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Within the Thoughts of a Whale Hakai Journal
Fish fossils present in China make clear human evolution: Researchers Every day Sabah (AL).
How a Faculty’s ‘Bike Bus’ Gained Over College students and Charmed the Web Route Fifty (MR).
No finish in sight for Fed-delivered beatings Politico
The Price of the Fed’s Challenged Credibility Mohamed A. El-Erian, Venture Syndicate
Swimming bare Ruffer
Local weather
What do Nord Stream methane leaks imply for local weather change? Nature
There’s a Thoughts-Bending Quantity of Photo voltaic within the US Pipeline Bloomberg
What’s blue carbon, and why is it necessary? Soils Matter, Get the Scoop
#COVID19
SARS-CoV-2 furin cleavage web site was not engineered PNAS
Ford authorities shopping for 2M fabric masks for Ontario faculties. Medical doctors say there are higher choices Metropolis Information. A slap within the face to layered safety, apart from being deadly.
CO2 screens to be necessary in all Dutch lecture rooms Dutch Information
Some officers now say monkeypox elimination unlikely in US AP. Flawless victory from the Facilities for Illness.
China?
COVID-19: China’s demise toll places US to disgrace however the western centric media inform a special story Pearls and Irritations
Anatomy of a debunked China coup hearsay South China Morning Put up
Browsing on land positive factors floor amongst youth China Every day
MHI develops reactor with enhanced security options World Nuclear Information. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Fuelled by meth habit, Vietnam’s drug-treatment centres are rife with abuse Globe_
European Disunion
German €200bn vitality assist plan sparks ‘animosity’ inside EU FT
Munich Oktoberfest emerges as COVID superspreader occasion in Germany WSWS
Lidl informed to destroy gold chocolate bunnies after it loses copyright case with Lindt Sky Information
Uganda Ebola circumstances soar to 50, with 1 extra demise Middle for Infectious Illness and Coverage
Pricey Outdated Blighty
Pound’s Swoon Echoes Declines in British Energy, Previous and Current NYT
Breaking: Starmer’s ‘public vitality co’ uncovered as massive con The Sqwawkbox
Peter Thiel’s Palantir Had Secret Plan to Crack UK’s NHS: ‘Shopping for Our Method In’ Bloomberg
Hardship for Brazil’s poor could price Bolsonaro election AP
New Not-So-Chilly Conflict
Ukraine says it encircles Russian troops at Lyman stronghold Reuters. Sadly, I can’t discover anything on this that isn’t Ukrainian propaganda (typically utilizing the identical photograph). Readers?
Senior Protection and Navy Officers Maintain a Background Briefing US Division of Protection. Deathless citation:
[R]elative to the Nord Stream Pipeline within the Baltic Sea, you realize we, as is the case with the remainder of the worldwide neighborhood proceed to observe the state of affairs and the circumstances. I believe we’re as perplexed as anybody else and would — are very concerned with figuring out how this happened, whether or not it’s an accident or in any other case.
I’m imagining this clip from CIA-parody-but-not Burn After Studying rewritten for pipeline explosions:
“No biggie.” “Report again to me when, uh, I don’t know. When it is smart.”
* * * Vladimir Putin speaks on the accession ceremony Gilbert Doctorow
Understanding Russian Coercive Signaling RAND
Putin’s Roulette International Affairs. The deck: “Sacrificing His Core Supporters in a Race In opposition to Defeat.”
Tallinn postcard: Appears like a giant conflict is coming Yasha Levine
* * * Shock and Awe: Who Attacked the Nord Stream Pipelines? Carnegie Endowment for Worldwide Peace
Sweden and Denmark: Pipeline leaks attributable to “a number of hundred kilos” of explosives Axios
EXPLAINER: A deep dive into dangers for undersea cables, pipes AP
* * * After Putin’s Land Seize, Zelensky Desires to Quick-Monitor NATO Membership International Coverage
Zelensky and NATO plan to remodel post-war Ukraine into ‘a giant Israel’ The Grayzone. With nukes, presumably.
Russian oil exports are nonetheless booming and EU continues to be reliant on Russia Hellenic Delivery Information
Biden Administration
Biden is punting on COVID reduction for the third time Talking Safety
FCC Approves 5 Yr Satellite tv for pc Deorbiting Rule Payload
Realignment and Legitimacy
A concrete imaginative and prescient of the liberal democratic future Noah Smith, Noahpinion. The deck: “The free societies should as soon as once more present what sort of world they need to construct.” Have enjoyable!
Imperial Collapse Watch
U.S. sailor discovered not responsible of fireplace that destroyed ship Reuters. And see right here.
Guillotine Watch
Musk’s texts are a who’s who of energy gamers — and everybody had an angle Protocol
Class Warfare
Zombie capitalism is unravelling Yanis Varoufakis, The New Statesman
Bruce Willis Sells Deepfake Likeness Rights So His ‘Twin’ Can Star in Future Films CBR.com
Kill it with fireplace:
excited to be murdered by the superior model of this in 11 years https://t.co/Gs8doWg8BC
— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) October 1, 2022
Katherine Rundell: ‘Bigger than the world’s chaos are its miracles’ FT
Antidote du jour (by way of):
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
