Meet the NYC lute player serenading the Shakespeare in the Park line since 1976 Gothamist
Common Words That Are Pronounced Differently in Various Parts of the United States Laughing Squid (rwsilc)
The Pill That Women Are Taking for Everything From Speeches to First Dates Wall Street Journal (resilc)
#COVID-19/Pandemics
A new review shows that COVID infection can damage the kidneys, leading to acute injury and raising the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Patients with existing CKD are especially vulnerable, facing higher risks of severe infection and LongCOVID complications. 1/ pic.twitter.com/2i8FTvHpsc
— Vipin M. Vashishtha (@vipintukur) September 8, 2025
I have a sneaking suspicion that Novavax is a non-starter:
Updated COVID vaccine availability map 9/9
Most difficult states to get a shot, which require prescriptions & have no MinuteClinics: ME, OR, UT, WV
These states require prescriptions but have MinuteClinics: AZ, DC, FL, GA, LA, NC, VA
All other states, no prescription needed pic.twitter.com/3O9XyFWxdH
— Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran) September 9, 2025
Climate/Environment
EXCEPTIONAL WARMTH IN SCANDINAVIA
More records today in FINLAND with a Minimum of 16.5C at Kuopio Savilahti.
Temperatures will rise again specially in the Baltic countries and many more records will be broken in the next 2 days. https://t.co/ZmlhsBdlb4
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) September 9, 2025
Climate change threatens major oxygen-producing bacteria Natural History Museum
Floods could hit England while country is still in drought, forecasters say Guardian
‘Intense’ monsoon rain, flooding continue to engulf Pakistan’s Punjab Aljazeers
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/8/intense-monsoon-rain-flooding-continue-to-engulf-pakistans-punjab
Gunsan’s 152.2 mm ‘waterfall rain’ breaks national record Chosun
Africa bears the heaviest burden of global wildfires Nation
As world gets hotter, Americans are turning to more sugar, study finds Independent
China?
US Tech Companies Enabled the Surveillance and Detention of Hundreds of Thousands in China Military.com
Approving China embassy would be unlawful, UK government told BBC
Koreas
What we learned about North Korea at the summit in Beijing The Conversation (Kevin W)
US Raid Disrupts Construction at Multiple Korean Battery Plants Bloomberg
1/ S. Korea’s entire media establishment across political spectrum has united in unprecedented editorial consensus expressing profound betrayal, outrage, national humiliation, and fundamental breach of US-ROK alliance re: mass arrest of Korean workers at Hyundai’s Georgia plant. https://t.co/Tgywza18tb
— Raphael Rashid (@koryodynasty) September 8, 2025
India
Rupee faces tug-of-war at open as Trump mixes tariff threats with trade talks Reuters. See below on Trump trying to get EU to impose secondary sanctions on India.
Nepal
Nepal’s parliament set on fire after PM resigns over anti-corruption protests BBC
The US Might Try To Manipulate Nepal Into Weaponizing Its Revived Border Dispute With India Andrew Korybko
South of the Border
War With Venezuela? Ken Klippenstein
Colombia not to allow use of its territory for invasion of Venezuela: President Petro Anadolu Agency
European Disunion
Trump presses European Union to impose 100% tariffs on India and China to pressure Putin CNBC. The cost of being a vassal keeps rising…
Europe’s population crisis: see how your country compares – visualised Guardian. resilc: “2100? With climate change this is all wack.”
Macron appoints Sébastien Lecornu as France’s prime minister Le Monde
France faces ‘Block Everything’ shutdown as new PM Lecornu takes office France24
Which way forward for the working class after the fall of the French government? WSWS
Macron’s Grand Illusion American Conservative
7 million for empty rooms in private accommodation – at the same time Krokom backs down: “Feeling bad” Arbetet via machine translation (Micael T)
Old Blighty
Margaret Thatcher’s erotic power Unherd. Is this men who like being spanked?
Israel v. the Resistance
This is becoming a Trump signature move – the same modus operandi he used with Iran, now deployed against Hamas: pretending he wanted to engage in diplomacy as a trap to facilitate bombing them.
