“Censorship to Defend Democracy”
ZOMG, VoxEU starts with the premise that censorship is of course warranted, but finds current implementations have not worked well.
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World’s Biggest Meat and Dairy Companies Spend More on Ads than Cutting Emissions — New Report
Brazilian meat giant JBS invested just 0.03 percent of annual revenues into climate measures, researchers found.
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Kyiv and Brussels Weaponize Oil, Use Other Tools in Bid to Force Hungary and Slovakia into Supporting Project Ukraine
The efforts are backfiring and will likely harm Ukraine and the EU more than intended targets.
Read more...U.S. is Facing a Major Energy Crunch Due to AI’s Insatiable Demand
A proposed Department of Energy initiative show the US is unserious about either curbing AI energy demand or managing the impact on the grid
Read more...Kamala’s Campaign Blasts Off with an Explosion of Snark
It’s going to be a bumpy ride.
Read more...Links 7/28/2024
Links 7/27/2024
Michael Hudson Speaks to Luca Placidi About Global South Debt Peonage and the Inevitability of Multipolarity
Yves here. We are introducing most of you to Luca Placidi, founder of an Italian YouTube channel called “Tracce di Classe”. Placidi who started his blog and website in late 2023, “after the war in Ukraine and the one in Gaza made the mainstream media narrative impossible to be listened to.” He discussed politics and […]
Read more...Little Free Library’s Not-So-Little Commitment to Getting the Word Out
Little Free Library’s book-sharing boxes promote literacy and strengthen communities.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/26/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; who engineered the bait and switch?; Kamala and Lina Khan; abolish your lawn ~
Read more...Looking for Long Covid: A Clash of Definition and Study Design
Influential studies from the VA St. Louis take a broad view of long Covid. Not every expert agrees with the approach.
Read more...Economy Re-Accelerates in Q2. Our Drunken Sailors Splurge on Durable Goods, Investment Jumps, Federal Gov Undoes Blip
The US economy looks a bit perky. Party on! But will the Fed continue to apply the interest rate brakes?
Read more...AI Financial Crises
Yes, Virginia, AI, like older forms of automated trading, has a nasty propensity to cause crises.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/25/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: politics, syndemics; Biden’s post-defenestration speech. litmus tests for Kamala (Palestine, anti-trust); Kamala’s campaign, includiing the donor-gasm, the 100 days, and the bait and switch; trad wives; employee ownership ~
Read more...Suicide Squad: U.S. Troops Are Losing a War with Their Deadliest Enemy
Suicide is the leading cause of death for active duty and recently soldiers. The most likely contributor is not what you might suspect.
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