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–Yves

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Can wolves bond with people like dogs do? Science

Fed Chair Powell: There isn’t a painless way to do this Sam Ro

The Fed Raises Rates by 0.75 Point, Flags Higher Peak Than Expected Barron’s

FIRST: The Natural Rate of Inflation Brad DeLong, Grasping Reality

Dollar’s Rise Spells Trouble for Global Economies WSJ

How Wall Street stormed the music business FT. Commentary:

For those who came in late:

Climate

Duke Energy is one of the top leakers of a gas that is 25,000 times more polluting than carbon dioxide, EPA records show NBC. Sulfur hexafluoride.

Water

Chicago’s Tap Water Contaminated With Lead, Analysis Finds Gizmodo

#COViD19

What Long COVID Is Like For These 14 People Teen Vogue

The Koreas

The Floods in Seoul London Review of Books

The Seeds of Ignorance — Consequences of a Booming Betel-Nut Economy NEJM. Read all the way to the end.

Old Blighty

The wrecking crew:

European Disunion

How Bad Will the German Recession Be? Der Spiegel

Energy crisis: Germany’s Robert Habeck under pressure Deutsche Welle

Germany’s biggest gas importer Uniper is nationalised after huge losses Sky News

Hungarian premier says EU should scrap Russia sanctions to avoid recession – report Independent

Winter Forecast 2022/2023 – September Update: Seasonal cooling now begins across the ENSO regions, predicted to continue as we head closer to Winter Severe Weather Europe (DG). “Europe is expected to have warmer than average temperatures over most of the northern and east-central parts of the continent.” We’ll see.

New Not-So-Cold War

From ‘special military operation’ to open war Gilbert Doctorow. Today’s must-read.

Zelensky rules out peace talks with Russia TASS but Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Sees Dwindling Chance of Peace Talks With Putin Reuters and Ukraine war: Zelensky calls for ‘just punishment’ for Russia BBC

What does Putin’s ‘partial’ mobilisation mean for Russia? South China Morning Post

NATO prolongs the Ukraine proxy war, and global havoc Aaron Maté

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Tick-tock: Putin escalation begins countdown of diplomacy clock Responsible Statecraft. Sorry, that word again?

Could the War in Ukraine Have Been Stopped? The National Interest

Americans put Europe at top of global security concerns, support NATO commitment Stars and Stripes. The Atlanticists have won, haven’t they?

Lula maintains large lead over Bolsonaro ahead of Brazil election -poll Reuters

PBS and BBC Team Up to Misinform About Brazil’s Bolsonaro FAIR

Biden Administration

Remarks by President Biden Before the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (transcript) Whitehouse.gov

Biden Supports Germany, Japan, India As Permanent Members Of Reformed UNSC: White House Official Outlook

Biden: Russia’s Ukraine abuses ‘make your blood run cold’ AP

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Senate Ratifies Pact to Curb a Broad Category of Potent Greenhouse Gases NYT

2024

Appeals court allows DOJ to resume review of classified records in Trump case The Hill. “The appellate judges in their opinion also allowed a review by a special master appointed by a federal judge in Florida to continue simultaneously.”

Our Famously Free Press

The Narrative Matrix Hides The Truth About The World, And About Ourselves Caitlin Johnstone. Rather like this:

Book Review: ‘Dinners With Ruth’ and Without Any Semblance of Journalistic Standards, By Nina Totenberg Balls and Strikes. “Do remember to bring an insulin shot for the treacle.” Good clean fun!

No one is actually boiling chicken in NyQuil Garbage Day. So there’s good news! Also, 4chan v. TikTok.

Big Brother Is Watching You Watch

The U.S. Government’s Vast New Privatized Censorship Regime The Tablet

Revealed: US Military Bought Mass Monitoring Tool That Includes Internet Browsing, Email Data Vice

Healthcare

How Hospital Monopolies Drive Up the Cost of Care Washington Monthly

Zeitgeist Watch

An Ode to the QR Code Raheem Kassam’s Substack. I hate QR codes because I hate standing in line while the cashier and the customer huddle over pairing phone and register, and then the customer has to punch in some digits (slowly and then all over again, naturally), and then claim a phone coupon. Takes four or five times longer than cash. This matters, because lines tend to be in closed spaces, crowded, and close-contact, and while these digital morons fiddle with their tech I’m sharing their air and risking infection.

Imperial Collapse Watch

‘Please help us’: As the Vermont Guard seeks to reform its ‘toxic’ culture, a star soldier faces allegations of sexual misconduct VT Digger

U.S. fugitive known as ‘Fat Leonard’ apprehended in Venezuela after weeks on the run NBC

Amazon Closes, Abandons Plans for Dozens of US Warehouses Bloomberg

Class Warfare

What it’s like working at Amazon during a Southern California heat wave Los Angeles Times

Workers Upset After Ingredion Brought 6 Armed Guards To Negotiation Iowa Starting Line

Prop 22 Depresses Wages and Deepens Inequities for California Workers National Equity Atlas. “California rideshare drivers’ net earnings are just $6.20 per hour.”

The ideology of innovation: philanthropy and racial capitalism in global food governance The Journal of Peasant Studies

Trouble in paradise Times Literary Supplement. The deck: “Why is economic progress so little cause for celebration?” Review of DeLong’s book.

Reading Betty Friedan After the Fall of Roe Men Yell at Me

Algorithms and the Future of Work NIOSH Science Blog, CDC

The Easiest Ways to Open a Can Without a Can Opener LifeHacker

Antidote du Jour (via):

Bonus Antidote:

See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.

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