Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama:
- Jul 25 – War On Iran: – Silence Before The Storm Or Ongoing Negotiations?
- Jul 29 – War On Iran: – U.S.’ Missile Defense Stock Is Severely Depleted
- Jul 31 – War On Iran: – U.S. (Again) Blocks Strait Traffic
Related:
– Trump TACOed again … after the U.S. military and various allies intervened …
– U.S. general warns Pentagon he lacks sufficient forces to protect Israel (archived) – Washington Post
– In Iran, the U.S. Appears Headed for a Strategic Defeat, Allies Fear – NY Times/I>
– Visuals Suggest U.S. Dropped 2,000-Pound Bomb on Home in Iran, Killing 3 – NY Times
– Regime change? Inside Reza Pahlavi’s faltering bid to lead Iran – Reuters
- Jul 28 – Ukraine: Long-range Campaign Fails As Russia Hits Back
Related:
– The media and the bloodbath – Western responsibility for the assault units – Events in Ukraine
– General Staff Suspends Recruitment to Assault Regiments Amid Personnel Review – Military Land
– Russian forces strike targets in Ukraine’s Odesa, Mykolaiv ports – France24
– Russia targets hundreds of Ukrainian petrol stations (archived) – FT
- Aug 1 – English Outsider – Procurement And Corruption
Related:
– ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation (archived) – WSJ
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects
– Trump’s Fixation on Arctic Ships Led to Billions in No-Bid Contracts (archived) – NY Times
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Other issues:
World War:
- The Summer When Peace Died – Peter Hanseler / Forum Geopolitica
Iran and Russia have come to realize that there can be no peace with the Collective West. Consequently, the conflicts will be fought out on the battlefield and will last a long time. The international legal order is dead, world peace is dead—it is war. World War. Few people are aware of this. - Graham sanctions bill has bite. Trump will use it to terrorise India – Indian Punchline
USraeli Attack On Spain:
- How 50,000 People Surged Into a Spanish Exclave in Africa – NY Times
- IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN CEUTA, read the timeline of events, and then decide for yourself … – Nury Vittachi
- Sovereignty, sarcasm, blame: How North Africa reacted to Ceuta crisis – Euronews
- Spain hits out at ‘selfish, polarising and unlawful’ reaction of neighbours as EU descends into bitter infighting over ‘invasion’ of 60,000 Moroccans that has already cost 67 lives – Daily Mail
China:
- China is smarter about subsidies than everybody else (archived) – FT
- China starts production of home-grown immersion DUV chipmaking tools, source says – Reuters
- “.. but at what cost ..”
China’s mightiest river is coming back from the brink – But eco-authoritarianism is not all roses (archived) – Economist
SoAm:
- Lula to Trump: ‘No one will defeat us through lies’ (archived) – Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva / Washington Post
- Brazil denies visas to U.S. delegation aiming to impugn election system, officials say – (archived) – Washington Post
- 67 boat strikes. 221 dead. The cocaine hasn’t slowed, officials report. (archived) – Washington Post
- What a US war with Cuba would really look like – Responsible Statecraft
Real World Stupidity:
- PwC published ‘thought leadership’ reports marred by AI hallucinations (archived) – FT
Big Four consultant is latest firm found to have produced slapdash work while marketing expertise on the technology - See how Google Earth let people make fake scenes of bombings, riots and destruction (archived) – Washington Post
Google put on hold an AI feature in Google Earth just hours after it was introduced. People used it to create AI-manipulated aerial views of horrific scenes. - A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack – Technology Review
- AI revenues are growing fast, but not fast enough (archived) – Economist
The returns on trillions of dollars of spending are deeply uncertain - The biggest gamble in the U.S. economy is starting to look riskier (archived) – Washington Post
- The race to build an American alternative to cheap AI from China – WSJ via MSN
Blogging:
Use as open (not related to the wars in Ukraine and Iran) thread …