How gardening helped me heal after a personal tragedy – and can help you too Scroll
Passengers were in for a long flight delay. Then one of them stepped up to fly the plane. WaPo
Ex-drug company CEO Martin Shkreli sues former investor AP
Mugabe’s rule led many people to dismiss the concept of nationalism – but that opened the door to something far worse Independent (Patrick Cockburn)
Justin Bieber Unpacks the ‘Quite Unexplainable’ Effects of Child Stardom in Emotional Instagram Post New York magazine
Coral reefs: breakdown in iconic spawning puts species at risk of extinction – new research The Conversation
Woody Allen Defends His Record: “I’ve Done Everything That the #MeToo Movement Would Love to Achieve” Hollywood Reporter
Mouthwash Cancels Out Key Benefits of Exercise, Study Finds Gizmodo Interesting – but note small sample size,
Hurricane Alley
They Survived Dorian but Wonder How Many More Hurricanes They Can Withstand NYT
Category 1 Hurricane Dorian Makes Landfall in Outer Banks (PHOTOS) Weather Underground
Should there be a tax on short, cheap flights? TreeHugger
Waste Watch
Scrap Collector: Plastic makes its way into oceans – and 2020 climate forum Waste Dive
Migration Watch
Australia’s Shame NYRB. J.M. Coetzee.
Our Famously Free Press
Native advertising may jeopardize the legitimacy of newsrooms Columbia Journalism Review
Ralph Nader: Chuck Todd Is Everything Wrong With U.S. Media TruthDig
I now publish #MeToo stories on my blog, for free. Here’s why. Columbia Journalism Review
L’affaire Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein’s Donations Create a Schism at M.I.T.’s Revered Media Lab NYT
Class Warfare
Giant warehouse with 1,000 jobs planned in Clay, McMahon says Syracuse.com (bob)
Amazon Pushes Fast Shipping but Avoids Responsibility for the Human Cost NYT
His Mother Was Killed by a Van Making Amazon Deliveries. Here’s the Letter He Wrote to Jeff Bezos. ProPublica
How Adidas and Nike Are Cementing Football’s Wealth Gap Der Spiegel
Distribution center near Liverpool would be 2nd biggest in world; is it Amazon? Syracuse.com (bob)
Brexit
Brexit: Boris is broken EUReferendum.com
Max Hastings: Boris, Churchill and the implosion of the Tories FT
Boris Johnson short of options as rebels vow to secure Brexit delay Guardian
COURT SLAMS CLINTON EMAIL COVER-UP Judicial Watch
Big Brother IS Watching You Watch
Suspicion creeps into the Five Eyes The Interpreter Lowy Institute
Syraqistan
Lebanon’s crisis is almost unstoppable. Drone warfare is on the horizon Independent. Robert Fisk.
Iran
Iran injects gas into advanced centrifuges, violating deal AP
2020
Joe Biden Is Proud of His Record on Iraq, but His Plan to Segregate It Would Have Unleashed Chaos The Intercept
DNC blocks virtual caucuses in Iowa and Nevada Roll Call
‘Shameful’: Warren Warns Trump Plan to Privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Would Make Housing Crisis Worse Common Dreams
Sanders Shines and Biden Crumbles During Epic Town Hall on Climate Crisis TruthOut
India
Gujarat Pilots Emissions Trading Programme to Tackle Air Pollution The Wire
India’s space hopes dashed for now with loss of lunar lander Al Jazeera. Oops.
China?
China Experiments with a New Kind of Megalopolis Der Spiegel
Hong Kong police fend off airport protest after night of violence Reuters
Real-time maps warn Hong Kong protesters of water cannons and riot police Quartz
Want to understand what the extradition law in Hong Kong was all about, read this analysis by @profmikedavis. #HongKongProtestshttps://t.co/JVMtGwIjft
— Monkey Cage (@monkeycageblog) 4 September 2019
Trump Transition
Want US citizenship? Your social media IDs, please Economic Times
Trump deepens legal war against California, automakers Politico
“Precious hours were wasted”: Trump’s doctored map affected hurricane forecasters Ars Technica
US Beekeepers File Suit Against Trump EPA Charging ‘Illegal’ Approval of Insecticide Linked to Mass Die-Off Common Dreams
Meditations On Twitter’s Silencing Of Daniel McAdams Caitlin Johnstone (The Rev Kev)
F-35A pic.twitter.com/GxpbsCRa9u
— Military Giant Cats (@GiantCat9) 2 September 2019
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