Links 8/20/2025 | naked capitalism

🚨🚨SOME DECENT REPORTING AT LAST!!!

‘“There has definitely been a change in the character of the immune response since 2019,” says Tim Henrich, immunologist and senior author of the study. “It’s certainly impacting our immune health, and probably our overall health as well.”’ pic.twitter.com/21SrMYatpo

— Cat (Solidarit1) (@CovidSolidarit1) August 19, 2025

Climate/Environment

A tool to display future heatwaves!

You liked 2003, 2022, 2025? 🥵You will love what is coming next! 🙃📈

By 2050, heatwaves will last >1 month with ave temp >2003!

Visualisation based on TRACC and merger of two graphs from Météo-Francehttps://t.co/TBEzT7k0tF

Via G. Meunier pic.twitter.com/GNordKBgz6

— Melaine Le Roy (@subfossilguy) August 19, 2025

How surging summer humidity is making nights hotter Washington Post

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN SOUTH AMERICA WINTER

After max. temperatures up to 39.8C in Bolivia and 39.0C in Paraguay,MINIMUMS were unbelievably high today

Min 27.5 Mayor Pablo Lagerenza PARAGUAYMin 26.2 San Jose BOLIVIA

These temperatures are above the averages of the hot season https://t.co/ScZ6mONAcV

— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) August 19, 2025

Paris Braces for a Future of Possibly Paralyzing Heat New York Times

Four years after war ended, Afghanistan battles unprecedented water crisis Turkiye Today

Pakistani villagers scared to go back to deluged homes after floods kill over 340 Reuters

Fire Season Is Starting Earlier Thanks to Climate Change, New Study Finds Independent

North Pacific waters are acidifying more rapidly below the surface Eurekalert

New evidence of chlorpyrifos harm to kids’ brains amid regulatory retreat The New Lede

China?

China-India talks: Narendra Modi praises ‘stable, predictable, constructive ties’ South China Morning Post. While you were busy watching the Trump show….

Trump’s trade policies are helping India-China ties — but they aren’t resetting them CNBC

China Scoops Up Russian Crude Amid U.S. Pressure on India OilPrice

Why Bees Are Dying In US But Thriving In China Gravitas

Commentary: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is building warships his grandfather never could – but to what end? Channel News Asia

Old Blighty

How Can England Possibly Be Running Out of Water? Guardian

Israel v. The Resistance

You won’t understand how completely sinister the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s operation is until you listen to Anthony Aguilar lay out its “Phase 3” plan https://t.co/DQfJ0HFsRr

— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) August 19, 2025

The largest neighborhood in Gaza is being razed to the ground. https://t.co/UuDrdSeS7o

— Nicola Perugini (@PeruginiNic) August 20, 2025

Exclusive: Powerful Libyan official in talks with Israel to resettle Palestinians from Gaza Middle East Eye

Trump calls Netanyahu a ‘war hero’ despite ICC arrest warrant over war crimes in Gaza Anadolu Agency

‘Strength not measured by how many people you can blow up,’ Tony Burke says as row with Netanyahu escalates Guardian

“How to be a Jew after the ethnic cleansing of Palestine”….‼️

-Mark Braverman

SO POWERFUL AND TRUE. pic.twitter.com/C5sfcZNnxw

— Earth Hippy 🌎🕊️💚 (@hippyygoat) August 18, 2025

Yesterday we had a fascinating tour of the ICC, in The Hague, with the opportunity to speak with some senior people there.

The main reflection I get from the visit is that this place is a fascinating – yet tragic – illustration of the paradox between our ability to… pic.twitter.com/IwC8oDZvHq

— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) August 19, 2025

Shadow armies: UAE’s covert wars in Sudan, Yemen, and Gaza The Cradle

New Not-So-Cold War

Trump Breaks Europe Over His Knee: Unprecedented Optics of White House ‘Losers’ Gathering’ Simplicius

Ukraine – Trump Continues To Humiliate Europe Moon of Alabama

RAY McGOVERN: Trump & the Seven Dwarfs Consortium News

John Helmer: Trump Ditches Ceasefire? Despite EU & Zelensky Pressure Dialogue Works, YouTube. Important. Helmer stresses bad faith behavior, particularly with the security guarantees talk, and Russian anger at Trump trying to play them. Juicy bits about how the Russians bribed Hillary Clinton and found she didn’t deliver.

Rubio to lead Ukraine security guarantees talks, with Trump promising air support Axios. Hard to see how Europeans lost bigly despite sour faces with US backing “security guarantees” of a form Russia has vigorously rejected.

The War Was The Easy Bit Aurelien

Trump Still Fails to Understand Russia’s Fundamental Reason for the Special Military Operation, But He is Trying Larry Johnson

Trump makes deeply personal confession about brokering Russia-Ukraine peace deal Daily Mail (Li). Hoo boy.

Commentary by Aide to the President of Russia Yury Ushakov following a telephone conversation between Vladimir Putin and President of the United States Donald Trump Kremlin

US ICE deletes posts about deporting Ukrainians RT (Kevin W)

Big Brother Is Watching You Watch

Inbox Question: What good is hope in a digital prison? Libre Solutions (Micael T)

New Nationwide Campaign Seeks to Stop Warrantless Use of License Plate Reader Cameras Institute for Justice (Paul R). Yes!

US Spy Chief Gabbard Says UK Agreed To Drop ‘Backdoor’ Mandate for Apple Reuters

Eavesdropping on Phone Conversations Through Vibrations Bruce Schneier

Trump 2.0

The Cartel War Is About to Start Daniel Larison

RFK Jr. attacks pediatricians’ group over vaccine recommendations Politico

Immigration

“Research shows that there is no correlation between public opposition to immigration and actual immigration levels.” Read @akoustov on what drives the backlash to immigration:https://t.co/jATzN9xsSA

— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) August 20, 2025

Russiagate

Nearly a Decade Later, the Unmasking Scandal Comes Full Circle Matt Taibbi

Democrats en déshabillé

Gavin Newsom warms to Big Oil in climate reversal CalMatters (Paul R)

Economy

Investors warn of ‘new era of fiscal dominance’ in global markets Financial Times

Powell’s Last Stand at Jackson Hole Bloomberg

The Number of Housing Units Under Construction Continues to Crash Michael Shedlock

Housing remains recessionary. Why hasn’t one happened yet? Angry Bear

AI

US tech stocks hit by concerns over future of AI boom Financial Times

MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing Fortune

Generative AI isn’t just a matter of life and death. It’s far more important than that The Register

Class Warfare

Productivity growth is not the only source of increases in material well-being for the majority Bill Mitchell

John Deere Announces Hundreds of Layoffs Newsweek (resilc)

New Work Rules Could Deny Food Stamps to Thousands of Veterans Military.com

Idaho’s Liquor Stores: A Case Study in State Ownership and Capitalist Contradictions William Murphy (Micael T)

With Its Former President Gone, Will the Southern Poverty Law Center Return to Its Roots as Genuine Civil Rights Watchdog? CovertAction (Chuck L)

Health Care Groups Aim To Counter Growing ‘National Scandal’ of Elder Homelessness KFF Health News

Antidote du jour. John U: “Brown Agouti, seen in the Peruvian jungle a few months ago.”

And a bonus (Chuck L):

We set this trail camera on a remote wildlife trail near a beaver pond, and here are the highlights from the past year or so!

Notably, we captured many more videos of wolves, bears, deer, snowshoes hares, and more but condensed it here to the best footage captured.

Of course,… pic.twitter.com/7Nys3MiIVi

— Voyageurs Wolf Project (@VoyaWolfProject) August 18, 2025

See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.