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The Contentious Historical past of Official State Meals Smithsonian Journal
Tremendous Lengthy-Distance NASA Repair Restores Voyager 1, Roughly 15 Billion Miles Away Science Alert (Furzy)
Researchers assist reveal a ‘blueprint’ for photosynthesis Phys.org
Floating Synthetic Leaf Turns CO2 Into Gasoline IEEE (ctlee)
This Homebuilt Wooden-Powered Turbojet is Actual and Extremely Harmful The Drive
#COVID-19
Anthony Fauci Ought to Have Resigned a Lengthy Time In the past Jacobin
No have to isolate for five days if COVID-positive so long as signs enhance: Ontario high doc International Information. Lambert will claw his eyeballs out if he sees this.
Chengdu locks down 21.2 million folks as Chinese language cities battle Covid-19 CNBC
Monkeypox
The CDC added 476 new confirmed monkeypox instances within the USA 🇺🇸 within the final 24 hours growing its complete case depend to 19,465.
— Monkeypoxtally (@Monkeypoxtally) September 1, 2022
Local weather/Atmosphere
First got here the heatwaves, then the floods: Why Pakistan is on the frontline of the local weather disaster France24
Oil business condemns first US price on greenhouse gases FT
Wildfires erupt throughout California as sweltering heatwave engulfs state Guardian
Mississippi Disaster Highlights Local weather Menace to Consuming Water Nationwide The New York Occasions. Resilc: “Extra troops in Syria and Somalia will help, together with one other warfare with Iran and China…”
America’s Water Provide: The Corrosion of a Proud Custom Scientific American
California to battle drought with canal-top photo voltaic panels The Register (Chuck L)
Texas’ cotton business is dealing with its worst harvest in years — costing the state greater than $2 billion Texas Tribune
China?
China’s life expectancy is now greater than that of the US Quartz
Nvidia and AMD Inventory Tumble as U.S. Limits Exports to China Barron’s
The China-ASEAN rail map takes form Asia Media Centre. In distinction: After a decade of hype, Dallas-Houston bullet practice developer faces a management exodus as land acquisition slows. Texas Tribune
India
100 years of Russian fuel for India Indian Punchline (Jerri-Lynn)
Syraqistan
UN raises alarm on Purple Sea oil tanker ‘time-bomb’ Al Arabiya
Coast Guard cutter seizes $20 million in illicit medicine in Gulf of Oman Navy Occasions
Half of Individuals Say Sending Troops to Afghanistan Was ‘A Mistake’ Protection One
What do US forces need to obtain in Syria? Deutsch Welle
Iraqi Kurdistan says economic system vulnerable to collapse, asks for US assist The Cradle
Libyans have misplaced religion in political class, US diplomat says after Tripoli clashes. Guardian (Resilc)
Previous Blighty
Liz Truss might set off article 16 days after changing into PM, amid Brexit row The Guardian
Liz Truss planning ‘allure offensive’ with US administration to ease issues over Northern Eire Protocol Belfast Telegraph
NHS vacancies in England at ‘staggering’ new excessive as nearly 10% of posts empty Guardian
Croydon cemetery: Folks seen taking water meant for graveside flowers BBC
New Not-So-Chilly Chilly Struggle
Head of UN mission to #Zaporozhye thanks the Russian Federation for conserving his staff secure from assaults from Zelensky regime forces, who tried to cease the inspection staff from reaching the plant.
“I am glad the Russian navy did what they needed to do to maintain our inspectors secure,” pic.twitter.com/TUtsbupSAg
— Citizen Journalists (@citizenjournos_) September 1, 2022
UKRAINE’S WESTERN BACKED GAMBLE TO CAPTURE ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT BACKFIRES Larry Johnson. Lambert provides:
No tweets on the commando raid in English that I noticed. So I embody (a) that it did in actual fact occur and (b) it was a debacle. a debacle so unhealthy that spin has but to emerge. (See Johnson on the setup frpm Ignatius.)
If True… Andrei Martyanov
Putin has pulled off a shock win that would destroy the free world Telegraph
Putin Brings China and India to Russia for Struggle Video games Defying US Bloomberg
Head of Russian oil big that criticized Ukraine warfare dies after reportedly falling from hospital window NBC Information. (Furzy) With a listing of oil execs who met the identical destiny.
Zelensky Lets Out His Italian Luxurious Villa to Russians For 50,000 Euros Whereas Urging EU to Curb Visas for Russians IBT. Not confirmed however Captain Renault could be shocked
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Some 120,000 service enterprises, 370,000 jobs in peril. ANSA. Italy due to hovering power costs.
German FM: I’ll put Ukraine first “it doesn’t matter what my German voters suppose” or how exhausting their life will get. pic.twitter.com/GwAqIZ2jL7
— Ignorance, the basis and stem of all evil (@ivan_8848) August 31, 2022
Poland places its World Struggle II losses at $1.3 trillion, calls for German reparations CNN. Yves: “After everybody wrote off Germany’s WWII debt, that is fairly cheeky. And the way about Polish reparations to all of the Jews they killed?”
