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Fossil egg evaluation in China provides to debate of what could have triggered dinosaurs’ demise CNN
You’re not good at this. The Reformed Dealer. Of the Fed.
The Nice Bond Bubble Is ‘Poof, Gone’ in Worst 12 months Since 1949 Bloomberg
Buyers pile into insurance coverage towards additional market sell-offs FT
SPAC King Palihapitiya Shutters Two SPACs as Deal Hunt Fails Bloomberg
They Had been Entitled to Free Care. Hospitals Hounded Them to Pay. NYT. The extraordinarily wussy deck: “With the assistance of a consulting agency, the Windfall hospital system educated employees to wring cash out of sufferers, even these eligible totally free care.” The “consulting agency” was — maintain onto your hats, right here, of us — McKinsey. Commentary:
this story is an enraging assortment of horrors, however from knowledgeable standpoint, i write/design coaching for a residing, and if in case you have my talent set, engaged on this sort of a venture is a alternative that tells me what sort of individual you’re. https://t.co/rSWd8UtiZ9 pic.twitter.com/nGxyXU3vRj
— GONELIKEHELLMACHINE (@golikehellmachi) September 24, 2022
This goes for lots of initiatives. For instance, this one–
The MiDAS Contact: Atuahene’s “Stategraft” and the Implications of Unregulated Synthetic Intelligence UNM Faculty of Legislation Analysis Paper No. 2022-21. From the Summary:
[W]hen state brokers have engaged in practices of transferring property from individuals to the state in violation of the state’s personal legal guidelines or fundamental human rights, it sits on the intersection of unlawful conduct that generates public revenue. Though these measures may be quantified in lots of different examples of state corruption, the criminality of state apply goes undetected and is compounded when the state makes use of synthetic intelligence to illegally extract assets from individuals. This essay will apply stategraft to an algorithm carried out in Michigan that falsely accused unemployment profit recipients of fraud and illegally took their assets.
The software program, the Michigan Built-in Knowledge Automated System (“MiDAS”), was purported to detect unemployment fraud and robotically cost individuals with misrepresentation. The company erroneously charged over 37,000 individuals, taking their tax refunds and garnishing wages. It might take years for the state to repay the individuals and it was usually after disastrous fallout had occurred as a result of years of attempting to clear their file and reclaim their cash.
Local weather
Restricted local weather change mitigation potential by forestation of the huge dryland areas Science
US installs file photo voltaic capability as costs preserve falling Ars Technica
The US needs to turn out to be a hydrogen manufacturing powerhouse The Verge (Re Silc).
Historic Indian Caves Maintain a Report of Historic Droughts throughout Asia The Swaddle
#COVID19
Pfizer’s chief govt exams optimistic for COVID-19 for second time in two months Sky Information. The injury is cumulative…
Covid Nonetheless Kills, however the Demographics of Its Victims Are Shifting KHN
WHO warns skill to determine new Covid variants is diminishing as testing declines CNBC
China?
Former adviser sees affect by Chinese language President Xi Jinping in Putin’s latest choices Deutsche Welle
Syraqistan
The Most Stinging Resignation Letter Ever Written The Atlantic
Mahsa Amini’s Loss of life Spurs Iranian Ladies to Reduce Their Hair, Burn Hijabs in Protest Teen Vogue. Thinly sourced, aside from influencers.
Expensive Previous Blighty
Buyers warn Kwarteng that fiscal plan threatens markets’ confidence in UK FT. However:
Liz Truss’ supporters working hedge funds have used the response to Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini price range as a chance to revenue from #ShortingThePound. Catastrophe capitalism in motion. https://t.co/HplIr8dZv1
— Snigdha (@snigskitchen) September 25, 2022
How an obscure intellligence-linked social gathering fastened a second Brexit referendum and torpedoed Corbyn The Grey Zone
New Not-So-Chilly Struggle
Holding Floor, Dropping Struggle Douglas Macgregor, The American Conservative (RS). Six-day forecast for European climate:
No snow but, if that issues.
Prospects for guaranteeing the army marketing campaign of 2023: the Ukrainian view (translation) Occasions in Ukraine. Unique. Authors: Valery Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Basic, member of the Nationwide Safety and Protection Council of Ukraine, Mykhailo Zabrodsky, First Deputy Chairman of the the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Nationwide Safety, Protection and Intelligence.
Peace in Ukraine or U.S. Hegemony? America Should Resolve The Nationwide Curiosity
* * * Historic Context Of The Referenda In Ukraine Moon of Alabama
Why Ukraine referendum is an enormous deal Indian Punchline
* * * Putin’s Power Struggle Is Crushing Europe International Coverage
How struggle in Ukraine resembles previous battle in Yugoslavia Asia Occasions
Biden Administration
The Antitrust Capturing Struggle Has Began Matt Stoller, BIG. Essential.
We don’t have 100 biases, we now have the flawed mannequin Works in Progress. Behavioral economics.
2024
The seven Democrats most definitely to run for president — if Biden bows out The Hill. Harris, Buttigieg, Whitmer, Newsom, Warren, Sanders, AOC. Sure, Pharoah Sanders ought to run, however sadly it’s too late.
The Memo: Unease about Trump’s authorized woes spreads by GOP The Hill
2020 Put up Mortem
Georgia voting tools breach at middle of tangled story AP
How quickly we neglect:
220,000 deaths.
For those who hear nothing else I say tonight, hear this: Anybody who’s answerable for that many deaths mustn’t stay President of the USA.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 23, 2020
RussiaGate
Durham insists Danchenko lies about ‘pee tape’ sourcing be proof at trial Washington Examiner
Healthcare
State workers gear up for battle over cost-cutting Medicare Benefit plans VT Digger (MR). By “cost-cutting” we imply “privatized.” From the article: “Clarke Collins, deputy director of advantages and wellness for the state’s Division of Human Assets, mentioned that … he believed that these explicit plans would obtain the identical stage of oversight from the state’s Division of Monetary Regulation as is supplied with retirees’ present plans” [nods vigorously].
Our Famously FreePress
Authorized Journalism Is Damaged Balls and Strikes
Provide Chain
Shipowner responsible, claims business plaintiffs in newest Ever Given court docket case The Loadstar
Zeitgeist Watch
Guardians, eh?
Situations in Cleveland’s Cuyahoga County Jail are so horrific that at one level a choose refused to ship individuals there, releasing everybody charged with crimes with out bail.
Wardens and guards have been criminally prosecuted for beating and killing individuals. Laborious to see the humor. https://t.co/YwYxE7xomt
— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) September 24, 2022
There’s loads of individuals I’d wish to see in orange jumpsuits, no baseball gamers amongst them.
Realignment and Legitimacy
The rise and fall of the Oath Keepers, born in Las Vegas Las Vegas Evaluate-Journal
Consultants See Draw back for Democracy in Patagonia Sale The Power Combine
Imperial Collapse Watch
Grover Cleveland: One of many nice anti-imperialist presidents Accountable Statecraft (Re Silc).
Class Warfare
Class Warfare Grinds On Counterpunch
Buckle up, America: The Fed plans to sharply increase unemployment CBS
What Canada’s Largest Artwork Heist Reveals in regards to the Artwork World’s Shady Facet The Walrus
This artist is dominating AI-generated artwork. And he’s not blissful about it. MIT Expertise Evaluate
Did Neanderthals Make Artwork? Sapiens
In Memoriam: Pharoah Sanders, 1940-2022 Downbeat. Musical interlude:
Antidote du jour (through):
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
