Links 9/5/2025 | naked capitalism

The rising risk of huge ravines swallowing streets and houses Phys.org

Sweeteners can hurt cognitive well being equal to 1.6 years of ageing, examine finds The Guardian

Local weather/Atmosphere

Nice Lakes have entered period of maximum temps, examine finds Bridge Michigan
A monster seaweed bloom is taking on the Atlantic Science Day by day
Wildfire smoke is again for a nationwide encore Balanced Climate
Western Canada tourism operators’ burned by one other summer season of wildfires The Canadian Press

Pandemics

RFK Jr. says he doesn’t know what number of Individuals died from COVID as he’s grilled at listening to USA At this time. He doesn’t know and people grilling him may know however don’t care.
Get Prepared For the Return of Severe Illness Ian Welsh

India

India’s sturdy financial progress fails to impress fairness buyers Reuters
ASML Pitches for India Enterprise as Modi Eyes Native Chip Making Bloomberg
The Sino-Indian Rapprochement Is Extra Than Only a Response to Trump The Wire

China?

US and Taiwanese defence officers held secret talks in Alaska FT
Former official of China’s ministry sentenced to dying with two-year reprieve for leaking state secrets and techniques: MSS World Occasions
China’s AI-fueled inventory rally bucks financial ills Asia Occasions
US-China AI Competitors: Southeast Asia Will Have to Strike a Steadiness Fulcrum

Africa

Navy juntas struggling for help as Islamist rise up features floor in West Africa Globe and Mail

Isn’t it attention-grabbing how each time an African nation resists western imperialism, all within the sudden they fall sufferer to assaults by “Islamist” terrorists pic.twitter.com/Xhz3Rqr34E
— Revolutionary Blackout🥋 (@SocialistMMA) September 4, 2025

Syraqistan

Israeli Assaults and Hunger Kill 87 Extra Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours Antiwar
Delicate Israeli targets come beneath Yemeni hearth throughout contemporary pro-Palestinian operations Press TV

Israeli teams shared drone footage of their managed detonation of the College Faculty of Science and Know-how in Khan Yunis in the present day. pic.twitter.com/GEk2ekTojl
— Quds Information Community (@QudsNen) September 4, 2025

Israeli intelligence information: Militants account for only one in 4 Gaza detainees +972 Journal
Gaza-bound flotilla condemns Israeli minister’s plan to grab boats, designate activists ‘terrorists’ Anadolu Company
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The Voice of Hind Rajab acquired a 22-minute standing ovation on the Venice Movie Pageant.
The longest ovation within the competition’s historical past.
Hind, solely 6, was executed by Israel with 355 bullets.
The world sees Israel for what it actually is.
🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸pic.twitter.com/oBb6YwCDxn
— sarah (@sahouraxo) September 3, 2025

Christ. I can’t bear this quote from Hind.
I can’t fucking bear it. pic.twitter.com/UM9byqbJUT
— Barry Malone (@malonebarry) September 3, 2025

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Israel’s Protection Minister vows to kill Yemeni kids. https://t.co/mlfHyNfXFj
— jasper nathaniel (@infinite_jaz) September 4, 2025

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Iran’s SCO entry turning right into a street to nowhere Asia Occasions

European Disunion

JPMorgan Bringing Digital Retail Financial institution to Germany in 2026 PYMNTS
MAGA’s well being wrecking ball is heading for Europe Euractiv
LONG READ: Europeans face recession, monetary crises, as they battle to spice up defence spending Intellinews
Is One other Europe Attainable? Counterpunch. Wolfgang Streeck.

New Not-So-Chilly Battle

Russia’s central financial institution releases its closely-watched annual medium-term outlook report Intellinews
Trump Presses Europe to Finish Russian Oil Imports Reuters
US to chop some safety funds for European international locations bordering Russia FT
SITREP 9/5/25: Rumblings of New ‘Main’ Russian Offensive as Elite Items Regroup Simplicius
Russian Strike Kills 2 Deminers From Danish Refugee Council in Ukraine Moscow Occasions
Denmark concerned in manufacturing of Ukraine’s new missiles – media RT
John Helmer: Russia Loses Persistence Over Ignored Safety Issues Glenn Diesen (Video). For instance…
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Polish Prime Minister Tusk said that the EU has determined to provide Ukraine safety ensures in change for American sanctions towards Russia.
‘As for the safety ensures that European international locations ought to present, we’re speaking about very particular issues. Very particular information… pic.twitter.com/NHl7HVDiCG
— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) September 4, 2025

