanamo Plea Deal<\/a> Forever Wars<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Groves of Academe<\/p>\n Freedom from Dissent<\/a> The Baffler<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Big Brother is Watching You Watch<\/p>\n NFL to roll out facial authentication software league-wide<\/a> The Record<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n AI<\/p>\n We Owe It to Ourselves to Shun These People Mercilessly<\/a> Discourse Blog<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Class Warfare<\/p>\n The School Lunch Fee Racket<\/a> Boondoggle<\/p>\n Are Non-Competes Really Ending?<\/a> BIG by Matt Stoller<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Bezzle<\/p>\n Pump and Trump<\/a> The Verge. \u201cInside the MAGA-fueled fever dream of the 2024 Bitcoin Conference.\u201d<\/p>\n Chartbook 302 Kamala v. crypto. Is 2024 really a Silicon Valley election? Or is this about \u201cmaking Bitcoin great again\u201d?<\/a> Adam Tooze, Chartbook<\/p>\n FBI issues warning about scammers impersonating crypto exchanges<\/a> Coin Telegraph<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Driving Transit in Rural Minnesota: A Bus Operator Reflects on [Covid] Safety and Sustainability<\/a> Workday Magazine<\/p>\n Antidote du jour (via<\/a>):<\/p>\n See yesterday\u2019s Links and Antidote du Jour here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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