Links 8/10/2020
Wildlife forensics: how a giant pangolin named Ghost could help save the species Guardian (furzy)
Italian valley still in ‘red zone’ as Mont Blanc glacier threatens collapse Phys.org (chuck l)
Brent Scowcroft RIP: He Risked A Friend To Reject The Iraq War American Conservative
How falling solar costs have renewed clean hydrogen hopes MIT Technology Review
ATOMIC BOMBINGS AT 75: My Father Was to Invade Japan; He Did Not Feel Saved By the Bomb Consortium News
Opposition in Belarus says Lukashenko’s re-election win is illegitimate Reuters
#COVID-19
NURSING HOME MAGNATE COZIED UP TO TRUMP AS DEATHS ROSE IN HIS FACILITIES Intercept (MCC)
HS that suspended teen who tweeted photo of hallway has 9 COVID-19 cases Ars Technica
Pharma is showering Congress with cash, even as drug makers race to fight the coronavirus Stat
Banks braced as pandemic poses biggest test since financial crisis FT
US tops 5 million confirmed virus cases, to Europe’s alarm AP
School year like no other launches with chaos coast to coast Houston Chronicle
Coronavirus data failures add to California’s struggle to deal with pandemic LA Times
At sunny Saint-Tropez, the party crowd brings champagne — and the coronavirus WaPo
Woman Goes To Get Her Nails Done Just 2 Days After Testing Positive For Coronavirus Bored Panda
Science/Medicine
Cutting Corners in the Race for a Vaccine Der Spiegel
Explainer: What is antigen testing? And why are Indians states using it more and more? Scroll
Climate change and COVID-19: reinforcing Indigenous food systems The Lancet
Trump Transition
Trump says adding his face to Mount Rushmore ‘sounds like a good idea’ NY Post
How Pro-Trump Forces Work the Refs in Silicon Valley NYT
With latest executive orders, Trump gets approval from his golf club crowd Politico
Trump, US face pivotal UN vote on Iran The Hill
EPA to Rescind Methane Regulations for Oil and Gas WSJ. Because of the timing, this action won’t survive a potential Congressional Review Act challenge, if the Democrats capture both the White House and both houses of Congress.
Class Warfare
Apple refuses to allow major gaming apps from Microsoft, Google, and Facebook onto the App Store, and the fight just went public Busines Insider
Apple imported clothes from Xinjiang firm facing US forced labour sanctions Guardian
Barack and Michelle Obama’s family home has an incredible rooftop terrace – see inside Hello! Chuffed to see they are comfortable and enjoying themselves.
Warren Buffett: America’s Folksiest Predator by @matthewstoller https://t.co/FId1MXRT0R pic.twitter.com/XpBuswTseP
— Cathy Reisenwitz 🏗🌐🥑 (@CathyReisenwitz) August 10, 2020
America in Flames
Portland officials declare riot, force protestors away after police union office set on fire https://t.co/6CdWNcta0Y pic.twitter.com/aYKuYcCl6f
— The Hill (@thehill) August 10, 2020
US Postal Service
Could USPS Leadership Overhaul Be Part of Trump’s Push to Impair Mail-in Voting?
Texas NPR on the USPS. With a postal union rep, a lobbyist (Arthur Sackler—Coalition for a Twenty First Century Postal Service), and a historian. Postal banking, mail-in balloting — and Benjamin Franklin — overrated as PMG — according to the historian. https://t.co/OPZILSjw7s
— Richard R. John (@RrjohnR) August 8, 2020
Waste Watch
Credit system designed to boost plastics recovery launching in 2021 Waste Dive
This is fantastic. We need these in every port.
pic.twitter.com/i25iC9tShY— Nature & Animals 🌴 (@AnimalsWorId) August 7, 2020
2020
Election Fears Begin to Spread Capital & Main
Biden’s Ukrainegate Problem Counterpunch
ARE FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PREPARED FOR A TRUMP ELECTION MELTDOWN? Vanity Fair
China?
China imposes sanctions on U.S. lawmakers over Hong Kong Reuters
‘China sympathisers’: a new Red Scare stalks Australian businesses SCMP
Iran’s Pact With China Is Bad News for the West Foreign Policy
Tech, Financial Firms Eye Ways to Save TikTok’s U.S. Operations From Ban WSJ
India
Panel of US Firms to Push Back Against India’s Regulation of Non-Personal Data The Wire
Manmohan Singh’s ‘three steps’ to stem India’s economic crisis BBC
US, India in a tentative anti-China embrace Asia Times
Syraqistan
The statesman John Hume and lessons over the Middle East Independent. Robert Fisk.
Beirut police fire tear gas as protesters regroup: Live updates Al Jazeera
Who profits from the Beirut blast? Asia Times.Pepe Escobar.
Lebanon, a state in freefall thanks to corrupt governance Qantara
Headline of the day. https://t.co/i2DAmakJtW
— Mark Curtis (@markcurtis30) August 9, 2020
How do we end this genocidal war on #Yemen?
Our people are being starved & killed by airstrikes, lack of medicine/water — yet, the US seems relentless in its support to Saudi & UAE (logistics, weapons, training, targeting, etc.)
I don’t know what else to do and I need your help
— Shireen Al-Adeimi (@shireen818) August 8, 2020
Antidote du Jour (via):
And a bonus video:
This beautiful peacock showing off 🦚 pic.twitter.com/1ymaG0u2tk
— Nature & Animals 🌴 (@AnimalsWorId) August 9, 2020
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