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NATO chief Rutte will get it: “Why are we excited about what russia thinks about troops in Ukraine? It’s a sovereign nation. It’s not for [russia] to determine” pic.twitter.com/vlUgRknGPd
— Alex Raufoglu (@ralakbar) September 4, 2025

WWII Revisionism

That is terribly embarrassing: pic.twitter.com/Kl3Uttf90I
Kaja Kallas, the EU International Coverage head, doesn’t even appear to be conscious that Russia and China had been among the many winners of WW2.
Immensely paradoxically, she dismisses it as “one thing new” and propaganda for individuals who…
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) September 4, 2025

An apparently helpful reminder:

So if america needs to speak about its position in WWII, it needs to be trustworthy and it ought to sound one thing like this:
Sure, the Soviets destroyed 75–80% of the Wehrmacht on the Japanese Entrance (with some American and British assist by Lend-Lease, which amounted to roughly…
— Rina Lu🇷🇺 (@rinalu_) September 4, 2025

South of the Border

Rubio Says US Is Open to Basing Troops in Ecuador as Ties Heat Bloomberg
Rubio Says U.S. Will Work With Different Nations to ‘Blow Up’ Crime Teams New York Occasions

Yale Legislation Faculty by no means beating the “they don’t train legislation at Yale” allegations pic.twitter.com/efgkgH4uUd
— Anna Bower (@AnnaBower) September 4, 2025

This complete thread is value studying:

They’re attempting to boil the Venezuelan frog.
Every escalation can be a small step from the earlier one and any retaliation can be handled as a pretext.
The aim can be to ramp as much as a state of affairs the place Venezuela may be bombed with impunity.
— The Anti-Genocide Challenge (@justinpodur) September 3, 2025

Notes from the Palestine-Mexico Border NACLA

Trump 2.0

DOJ Opens Legal Investigation Into Fed’s Prepare dinner, Points Subpoenas WSJ
Search warrant reveals what feds seized at John Bolton’s dwelling The Hill

Police State Watch

Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz detention web site to remain open for now, courtroom guidelines Palm Seaside Publish
US visa and inexperienced card company creating police power to arrest immigrants and attorneys suspected of fraud The Unbiased

Antitrust

One of many final, finest hopes for saving the open net and a free press is lifeless Blood within the Machine
Massive Tech At all times Escapes Justice What We Misplaced

Accelerationists

Tech CEOs Take Turns Praising Trump at White Home Dinner WSJ
Be Finest, bots: Melania Trump and tech CEOs talk about saturating US faculties with AI The Guardian

The Child Died. Whose Fault Is It? Wired. “When her son died in utero, a enterprise capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate.”

Imperial Collapse Watch

On Utopias, Imperial Decline, and Monterey, California Un-Diplomatic
Sky-high funds hole: FAA launches air site visitors overhaul, lacks money to complete it The Register

Boeing

Boeing hires alternative employees as protection unit strike enters second month CNBC

Mr. Market

August jobs report to point out additional ‘softness rising’ within the US labor market as Fed charge cuts close to Yahoo! Finance
US Hiring Intentions Pull Again Whereas Job-Minimize Bulletins Rise Bloomberg. “US-based firms introduced in August plans so as to add 1,494 jobs, the fewest for the month in information going again to 2009.”

Healthcare?

The Surgeon Who Took On UnitedHealth Now Pays the Worth HEALTH CARE un-covered

Immigration

Trump Administration Ends TPS for 250,000 Venezuelan Migrants Amid Escalating US–Venezuela Tensions Venezuelanalysis

Groves of Academe

The Tradition Battle Involves Class The Orchard

Ebook Nook

Do Indian authors must be social media influencers to promote books? Vogue India

Our Famously Free Press

Cease the Presses The Baffler

Courageous New World

Neuralink’s Bid to Trademark ‘Telepathy’ and ‘Telekinesis’ Faces Authorized Points Wired
Do Folks Actually Need Humanoid Robots in Their Properties? IEEE Spectrum

Guillotine Watch