Everything You Need To Make Beer, Wine, Cider, and Mead Wired
Jack Charlton: a footballing giant who was forever a man of the people Guardian
The death of the bra: will the great lingerie liberation of lockdown last? Guardian.
The ugly truth behind the First World War’s Chinese labourers Independent. Robert Fisk.
Survivors recount Bosnia’s Srebrenica genocide, 25 years on Al Jazeera
Almost didn’t see this because no US outlet has covered it: @IlhanMN calls for the US to pay compensation to civilians killed in US drone strikes.
The fact that we rarely make amends when we kill innocent people will never not be mind-blowing to me.https://t.co/K4ezjbXUK4
— Allegra Harpootlian (@ally_harp) July 10, 2020
#COVID-19
Coronavirus deaths take a long-expected turn for the worse AP
COVID-19 Cases Are Rising, so Why Are Deaths Flatlining? Atlantic
US withdrawal from WHO is unlawful and threatens global and US health and security The Lancet
Bill Nye Makes A PSA On TikTok About How Effective Different Face Masks Are, Goes Viral Bored Panda
Trump wears mask in public for first time during pandemic AP
You Can Make Millions Selling Masks to the Government in Three Easy Steps ProPublica
The lives upended around a $20 cheeseburger WaPo My cooking skills fall far short of those of a chef inf a fancy restaurant. But I never press down on my burgers when they’re grilling, or you lose the juices. And I’m told I make a mean burger. My husband often opts for one rather than a steak when given a choice. Readers?
Science/Medicine
A plasma shot could prevent coronavirus. But feds and makers won’t act, scientists say LA Times. I took one of these shots, back when an Oxford student, when I wanted to protect myself from hepatitis A during a trip. Twinrix wasn’t available then and this was the only option then.
All about Biocon’s Itolizumab, psoriasis drug approved for emergency use in Covid patients The Print
WHO still skeptical SARS-CoV-2 lingers in air—despite what the NYT says Ars Technica
If the coronavirus is really airborne, we might be fighting it the wrong way MIT Technology Review
Travel Tumbles
AirAsia’s future in doubt as share price tumbles Asia Times
Bar Harbor Closes its Port to Cruise Ships for 2020 The Maritime Executive
Chinese Travelers Will Be Ready, Will You? Jing Travel
American Passports Are Worthless Now (Map) India Samarajiva
Imperial Collapse Watch
After the Liberal International Order Project Syndicate. Joseph Nye, Jr. This is about the same as the pope saying it’s time to think of what will replace the Christianity thing.
Waste Watch
Mountains of Microplastics Forming at the Bottom of the Ocean TreeHugger
House hearing highlights political divide over plastics and pandemic response Waste Dive
Class Warfare
Airline Industries Laid Off Workers, Then Got Money Meant to Prevent Layoffs TruthOut
Nurse Strike Wave Grows – Latina Nurses Face Retaliation for Reporting Racism – Houston Nurses Strike Payday Report
Left Behind By the Coronavirus Der Spiegel
NYT Acknowledges Need for Economic Change—Without Crediting Those Who Would Bring It FAIR
It’s Official — Steven Pinker Is Full of Shit Jacobin.I met him once at a literary festival and see no reason to disagree with this assessment.
Health Care
The Scandal of Our Drug Supply New York Review of Books
Failed State Watch
Flailing States: Pankaj Mishra on Anglo-America London Review of Books
The BBC World War Two Porn Page Craig Murray
Russiagate
Robert Mueller: Roger Stone remains a convicted felon, and rightly so WaPo
Liberals Are Crazy Idiots Caitlin Johnstone. Could have filed under many categories, but I think it fits best here.
It’s not remotely “unprecedented.” Bush 41 pardoned Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger before trial in order to shield himself, while his son W commuted “Scooter” Libby’s sentence for lying to FBI to protect Rove & Cheney.
But we’re required to lie about history for The Cause. https://t.co/x9gWY7Zbsi pic.twitter.com/qaFiKWUXiP
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 11, 2020
Black Injustice Tipping Point
Police Execute Search Warrant At Home of Gun-toting Couple AP
Portland Place couple who confronted protesters have a long history of not backing down St. Louis Post-Dispatch
India
Narendra Modi Is Not Creating the India That Returning Indians Will Want to Live in The Wire
Acute financial distress brought on by the COVID-19 lockdown is leading to suicides Caravan
Food Security and COVID-19: Why India’s Public Distribution System Requires an Overhaul Economic and Political Weekly
Amitabh Bachchan and Son Abhishek Test Positive for COVID-19 The revered septuagenarian Indian movie star and his son, also an actor. A bit like Tom and Colin Hanks, but on a much bigger scale. His Mumbai residence is now a containment zone.
India-China Joust
India’s China Strategy Is Changing Project Syndicate, Shashi Tharoor.
Why India and China’s latest dispute could cost both sides greatly SCMP
l’affaire Jeffrey Epstein
Julian Assange
THE REVELATIONS OF WIKILEAKS: No. 8—Busting the Myth WikiLeaks Published Nothing on Israel & Syria Consortium News
The inability of people to distinguish between being willing to co-sign a document with someone, and “defending” that person, is amazing. https://t.co/CKYZVoFUaA
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 12, 2020
Antidote du jour. TH: Chukar partridge in Trona, California (Mojave desert)
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
