Links 9/19/2025 | naked capitalism

Tiny Deer in Massive Bother as Chile’s Pudus Face Rising Peril Reuters

Shared genetic mechanisms underpin social life in bees and people PLOS

The Treaty Mirage: Historical past of Naval Warfare, Half 13 Massive Serge Thought

Pandemics

The Covid-19 hospitalization danger related to air air pollution in New York state counties after the 2023 Quebec wildfires Journal of Public Well being Analysis

Local weather/Setting

Scientists predict wildfire smoke would be the costliest climate-related well being hazard NBC Information
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The brand new gold rush is gripping traders: ‘Prior to now 4 years, I’ve invested way more closely’ El Pais
Ghana’s poisonous gold rush Meals & Setting Reporting Community
What Republic of Congo’s gold rush is abandoning Mongabay
Gold, greed, poison: How miners pollute Mozambique’s rivers DW
New gold mining push threatens sacred Black Hills lands and water Environmental Well being Information

China?

Huawei unveils new AI chip tech to rival Nvidia Enterprise Instances
How China’s COSCO is redrawing international delivery routes by means of Southeast Asia Assume China

India

Rajapaksa, Hasina, Oli: Is there a puppeteer behind political upheaval in Indian sub-continent? Hindustan Instances

Africa

Trump returns to a failed playbook in Africa Accountable Statecraft
In Congo, military and rebels dig in for warfare Trump says is over Reuters

Outdated Blighty

Trump’s go to proved the utter corruption of our political and media class Jonathan Cook dinner
Elon Musk’s name for far-right rebel in Britain meets silence from Starmer WSWS

Syraqistan

Israel is waging a holocaust in Gaza. Denazification is our solely treatment +972 Journal
Revealed: Tony Blair’s US-backed proposal for ending the Gaza warfare and changing Hamas Instances of Israel
Israel’s Intelligence Service Mossad: The Fantasy of “Lengthy Arms” and the Actuality of Failure Elijah J. Magnier
Leak signifies billionaire funders of Israeli cyber marketing campaign concentrating on anti-apartheid activistsAll-Supply Intelligence
NYPD arrests eight activists at Brooklyn Navy Yard protest over tenant ties Brooklyn Paper
For Gaza and Genoa Tribune
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Strategic Diversification Turns into Unavoidable — The Results of a Sense of Betrayal Conflicts Discussion board
Saudi Arabia’s Protection Pact With Pakistan Is A Strategic Loss For The U.S. of A. Moon of Alabama
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Macron says “snapback” of UN sanctions on Iran is completed deal Axios
The Outlaw US Empire and the E3 flip their playing cards towards Iran on the IAEA GeoPolitiQ
Erdogan secretly hosted Donald Trump Jr. at Istanbul palace, claims opposition chief Intellinews
Why is Iran Keen to Make an Settlement with the IAEA? Larry Johnson
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As quickly as Trump talked about desirous to “take again” Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, the Western-funded NGOs started posting. pic.twitter.com/vOE9VvWyEX
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) September 18, 2025

Trump admin has been quietly pushing to retake Afghan base from the Taliban for months, sources say CNN

European Disunion

European Fee set to launch restructure inside months Politico. “Streamlining”, “extra environment friendly and cost-effective”, “volatility as the brand new regular”, “cost-reduction.”
Nationwide protests towards Macron’s austerity paralyze France for second day Press TV
Macrons to supply ‘scientific proof’ to US court docket to show Brigitte is a girl, lawyer says BBC

New Not-So-Chilly Conflict

EU Plans to Section Out Russian LNG Extra Shortly After Trump Name Bloomberg
Lavrov speaks about Trump’s ‘disappointment’ with Ukraine talks RT
Poland hits again at Zelensky’s declare it may’t shield its folks from mass Russian drone assault Notes from Poland
Poland Investigating Whether or not Its F-16’s AIM-120 Missile Destroyed A Residence The Conflict Zone
Warsaw turns to Ukraine for drone warfare experience after Russian drones enter Polish airspace AP
Is Russia actually going to construct Europe’s largest high-speed rail community? Brian McDonald

