Near-Earth asteroid discovered hidden in the glare of the sun ScienceAlert (Chuck L)
Bad gums are linked to major brain risks MedPage Today
How mRNA vaccines can help fight cancer Eric Topol (Robin K)
Climate/Environment
🔥 🥵 Hottest days on record across Australia – temperatures soared an astonishing 14-15C above average, breaking October records in parts of Sydney.
Hot and powerful winds further increase the risk of fire to an extreme degree.
This is what climate change looks like. pic.twitter.com/WH6Vx989XT
— Volcaholic🌋 (@volcaholic1) October 22, 2025
Huge profits in catastrophe bond market put reinsurers at a disadvantage Insurance Journal
Scotland’s mega-farms fuel further rise in deadly ammonia emissions Scotland
Global coal use to hit record high in 2024 Guardian
Extreme weather adds hundreds to grocery bills: Butter, beef, milk, coffee, chocolate prices soar 15.6% – experts say the worst is yet to come Daily Mail
China?
This backfires spectacularly
End result – World removes US software and parts from product BOMs (Bills of Materials) https://t.co/IuAoaHJUcR
— David Le (@DavidLe76335983) October 22, 2025
This is arguably the most suicidal idea the Trump administration has concocted in the trade war, and the bar is high.
In effect, this would radioactively contaminate American technology. Companies that touch American software (Microsoft, AWS, etc.) will no longer be eligible to do business with them… https://t.co/YyGcWhazVr
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) October 23, 2025
China’s rare earth purification to 5N purity (99.999%) is an outer moat that the US cannot overcome
By any strategic measure, China’s control over the rare earth supply chain is not only overwhelming but nearly unassailable. It boasts 83% of the world’s rare earth refining capacity and 92% of the world’s magnets. pic.twitter.com/YPYNwlAzik
— Ignis Rex (@Ignis_Rex) October 22, 2025
China’s rare earth magnet exports are sluggish as the market worries about the collapse in crude oil prices
Nexperia Crisis: How US-China tensions will disrupt global chip supply chains South China Morning Post
US and China are currently in a ‘very different kind of trade war’, experts warn Al Jazeera
South Korea
North Korea tests multiple ballistic missiles as APEC summit approaches Al Jazeera
Africa
Egypt emphasizes Red Sea sovereignty amid tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea Arab Weekly
Somalia faces ‘food crisis’ due to aid cuts; independence
Civilians in Sudan’s Al Fashir fear drones as siege worsens hunger The Jerusalem Post
south of the border
Exclusive: Congress needs to hear more about Venezuela operations, Republican senators say Axios
President Trump’s Corrupt Argentina Rescue Plan Daniel Larison
President Trump and Colombian trade leaders threaten as US attacks boats in Pacific Le Monde
How a ‘black fleet’ of tankers helped Mexican cartels build a fuel smuggling empire Reuters (Robin K)
discord in europe
EU declares war on its member states Simplicius
“The latest information from Europe is fake.” Flutist
French debt is not the only ticking time bomb OMFIF
The Louvre robbery was a wake-up call for the colonial era Hyperallergenic (Michael T.)
old blighty
September borrowings highest since 2020, debt interest payments above budget Sky
Homeowners juggling multiple credit cards warns of debt WhatMortgage
israel vs resistance
Israeli forces have closed down the Islamic Charity Society in Hebron, occupied the West Bank, and detained staff and seized equipment without offering any explanation or deadline for closing the charity, which supports more than 6,000 orphans.
🔴Live latest information: https://t.co/mSvn1Zelw0 pic.twitter.com/CrR1rx2ZIR
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) October 21, 2025
Gaza’s health crisis will last ‘for generations’, WHO chief warns BBC
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s appearance in southern Syria as he aims for a “greater Israel” Zeteo
“The era of international mediation is over” – an attempt to impose a new “reality” on Israel, the United States, Gaza, Syria, and the Lebanon conflict forum
A new war that’s not so cold war
Latest on Ukraine-Russia war: President Trump says he does not want “wasteful” talks with President Putin after meeting canceled Independence
US imposes sanctions on Russian oil over Putin’s ‘refusal’ to end war in Ukraine Guardian (Kevin W)
Crude oil rises 3% after Trump administration sanctions major Russian oil companies CNBC (Kevin W)
Please click through:
Russian ratchet.
Big headlines get attention, but as an analyst it’s sometimes more important to ask yourself what’s not happening. Because the most important event in Ukraine in 2025 is what did not happen.
AFU failed to counterattack ⬇️… pic.twitter.com/o9wm61MroN
— Armchair Warlord (@ArmchairW) October 22, 2025
European leaders have failed to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, but are unwilling to face the political consequences of peace in Ukraine Ian Proud
🇬🇧🇺🇦 Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said much of Ukraine is now safe and proposed sending Western troops there. He wrote about this in an article for the Daily Mail.
