Knowing what you know: A new history of pedantry Hedgehog Review (Micael T)
Folk influence on 20th century classical music Jim Samson (Michael T.)
The Art of Watching the Culture Dump (Micael T)
What kind of language is Eridian? Discovery of Language (Michael T)
Immortal Jospeh Diaz (Michael T.). Not quite correct. I know three people who have had near-death experiences, and none of them are afraid of dying.
Christian Gossip Case JSTOR (Micael T)
#New Coronavirus Infection/Pandemic
Scientists find immune cells linked to long-term coronavirus fatigue and symptoms Science Daily
Climate/Environment
Beavers can turn stream corridors into permanent carbon sinks Nature (Micael T)
Limiting global warming to 2°C cannot “eliminate” extreme impacts Carbon Brief
Another day, another preliminary record of global sea surface temperatures will be released with similar results.
What’s interesting today is that assuming no climate change, sea surface temperatures are once again over 10,000,000 to 1.
The peak anomaly was 4.435 billion to 1 on January 9, 2024. pic.twitter.com/zfrlxu1a1m
— Professor Elliot Jacobson (@EliotJacobson) March 25, 2026
Pakistan will be the world’s most polluted country in 2025: Al Jazeera report
China?
A visit to 11 humanoid robot companies in China Chang Che (guurst)
south of the border
Two humanitarian aid ships heading to Cuba go missing, Mexico reports in Guardian newspaper (resilc)
discord in europe
EU law conditionally supports EU-US trade agreement Euronews (Michael T.)
George Beebe: Iran war weakens Ukraine and leaves Europe irrational Glenn Diesen, YouTube
Germany draft plans to attack US companies in next Trump clash Bloomberg. Michael T.: “This is cute, but it also takes spine and ability to carry out such a plan, which modern German leaders do not have.”
Germany’s Uniper warns EU methane regulations will hit Europe’s energy supplies Financial Times
Prison prepares for 13-year-olds – warden buys weighted blankets to combat anxiety Machine translation by Arbetet
old blighty
UK food supply at risk of ‘catastrophic failure’ by 2030, report warns UK agriculture
More than 6 million e-cigarettes and pods are thrown away every week in the UK despite the single-use ban, a Guardian investigation finds (resilc)
israel vs resistance
📍Wadi Shek
26.3.26 – 09:00
Mr. A, a Palestinian shepherd who is severely persecuted by the occupation forces, was arrested again while grazing on rented private Palestinian land in a so-called “shooting zone.” A group of illegal immigrants owned by Turi Lillenthal. pic.twitter.com/db7TyVxEuq
— Jordan Valley Activists شطاء غور الأردن (@JVActivists) March 26, 2026
🧵 “We will overthrow the PA, the authority of evil and fear. We will erase the lines, definitions, and letters.” [A, B, C areas]. We intend to settle the entire territory. ”
Last Sunday, at the funeral of Hilltop Young Man Yehuda Shmuel Sherman, Bezalel Smotrich said: https://t.co/rJfzDG4s9X pic.twitter.com/Fp04yAS5le
— BM (@ireallyhateyou) March 27, 2026
From yesterday, there is still a close relationship:
🇮🇱Tel Aviv was plunged into darkness with no electricity or running water. They experienced a terrifying night due to the complete failure of the Iron Dome defense system and an Iranian bombing of the power plant that caused a widespread power outage. ☀🌚 pic.twitter.com/E5L2B7qKKM
— Mr. Hass💛 (@Lassegaf_1) March 27, 2026
To end the Iran war, Trump must divorce the Israeli American Conservative Party (RESILC). As Joe Kent said…
Hormuz Chokehold and Iran’s Economic Coercion Strategy Valdai Club (Robin K.)
Empire vs. Iran: Which side are you on? Counterpunch (Resil)
A new war that’s not so cold war
President Trump extends U.S. sanctions against Russia for one year TASS (Ghast)
President Trump shares article about Ukrainian conspiracy to fund Biden re-election RT
Zakharova tears down Ukraine’s response to Indian mercenary arrest Andrew Korybko
big brother is watching over you
NYPD says it’s tracking online radicalization after Gothamist attack on Gracie mansion fails
imperial collapse watch
Anduril wants to own the future of war technology. Wired (resilc) is full of accidents, delays, and challenges
Under threat, nonfiction publishing is more important than ever The New Republic (Michael T.)
Hegseth prays for violence against people ‘unworthy of mercy’ at Pentagon Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
Trump 2.0
President Trump spends $1 billion to decommission two wind farms, then watches online as bigger plants come online Gizmodo (Kevin W)
Defense Secretary Hegseth steps in to block promotions of black and female officers NPR (Kevin W)
immigration
Louisiana crawfish industry hampered by foreign worker restrictions Associated Press (resilc)
Missing item
Panic buying prompts PM to reassure Australians over fuel supply crisis BBC
economy
U.S. winemakers and brewers face an existential crisis: Alcohol consumption plummets Wolf Richter
Even wealthy Americans are feeling the economic fallout from rising gas prices and falling stock prices CNN (Kevin W)
Mr. Market is hypnotized
The next financial shock to come from President Trump’s war with Iran New Republic (resilc)
antitrust law
An Industry That Laughs at You | Live Nation Leaked Chat, Charlie Puth AI Trading, Sony Royalty Heist Vinyl Culture (Micael T)
A.I.
What is human thinking? Derek Thompson (Michael T.)
Department of Defense AI gatekeeper owns rival Lever stock in Anthropic News (resilc)
Wittgenstein’s Federal Apocalypse (Anthony L)
class war
Class wars and social chaos in the wealth of nations nesio13
Children’s screen time is a class issue Machine translation by Arbetaren
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