Sunday, July 6, 2025

Links 7/15/2020

Trump Admin Retracts Rule that Would Have Cancelled Visas for Foreign College Students Who Only Study Online

Trump backs down on plan too toss out foreign students who are forced to study on-line, as many universities circumscribe in-person classes,

US Corporations a Driving Force Behind ‘Unprecedented Wave’ of Global Land Privatization: Report

This Oakland Institute study documents how the neoliberal project proceeds, with US interests pushing to privatize land in the Global South.

Coronavirus Shows the Dangers of Letting Market Forces Govern Health and Social Care

The coronavirus crisis showcases the folly of letting the market determine health and social care: high time for governments to listen,

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/14/2020

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

COVID-19 Mistakes to Avoid: Don’t Conflate Contact Tracing with Contact Tracing By App

Big Tech and Big Pharma each has a dog in the COVID-19 fight and wish to replace what has worked before and is working now with technofixes.

Links 7/14/2020

Save the Tiger, Shift to other Big Cats: Illegal Wildlife Trafficking and the Rise in Zoonotic Diseases

Second UN Office on Drugs and Crime World Wildife Crime Report connects illegal wildlife trade to increase in zoonotic diseases.

Next Showdown in Congress: Protecting Workers vs. Protecting Employers in the Pandemic

Next showdown in Congress over CoVID-19 relief legislation: protecting workers or shielding employers from lawsuits.

Financialization: Tackling the Other Virus

The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to tackle another virus that has spread throughout the world since the 1970s: financialization.

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/13/2020

COVID in the US vs. the world, morbidity. Disney ~ Biden advertisement ~ Sanders on politics ~ Trump and his base ~ Democrat Senate haul ~ Democrat Milwaukee plans ~ General AI ~ Phishing equilibria ~ COVID PSAs ~ Festival of Airborne Transmission ~ Influencers ~ Ghislane Maxwell’s house ~ Genocide in flyover ~ Knitting ~ Shutters

Food Security in the Age of COVID-19: The First Harvest of the Season’s Bounty

Improving the food security of family members who live in North Carolina. They’re starting to reap the harvest as the vegetables ripen.

Links 7/13/2020

Wolf Richter: The Great American Shale Oil & Gas Massacre: Bankruptcies, Defaulted Debts, Worthless Shares, Collapsed Prices of Oil & Gas

The day of reckoning has arrived in oil and gas. A record number of companies have filed for bankruptcy. with the epicenter in Texas.

Covid-19 Bankruptcies Bleeding Out Jobs, Economic Capacity

Covid-19 bankrupties show how the disease is draining the economy.