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Black Bears Move Into Abandoned Canada Town Evacuated Due to Wildfires Smithsonian Magazine
Teen Gators Are Getting Into Golf Defector
Nebraska nightmare: New tick biting us, making us allergic to … red meat. Flatwater Free Press
Wildlife and the inescapable impact of road noise High Country News
A biotech company says it put dopamine-making cells into people’s brains MIT Technology Review
Climate/Environment
PA. CRYPTO PLANT WANTS TO BURN TIRES; ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES ASK REGULATOR TO SAY ‘NO’ The Allegheny Front
When Crises Collide: The Looming Threat of Climate Change on Opioid Users Mad In America
Water
The world’s largest dam demolition has begun. Can the dammed Klamath River finally find salvation? Cal Matters
#COVID-19
A: “Sir! Those pesky trackers on Twitter have people thinking about variants again.”
B: “Is anyone taking simple precautions like masking, ventilation, and avoiding crowds?”
A: “No, sir. Of course not.”
B: “Well, we can’t risk it. Launch the op-eds.”https://t.co/o4WMihMTRr
— T. Ryan Gregory (@TRyanGregory) September 2, 2023
Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Patients With Cancer During Different Waves of the Pandemic in the US JAMA Oncology. “Findings of this study suggest that patients with cancer experienced a disparate burden of COVID-19 mortality during the winter Omicron wave; strategies to prevent COVID-19 transmission should remain a high priority as new variants arise.”
CDC Details Multidrug-Resistant TB Outbreak in an Unlikely Spot MedPage Today
Dozens Sickened, Five Killed by Meningococcal Disease Outbreak in Virginia Gizmodo
Burning Man Panic
‘Conserve food and water’: No access in or out of Burning Man after storm SFGATE
From Lambert. The most plausible meme:
Evacuation at LAX due to suspected private jet from Burning Man being quarantined on the tarmac pic.twitter.com/9VbugOKF3A
— DEEP (@tracker_deep) September 3, 2023
The most on-point meme:
CDC response to the rumors of an Ebola outbreak at Burning Man pic.twitter.com/dr02dREq9w
— Collapse Talk (@CollapseTalkPod) September 3, 2023
No, There’s Not An Ebola Outbreak At Burning Man Forbes
Was the panic organic?
No, There’s Not An Ebola Outbreak At Burning Man -Forbeshttps://t.co/9kjl02d72d
Accounts spreading it:https://t.co/kng5xyxyPdhttps://t.co/cAcCeMfqKPhttps://t.co/lU6PxYBPo1
AI generated pics. pic.twitter.com/dn8yGrTxjn
— Trav (@BonusFact) September 3, 2023
Was it Putin’s fault?
Putler has flooded Burning Man after they made a burnt offering to Ukraine!
Open wide, o heavens, and pour forth the great reservoir of wrath, set aside for the day of vengeance! https://t.co/lSF1rOvt0P
— Big Serge ☦️🇺🇸🇷🇺 (@witte_sergei) September 2, 2023
India
India launches Aditya-L1 solar observatory, its 1st-ever sun probe Space.com
Rahul Gandhi Accuses PM Narendra Modi of Preventing a Probe Into Adani Group The Wire
China?
China’s Xi Jinping vows to open service sector to boost cross-border trade and investment South China Morning Post
Country Garden woes: What we know about the temporary reprieve and broader risks Channel News Asia
A Decade Down the Belt and Road The Diplomat
Niger
Protesters take to streets in Niger demanding withdrawal of French troops WION
CIA Still Refuses to Declassify Documents Exposing Its Responsibility for the Betrayal, Arrest and 27-Year Imprisonment of Nelson Mandela Covert Action Magazine
European Disunion
Italian ex-premier says French missile downed an airliner in 1980 by accident in bid to kill Gadhafi AP
Italy Factories Start to Cut Workers After Worsened GDP Drop Bloomberg
New Not-So-Cold War
So will the Maidan-Azov-NATO crowd now celebrate the coming poisoning of Ukraine’s famed black soil? The uranium poisoning will last a long time! This is a true tragedy!
