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After five years of overseeing creeping digital censorship, corruption, economic decline, war and institutional support for genocide, Von der Leyen has been given five more years to do more of the same, or worse.

Some climate experts say biomass start-ups will limit global warming, but major questions remain.

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; A former Navy SEAL takes a view on Trump’s assempted assassination; the Republican National Convention and J.D. Vance; unelecting Biden: irresistible (albeit private) force, immovable (albeit ill) object; Marimekko patterns online. ~

New investigation reveals unequal access to life-saving meds across Europe thanks to Big Pharma system that favors the rich

The Biden political survival watch has resumed.

Many of the wealthy have taken to recoiling against hypertrophied houses, although they don’t ‘splain why very well.

A new report, Exporting Extinction, delves into the economic and political drivers of species-destroying resource exploitation.

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics; Crooks remains an enigma; unelecting Biden: irresistable force, immovable object; Republican National Convention and J.D. Vance; how to sing ~

Some prognostications on how Mr. Market will react to election maneuvering and possible outcomes.

How concept anchoring creates attachment to and supports funding for not-so-hot ideas, such as in Alzheimer’s research.

Retailers and banks are discouraging the use of checks. Why?

Smoothstack, with some Fortune 500 clients, demanded its employees stay at the company for about two years or face fines up to $30,000.

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Keystone Cops at Trump’s assassination attempt; unelecting Biden effort continues privately; the Republican National Convention and J.D. Vance ~