Today is Super Tuesday. Vote! Reports of turnout also welcome.
Earth may have been a ‘water world’ 3bn years ago, scientists find Guardian (The Rev Kev)
Age of Invention: Where Be Dragons? Age of Invention
Walter Bagehot, the Literary Banker National Review
Boris Johnson is all for unconventional families – unless they’re poor, of course Independent (The Rev Kev)
‘It’s a disgrace’: Grenfell disaster inquiry suspended within minutes after outbursts from public RT (The Rev Kev)
Class Warfare
Jack Welch Inflicted Great Damage on Corporate America Bloomberg
Companies are contracting out more jobs—that’s not great for workers Ars Technica
Supreme Court To Consider Whether Financial Fraudsters Should Be Allowed To Just, You Know, Get Away With It Dealbreaker
After Factory Disaster, Bangladesh Made Big Safety Strides. Are the Bad Days Coming Back? NYT
Syraqistan
Quick update on the Turkey vs Syria, Russia and Iran The Saker The Rev Kev
Analysis Elections Results: Israel Said Yes to Netanyahu’s Message: Everything Is Allowed Haaretz
India
While Muslims are being murdered in India, the rest of the world is too slow to condemn Independent. Patrick Cockburn.
47 Dead, Names of 38 People Killed in Delhi Riots Confirmed The Wire
A Battle for India’s Soul Jacobin
The Daily Fix: Is Modi government manipulating the data to show GDP growth above 5%? Scroll
Iran Foreign Minister Calls on India to ‘Not Let Senseless Thuggery Prevail’ The Wire
Big Brother IS Watching You Watch
FCC issues wrist-slap fines to carriers that sold your phone-location data Ars Technica
Julian Assange
Julian Assange’s father: My greatest worry is he will die in jail Al Jazeera
The Armoured Glass Box is an Instrument of Torture Craig Murray
#COVID-19
Coronavirus latest: World is in ‘uncharted territory’ DW
World pharma supplier India restricts export of some ingredients, drugs Reuters
Easily overlooked issues regarding COVID-19 Our Finite World
The neuroinvasive potential of SARS-CoV2 may be at least partially responsible for the respiratory failure of COVID-19 patients Journal of Medical Virology (AJC) Abstract: The neuroinvasive potential of SARS‐CoV2 may be at least partially responsible for the respiratory failure of COVID‐19 patients
The first economic modelling of coronavirus scenarios is grim for Australia, the world The Conversation (David L)
Coronavirus appears to have spread undetected in the US for six weeks, study Salon (david l)
Coronavirus & Systems Fragility American Conservative (unsupervized)
The Pope ‘undergoes coronavirus test after suffering illness, but tests negative’ Daily Mail
‘Why Are We Being Charged?’ Surprise Bills From Coronavirus Testing Spark Calls for Government to Cover All Costs Common Dreams
BREAKING: I am announcing a new directive requiring NY health insurers to waive cost sharing associated with testing for #coronavirus, including emergency room, urgent care and office visits.
We can’t let cost be a barrier to access to COVID-19 testing for any New Yorker.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) 3 March 2020
NYC ER doctor: I have to ‘plead to test people’ for coronavirus YouTube (The Rev Kev) Moi: Frightening. A shambles. A national disgrace. Watch to the end.
T-rex Costume Funny Prank Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak just doing daily chores YouTube (JN) Moi : Where can I get one?
Canceled Games and Empty Stadiums: Will the Coronavirus Spread to Sports? WSJ
WHO handwashing technique. Notice the attention to between the fingers, back of fingers, and nails:
2020
Some Election-Related Websites Still Run on Vulnerable Software Older Than Many High Schoolers ProPublica
Super Tuesday brings a supersized election security challenge Politico. The concern is real, once you get past the ritualistic invocation of the Russians, the Russians, in the first paragraph. Handmarked, paper ballots, hand counted in public.
“They’re Desperate to Beat Bernie”: Amy Klobuchar Drops Out of 2020 Democratic Primary, to Endorse Biden Common Dreams
So a Candidate Has Dropped Out. What Happens to Their Delegates? Frontloading HQ (UserFriendly)
Dems Converge Around Dementia-Addled Warmonger Ahead Of Super Tuesday Caitlin Johnstone
It Took Joe Biden 32 Years and 3 Presidential Campaigns to Win One Primary TruthOut
San Diego Democrats, Big Real Estate Fight Climate Initiative Capital & Main
California Is the First Big Test of Sanders’s Voter Turnout Machine FiveThirtyEight (UserFriendly)
California’s rules for independent party voters could suppress the Bernie vote Guardian. Greg Palast.
DON’T TELL CABLE PUNDITS THAT BERNIE SANDERS IS LEADING NATIONALLY AMONG BLACK VOTERS Intercept (furzy)
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Announces Retirement on Air, Apologizes for Past Inappropriate Comments The Wrap (Quaterback)
Waste Watch
Canadian grocers have a smart approach to food waste TreeHugger I wonder what readers think of this. I don’t have a smartphone, so I don’t use apps. But I know I’m in the minority on this score. This app isn’t a waste panacea, but it seems to me it reduces food waste.
HOW SOUTH KOREA IS COMPOSTING ITS WAY TO SUSTAINABILITY New Yorker
Antidote du Jour. TH: Anna’s Hummigbird, Ventura, California:
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