“Although it is only 60 percent as radioactive as natural uranium, depleted uranium is still chemically and… https://t.co/vC0oHIaqmH
— Jeffrey Kaye (@jeff_kaye) September 2, 2023
Myths and Realities of the Russian/NATO NCO Systems Simplicius the Thinker
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Zelensky’s presidential sponsor accused of money laundering, fraud Al Mayadeen
#Zelensky states he will cleanse the country of those that make #Ukraine weaker. pic.twitter.com/pctAZj5Q6A
— Arthur Morgan (@ArthurM40330824) September 2, 2023
Nobel Foundation withdraws invitation to Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend ceremonies Associated Press
Are 500,000 dead and wounded in Ukraine enough? Apparently not. Douglas MacKinnon, The Hill
Ukraine cannot win against Russia now, but victory by 2025 is possible Financial Times
A sudden inflation of articles advocating for a deal with Russia indicates that the Russian authorities are aware of the difficult situation on the frontline and they seek to freeze the conflict in order to secure the territorial gains. Time to double down on support for Ukraine!
— Daniel Szeligowski (@dszeligowski) August 31, 2023
Ukraine’s substandard medical supplies endangering soldiers as war intensifies, volunteers warn The Globe and Mail
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Reading Clausewitz, Thinking about War The Postil Magazine
Nagorno-Karabakh president quits as breakaway territory’s crisis deepens bne Intellinews
South of the Border
Ecuador Votes to Keep Yasuní Oil in the Ground in Historic Referendum nacla
Ecuador Overwhelmed by Car Bombs and Prison Riots Telesur
Syraqistan
‘It’s like 1948’: Israel cleanses vast West Bank region of nearly all Palestinians +972 Magazine
Imperial Collapse Watch
Is the expanded BRICS truly a new international institution or just the Nonaligned Bloc 2.0? Gilbert Doctorow
What Happened to the UN’s Ability to Mediate? Consortium News
B-a-a-a-a-d Banks
Ex-Wells Fargo Exec Deserves Prison in Accounts Scandal, US Says Bloomberg
2024
Trump has 46-point lead over DeSantis as most GOP voters see indictments as ‘politically motivated’: poll Washington Examiner
Realignment and Legitimacy
Senility Pays, If Everyone Else is Gaga Too Andrew Cockburn, Spoils of War
GOP Clown Car
Pillen’s Rise: After building pork empire, Nebraska’s governor stands at intersection of state and ag power Flatwater Free Press
Healthcare
How Eugenics Shaped the U.S. Prenatal Care System Sapiens
Our Famously Free Press
Gannett Stops Using AI To Write Articles For Now Because They Were Hilariously Terrible Techdirt
AI
Sourcegraph website breached using leaked admin access token Bleeping Computer
Sports Desk
Volleyball Day in Nebraska sets world record for attendance at a women’s sporting event Lincoln Journal Star
Supply Chain
The Green Great Game Is This Century’s Space Race The Diplomat
China reveals grand vision for space resource utilization Interesting Engineering
Angry Philippine islanders are trying to stop the great nickel rush Rest of World
Class Warfare
SAG-AFTRA’s Video Game Workers Are Voting on a Strike Mother Jones
As more Californians allege on-the-job violations, labor groups say bosses retaliate Cal Matters
SF Uses Events, Construction Projects to Clear Streets Ahead of Pacific Rim Economic Summit, Other Gatherings San Francisco Public Press
A COURTROOM DRAMA ABOUT FEEDING UNHOUSED HOUSTONIANS Texas Observer
The Bezzle
Silicon Valley Elites Show Off Renderings of Exclusive New City They Want to Build in the Bay Area Gizmodo
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