~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Kamala’s VP search (Walz; Raimondo a dark horse); Kamala on crypto; Trump on crypto ~
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Ukraine End-Game: Rate-Determining Steps and the Question of Denazification
Further discussion of some of the likely complexities and stumbling blocks in Russia’s slow-motion conquest of Ukraine.
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.
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
Kamala’s Campaign Blasts Off with an Explosion of Snark
It’s going to be a bumpy ride.
How the Financial Authorities Can Respond to AI Threats to Financial Stability
The best way for the authorities to respond to AI is to develop their own AI engines, set up AI-to-AI links, implement automatic standing facilities, and make use of public-private partnerships
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 […]
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.
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 ~
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.
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?