“Under no circumstances will these forces be involved in combat operations. They… pic.twitter.com/Uxu4RVfDL1
— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) October 11, 2025
Brussels has not yet confiscated Russian assets, but President Zelenskiy has already set conditions TopWar (Robin K)
Gripen is built to fight the Russian Express through machine translation (Micael T)
US gives nuclear energy companies access to weapons-grade plutonium Financial Times
Oligarch West vs. East Julian MacFarlane
imperial collapse watch
Forever Again Aurelian
Trump 2.0
Beef producers fight back after President Trump strips them of high prices The Hill
American farmers accuse Trump of ‘betrayal’ over Argentine beef deal New Republic (resilc)
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All the signs that Donald Trump has no intention of leaving the White House mirror (resilc)
“No Kings” is more than Trump’s Ken Klippenstein. resilc: “Although we don’t have enough weapons to fight it.”
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US buys token barrels to replenish strategic reserve oil prices (Kevin W)
Report: Trump administration considering special education move from Iowa Capital Dispatch Education Department (Robin K.)
‘Awkward moment’: Dr. Oz interrupts President Trump in the Oval Office MedPage Today
immigration
What we know about federal immigration raids in Chinatown Gothamist
Military-style immigration raids hit New York City as masked federal agents arrest canal vendor
shutdown
US states warn millions of people will lose food stamp benefits within a week due to government shutdown Independent
supremes
Bonus 184: The Price of a Quiet Congress Steve Vladeck
Deshabille Democratic Party
Karine Jean-Pierre writes the most disjointed memoir of all time Matt Taibbi
mamdani
5 takeaways from the last NYC mayoral debate The Hill
Our press is no longer free
Judge orders tech company CEOs to testify to take back the internet, using algorithmic design rules as new means of indirect online censorship pressure
Judge rules in favor of teacher facing termination from Kirk-related post Iowa Capital Dispatch (Robin K.)
Mr. Market is in a bad mood.
Bubble talk is breaking out everywhere Financial Times
Stock market concentration has reached 1800s levels:
Information technology and communications stocks currently account for 45% of total U.S. market capitalization.
This rate has doubled over the past decade.
Technology is now bigger than energy and materials, which together account for… pic.twitter.com/0brcaq7y7p
— Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) October 21, 2025
ECB chief Alan Lane warns of dollar risk for banks amid tariff turmoil Reuters
economy
Bad loan ‘cockroach’ suggests new threat to global economy South China Morning Post
Apple cuts production plans for iPhone Air, increases production of 17 other models: Nikkei Shimbun sources
A.I.
5 signs generative AI is losing momentum Gary Marcus
Demand Special Forces: How Nvidia Generates Demand Through Neocloud
Introducing Neoclouds, Nvidia’s special forces on demand.
A veteran of the dot-com era, Jensen knew exactly what needed to be taken care of and controlled to keep NVIDIA on track. pic.twitter.com/AuKYeLiimF
— Kakashii (@kakashiii111) October 21, 2025
Reddit sues Perplexity for data scraping to train AI system Reuters
AI assistants lie about news content 45% of the time BBC
Data centers rely on old jet engines to meet AI’s booming energy demands Interesting engineering
basil
Welcome to Casino Economy Unherd
Pop-up database siphons crypto from conservatives to critics of Doc Charlie Kirk, then migrates to dark drop site
Amazon’s brain drain finally spits out AWS The Register
I can’t believe this happened, but here’s a visual representation of this ridiculous structure.
– Below: Current portfolio companies purchased by PE funds I and II (including their respective LPs)
– A secondary fund appears and buys some of the LP interest in Funds I and II… https://t.co/PCAvGi2733 pic.twitter.com/oExH3Yxrwo
— Leyla (@LeylaKuni) October 22, 2025
class war
Family health insurance costs soar to $27,000 STAT
AARP and P4AD’s bombshell bill extends drug companies’ exemption from Medicare negotiations The Hill
Americans can no longer afford cars and Wall Street is worried Telegraph
Antidote (via):
bonus:
They don’t steal, they survive.
Every morning, the butcher leaves a box of bones outside his shop. Not for profit, not for attention, but for people who have no home, no food, and no guarantee of their next meal.
One by one they come. Each one takes a small part, carefully, almost carefully, and… pic.twitter.com/9tBQUoYLCA
— Pawzazzle (@Pawzazzle) October 22, 2025
Second bonus:
He did a backflip and came back 😭pic.twitter.com/uzLM1jISX3
— Antidepressant content (@depressionlesss) October 22, 2025
And third:
POV: Your kindness changed their world ♥️ pic.twitter.com/6aAXctYx2k
— Nature is amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) October 22, 2025
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