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Rebuilding Rate for Santa Cruz Mountains Lightning Complex Fire Bodes Ill for Los Angeles Reconstruction, Even Before Getting to Insolvency of California State FAIR Plan Wildfire Insurance | naked capitalism
The pace of rebuilding after the Santa Cruz Mountains wildfire in 2000 bodes ill for the likely speed of Los Angeles reconstruction.
Health Care AI, Intended To Save Money, Turns Out To Require a Lot of Expensive Humans | naked capitalism
Artificial intelligence systems require consistent monitoring and staffing to put in place and to keep them working well. In essence: You need people, and more machines, to make sure the new tools don’t mess up.
Links 1/11/2025 | naked capitalism
Our apocalytipic daily links: improperly rewilded lynx, lasting weight loss principles, Trump v. Netanyahu on hostages, Scholz blocked Ukraine €3B, moar spying apps, Trump land grabs? Obamacare subsidy fight, LAPD fire chief blasts mayor, "uninsurable" crisis coming? Supremes for Tik-Tok ban?
Polish Foreign Minister Worries that Musk Will Successfully Undermine Ruling Liberal Party in Upcoming Elections; Is Another Romania-Style Election Nullification Possible? | naked capitalism
Will Musk's taste for a US favorite, regime change, include 2025 Polish elections? If so, will the answer be Romania-style extreme measures?
This Week’s Unholy Mix of Drought, Wind, and Fire in Southern California: A Warning of an Accelerating Insurance Crisis in Climate-Risk Areas? | naked capitalism
More and more homeowners are understandably worried about what insurance increases might look like in the face of intensifying climate risks.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/9/2025 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, I am now going to take a nap. Enjoy! Bird Song of the Day Brown Thrasher, Theodore Roosevelt National Park – Upper Talkington Trail, Billings, North Dakota, United States. * * * In Case You Might Miss… Trump’s pivotto the Northern Hemisphere. LA Palisades Fire: This is fine. […]
Links 1/8/2025 | naked capitalism
Our dastardly daily links: Varoufakis for Star Trek, cold snaps, LA inferno, China wobbles? EU v. Trump, Israel truce violations, Western media calls for more Ukraine deaths, Exxon sues critics, Cybertruck bomber's ChatGPT advice, jobs debate, Greenwald v. AOC, DoJ sue rental price-fixers,
Links 1/7/2025 | naked capitalism
Our anti-fragile daily links: Oat milk hazards? China new virus assessment, Biden drillling ban, Trudeau quits, France looting of Africa, EU leaders + Starmer v. Musk, Finkelstein on Gaza defeat, China currency wars? Trump v. hush money sentencing, private credit worries, Tesla revenues fall