Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Links 9/15/2020

Brazil’s Pantanal Wetland is On Fire, Joining Other Places Where Wildfires Rage or Have Recently Burned Out of Control

Brazil’s Pantanal wetland is burning, joining other rworld egions afflicted with climate change-fueled wildfires.

NIH ‘Very Concerned’ About Serious Side Effect in Coronavirus Vaccine Trial

FDA mulls whether to follow British regulators in resuming a vacccine trial that was halted when a participant suffered spinal cord damage.

The Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods and Why They’re Really Bad for Our Health

Factors driving the growth of ultra-processed foods, such as Big Food lobbying, despite these Frankenfoods being really bad for our health.

As Boeing Inches Toward 737 MAX Recertification, 787 and Lunar Lander Go Sour, Charleston v. Seattle Looms

Boeing, Boeing…..

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/14/2020

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

We Lost Because We Weren’t Big Enough (the Left in the UK and the US)

Where now for Anglo-American socialism?

Links 9/14/2020

Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 4 – Total Paralysis Continues

Hubert Horan recaps a talk with FT Alphaville’s Izabella Kaminska on why the airline is in desperate shape and not considering solutions.

The Bahrain-Israel Mutual Recognition

A take on why Bahrain followed the UAE in recognizing Israel.

Topsoil Degradation, Soil Erosion, and Soil Governance (Global or Otherwise)

How long will it take for the world to run out of topsoil? What will it take to avoid it?

Links 9/13/2020

How Charles Koch Is Buying Credibility With Academic Investments

Koch influence in the academic sphere is far ranging. Koch money funds individual courses, professorships, fellowships, and even energy research and policy programs. These are significant investments in the “intellectual raw materials” of free-market advocacy.

Climate Crisis and Population Growth Will Displace 1 Billion over Next 30 Years

Think tank says climate crisis and population growith will lead at least 1 billion to migrate in countries with least ecological resilence.

Links 9/12/2020