What happened when the moon ‘turned itself inside out’ billions of years ago? Space.com
Trying to Puzzle Through the Current Macro Situation (excerpt) Brad DeLong’s Grasping Reality
Jerome H Powell: Opening remarks – Stanford Business, Government, and Society Forum (PDF) Bank of International Settlements
Climate
Farmers warn ‘crisis is building’ as record rainfall drastically reduces UK food production Guardian
How Climate Change Will Affect Conflict and U.S. Military Operations RAND
A Tidal Wetland Restoration of Epic Proportions Reasons to be Cheerful
Pandemics
The largest fresh egg producer in the US has found bird flu in chickens at a Texas plant CBS
Deconstructing the Avian Flu Contagion Live
China?
No Substitute for Victory Foreign Affairs. Let me know how that works out.
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Yellen Junks 200 Years of Economics to Block China Clean Tech Bloomberg. The theory of comparative advantage, tossed aside.
Yellen Dispatched to Beg China for Face-Saving Slowdown Simplicius the Thinker(s)
As China’s economy falters, so does middle-class confidence NBC
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South China Sea: Philippines’ Marcos ‘horrified’ by Xi-Duterte ‘gentleman’s agreement’ for status quo in disputed waters South China Morning Post
‘The rule of law says that the islands are Chinese’ Global Times
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No problem that can’t be talked through, President Xi Jinping tells Taiwan’s Ma Ying-jeou in historic Beijing talks South China Morning Post
Let’s not give China ideas:
None of you — NONE OF YOU — will ever understand how happy this makes me. pic.twitter.com/xCrfILnJdY
— joshua steinman (🇺🇸,🇺🇸) (@JoshuaSteinman) April 10, 2024
Unless they’ve already had them, of course.
First non-American on the Moon will be a Japanese astronaut, says Biden France24. So the vassal state ranking would be: Japan, UK, Germany… Ukraine…
Myanmar
Chevron Exits Myanmar With Withdrawal From Natural Gas Project Wall Street Journal
Myanmar troops retreat as rebels declare control over key border town Channel News Asia
Vietnam Tycoon Lan Sentenced to Death Over $12 Billion Fraud Bloomberg. Vietnam doesn’t [family blog] around!
The Koreas
Yoon Suk Yeol: Was South Korea’s president thwarted by a spring onion? BBC
Syraqistan
Biden Administration Fears Iran Might Target U.S. Forces Over Israel Strike The Intercept
Biden vows ‘ironclad’ support for Israel amid Iran attack fears BBC
Nuclear deal in tatters, Iran edges close to weapons capability WaPo
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Dozens of Christians arrested after shutting down Senate lunch in protest of Gaza famine Religion News Service
The Exchange Rate On Palestinian Life The Defector
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Has Hamas Won? Haaretz. Commentary:
Former British ambassador to Israel Tom Phillips, writing in Haaretz, comes to the conclusion that so far, “Hamas has won”.https://t.co/hizK0Yqgvj
He explains that Hamas “flipped the script of a militarily invincible Israel and exposed the fragility of its international…
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) April 10, 2024
Economic Bleeding: The Hidden Cost of Israel’s Military Strategy Elijah J. Magnier
Samsung Next shutting down Israel operations Ctech
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How the Paraglider Left Hurts Palestine Compass
The Destruction of Palestine Is the Destruction of the Earth Andreas Malm, Verso
European Disunion
Greek Solution: Greece’s far right gathers steam before EU elections France24
Dear Old Blighty
The Guardian agrees: Labour’s tax problems can’t be solved by a cosy coterie of old insiders Funding the Future
New Not-So-Cold War
Russia-Ukraine war: ‘They aren’t ready to die’ – the smuggler charging thousands to escape army conscription Sky News
Outcry in Ukraine after Kyiv scraps demobilisation plan for long-serving soldiers Guardian
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US and Russia need to reestablish Cold War playbook to avert nuclear escalation, senior general says Stars and Stripes
Ukrainian official ups urgency for more weapons: ‘Nice and quiet diplomacy didn’t work’ The Hill
No news is good news… Gilbert Doctorow
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Is the Kremlin Overconfident About Russia’s Economic Stability? Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Russia accuses Ukrainian oil and gas company where Biden’s son used to work of funding terrorist attacks Ukrainska Pravda. Commentary:
BREAKING:
Russia has announced that the terrorists who killed 150 people at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow were paid by the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
Hunter Biden served on its board of directors until 2018.
Russia is playing a psychological game against Americans. pic.twitter.com/yUXxwiyVg1
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 9, 2024
Global Elections
Bollywood makes a song and dance for Modi ahead of Indian elections France24
Biden Administration
Surveillance bill implodes amid GOP infighting in latest blow to Johnson Politico. And all because those pesky right wing knuckledraggers think the spooks need warrants to search your electronic communications (“the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…”).
Biden administration sets first-ever limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water AP. Now do indoor air.
How Biden’s New Clean Air Rules Helps UAW Drive at VW Payday Report
Antitrust
Do We Really Want a Food Cartel? The Atlantic
Is Techno-Monopoly Inevitable? Project Syndicate
MMT
Economic Democracy with Pavlina Tcherneva (transcript) MR Online
Digital Watch
Inside the ‘Com World War’: Robberies, Brickings, and ‘Drama’ 404 Media
Assange
Biden Is ‘Considering’ Dropping Assange Case Consortium News
Sports Desk
Track and field becomes first sport to pay prize money at Olympics Al Jazeera
Zeitgeist Watch
The Dumbphone Boom Is Real The New Yorker
Supply Chain
Industrial metal prices jump as investors bet on rising China demand FT
Former YDC Worker Feared ‘Rape or Worse’ for Complaining About Kids’ Abuse New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism
Imperial Collapse Watch
Where Is America’s ‘Rules-Based Order’ Now? Spencer Ackerman, NYT
The Plight of DEI Leaders — Heavy Expectations and Limited Protection NEJM. Why should I “listen to Black women” in health care who are not advancing single payer? Commentary:
The best thing about DEI is you can use it to hide your fealty to Wall Street, or you can knock it to hide your fealty to Wall Street. It’s so useful!
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) April 10, 2024
Class Warfare
Finland Rattled by Political Strikes Against the Conservative Governments’ Anti-Union Agenda On Labor
Older Floridians are going back to work as life gets less affordable Orlando Sentinel
US workers increasingly more detached from their employers: Gallup The Hill
Aging adults stay home more, socialize less than pre-pandemic (press release) University of Colorado
Chasing the dark Lyz Lenz, Men Yell at Me
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