The real crisis isn\u2019t climate change, ecologist Sandra Diaz says<\/a> Aljazeera<\/p>\n Bossons Glacier These 3 yrs show the most impressive collapse ever! \ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n The Mt Blanc massif and Chamonix icescape will never be the same\u2026 \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n Glaciers are now completely out of context with the climate zone in which they are located! \ud83c\udf21\ufe0f<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcf7 MeteoValledAosta pic.twitter.com\/QPuzL57A4v<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Melaine Le Roy (@subfossilguy) September 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The ocean carbon sink is ailing: 10% drop in CO\u2082 absorption seen during record 2023 marine heat wave<\/a> PhysOrg <\/p>\n Carbon capture set to be less useful in tackling climate change, scientists warn<\/a> Financial Times<\/p>\n These clear windows can secretly produce solar power <\/a> ScienceDaily (Chuck L). Very cool. But can they be made cheaply enough?<\/p>\n China?<\/p>\n All 76 weapons at China 2025 military parade explained. 47 are brand new<\/a> Binkov\u2019s Battleground, YouTube<\/p>\n Kim, Xi hail bond as North Korea says it will protect China\u2019s interests<\/a> Aljazeera<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Koreas<\/p>\n How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart<\/a> New York Times (Micael T)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n India<\/p>\n India disavows \u2018Tianjin spirit\u2019, turns to EU<\/a> Indian Punchline (Chuck L). Today\u2019s must read. Counters the post SCO=BRICS anti-globalist cheerleading, at least as far as India and China are concerned. Conor had a raft of links at the time of the SCO, many from Indian sources and non-US China experts. Nearly all highlighted a long list of thorny issues India and China would need to work through for there to be marked improvement in their relationship. <\/p>\n Punjab floods threaten to devastate India\u2019s rice harvest<\/a> Independent<\/p>\n Has India \u2018weaponised water\u2019 to deliberately flood Pakistan?<\/a> Aljazeera<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Fitch Says Severe Unrest May Weigh on Indonesia\u2019s Credit Profile<\/a> Bloomberg<\/p>\n Africa <\/p>\n Deadly land dispute in northern Ghana displaces nearly 50,000 people<\/a> France24<\/p>\n UN report warns of possible war crimes, crimes against humanity in DR Congo<\/a> Anadolu Agency<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n South of the Border<\/p>\n Rubio\u2019s statement is pure escalation signaling, framing the U.S. Navy\u2019s strike on a Venezuelan vessel not as an isolated interdiction but as a doctrine shift. <\/p>\n He\u2019s effectively telegraphing that this administration will treat any suspected \u201cnarco-terrorist\u201d boat, Tren de Aragua,\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/wxQNZgxwfp<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Thomas Keith (@iwasnevrhere_) September 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n European Disunion<\/p>\n France faces sovereign rating test amid political chaos<\/a> Reuters<\/p>\n Europe Faces $1 Trillion Rearmament Bill as U.S. Weighs Troop Cuts<\/a>. OilPrice<\/p>\n Norwegians to pick new parliament in tightly fought election clouded by geopolitical angst<\/a> Reuters<\/p>\n And if you are not willing (to war), I will use force <\/a>Nachdenkseiten via machine translation (Micael T)<\/p>\n Public broadcaster refuses to provide information on the expansion of the fact-checking network<\/a> Multipolar via machine translation (Micael T)<\/p>\n Another NATO state preparing to conscript women<\/a> RT (Kevin W)<\/p>\n It smells too little of beer, cigarettes and sweat<\/a> Aftonbladet via machine translation. Micael T: \u201cClass analysis of the recently published Swedish Canon. Here is the canon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Old Blighty<\/p>\n Britain is in the eye of the financial storm Investors are losing confidence<\/a> Unherd<\/p>\n The Israeli president\u2019s invitation to the UK shows Starmer is an accomplice to genocide<\/a> Council Estate Media<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Israel v. The Resistance<\/p>\n While Gaza\u2019s fighters hold the line under siege, Mahmoud Abbas\u2019s Presidential Office has been funding and arming one of the most notorious Israeli-backed militias in the Strip, the Yasser Abu Shabab gang, also known as the \u201cPopular Forces.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/6rpTORPfA3<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Thomas Keith (@iwasnevrhere_) September 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n US sanctions Palestinian rights groups who asked top court for Israel war crimes investigation<\/a> CNN<\/p>\n Will Cancer Prove to be Another Weapon in Israel\u2019s War in Gaza?<\/a> Joshua Frank, TomDispatch<\/p>\n Revealed: The ships carrying fuel and arms to Israel<\/a> Middle East Eye<\/p>\n Israel can\u2019t stop<\/a> Alon Mizrahi. He is a bit verbose, but there is a transcript and his big point is makes sense. <\/p>\n Israel threatens to unleash biblical plagues on Yemen\u2019s Houthis<\/a> Aljazeera<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n Chancellor seeks to conceal Germany\u2019s missile supplies to Kiev \u2014 Russia intel agency <\/a>TASS (guurst)<\/p>\n Germany\u2019s Merz demands \u2018economic exhaustion\u2019 of Russia<\/a> RT (Micael T). And I want a pony. <\/p>\n Western troops in Ukraine would be \u2018legitimate targets\u2019, Putin says <\/a> Guardian (Kevin W). Another example of Russia having to endlessly repeat the same point for it to have a chance of the West accepting it.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Staged actions\u2019 in Ukraine.