Brussels prepares diplomatic offensive to cease the advance of China and Russia in Latin America El Pais
* * * U.S. will get warrant to grab $45 mln airplane owned by Russian power agency Lukoil Reuters
>Can the Quincy Institute Survive Putin’s Struggle? New Republic. (Rewilc)
* * * MIKHAIL GORBACHEV Patrick Armstrong (guurst)
Imperial Collapse Watch
Reported sexual assaults throughout US navy improve by 13% Navy Occasions
Restored Venezuela-Colombia Ties a Blow to US TeleSur
Video Of Mysterious Drone Swarm Over Navy’s Most Superior Destroyer Launched The Drive
Biden Administration
“It’s a lunatic conspiracy principle to imagine we’re managed by a secret cabal of kid snuffing globalist snake human hybrids bent on microchipping all of us into slavery after which liquifying us right into a tasty stew”
Joe Biden: pic.twitter.com/O3jbE85pku
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 2, 2022
Abortion
New Mexico to construct $10 mln clinic to fulfill anticipated abortion demand Reuters
Volunteer networks in Mexico help at-home abortions with out involving docs or clinics. They’re coming to Texas. Texas Tribune
2024
Choose withholds ruling on particular grasp in Trump, DOJ battle The Hill
One other signal Trump particular grasp listening to didn’t go too properly for DOJ: Bratt at one level argued that choose must impose an injunction on DOJ to maintain it from reviewing additional the docs https://t.co/rrxdmdsdBY
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) September 1, 2022
Jan. 6 panel alleges Gingrich involvement with Trump, seeks interview The Hill
Democrats en déshabillé
BREAKING
On July twenty seventh, Nancy & Paul Pelosi offered all 25,000 of their shares of Nvidia, $NVDA.
At present $NVDA was informed to limit chip gross sales in China & Russia by the US Authorities on August 26. $NVDA is down 20% since their preliminary sale, -5% in after hours immediately.
Uncommon.
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) August 31, 2022
Don’t Point out The Fiscal Stagflation Paper Heisenberg Report (Resilc)
Sports activities Desk
MLBPA: Minor league gamers returning union playing cards in quantity Sports activities Enterprise Journal
Guillotine Watch
Would like to see some polling on if Individuals choose residing or GDP https://t.co/A5jipG83F4
— Prean Deston 📒🛠️🪙 (@SteierMisha) August 31, 2022
Class Warfare
Assist for labor unions is the best it’s been in over 50 years.
Unions are profitable greater than 75% of elections — they’ve gained extra elections this yr than they’ve in practically 20 years.
AND 3x as many employees went on strike this yr as in 2021.
Employee energy is on the rise. pic.twitter.com/81heWWySns
— Extra Excellent Union (@MorePerfectUS) August 31, 2022
Starbucks and Amazon accused of dragging their toes on union contracts Guardian
US labor dispute: Dock employees say ‘no’ to port automation Deutsch Welle
America’s Inexpensive Housing Downside: How America obtained to be so unaffordable, and what we are able to do to make it extra inexpensive; an evaluation of good-in-theory v. final result based mostly insurance policies Our Constructed Atmosphere
RECORD-BREAKING RENT GROWTH IN MARKETS IN THE SOUTH AND WEST Be part of Middle for Housing Research
LA plans to finish COVID-19 protections in opposition to evictions, lease hikes LA Occasions
Gov. Newsom’s court-ordered remedy plan for homeless Californians passes ultimate check Union-Bulletin
Excavator operators at their finest🏗 pic.twitter.com/JR4rdbATH5
— Tansu YEĞEN (@TansuYegen) September 1, 2022
Be part of Us In Celebrating 25 Years Of Techdirt! Techdirt
An Anti-Ageing Complement May Really Work Buzz About Medication
Twitter made an edit button, however you’ll must pay to make use of it engadget
Antidote du jour. Tracie H:
I despatched a photograph of this rabbit that’s been frolicking round our neighborhood earlier than. I had by no means been capable of get this near it. Hubby had tossed a carrot into the neighbor’s yard the place it was munching weeds, and I made a decision the neighbors mightn’t like us encouraging it to remain of their yard.
I circumnavigated the rabbit to keep away from horrifying it, and as I bent right down to retrieve the carrot, two issues turned obvious.
1st, judging by the various pellets, it was in all probability foolish to fret about encouraging the rabbit to be on this yard. Clearly he’s spent a number of time right here.
2nd, the rabbit appeared to have adopted me to the carrot, being simply a few toes away as I picked it up.
I prolonged the carrot and was happy that he took me up on the supply.
So, now, I MUST get an image, thinks I.
My cellphone was in my left hand as I’d taken a pair from a distance, so the digicam app was nonetheless energetic. I realized, then, that Apple IPhones don’t require a finger to the touch the little white circle that prompts the shutter. When determined, a tongue will suffice.
And a bonus 🙁via):
Generally goals come true, and it’s okay to cry! (I cried all the best way whereas processing this chicken)
🦚: Royal flycatcher
📍: Peruvian Amazon
📷: @ChrisKetola pic.twitter.com/bve2F02qDP— Aurora Gonzalo Tarodo #LicensedBirdRinger (@Au_Erithacus) August 31, 2022
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
