A discussion of the regulatory and behavioral issues that helped produce the Crowdstrike 404.
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Starvation in Sudan: As in Gaza, the Deprivation Is Deliberate
How a brutal, five year old civil war in Sudan has been producing Gaza-level starvation and war crimes.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/30/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: politics, syndemics; Democrat idpol, Amazon now responsible for product recalls, Covid at the Olympics ~
To Win ‘Medicare for All,’ First Reclaim Medicare From Profiteers
Building on the promise of Medicare means taking on the private-sector enriching, skimpy “Medicare Advantage” program
Groundhog Day in Venezuela
Nicolas Maduro “wins” presidential elections but the opposition, the US and US-aligned governments in the region refuse to accept results. Eyes are now on Brazil, Mexico and Colombia.
Let’s Abolish the Colonial IMF on Its 80th Birthday
Developing country protesters want the IMF to stop exploiting countries in debt crisis. But is BRICS prepared to fill the gap?
“Censorship to Defend Democracy”
ZOMG, VoxEU starts with the premise that censorship is of course warranted, but finds current implementations have not worked well.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/29/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Kamala’s VP search (Walz; Raimondo a dark horse); Kamala on crypto; Trump on crypto ~
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.
