Why Science Can Be So Indecisive About Nutrition The Atlantic
Sweet, fatty foods could remodel the brain to drive overeating Science
Study links diet of ultra-processed foods to chronic disease risk CBC
UN world population report predicts slowing growth rate, 10.9 billion peak by 2100 New Atlas (Furzy Mouse).
I Am a Carbon Abolitionist Democracy Journal. I like that phrase. Also, the abolitionists, though a minority, won.
World’s biggest investor accused of dragging feet on climate crisis Guardian. Blackrock.
Oregon Republicans’ Return Uncertain After Cap And Trade’s Apparent Demise OPB (DK). Democrats cave.
Scientists map huge undersea fresh-water aquifer off U.S. Northeast Science Daily
Brexit
Brexit civil servant in charge of no-deal planning quits Guardian
Johnson Refuses to Rule Out Suspending Parliament: Brexit Update Bloomberg
Windrush Scandal: Home Office ‘reckless’ and ‘defensive’, leaked review finds Channel 4. Giving May a kick in the ribs on her way out.
Swiss Stocks to Be Barred From EU Trading as Talks Fail Bloomberg
Syraqistan
European nations prepare to launch delayed Iran payments channel FT
Russia tamps down US-Iran tensions Indian Punchline
America’s Free-Rider Problem in the Strait of Hormuz The Atlantic
How the OPCW’s investigation of the Douma incident was nobbled – Working Group on Syria Sic Semper Tyrannis
Officer traveling with Brazilian president Bolsonaro caught with 39 kilos of cocaine CNN. On the way to G20. 86 pounds is a lot!
China?
‘Don’t trust China,’ Hong Kong protesters tell G-20 leaders in Osaka Nikkei Asian Review
Exclusive: Alibaba Eyes $10 Billion Hong Kong Listing Caixin. All is forgiven!
What Does the Pause of Hong Kong’s Extradition Bill Mean? Council on Foreign Relations
Inside the West’s failed fight against China’s ‘Cloud Hopper’ hackers Reuters
Water Wars: A Sinking Feeling in Philippine-China Relations Lawfare
Supreme Court rejects Prabowo team’s lawsuit against Bawaslu Jakarta Post. No violations by President Jokowi Widodo.
New Cold War
Will US Elites Give Détente With Russia a Chance? The Nation (MF).
Transcript: ‘All this fuss about spies … it is not worth serious interstate relations’ (interview) Vladimir Putin, FT
Exclusive: Western intelligence hacked ‘Russia’s Google’ Yandex to spy on accounts – sources Reuters
Demasking the Torture of Julian Assange Nils Melzer, Medium. UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.
Trump Transition
Opinion analysis: No role for courts in partisan gerrymandering (Updated) and Opinion analysis: Court orders do-over on citizenship question in census case (Updated) SCOTUS Blog
House passes $4.6 billion border bill as leaders cave to moderate Democrats and GOP WaPo
Democrats Back Wall Street Push to Free Up $40 Billion in Margin Bloomberg
Washington’s first attempt at regulating Big Tech is a joke Recode (Furzy Mouse). Hawley.
Indians can worry less as the US denies capping H-1B visa quota Quartz
Boeing 737 MAX
Boeing’s Software Fix For The 737 MAX Problem Overwhelms The Plane’s Computer Moon of Alabama. Yikes!!!!
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
NSA improperly collected US phone call data after saying problem was fixed USA Today
Amazon Is Watching OneZero
A Major Police Body Cam Company Just Banned Facial Recognition NYT
Health Care
Health Insurance Coverage Eight Years After the ACA The Commonwealth Fund. Via: “[O]nly 55% had comprehensive health coverage year-round.”
WaPo Doesn’t Want Voters to Know Medicare for All Will Cut Their Health Costs FAIR
2020
Lichtman: Trump Will Win In 2020 “Unless Democrats Grow A Spine And Do Their Constitutional Duty” To Impeach RealClearPolitics
More than 15 million viewers tuned into the first Democratic debate of the 2020 race CNN
The First Democratic Debate Shuns Donald Trump in Favor of Substance The New Yorker
Joe Biden’s Haunted Legacy in Iraq The Atlantic
Called to serve: How this small North Carolina town became #1 in military recruiting McClatchy
Imperial Collapse Watch
America’s Monopoly Crisis Hits the Military Matt Stoller and Lucas Kunce, The American Conservative (CG).
Parkinson’s Disease-Causing Protein Hijacks Gut-Brain Axis Psychology Today
Signs of ‘Hidden Consciousness’ May Predict Who Will Emerge from a Coma LiveScience
Goodhart’s Law: Are Academic Metrics Being Gamed? The Gradient
Antidote du Jour (via):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.