Our Famously Free Press

Trump on Jimmy Kimmel: Networks that solely criticize him ‘not allowed to try this’ The Hill
On Jimmy Kimmel: It’s Time to Destroy the Censorship Machine and Repeal the Telecommunications Act of 1996 BIG by Matt Stoller
Bosses Are Policing Speech at a New Stage After Kirk’s Killing Bloomberg
Irreverence The Sense of an Ending

Trump 2.0

Trump asks Supreme Court docket to let him fireplace Fed governor Cook dinner Al Jazeera
Intel’s largest drawback isn’t going away with Nvidia’s $5 billion stake Yahoo! Finance

Weimar Republic

“The Kirk narrative doesn’t maintain.” The Floutist

🇺🇸🇮🇱 Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu aka Woman MacBeth has launched a video denying accusations that Israel had one thing to do with the assassination of Charlie Kirk. pic.twitter.com/5HBbsszLBW
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) September 18, 2025

In his late July focus group with younger conservatives on Israel, Charlie Kirk introduced up the stress he was beneath to cancel Tucker Carlson’s future look at TPUSA’s convention. “No matter, that’s not gonna occur,” Kirk mentioned. “The explanation we’re doing this focus group,” he… pic.twitter.com/aH5obZ0nQl
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) September 18, 2025

Democrats voice fears of violence over Charlie Kirk vote Axios
Home leaders okay extra cash for lawmaker safety Common Order by Jamie Dupree
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Army leaders contemplate recruiting marketing campaign centered round Charlie Kirk NBC Information
Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk, named new CEO of Turning Level USA The Guardian

Right here’s a clip from one of many church companies — Prestonwood Baptist in TX.
Because the pastor, Jack Graham, makes clear, this isn’t an precise clip of Charlie Kirk. He by no means mentioned these phrases. That is a completely AI-generated fabrication that, nonetheless, garners a standing ovation. https://t.co/JGvX3zNk9G pic.twitter.com/IzJ0IAwCb8
— Jack Jenkins (@jackmjenkins) September 18, 2025

Imperial Collapse Watch

Mission Inconceivable Harper’s

Uncommon ‘Bare’ E-4B ‘Doomsday Aircraft’ Noticed Flying In Texas The Conflict Zone

Accelerationists

Inside Silicon Valley’s pivot to embrace protection startups in Southern California Los Angeles Instances

xAI’s Colossus 2 – First Gigawatt Datacenter In The World, Distinctive RL Methodology, Capital Elevate Semi Evaluation
AI Craziness Notes Zvi Mowshowitz
Albanian PM’s presentation of AI ‘minister’ to MPs ends in chaos Intellinews

Police State Watch

ICE brokers didn’t have physique cams throughout lethal taking pictures of Silverio Villegas González outdoors Chicago Chicago Solar-Instances
Google Secretly Handed ICE Knowledge About Professional-Palestine Pupil Activist The Intercept
California nurses decry Ice presence at hospitals: ‘Interfering with affected person care’ The Guardian

MAHA

RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel makes a controversial change to the childhood vaccine schedule Politico
Controversial RFK Jr. Advisor Has Entry to Non-public Information in CDC Vax Database MedPage Immediately

Provide Chain

What policymakers have to learn about China’s position within the US drug provide chains and what to do about it Brookings
US import dependence on EU on the rise, outpacing China, research finds Reuters. However as this publish identified final yr: “…it’s believable that some Chinese language exports are going to Mexico and the EU, being included into different merchandise, after which ending up as US imports.”
Europe struggles with power drug shortages, auditors warn Reuters
How Are Tariffs Impacting Chinese language Exports to the US? China Briefing

Class Warfare

Amazon spends $1 billion to extend pay and decrease well being care prices for US employees AP

Yearly earlier than Prime Day, Amazon dangles a tiny increase to attempt to shut us up.
At as we speak’s JFK8 all-hands assembly, a Senior Operations Supervisor bragged about Amazon’s “compensation philosophy” — base pay, advantages, step-plan raises — then introduced a 50 CENT cost-of-living increase. pic.twitter.com/sLkn5u7tQP
— Amazon Labor Union IBT (@amazonlabor) September 17, 2025