Interesting engineering: UFO sightings and nuclear weapons tests lead to ‘important’ new discoveries
Climate/Environment
Desolate Gleaner
Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) satellite-derived strength estimates peaked at 185 knots. #melissa According to CIMSS developers, this is the highest ever for a tropical cyclone. pic.twitter.com/Bu0XMbREvV
— Scott Bachmeyer (@CIMSS_Satellite) October 28, 2025
One person dies every minute around the world due to extreme heat, the Guardian reveals in a major report
Accelerating sea level rise threatens China’s coastal cities Climate and Capitalism
World mammal biomass since 1850 Nature.
pandemic
Ticker, America’s first national long-corona treatment center, has opened in Traverse City. The company is focused on “…leveraging technology developed by HealthBio to deliver comprehensive, research-based care to the estimated 30 million Americans affected by the long-term effects of COVID-19.” HealthBio is led by Dr. Bruce Patterson, former head of clinical virology and co-director of the Center for AIDS Research at Stanford University.
Canada poised to lose meat-free status – US may too CNN
Louisiana officials waited months before warning the public about whooping cough outbreak NPR
India
India launches cross-border drone strike on Myanmar village, killing child and son of separatist commander Myanmar Now
Japan
Japan and Philippines strengthen security ties amid South China Sea dispute Manila Times
How can Japan deal with the $550 billion Trump problem? alabama moon
China?
President Trump poised to end 10 years of China Hawks semaphore in Washington
Breaking China’s dominance of rare earths could take 10 years, says Goldman Sachs Business Insider
The opposite effect: Export restrictions helped Huawei and hurt the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a US company. Source background.
China can fight trade wars, but the real test will be the Growth and Reform Conference on Foreign Relations
Citing the David and Goliath story, Taiwan’s president told the Israel Times that Israel is a model for the island’s defense. Oh, oh.
Mr. Trump and Mr. Xi’s reset could collapse under the weight of their ambitions of a responsible state. Is it a matter of “ambition” or the ability to agree?
Unless the United States withdraws its military resources from this part of the world, “assurances” from “inverted” regimes have no credibility. Buying time by saying bad things is not effective. https://t.co/x3zDZrzqoa
—Warwick Powell | Bao Shaoshan (@baoshaoshan) October 28, 2025
Increasing the number of AI in Southeast Asia East Asia Forum
Investing in data centers Bad deals Jomo City
syrakistan
Israel launches heavy shelling of Gaza City as US insists ceasefire holds Al Jazeera
Despite ceasefire, Israeli attack on Gaza kills 24 children among 63 Palestinians Anadolu Agency
Israel is responsible for obstructing the recovery of POWs’ bodies: Exclusive Al Mayadeen
Former US colonel accuses Biden administration of diluting reporting on Shireen Abu Akre killing in favor of Israel New Arab. Abu Akre was a U.S. citizen.
“‘No!’ of Ireland’s new president.” Patrick Lawrence, The Serpent Master
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Israeli arms company opens first branch in UAE The Cradle
A new “flower blooming in the desert”: Israeli water technology penetrates the Gulf
Amnesty International says US attack on Yemeni prison that killed dozens of African migrants may be a war crime, says Associated Press
Barrack warns Lebanon this is ‘last chance’ to disarm Hezbollah
Read more: President Trump appoints first US special envoy to Iraq in 20 years
old blighty
Maccabi Tel Aviv riots break Starmer’s cover story of genocide complicity Jonathan Cook
How Britain lost its shipbuilding industry Construction Physics
Africa
RSF accused of massacring thousands of civilians in Sudan’s El Fasher New Arab
Sudan stands at the crossroads of Abu Hurairah’s empire
Trump administration deprives Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka of US visa Al Jazeera
discord in europe
The inevitable collapse of the Hegelian world Philip Pilkington
Mass Punishment in Montenegro Lily Lynch
ICCL has lodged a complaint with the European Commission over the appointment of Niamh Sweeney to the DPC Irish Times. “The Irish Civil Liberties Union’s complaint focuses on the process by which the former heads of public policy at Facebook and WhatsApp were appointed.”
A new war that’s not so cold war
The three stages of the Trump war begin with John Helmer in the fifth column.
Mr. Lukashenko and Mr. Lavrov at the Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security Karl Sanchez
Thugs vs. Wimps in the House of Dynamite Oliver Boyd Barrett
Kiev Fairy Tales Julian MacFarlane
AFU vs. AFU. Who will take revenge on the Nazis? Marat Khairullin Substack
Bandera’s Double Agent Bandera Robbie’s Blog
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Red hands and pig’s heads: Russia’s plan to destabilize France goes to trial Politico
French staff prepares to send 2,000 troops to Ukraine – Russian foreign intelligence Sputnik
Italian company to lose 140 million euros due to toilet sanctions against Russia – trade union president RT
great game
Uzbekistan and EU sign landmark enhanced partnership agreement in Central Asia Brussels Times
Lafaire Epstein
Elizabeth Warren urges US regulators to investigate Jess Staley-Epstein relationship The Guardian
south of the border
Exclusive: U.S. military officials request signing of NDA related to Latin American mission, sources say Reuters
14 more victims of serial murder of President Daniel Larison
President Petro praises seizure of 8 tons of cocaine without fatalities TeleSur
Wall Street banker Mirei was given the chance to freely float the peso, says Buenos Aires Times
It is now clear what is happening in Argentina. US investors bet on Argy USD bonds, which were hit hard in August and September. The US Treasury bailed out these investors by supporting Milley in the election through the Argentina bailout. What a terrible mess. 🇦🇷🤡 pic.twitter.com/6N1T6z7Yxw
— Philip Pilkington (@philippilk) October 28, 2025
Trump 2.0
Inside the Trump family’s global virtual currency automated teller machine Reuters
Trump CFPB moves from erasing medical debt from credit reports to lawyer nation A common dream
MAGA’s 9/11 was an assassination Ken Klippenstein
Judge blocks Trump’s shutdown over political retribution, says Minnesota reformer
“Liberation Day”
Senate rejects President Trump’s tariffs on Brazil’s Axios
shutdown
Democratic Party hints at holding the line even as SNAP benefits near expiration NOTUS
Maha
Texas attorney general sues Tylenol over autism claims Texas Tribune
Deshabille Democratic Party
Former US senator joins Chandler data center project Daily Independent
Corporate Democrats’ new report falsely claims Medicare for All is ‘unpopular’ Z Network
health care?
What “Private Equity Government” Means for Public Health MedPage Today
Medicare Advantage enrollees have access to about half the doctors available to traditional Medicare beneficiaries KFF
Many voters say they can’t afford health care but are open to a new insurance system: Poll The Hill
Stillbirths in the United States are more common than previously reported, and stillbirths often occur in the absence of clinical risk factors Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
imperial collapse watch
Why countries that bet on renewable energy will win in the next energy era Oil prices
Admiral Obvious Sings a Jingle William Shriver
A.I.
The end of OpenAI’s nonprofit era is behind the times
Ultimate Infinite Piracy Machine Economic Populist
basil
Waymo co-CEO says society will accept death by robotaxis at SFGATE
Is Mask’s humanoid robot army worth $1 trillion? oligarchic surveillance
Carbon capture and storage 😬
Ketan Joshi posted elsewhere: “Each blue line is what *should* happen based on each report’s planned state date. Black line: What happened.” pic.twitter.com/iNFVe7qIdD
— Dr. Ryan Katzrosene (@ryankatzrosene) October 27, 2025
class war
we were reading things in this country
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