Links 4/9/2024 | naked capitalism

AP PHOTOS: Whole photo voltaic eclipse sweeps throughout North America Related Press (Kevin W)

Man imprisoned in NY calls the chance to view eclipse ‘chic’ after profitable lawsuit in opposition to the state Enterprise Insider

Watch: Mount Etna puffs big smoke rings in ‘extraordinary’ phenomenon Telegraph (Li)

Big star explosion to seem in sky in once-in-a-lifetime occasion PhysOrg (Chuck L)

Blackstone Life Sciences backs Moderna flu programme The Asset (Micael T)

Alzheimer’s Is Extra Frequent in Girls, And This Could Assist Clarify Why ScienceAlert (Chuck L)

COVID-19

It’s official: A brand new Lancet Infectious Illness paper solidifies proof of long-term viral persistence after #COVID-19.

As much as 1 / 4 of individuals within the examine harbored viral proteins indicative of persistent virus for as much as 14 months after an infection: https://t.co/2fLehSW9gq

— Amy Proal, PhD (@microbeminded2) April 8, 2024

Public well being lacking in motion – “COVID shatters a long time of worldwide well being progress, slashing life expectancy”https://t.co/Nnq5aG3KkS

— Prof Deborah Lupton Grasp of Public Well being, PhD (@DALupton) April 8, 2024

Local weather/Atmosphere

And the mid-tier transformers have a 2-year lead time.

We recognized this points again in 2008 once we have been working via grid dialogue to be extra electrical.

Additional degradation to the infrastructure comes from the transition of resistive hundreds to switching energy provides.…

— Carter Williams (@jcarterwil) April 6, 2024

Local weather change: ‘Uncharted territory’ fears after file sizzling March BBC

Chopping-edge enzyme analysis fights again in opposition to plastic air pollution NYU Tandon College of Engineering

China?

US, UK and Australia say Japan might be part of a part of Aukus pact Monetary Instances

US pushes ASML to disclaim upkeep in China Asia Instances (Kevin W)

Previous Blighty

The Tory get together has misplaced the plot – and could possibly be unhealthy information for Labour Guardian (Kevin W)

Thames Water is bust: our flesh pressers have to take care of it Richard Murphy

Thames Water spends thousands and thousands of kilos per week on consultants and bankers because the agency struggles financially Every day Mail (Kevin W)

Gaza

Somebody with very sturdy diplomatic contacts described a selected, main escalation that Israel is primed to make. Would make the Iran embassy strike seem like peanuts by way of ripple results. Am hoping to get a publish from him. It might be laborious to assume the area doesn’t wind up in a significant conflagration if he’s appropriate.

‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 185: Israel withdraws from Khan Younis, Palestinian icon Walid Daqqa dies in Israeli jail Mondoweiss

Israel-Hamas battle: Netanyahu units ‘date’ for Rafah offensive DW

IDF chief says withdrawal of troops from Gaza doesn’t imply battle is shut to finish Instances of Israel. Observe the widespread misreporting of Israel’s motion, little doubt fostered by Israel and US officers. Israel has “withdrawn” solely from part of Gaza.

Two Israeli Actions Misfired, Pushed Netanyahoo Into Retreat Moon of Alabama (Kevin W). IMHO, it is a untimely name. Israel thus far has made solely small-beer placating strikes. Per above, it’s doubling down on attacking Rafah, one thing the Biden Administration has noisily opposed.

Iran’s retaliation in opposition to Israel will probably be a defining second for the US Indian Punchline (Kevin W)

Hamas says Israeli proposal failed to satisfy Palestinian calls for, but it’s beneath evaluation Arab Information versus Israel’s battle on Gaza dwell: Hamas calls Israeli proposal ‘intransigent’ Center East Eye

Israel’s battle on Gaza dwell: Rafah risk raises questions over truce talks Aljazeera

*Sigh* per the tweet under. Certainly Iran is aware of Hamas won’t comply with launch greater than a only a few hostages for lower than a everlasting ceasefire, which Israel won’t grant? Oh, and the US appears completely OK with short-term ceasfires, since they’re presumed to placate US voters. So is that this about making clear to the US that Iran bent over backwards earlier than hanging Israel?

Some ideas on the reported Iranian proposal to the US on how Biden can forestall Iran from hanging Israel in response to Israel’s bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus.@alihashem_tv stories that Tehran instructed Biden that it’s going to hit Israel straight except Biden secures a… pic.twitter.com/EdkeWkNkD0

— Trita Parsi (@tparsi) April 8, 2024

Türkiye restricts export of sure merchandise to Israel over Gaza onslaught Anadolu Company

How Israel Commodifies Mass Killing Via Its “Palestine Laboratory” Intercept (Dr. Kevin). In case you missed it….

New Not-So-Chilly Struggle

Yellen Threatens Sanctions for China Banks That Support Russia’s Struggle Bloomberg. As a result of they labored so properly in opposition to Russia.

