~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, Seattle Clean Air Collective, Presidential immunity, Susie Wiles, feared political operative and Trump’s right hand person, AI infesting Etsy crochet pattern marketplace ~
Friday, April 26, 2024
Are You Ready to Dive Deep into China’s Intellectual Odyssey?
Celebrated intellectual and historian Wang Hui, author of The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought, discusses the origins and evolution of Chinese values
Mexican Economy Faces Its “With U.S. Or Against U.S.” Moment
“What the US is really interested in is ‘security shoring,’ not nearshoring,” as it begins to place national security concerns above all other considerations in its relationship with China.
Free Speech on the Ropes: Legislation to Revoke Not-for-Profit Status of Organizations that Support Palestine Protests Passes in House
The officialdom has just wheeled out much heavier weaponry in the war against free speech, here targeting not-for-profits.
Book Review: “On the Move” Is a Must-Read Account of U.S. Climate Migration
Climate migration is here, even in rich countries like the US, and set to accelerate.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/25/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, anti-Trump legal cabal revealed, sudden emergence of the Molineux Rule as an issue for Bragg’s prosecution, documents unsealed by Judge Cannon with the loss of a judgeship. ~
Google AI Censorship: Google Reverses Itself Fully on Demonetization Threat After Intervention by Matt Taibbi and Our Demonstration of Pervasive Errors
Hooray! Google fully reversed itself on its AI-generated censorship and demonetization threat. But don’t assume this sort of thing is over.
The Populist Dynamic: Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Countering Populism
Oh noes! Populism is gaining ground! A report on A/B testing of messaging in Italy to defang it.
Grocery Store Consolidation: Manipulating Supply Chains and Manufacturing, for Corporate Influence and Profit . . . Redux
More squeezing of the poors and shrinking middle class sought, via a US grocery store merger creating combined company market share of 22%
‘Does the CIA Still Do That?’
A look at the CIA’s sorry history of propaganda, psyops and assassinations.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/24/2024
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Making the World Safe for KFC: How Development Banks Underwrote Fast Food’s Global Takeover
How the World Bank’s IFC and others development banks supported KFC’s world conquest by backing its factory farms.
