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Monday, October 7, 2024
Announcing 2024 Water Cooler Fundraiser!
My goal is 🌡️ 400 donors, an increase of 25 over last year. If you can give a lot, give a lot. If you can only give a little, give a little. (You can also pay it forward by donating on behalf of those whose circumstances do not permit them to do so, this year.)
The Great Archaeological Discovery of Our Time
An interview with renowned archaeologist Gary M. Feinman on the emergence of a global data set from our past that humanity can use to prosper—and avoid the biggest mistakes.
“Explosive Growth” in Petrochemical Production Linked to Increases in Cancers and Other Diseases in New Report
Evidence from the New England Journal of Medicine, that petrochemical output, particularly plastics, may be behind the rise in many ailments.
UN Human Rights Chief Decries ‘War Crime’ of Rapidly Expanding Israeli Settlements
A sadly necessary update on the state of Israel’s ethnic cleansing project in the West Bank.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/8/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Besides politics, Covid, and some business, Lisa Page, like a bad penny; MTG meets Biden at the SOTU; RFK calls out DSAC, an ugly public-private partnership in the Censorship Industrial Complex; and The Full English. ~
Israel: Quietly Fraying?
Israel is being tested on many fronts and the fissures are showing.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Potential Conflicts of Interest Are By Now Too Big to Ignore
Sunak’s father-in-law’s company, Indian tech giant (and digital identity developer) Infosys, has been doing a roaring business with UK government departments since his son-in-law became chancellor and then PM.
The Reach of JSOC ‘the President’s Private Army’
What is JSOC doing, and where are they doing it?
2024 State of the Union Live Blog/Open Thread
By Lambert Strether of Corrente The State of the Union address, as ordained by Article II, Section 3 of the United States Constition, will take place in about a half an hour, at 9:00PM ET. If you like to watch: In addition to major networks and political cable channels that will air the address, you […]
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/7/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: A hard-core originalist looks at Anderson, well-meant advice for Biden, a fine rant on “our democracy”, and LSD gets “breakthrough status” at FDA. And of course election, pandemic, and business coverage. ~
Apple’s Exclusionary App Store Scheme: Will the EU Tolerate Gaming of the Digital Markets Act?
Will the EU see through and act against Apple’s self-serving, Digital-Markets-Act-evading new app store scheme?