Which reinforces the precedent: engaging in diplomacy with the US is now worse than… https://t.co/6c9dHFZ576
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) September 9, 2025
With Doha Strike, Israel Signals a Strategic Shift and an Indifference to Consequences Haaretz
Israel has literally blown up the Gaza ceasefire negotiations while opening another front in its war ABC Australia (Kevin W)
Israel’s attack on Qatar eviscerates promise of US security umbrella for Gulf Middle East Eye (Kevin W)
UN Security Council to discuss Israel’s strike on Qatar on September 10 TASS
Inside Israel’s Audacious Airstrike on Hamas Leaders in Qatar, a U.S. Ally Wall Street Journal. “Audacious”. Kill me now.
lmao https://t.co/on5V1JboqZ
— Russians With Attitude (@RWApodcast) September 9, 2025
Ritter’s Rant 050: Perfidy Scott Ritter
After bombing, time to demystify the ‘Qatar lobby’ Responsible Statecraft
* * * Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites BBC
Huckabee: ‘The US has never asked Israel to not apply sovereignty’ to the West Bank Times of Israel (resilc)
HE IS FUCKING ANNOUNCING ON TWITTER THAT HE GAVE THE ORDERS TO COMMIT WAR CRIMES!!! https://t.co/OThDADzQS1
— B.M. (@ireallyhateyou) September 9, 2025
Global Sumud Flotilla reports 2nd drone attack on vessel Anadolu Agency
Hasbara, the global Zionist machine to deny the Palestinian genocide Rebelion via machine translation
Israeli army refusers defy harsher backlash to protest genocide +972
New Not-So-Cold War
Poland shoots down Russian drones Financial Times. Lead story. Please see our post. It’s a bit more current on the news-y parts.
Zelensky demands punishment for Russia over drones over Poland Vyzglad via machine translation. Nothing from the Russian side as of when I grabbed this translation, meaning TASS, RT or Sputnik. Ditto on Twitter (tweets on this thin but did include some shots of the purported Russian drones).
Finally closer to launch time, some additional info:
🇷🇺🇧🇾🇵🇱 DRONES DRIFTED OFF COURSE DUE TO ELECTRONIC WARFARE.
Poland and Belarus cooperated and exchanged information about drones that went off course into their territory!
Official statement from the Belarusian Ministry of Defense regarding the air defense operations last… pic.twitter.com/RVWpJDd1pp
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) September 10, 2025
* * * White House Silence, Lawmakers’ Outcry as Russia Tests Poland’s Resolve Kyiv Post
The Slavyansk pincers Events in Ukraine
NYT Pushes Another Scare Report About Nuclear Sites In Ukraine Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)
Trump May Hold Talks With Putin This Week or Next Sputnik
Imperial Collapse Watch
Failing to Learn from Catastrophe Daniel Larison
The school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing NPR (resilc)
Trump 2.0
Fired CDC Director Susan Monarez to testify to Senate panel The Hill. Keeping pressure on RFK, Jr.
The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security ProPublica (Robin K)
Trump asks Supreme Court to let it cut billions in foreign aid Aljazeera (Kevin W)
Fed
Judge blocks Trump’s bid to fire Lisa Cook from Federal Reserve board Politico
Immigration
“Material Support” and an Ohio Chaplain: How 9/11-Era Terror Rules Could Empower Trump’s Immigration Crackdown ProPublica
These Immigrants Became Immigration Court Judges. Trump Just Laid Them Off THE CITY
ICE raid in Rochester stymied as 2 workers evade arrest, 200 residents protest Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
L’affaire Epstein
What we know about Trump’s relationship with Epstein Axios
Democrats en deshabille
‘A full-on base revolt’: Why this shutdown threat is different Washington Post
Supremes
Supreme Court’s scant explanations in Trump emergency cases draw friction The Hill
Economy
Job growth revised down by 911,000 through March, signaling economy on shakier footing than realized CNBC
Stories of Homeowners Hit by Fallout from the Housing Bubble & 3% Mortgages Replace Breathless Media Hype of Bidding Wars Wolf Richter
AI
Dr Bob decodes DS Julian Macfarlane
The women in love with AI companions: ‘I vowed to my chatbot that I wouldn’t leave him’ Guardian. Paul R: “Even scarier than the Snapewives if that means anything to you.”
Judge skewers $1.5B Anthropic settlement with authors in pirated books case over AI training Associated Press (Kevin W)
The Fever Dream of Imminent Superintelligence Is Finally Breaking New York Times (resilc)
Guillotine Watch
America’s most luxurious grocery store to open in New York City… with five-figure entry fee Daily Mail (resilc)
Class Warfare
Socialism or Barbarism: Building a Program for Mass Reeducation in the United States William Murphy
Report shows top 400 richest Americans now taxed less than general population PhysOrg (Dr. Kevin)
Antidote du jour (via):
And a bonus (Chuck L):
Full flaps, gear down, flare. Butter landing. pic.twitter.com/sG1IgHyiVD
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) September 8, 2025
A second bonus:
The only problem i want in my life😂💓🥹 pic.twitter.com/0rAyfw1Mjm
— Why you should have a cat (@ShouldHaveCat) September 9, 2025
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
