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Links 11/9/2024 | naked capitalism

We need raw awe aeon (Michael T)

How I hunt down fake degrees and zombie universities Nature (Dr. Kevin)

New insights into the Denisovans: New hominin group that interbred with modern day humans ScienceDaily (Kevin W)

DNA evidence rewrites story of people buried in Pompeii eruption ScienceDaily (Kevin W)

Groundbreaking Discovery: Keto Diet May Hold the Secret to Easing Autoimmune Disorders SciTech Daily (Chuck L)

Climate/Environment

Ultra-rich using jets like taxis, climate scientists warn BBC (Chuck L)

The energy transition has a mining problem Global Witness

‘We barely made it out’: Californians desperately flee their homes amid raging wildfires CNN (Kevin W)

China?

House panel questions chip manufacturing equipment makers over any ties to China The Hill (Kevin W)

Trump election victory: Why China’s economy is more vulnerable to any new tariffs this time Reuters

Myanmar

2 million at risk of starvation in Myanmar state amid ‘total economic collapse’ Reuters

Africa

Bloodbath in Ethiopia: 48 killed in restive Oromia region; what’s the conflict all about?

European Disunion

EU’s trade war nightmare gets real as Trump triumphs Politico

Gas Reliance Persists as Europe Faces Winter Energy Crunch OilPrice

Scholz sets stage for German snap election as government collapses Politico (Kevin W)

EU needs to become ‘omnivorous’ – Macron RT (Kevin W)

Israel v. The Resistance

Qatar says Hamas ‘no longer welcome’ in Gulf state: Report Anadolu Agency. Looks like bye bye to Qatar as a back channel.

The Israeli army admitted it’s staying in north Gaza. Here’s the next phase of its plan. Mondoweiss

Under the cover of the election:

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In the trenches, Israel struggles on the Lebanese battlefield The Cradle

Norman Finkelstein debates Elijah Magnier on resistance of Hamas and Hezbollah against Israel India & Global Left. Important. Finkelstein is brutal.

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Israeli police with weapons enter French-owned church compound in Jerusalem Alarabiya (Kevin W)

Israeli Drone Strike Injures Six UNIFIL Peacekeepers in Lebanon Antiwar.com (Kevin W)

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New Not-So-Cold War

Mark Sleboda: Why Trump Can’t & Won’t Force Russia to End its SMO and Thus Save the West-backed Kiev Putsch Regime, more… Rachel Blevins. Most readers have worked this out but useful to have a compact review.

Trump mulls Ukraine peace plan that puts British troops in 800-mile buffer zone Telegraph. Alexander Mercouris called this scheme “neocon heavy” and points out that as of now, there’s no evidence that this is more than lobbying Trump via the press.

Europe already ‘Trump proofing’ Ukraine war aid Responsible Statescraft (Kevin W)

Blinken and Barro talked about assistance to Ukraine Top News in UA

Open letter from Ukrainian leftists to international social democracy Nachdenkseiten via machine translation (Micael T)

Big Brother is Watching You Watch

NRO chief: “You can’t hide” from our new swarm of SpaceX-built spy satellites ars technica

Imperial Collapse Watch

US lacks the planes to win an air war with China Asia Times

Trump 2.0

The True Dangers of Trump’s Economic Plans Foreign Affairs (Dr. Kevin)

SITREP 11/8/24: Trump’s Arrival Throws Things Askew Simplicius

Let’s Assume Trump Is Serious About Some Policies, What Are The Effects? Ian Welsh

Is the Biden administration setting a trap for Trump to prevent his peace initiatives? Anti-Spiegel (Micael T)

Trump to worsen our plight: Palestinian, Lebanese victims of Israel’s wars Aljazeera (Micael T)

The World According To Trump (by Col. Wilkerson) Chris Hedges (fk). Important factoids like that the casualties in Lebanon so far are “massive” as in 4,000 (!!!) and that what matters to a modern army is not KIA, which can be kept low with good battlefield surgery, but “WIA”.

Trump’s expected military reset: Culture war counteroffensive The Hill

Trump is Eyeing Iran Hawk Brian Hook as First Foreign Policy Pick Dropsite News (Chuck L)

The Return of Trump’s Iran Obsession Daniel Larison

2024 Post Mortems

Pelosi Blames Biden (and Harris Too?) Ken Klippenstein. Chuck L: “If the “robust primary” of 2020 had had anything to do with the Democrats’ selection of their presidential candidate it wouldn’t have been Biden.”

Democrats join 2024’s graveyard of incumbents Financial Times (BC)

Donald Trump made gains throughout NYC as Dem margins plummeted Gothamist

A ‘republic if we can keep it.’ Perhaps we cannot. Washington Post. Robin K: “Blaming the abused: WaPo’s PMC lashes out.”

Our No Longer Free Press

Democrat-linked TV host threatens Musk over ‘Russia ties’ RT (Kevin W)

Mr. Market Parties On

Risk assets rally but bond market views Donald Trump’s victory with caution Financial Times

Global trade remains in contraction at start of fourth quarter S&P Global

The world faces its worst trade wars since 1930s Economist

Afterburners on zooming sovereign debt supply Reuters

Average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the US rises for 6th straight week Associated Press

AI

Class Warfare

Ambulance hits cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then bills him $1,800: lawsuit PennLive (Dr. Kevin)

Antidote du jour. Tracie H: “This damselfly lives at the San Diego Botanic Garden. There were a few flitting around these plants on the border of a pond.”

And a bonus (Chuck L):

A second bonus (guurst):

A third (Chuck L):

See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.

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