Links 3/15/2023 Ides of March
Giant seaweed blob twice the width of the US takes aim at Florida The Hill (resilc)
Another atmospheric river pounds California, 27K to evacuate Associated Press (Kevin W)
Snowfall Reports from the Last 24 Hours National Weather Service
A window into the medieval mind The Critic (Anthony L)
As a pianist strikes a chord, visualisations of his notes appear in real time aeon (Chuck L)
From Frankfurt to Fox: The Strange Career of Critical Theory Hedgehog Review (Anthony L)
This Is a Philosopher on Drugs Wired (Anthony L)
Why the Mental Health of Liberal Girls Sank First and Fastest: Evidence for Lukianoff’s reverse CBT hypothesis Jon Haidt (Anthony L). Imporant.
#COVID-19
Operators of upscale L.A. care facility charged in 14 COVID deaths Los Angeles Times
Broken Sociality Peste Magazine (Allen K)
Climate/Environment
Satellite Waste Is Becoming A Huge Problem Oil Price
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in toilet paper around the world Guardian (Robin K)
China?
US-led alliances slowly but surely encircling China Asia Times (Kevin W)
LatAm is now basically all in on China. The Monroe Doctrine died of straightforward neglect. pic.twitter.com/6uVarXyda7
— Philip Pilkington (@philippilk) March 15, 2023
On War With China, Australia Is Caught Between A Rock And A Pentagon Caitlin Johnstone (Kevin W)
China’s Petroyuan Stunts Bill Blunden, American Conservative. Note I have repeatedly taken issue with the petrodollar thesis, but even accepting that as a premise doesn’t support a dollar dethronement (any time soon). From Blunden via e-mail:
This was a particularly difficult piece to write as I am no fan of The Hegemon. But the research that I conducted during its preparation literally changing my mind midstream regarding the likelihood of the dollar being replaced as the world’s reserve currency.
South of the Border
‘Mexico is safer than the US,’ Amlo says after attack on four Americans Guardian (resilc)
New Not-So-Cold War
US drone crashes after encounter with Russian jet BBC
US Insane to Fight Wars in Ukraine and Taiwan – Larry Johnson Judge Napolitano, YouTube. At the top, discusses drone downing.
* * * SCOTT RITTER: The Nord Stream-Andromeda Cover Up Consortium News
Sy Hersh: No follow-up to explosive Nord Stream story Responsible Statecraft
* * * Ukraine – Media Start To Acknowledge Reality Moon of Alabama (Chuck L).
Russia Advances Bakhmut, Ukraine Losses Mount, Doubts Over Offensive Grow, West MSM Pessimistic War Alexander Mercouris, YouTube
* * * Russian economic sovereignty has increased – Putin and Russia’s economy with ‘sanctions from hell,’ here’s why the plan failed RT (Robin K)
Thwarting Vladimir Putin: The Ukrainian Economy Just Keeps On Going Der Spiegel (resilc). Just like Terry Schiavo just kept going…
Spain Takes 84% More Russian LNG Than Before Invasion OilPrice (resilc)
* * * The priests and monks of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Holy place of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra are asking the world for help and support. They are not giving up and not running away and will stay with their church till the end. UKRAINIANS WANT PEACE #SaveUkrainianOrthodoxChurch pic.twitter.com/znWCpNT2ki
— Andrii Telizhenko (@TelizhenkoAndy) March 14, 2023
See context: Lavrov calls on UN, OSCE to demand Kiev cease persecution of Orthodox believers TASS (guurst)
Syraqistan
Reassessing Mohammed Bin Salman’s Geostrategic Vision In Light Of His Rapprochement With Iran Andrew Korybko (guurst)
Saudi investment in Iran could happen ‘very quickly’ after agreement – minister Reuters
🇨🇳🇮🇷🇷🇺The Chinese Defense Ministry announced joint naval exercises planned for March 15-19 in the Gulf of Oman with the participation of Iran and Russia
— AZ 🛰🌏🌍🌎 (@AZgeopolitics) March 15, 2023
Syrian sanctions relief: An ‘American trick’ The Cradle (guurst)
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
A 3D Computer Animation of the Panopticon, Jeremy Bentham’s 18th Century Design for an All-Controlling Prison Open Culture (Chuck L)
Ransomware Attacks Have Entered a Heinous New Phase ars technica
Imperial Collapse Watch
Why the US is going full throttle on hypersonic missiles The Hill
Australia’s nuclear submarine plan to cost up to $245 billion by 2055 -defence official Swiss Info (guurst)
Constructive Diplomacy Isn’t Possible When We Are Demanding Capitulation Daniel Larison
Sergey Glazyev: ‘The road to financial multipolarity will be long and rocky’ Te Cradle (Micael T)
Biden
Biden’s 2024 Funding Proposal is a War Budget and He Is Leading Us to War CounterPunch (resilc)
Biden Approves Alaska Oil Drilling As Climate Change’s Ravages Go Unchecked Esquire (furzy)
We Should Give Up the Fantasy of Solving the Border Crisis New York Times (resilc)
GOP Clown Car
Ron DeSantis Bans Births In Florida Due To Exposure Of Impressionable Infants To Vagina The Onion
DeSantis joins Trump in pushing GOP toward skepticism on Ukraine The Hill
Most of the media simply ignores the fact that Obama spent years vehemently arguing that Ukraine has never been and never will be a “vital interest” to the US, whereas it is and always will be that to Russia. That was his answer to neocons complaining he didn’t do more: https://t.co/XNJG9aPudY
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 14, 2023
Our No Longer Free Press
Post-Decency Politics: House Democrats Use Hearing to Attack Both Free Speech and a Free Press Jonathan Turley (Chuck L)
AI
You Are Not a Parrot New York Magazine (Anthony L)
Darwin Award
Sovereign Citizen Driver Killed During Fake License Plate Stop Jalopnik (resilc)
In Final Act Of Mindless Megadeal Stupidity, Warner Bros. Discovery Execs Kill The HBO Brand TechDirt (Mark G)
These Interactive Tools Reveal Your Home’s Future Flood, Heat, and Wind Risk Life Hacker (Dr. Kevin)
SVB Aftermath
Only ONE member of failed SVB’s board had experience in investment banking Daily Mail (BC)
Tech start-ups assess damage caused by SVB collapse Financial Times
BofA Gets More Than $15 Billion in Deposits After SVB Fails Bloomberg. As we predicted
Inside the Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank New York Times (Kevin W)
All the Things We Do Not Know About SVB Barry Ritholtz (resilc)
Bank failures revive bitter Senate Democratic infighting Politico
Sigh pic.twitter.com/CMb86QlEaM
— Inverse Cramer (Not Jim Cramer) (@CramerTracker) March 14, 2023
Bloodbath Has Just Begun: ‘Dr. Doom’ Roubini Says We’re Solely in First Inning of Major Debt Crisis Nouriel Roubini, YouTube (Micael T). Nouriel Roubini is like a negative yield curve: He’s predicted 9 of the last 5 crises.
The Bezzle
Class Warfare
The Austerity Train Wreck James K. Galbraith, Defend Democracy
World Without Men: Inside South Korea’s 4B Movement The Cut (Dr. Kevin)
Ohio lawmakers want kids to work longer hours, saying it’ll keep them off TikTok Business Insider (Kevin W)
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