\u201d<\/a> The Floutist<\/p>\n Putin in Primorye & Vladivostok<\/a> Karl Sanchez<\/p>\n Sweden accuses Russia of GPS jamming over Baltic Sea<\/a> BBC\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Imperial Collapse Watch<\/p>\n Looks like Eldridge Colby, the arch Realist who literally wrote the book on containing China, and whom I believe wrote this, has made his assessment of US capabilities and the geostrategic balance of power, and decided that the US cannot realistically hold the line in the Western\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/sNyKDWPwml<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Collingwood \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@admcollingwood) September 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Important. Do click through:<\/p>\n This is actually a point I’ve been meaning to make for a while.<\/p>\n Reform of the US Army: The Infantry Brain Drain<\/p>\n The US Army’s “line” infantry units are in practice fourth-rate formations that have been systematically stripped of talented personnel.\u2b07\ufe0f<\/p>\n How is this? Well, it’s\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/jOIgdvReXJ<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/VjevOvJQvo<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Armchair Warlord (@ArmchairW) September 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Xi-Modi-Putin economic axis hardens as Trump tariffs backfire<\/a> Asia Times (Kevin W)<\/p>\n Siberia? The LNG Revolution?<\/a> Julian Macfarlane<\/p>\n The myth of central bank independence<\/a> Thomas Fazi. The part that Fazi omits is that at least in the US, Congress has long been happy to allow the Fed to engage in mission creeps so they could avoid blame for bad economic outcomes. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump 2.0<\/p>\n More Winning: Trump Bombs Ship Smuggling 30,000 Kilos Of Pumpkin Spice<\/a> Babylon Bee. When you\u2019ve lost The Bee\u2026<\/p>\n RFK Jr. can\u2019t answer the most basic questions on COVID deaths or Medicare costs, but he\u2019s ready to push junk science and hire frauds to do it. pic.twitter.com\/0GFiu916t4<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) September 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n GOP senators signal to Trump that Kennedy is on thin ice<\/a> The Hill. Wake me when this gets to be more than a wet noodle lashing. But\u2026..<\/p>\n RFK Jr Is Suddenly in Real Trouble<\/a> Futurism<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Tariffs<\/p>\n We\u2019re not even 5 months past Liberation Day and already:<\/p>\n \u2013 Job market has completely collapsed. Why did we do this\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) September 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n John Deere, a U.S. Icon, Is Undermined by Tariffs and Struggling Farmers<\/a> New York Times (Chuck L)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Immigration<\/p>\n Judge blocks Trump administration\u2019s ending of legal protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians<\/a> Associated Press (Kevin W)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n L\u2019affaire<\/i> Epstein<\/p>\n BREAKING: Rep. Thomas Massie just dropped a bomb.<\/p>\n He named one of the billionaires in Epstein\u2019s black book, John Paulson.<\/p>\n Paulson isn\u2019t just some rich guy. He\u2019s a major GOP donor, pumping money into the Republican Party, the Speaker of the House, and Trump\u2019s campaign. And\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/9lHn39gVx9<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Mario (@PawlowskiMario) September 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n DOJ responds to official\u2019s Epstein comments in hidden-camera video<\/a> The Hill<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Mamdani<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s deadline to thin NYC mayoral race field in bid to stop Zohran Mamdani<\/a> New York Post<\/p>\n Adams Considers Dropping Out of Race After Secret Meeting in Florida<\/a> New York Times<\/p>\n Eric Adams eyed by Trump for Saudi Arabia ambassadorship<\/a> Politico<\/p>\n Winning isn’t the Democratic Party’s goal, winning without the left is. Until that changes, get ready for a lot more losing https:\/\/t.co\/rmRsWj3glZ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Stephen Semler (@stephensemler) September 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n Economy<\/p>\n Supply Chain Risks from Geopolitical Conflict.<\/a> Procurement Magazine\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antitrust<\/p>\n EU Slaps Google with $3.5 Billion Antitrust Fine: A Breakthrough Ruling<\/a> DevDiscourse <\/p>\n The tech antitrust renaissance may already be over<\/a> The Verge<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n AI<\/p>\n Salesforce just announced it cut 4,000 customer support jobs\u2026 and Marc Benioff is saying it\u2019s because of AI.<\/a> Joe Sirianni (Micael T)<\/p>\n The Bezzle<\/p>\n Writing Workshops Are Fucking Useless<\/a> The Republic of Letters (Micael T)<\/p>\n Guillotine Watch<\/p>\n Tesla proposes Elon Musk pay package that could make him the world\u2019s first trillionaire<\/a> CNN (Kevin W)<\/p>\n Musk invokes \u201crape of Europe\u201d in anti-immigrant rant<\/a> Musk Watch<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Class Warfare<\/p>\n Age of Invention: The Century-Long Depression<\/a> Anton Howes. Important even though a historical example. <\/p>\n Under Trump, the Federal Trade Commission is abandoning its ban on noncompetes<\/a> NPR (Kevin W)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antidote du jour (via<\/a>):<\/p>\n And a bonus (Chuck L). Clearly a smart and sensitive primate:<\/p>\n A rare close-up of the elusive Golden Langur, one of the only known primates that actively avoids humans pic.twitter.com\/cdnpqMntjR<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Nature is Amazing \u2618\ufe0f (@AMAZlNGNATURE) September 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n A second bonus (Chuck L):<\/p>\n Woman pretends to faint to see how her geese react. pic.twitter.com\/21sN3sH2r9<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Nature is Amazing \u2618\ufe0f (@AMAZlNGNATURE) September 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n See yesterday\u2019s Links and Antidote du Jour here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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