” rel=”nofollow”>Meet Centuria, Ukraine’s Western-trained neo-Nazi military The Grayzone

Ukraine embraces far-right Russian ‘unhealthy man’ to take the battle to Putin Politico (Li)

⚡️🇷🇺📹 Russian Ministry of Protection: over 400 NATO satellites function within the pursuits of Ukraine

Additionally they assist information UAVs to targets deep inside Russia. That is why Biden is nervous that Russia goes to jam NATO satellites with nearly nuclear weapons.

However the People know… pic.twitter.com/WgC8OWK8Ou

— SIMPLICIUS Ѱ (@simpatico771) April 9, 2024

“Excellent occasion” that fills gaps Tagesschau by way of machine translation (guurst). Vital:

A Bundeswehr advance get together has set off for Lithuania. It’s meant to organize the everlasting stationing of round 5,000 German emergency providers within the Baltic state

The Moscow goal for the March 22 assault was chosen in Kiev in keeping with FSB interrogations of the gunmen. Which intelligence service knew Crocus Metropolis Corridor was uniquely susceptible to fireside assault with simply 8 litres of gasoline?https://t.co/kzODPE9IOw pic.twitter.com/bZffsH8R5P

— Dances_with_Bears (@bears_with) April 9, 2024

REVEALED: Trump has ‘secret plan’ to finish the Ukraine-Russia battle by getting Kyiv to surrender land to Putin as former president boasts he might negotiate a peace deal 24-hours after being elected Every day Mail (Li). Behind the state of play, ‘natch.

Huge Brother is Watching You Watch

T-Cellular’s New AI “Profiling” Privateness Toggle Is On By Default TMO Report

Imperial Collapse Watch

Past Lenocracy John Michael Greer. Anthony L: “Not ‘Leninocracy’”. Moi: Vital.

Michael Mann, Explaining the Irrationality of Struggle, NLR 145, January–February 2024 New Left Assessment. Anthony L: “….. no less than a two espresso learn.”

Michael Brenner: Morality Challenged ScheerPost (Chuck L)

Trump

Trump Media paid out thousands and thousands to its executives. Right here’s who received what. Washington Submit (furzy)

Trump says abortion is as much as the states, declines to endorse nationwide restrict Politico

Biden

Bidenomics and Its Discontents James Galbraith, Nation (Anthony L)

Will Democrats maintain Biden accountable for arming Israel? Accountable Statecraft

RFK, Jr.

RFK Jr ‘disturbed’ by ‘weaponization of presidency’ in opposition to Trump, vows to nominate Jan 6 particular counsel Fox

GOP Clown Automotive

Shock ending: the Dominion Voting Co. supply code I seen has over 2.5 million strains of code. Immediately that instructed me Dominion is utilizing their machines to cheat and steal elections. From a latest dialog with the extraordinary Jeff O’Donnell (The Lone Racoon), quoting “If…

— Peter Bernegger (@PeterBernegger) April 7, 2024

Abortion

Hyperlinks between abortion and falling crime discomfit many however are clear, say the economists Economist (Dr. Kevin)

Our No Longer Free Press

Brazilian choose opens investigation into Elon Musk after billionaire requires his ouster over censorship Fox

Know who accountable for what’s taking place to X in Brazil proper now? The US State Division. pic.twitter.com/SysHFiXezQ

— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) April 7, 2024

“What We Found Shocked Me.” The #TwitterFiles Brazil, w/ Michael Shellenberger Glenn Greenwald (Li)

Police State Watch

NYPD rolls out ‘barnacle’ windshield boots to drive violators to pay New York Submit

R.I.P. Roscoe, the robo canine who gave his life defending the police Not the Bee (Li). ZOMG, that robotic is extra creepy/scary than the long-legged cockroach variations to which we’ve got turn out to be a bit accustomed.

Falling Aside Boeing Airplanes

Report: Boeing ‘Put Wall Avenue First, Security Second’, Creating ‘Yearslong Decline of Security Requirements’ Seattle Instances

The AI Act is finished. Right here’s what’s going to (and gained’t) change MIT Know-how Assessment (furzy)

‘Social Order May Collapse’ in AI Period, Two Prime Japan Corporations Say Wall Avenue Journal

How AI dangers making a ‘black field’ on the coronary heart of US authorized system The Hill (Dr. Kevin)

Psychological well being chatbots powered by synthetic intelligence developed as a remedy help device CBS Information

Class Warfare

‘We simply want just a little assist’: how a secure parking plan for folks residing in automobiles break up a US city Guardian (Tom H)

The place Nursing Houses Disguise Their Earnings The Lever

Ivy League School Prices Soar to Extra Than $90,000 a Yr Bloomberg

US banks warn Paris price of dismissing merchants will hurt monetary hub ambitions Monetary Instances. Oh, People can’t stand not with the ability to hearth employees freely!

What Researchers Found When They Despatched 80,000 Pretend Résumés to U.S. Jobs New York Instances (Kevin W)

Antidote du jour (Alex C):

And a bonus (Chuck L)