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Sunday, 19 March 2023
Fascists Are Attempting to Win Followers by Rebranding as Antiwar
Shane Burley, TRUTHOUT: “Heimbach’s new organization’s strategy is to build a ‘united front’ against capitalism, suggesting that both fascists and communists have a common cause.”
Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Striking Back – Scientists fire lasers at the sky to control lightning
Allison Parshall, Scientific American: “Lightning strikes at airports are an ‘ongoing issue’, and they not only delay flights but also can injure or kill employees and travelers, says Irene Miller, an aviation researcher at Southern Illinois University, who was not involved in the study.”
Ron DeSantis Goes Full Trump on Ukraine
Jonathan Chait, New York: “The accommodations the party’s hawks will make to DeSantis are already being previewed in the conservative media.”
Sunday, 12 March 2023
Silicon Valley Bank closed in second-biggest bank failure in U.S. history
Gerrit De Vynck, Rachel Lerman and Jeff Stein, The Washington Post: “The FDIC said it created a new bank to manage the firm’s operations, starting on Monday — a rare occurrence in a bank failure that typically means the process was rushed.”
Friday, 10 March 2023
2024 Trump Is Even Scarier Than 2020 Trump
Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker: “The fact that you most likely did not watch Trump’s rant does not make it any less dangerous.”
Sunday, 5 March 2023
Yes, masks reduce the risk of spreading COVID, despite a review saying they don’t
The Conversation: “[1:]The review starts with an assumption that masks provide respiratory protection, which is flawed. An understanding of these differences should inform both studies and reviews of those studies.”
Thursday, 2 March 2023
Before Invasion, Ukraine’s Lithium Wealth Was Drawing Global Attention
Hiroko Tabuchi, The New York Times: “And there are growing concerns that the world’s supply of lithium, as well as other minerals critical to the clean energy transition, are controlled by a handful of countries.”
Thursday, 23 February 2023
The new scientific review on masks and Covid isn’t what you think
Kelsey Piper, Vox: “Only two of the studies are about Covid and masking in particular. Furthermore, neither of those studies looked directly at whether people wear masks, but instead at whether people were encouraged or told to wear masks by researchers.”
Also: Bedbug Continues to Minimize the Pandemic
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Earth’s innermost layer is a 400-mile-wide ball of iron, new study suggests
Jackie Wattles, CNN: “‘Additionally, the transition from the innermost (solid) ball to the outer shell of the inner core (also solid shell) seems rather gradational than sharp,’ Pham said. ‘That is why we cannot observe it via direct reflections of seismic waves from it.’”
Modern Capitalism Is Weirder Than You Think
Eric Levitz, New York: “High interest rates and low inflation may be good for lenders. But they’re suboptimal for asset managers.”