🚨🚨SOME DECENT REPORTING AT LAST!!!
‘“There has definitely been a change in the character of the immune response since 2019,” says Tim Henrich, immunologist and senior author of the study. “It’s certainly impacting our immune health, and probably our overall health as well.”’ pic.twitter.com/21SrMYatpo
— Cat (Solidarit1) (@CovidSolidarit1) August 19, 2025
Climate/Environment
A tool to display future heatwaves!
You liked 2003, 2022, 2025? 🥵
You will love what is coming next! 🙃📈By 2050, heatwaves will last >1 month with ave temp >2003!
Visualisation based on TRACC and merger of two graphs from Météo-Francehttps://t.co/TBEzT7k0tF
Via G. Meunier pic.twitter.com/GNordKBgz6
— Melaine Le Roy (@subfossilguy) August 19, 2025
How surging summer humidity is making nights hotter Washington Post
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN SOUTH AMERICA WINTER
After max. temperatures up to 39.8C in Bolivia and 39.0C in Paraguay,
MINIMUMS were unbelievably high todayMin 27.5 Mayor Pablo Lagerenza PARAGUAY
Min 26.2 San Jose BOLIVIAThese temperatures are above the averages of the hot season https://t.co/ScZ6mONAcV
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) August 19, 2025
Paris Braces for a Future of Possibly Paralyzing Heat New York Times
Four years after war ended, Afghanistan battles unprecedented water crisis Turkiye Today
Pakistani villagers scared to go back to deluged homes after floods kill over 340 Reuters
Fire Season Is Starting Earlier Thanks to Climate Change, New Study Finds Independent
North Pacific waters are acidifying more rapidly below the surface Eurekalert
New evidence of chlorpyrifos harm to kids’ brains amid regulatory retreat The New Lede
China?
China-India talks: Narendra Modi praises ‘stable, predictable, constructive ties’ South China Morning Post. While you were busy watching the Trump show….
Trump’s trade policies are helping India-China ties — but they aren’t resetting them CNBC
China Scoops Up Russian Crude Amid U.S. Pressure on India OilPrice
Commentary: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is building warships his grandfather never could – but to what end? Channel News Asia
Old Blighty
Israel v. The Resistance
You won’t understand how completely sinister the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s operation is until you listen to Anthony Aguilar lay out its “Phase 3” plan https://t.co/DQfJ0HFsRr
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) August 19, 2025
The largest neighborhood in Gaza is being razed to the ground. https://t.co/UuDrdSeS7o
— Nicola Perugini (@PeruginiNic) August 20, 2025
Exclusive: Powerful Libyan official in talks with Israel to resettle Palestinians from Gaza Middle East Eye
Trump calls Netanyahu a ‘war hero’ despite ICC arrest warrant over war crimes in Gaza Anadolu Agency
“How to be a Jew after the ethnic cleansing of Palestine”….‼️
-Mark Braverman
SO POWERFUL AND TRUE. pic.twitter.com/C5sfcZNnxw
— Earth Hippy 🌎🕊️💚 (@hippyygoat) August 18, 2025
Yesterday we had a fascinating tour of the ICC, in The Hague, with the opportunity to speak with some senior people there.
The main reflection I get from the visit is that this place is a fascinating – yet tragic – illustration of the paradox between our ability to… pic.twitter.com/IwC8oDZvHq
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) August 19, 2025
Shadow armies: UAE’s covert wars in Sudan, Yemen, and Gaza The Cradle
New Not-So-Cold War
Trump Breaks Europe Over His Knee: Unprecedented Optics of White House ‘Losers’ Gathering’ Simplicius
Ukraine – Trump Continues To Humiliate Europe Moon of Alabama
RAY McGOVERN: Trump & the Seven Dwarfs Consortium News
John Helmer: Trump Ditches Ceasefire? Despite EU & Zelensky Pressure Dialogue Works, YouTube. Important. Helmer stresses bad faith behavior, particularly with the security guarantees talk, and Russian anger at Trump trying to play them. Juicy bits about how the Russians bribed Hillary Clinton and found she didn’t deliver.
Rubio to lead Ukraine security guarantees talks, with Trump promising air support Axios. Hard to see how Europeans lost bigly despite sour faces with US backing “security guarantees” of a form Russia has vigorously rejected.
The War Was The Easy Bit Aurelien
Trump Still Fails to Understand Russia’s Fundamental Reason for the Special Military Operation, But He is Trying Larry Johnson
Trump makes deeply personal confession about brokering Russia-Ukraine peace deal Daily Mail (Li). Hoo boy.
US ICE deletes posts about deporting Ukrainians RT (Kevin W)
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
Inbox Question: What good is hope in a digital prison? Libre Solutions (Micael T)
New Nationwide Campaign Seeks to Stop Warrantless Use of License Plate Reader Cameras Institute for Justice (Paul R). Yes!
US Spy Chief Gabbard Says UK Agreed To Drop ‘Backdoor’ Mandate for Apple Reuters
Eavesdropping on Phone Conversations Through Vibrations Bruce Schneier
Trump 2.0
The Cartel War Is About to Start Daniel Larison
RFK Jr. attacks pediatricians’ group over vaccine recommendations Politico
Immigration
ICE Wrongly Suggests Lawmaker Doxxed Agents, and Racist Threats Follow New York Times
“Research shows that there is no correlation between public opposition to immigration and actual immigration levels.” Read @akoustov on what drives the backlash to immigration:https://t.co/jATzN9xsSA
— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) August 20, 2025
Russiagate
Nearly a Decade Later, the Unmasking Scandal Comes Full Circle Matt Taibbi
Democrats en déshabillé
Silicon Valley Is Panicking About Zohran Mamdani. NYC’s Tech Scene Is Not Wired (resilc)
Gavin Newsom warms to Big Oil in climate reversal CalMatters (Paul R)
Our No Longer Free Press
The Surprising Link Between Craigslist, Classified Ads, and Political Polarization Stanford Business (resilc). Important.
Economy
Investors warn of ‘new era of fiscal dominance’ in global markets Financial Times
The Global Car Reckoning Is Here. Far Too Many Auto Companies Don’t Have a Plan Wired (resilc)
Powell’s Last Stand at Jackson Hole Bloomberg
The Number of Housing Units Under Construction Continues to Crash Michael Shedlock
Housing remains recessionary. Why hasn’t one happened yet? Angry Bear
AI
US tech stocks hit by concerns over future of AI boom Financial Times
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing Fortune
Generative AI isn’t just a matter of life and death. It’s far more important than that The Register
Class Warfare
Productivity growth is not the only source of increases in material well-being for the majority Bill Mitchell
John Deere Announces Hundreds of Layoffs Newsweek (resilc)
New Work Rules Could Deny Food Stamps to Thousands of Veterans Military.com
Idaho’s Liquor Stores: A Case Study in State Ownership and Capitalist Contradictions William Murphy (Micael T)
With Its Former President Gone, Will the Southern Poverty Law Center Return to Its Roots as Genuine Civil Rights Watchdog? CovertAction (Chuck L)
Health Care Groups Aim To Counter Growing ‘National Scandal’ of Elder Homelessness KFF Health News
Antidote du jour. John U: “Brown Agouti, seen in the Peruvian jungle a few months ago.”
And a bonus (Chuck L):
We set this trail camera on a remote wildlife trail near a beaver pond, and here are the highlights from the past year or so!
Notably, we captured many more videos of wolves, bears, deer, snowshoes hares, and more but condensed it here to the best footage captured.
Of course,… pic.twitter.com/7Nys3MiIVi
— Voyageurs Wolf Project (@VoyaWolfProject) August 18, 2025
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
