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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Links 6/17/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 154 Comments »
Welcome to Peak Palantir
The company that ” knows everything about you” is going from strength to strength as war rises and and the so-called “liberal” West turns into a dystopian novel.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 13 Comments »
Generative AI in Universities: Grades Up, Signals Down, Skills in Flux
Yet more confirmation that student use of AI comes as the expense of skill acquisition. So why get educated?
Topics: Guest Post, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social values, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:55 am | 31 Comments »
‘Not Accountable to Anyone’: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options
Health insurers are behaving even more badly, yet advocates do not seem to be pushing for the remedy of external appeal for denials.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:03 am | 9 Comments »
Coffee Break: 2025 New York Mayoral Primary, Mamdani Vs. Cuomo
This is a news round up of the 2025 New York Mayoral Primary. The race seems to be narrowing to a contest between disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislator Zohran Mamdani. Early voting has begun as of June 14 and will conclude on June 24. Why This Race Matters This is hands-down THE […]
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 2:00 pm | 48 Comments »
Links 6/16/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 180 Comments »
Does TACO Have Predictive Value? Pressures on Trump With Respect to Joining Israel in its Iran War
The war situation with Iran is not necessarily developing to the advantage of Israel, and Trump has to decide what to do.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Investment outlook, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 146 Comments »
What’s the Vision for the Middle East if Iran Falls?
Iran, which had just taken a major step to integrate its network into China-led transport corridors, is the last major roadblock to US-Israel domination of Middle East regional supply chains.
Topics: Energy markets, India, Middle East, Social policy, Social values, Technology and innovation
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 46 Comments »
Inside Bolsonarists’ Campaign to Impose US Sanctions on Brazilian Judges
Former president’s son and his allies are lobbying US government to punish judges investigating 2022 coup attempt.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 2 Comments »
The Economics of Undyed Hair Roots
Monitoring a recession indicator: hair salon visits, or more accurately, their reduction.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Income disparity
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:06 am | 42 Comments »
Links 6/15/2025
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 276 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Sorcerer (1977) Run Time: 1H 58M
Sorcerer is a movie about four men desperately seeking to escape a small South American town and willing to risk everything to do so.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 17 Comments »
Believe It or Not, There Was a Time When the US Government Built Beautiful Homes for Working-Class Americans to Deal With a Housing Crisis
For a short time, the U.S. government not only built houses, it constructed entire communities.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Market inefficiencies, Privatization, Real estate, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 20 Comments »
Links 6/14/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 221 Comments »
Forcible Removal of US Sen. Alex Padilla Signals a Dangerous Shift in American Democracy
Trump’s war against the Constitution, Congressional oversight powers, and legislation escalates with the man-handling of Senator Padilla
Topics: Guest Post, Legal, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:39 am | 72 Comments »