stuff matt read

https://www.politico.eu/article/southern-europe-sick-tourists-sustainability-housing-water/ #EU

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/un-aid-operations-gaza-halted-after-israel-evacuation-orders-4568586 #war #Gaza #Palestine

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/world/europe/russia-ukraine-incursion-war.html #Ukrainerussiawar

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/thai-air-force-favours-swedish-gripen-fighter-jets-over-f-16s-4570696 #Thailand #Military #USA #Sweden

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/27/maryland-senate-polls-alsobrooks-hogan-00176423 #USA #USpol #Maryland

https://www.elitigation.sg/gd/s/2024_SGHC_219 #Singapore #Law

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/johor-bomb-detonation-landslide-kluang-police-officers-icu-4570601 #Malaysia

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hostage-qaid-farhan-al-qadi-52-rescued-alive-by-idf-from-tunnel-in-gaza/#:~:text=An%20Israeli%20hostage%20was%20rescued,Kibbutz%20Magen%20on%20October%207. #Israel

“Vance … isn’t so much buying into a niche Catholic ideology as advocating for collapsing the walls between church and state—perhaps in an effort to cope with the discomfort of the modern world—with some vaguely Christian reasoning built around that impulse. What matters more … is that Vance is expressing a vision for taking us back in time to an imagined past. It reflects a desire to regain control.” “All these things are (a) selective rereading of the past.” https://slate.com/life/2024/08/jd-vance-tim-walz-trump-kamala-religion.html #USA #elections