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Friday, October 11, 2024
Mapping the Solidarity Economy
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:57 am | No Comments »
“So You Don’t Like Trump or Harris – Here’s Why It’s Still Best to Vote for One of Them”
An academic contends that protest and third party votes are counterproductive.
Topics: Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:21 am | 11 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/10/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler; Harris leads in the burbs (poll); 2024 state round-up; Boeing negotiations stalled; and another QA debacle; “The illusion of information adequacy” ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 82 Comments »
The Fight to Hold Executives and Boards Accountable Continues in Barclays and Bayer Appeals
An update on two cases, one against Barclays, the other Bayer executives and directors, which seek accountability in New York courts.
Topics: CEO compensation, Corporate governance, Europe, Investment management, Legal, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:55 am | 7 Comments »
Links 10/10/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 149 Comments »
Satyajit Das: US Presidential Politics – The More They Bicker, the More They Stay the Same
US presidential candidates promise policy choices but have little room to manoeuvre. Ergo, politics turns into a contest like American Idol
Topics: China, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:11 am | 22 Comments »
Study Warns of ‘Irreversible Impacts’ From Overshooting 1.5°C, Even Temporarily
A new paper in Nature finds that exceeding a 1.5°C increase in global temperature is more deadly and durable than previously thought.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Science and the scientific method, Species loss
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:31 am | 25 Comments »
11 Communications Rules for Activists to Live By
Seeking reader reactions to recommendations on how to engage in “media activism”.
Topics: Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:59 am | 32 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/9/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Pandemics; fun with maps: Helene and Milton could make Pennsylvania the key; Kamala has a beer with Stephen Colbert; on hurricanes; Response to Helene in NC; Boeing talks break down as management walks away from the table. ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 82 Comments »
Netanyahu Goes Even More Rogue, Announces Intent to Turn Lebanon into Gaza, Refuses to Inform US of Iran Strike Plans [Update]
Netanyahu, drunk on his power and his love of destruction, keeps upping the ante.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:10 pm | 116 Comments »
Links 10/9/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 160 Comments »
Alzheimer’s: How Not to Study a Disease
KLG returns to why the discredited amyloid thesis as the cause of Alzheimer’s nevertheless persists.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:57 am | 16 Comments »
Let’s Stop Pretending That We Can Escape from Climate Change
The search for safe places to hide from climate change impacts is already underway, yet is set to be largely futile.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:41 am | 73 Comments »
Big Digital Tech Moves Into Synthetic Biology: The Generative AI Rush / Black Box Biotech P1/2
A new report, Black Box Biotech, warns of the biodiversity and error risk of AI engineered proteins, aka synthetic or “generative biology”.
Topics: Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Species loss, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:20 am | 1 Comment »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/8/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Trump’s 2020 polling underestimates vs. margins in the Swing States today (map); the Feds launder migrants through NGOs to firms owned by the American gentry; Boeing’s stock ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 105 Comments »