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Ohio man who suffered 20,000 bee-stings expected to recover, family says The Guardian (Resilc)
The Summer Everyone Saw the Sharks Slate (Resilc)
Investigators, Citing Looting, Have Seized 27 Antiquities From the Met NYT
Book banning in U.S. schools has reached an all-time high: What this means, and how we got here Grid (Resilc)
The Battle for ‘Cop City’ Rolling Stone (TH)
The Search for Scientific Proof for Premonitions The New Republic
#COVID-19
CanSino’s inhaled Covid-19 vaccine gets emergency use approval in China Bangkok Post
Covid app that detects virus in your voice ‘more accurate than lateral flow tests’ The Telegraph
Climate/Environment
U.S. Solar Bottlenecks Are Causing A Resurgence In Coal OilPrice (Resilc)
China?
How to make EVs without China’s supply chain Asia Times (Resilc)
The US shoots itself in the foot with sanctions against Chinese PV products: industry insider Global Times
China’s Visa Alternative Cuts Off Russian Banks Over Sanctions – RBC Moscow Times
Tiny Tuvalu to ‘stand firm’ with Taiwan as Pacific competition hots up Reuters
Myanmar
Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing to visit Russia Mizzima
Sri Lanka
IMF chief pleased that Sri Lanka reached staff-level deal for $2.9 billion Business Standard
India
Spotting the Truth and the Hype About INS Vikrant’s Domestic Sourcing of Material The Wire
India’s Electric Vehicle Push Is Riding on Mopeds and Rickshaws NYT (Resilc)
In Affidavit, Former RSS Worker Claims Top Right Wing Leaders Involved in Nanded Blast The Wire
Syraqistan
Iraq PM hosts US delegation for talks in Baghdad
Four sides benefit from unstable Iraq Tehran Times
Türkiye hosts Libya’s rival prime ministers on same dates Daily Sabah
Old Blighty
Liz Truss warns against predictions of an ‘Armageddon scenario’ and tells Laura Kuenssberg that Britain has the right ‘spirit’ to get through energy crisis – while promising ‘immediate’ action to help if she becomes Tory leader TOMORROW Daily Mail (Resilc)
my current energy bill for my tiny 22 cover restaurant is £2,928 a year. This is my new quote. Unsure what to actually do next but as a business that cost would now be more than I pay in rent and more than I take some months. I simply don’t have the money for this. pic.twitter.com/D8zPbOBNQI
— James Allcock (@jrmallcock) September 2, 2022
New Not-So-Cold War
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant partly goes offline amid fighting CBS
Zelensky says Russia is using ‘nuclear weapon’ by occupying Zaporizhzhia The Hill
Keeping What Matters In Focus. Reminiscence of the Future (ctlieee)
Moment of truth in the Ukraine war Indian Punchline
Ukraine War Day #192: Back To School! Awful Avalanche (guurst)
Lavrov warns Moldova about threats to peacekeepers AP
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev says West is playing ‘chess game with death’ The National
Ukraine PM meets German Chancellor Scholz seeking more military support DW
🧵Thread 🧵
How to end the war in Ukraine.
Germany can end the war in Ukraine single-handedly. The US cannot afford a proxy war with Russia if Germany backs out of sanctions against Russia. Let’s be honest: Russia is not a threat to Germany. It wants good relations with Europe.
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) September 3, 2022
* * * China Is Quietly Reselling Its Excess Russian LNG To Europe OilPrice (KS)
Russia’s Sberbank to sell off sanctions-hit Swiss subsidiary ABC
Italy’s Salvini says West should rethink sanctions for Russia Politico
EU states bordering Russia searching for ways to halt tourist entry ERR
Steel mill applies for reduced working hours due to energy costs Swissinfo
Will the energy crisis spell the end for German bakeries? DW
🇩🇪📈🔌💰💥The energy bill for a bakery in Germany.
From 721 euros to 2588 euros,per month…But Annalena Baerbock is worried about supplying money and weapons to Ukraine,not about this👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/0I4VLM21qD
— AZ 🛰🌏🌍🌎 (@AZmilitary1) September 4, 2022
* * * Why Gorbachev Was One of the Greatest Failures in History CounterPunch (Resilc)
Chileans reject new, progressive constitution NPR
Imperial Collapse Watch
Airmen brace for special duty pay cut in 2023 Military Times
Trump Raid
Trump calls Biden ‘an enemy of the state’ The Hill
GOP Clown Car
How a Record Cash Haul Vanished for Senate Republicans NYT (furzy)
Abortion
The VA says it will provide abortions in some cases even in states where it’s banned NPR
Study raises red flags about corporatization of health care, OHSU investigator says OHSU
The Bezzle
Crypto real estate: the property market built on digital assets FT
Nobel laureate Paul Krugman has slammed bitcoin as pointless, wasteful, and in large part a Ponzi scheme. Here are the economist’s 12 best quotes about crypto over the past decade. Insider (Resilc)
Hackers Compromise The Youtube Channel of The South Korean Government To Promote a Crypto Scam CryptoPotato
Supply Chain/Inflation
Germany’s government agrees on €65 billion relief package amid soaring energy prices DW
World food prices drop for fifth consecutive month: FAO UN News
Class Warfare
New York City sues Starbucks for firing union-organizing barista The Guardian (Resilc)
Qatar deports workers who protested against unpaid salaries Middle East Eye
Trader Joe’s broke labor laws in effort to stop stores unionizing, workers say The Guardian (Resilc)
Antidote du jour (via):
And a bonus:
This fish loves to cuddle.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/PTjU1IzuA7
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) September 3, 2022
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
