Korat Zoo warms python with straw and hot baths Bangkok Post. It’s getting cold here!
3I/ATLAS, November 22, 2025, from Puerto Rico (Morales Rivera).
If you look at it at low resolution, you might say it looks like a “green comet without a tail” (Slide 1).
But when viewed in high resolution (the bright white center is darkened to reveal green or blue gas…) pic.twitter.com/FfqqJUkZh3
— Red Collie (Dr. Horace Drew) Scientist/Inventor (@RedCollie1) November 23, 2025
Scientists discover hidden switch that can change tumor shape and evade treatment ScienceDaily (Kevin W)
❄️ This MRI can destroy cancer without making any cuts ❄️
In Sydney, doctors are using MRI-guided cryoablation, one of the most advanced cancer treatments on the planet.
Here’s how it works: Using real-time MRI imaging, a small probe is guided directly into the tumor, allowing the tumor to… pic.twitter.com/mRht6nWZ9A
— Shining Science (@ShiningScience) November 23, 2025
What happens to a child’s brain after spending thousands of hours staring at a screen? StudyFinds (resilc)
#New Coronavirus Infection/Pandemic
⚠️Mutant H3N2 influenza (subclade K) is starting to rapidly increase in the United States🇺🇸.
Get ready for the worst seasonal flu season in decades.
data from @biohazard
Accessible at https://t.co/gIHuLWkNrU pic.twitter.com/dJllR4JQc4
— Dr. Richard Hirschson (@richardhirschs1) November 24, 2025
I think it’s really important to know what’s going on with the various health conditions that affect women in particular, given the fact that repeated studies suggest that women are more likely to develop long coronavirus.
This is a sometimes painful thread. pic.twitter.com/7892T18Nyx
— Turn (@1goodtern) November 24, 2025
Climate/Environment
Should I have children? Planet: Critical (Michael T)
EPA Approves New PFAS Pesticide – Is It in Your Produce? Food & Wine (Paul R)
“Invisible” microplastics spread across the sky as global pollutants Asahi (Paul R)
Weather disasters are occurring in the Amazon. Report is not Mongabay
breaking news!
Code UFB!!!
On November 22nd, Earth reached a temperature of 1.81°C above the pre-industrial 1850-1900 baseline, making it the warmest November 22nd on record and possibly the warmest November 22nd in the past 120,000 years.
The hot season continues. pic.twitter.com/LPMdXaoRd3
— Professor Elliot Jacobson (@EliotJacobson) November 24, 2025
Lakes experience more severe heatwaves than the atmosphere Nature
‼ ️It’s brutal
The central Mediterranean is colder than January
Hotter than July in the Eastern Mediterranean
Incredibly Hot Night – Shocking Minimum
Egypt 26.0 Sharatin
Jordan 24.6 Aqaba
Israel 24.6 Tel Aviv
Greece 23.2 Kastellorizo Island
Cyprus 22.6 Lefke
Türkiye 23.4 Karcibashi, 23.3 Kas pic.twitter.com/gE7Va6rYhe
— Abnormal temperatures around the world (@extremetemps) November 23, 2025
China?
President Xi Jinping speaks by phone with US President Donald Trump Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
People’s Republic of China
President Trump does not seem to understand that his phone conversation with President Xi was of great significance. Or if he does, he hides it well.
This was the first phone call that Xi made to a US president. Nothing like this has ever happened before. All previous calls were done over the phone. pic.twitter.com/Famp468dEk
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 25, 2025
Phone call between Mr. Xi and Mr. Trump. China and Japan. Avoiding Chinese taxes is becoming increasingly difficult. Sketchy LGFV Bond Trading Chinaism (Chuck L)
Why China can’t resolve its real estate market turmoil Bloomberg
The German government wants to separate from China. But German companies cannot afford to retreat. Kevin Walmsley
Nvidia’s H200 chip could be a ‘sugar-coated bullet’ for China Asia Times (Kevin W)
daytime queue
🇯🇵🇨🇳Japan just threw a missile into China’s front lawn
Gloves are off.
Japan has just deployed intermediate-range missiles on Yonaguni Island. Yonaguni Island is so close to Taiwan (110 km) that you can muster up the courage to swim across the strait.
Beijing’s predictable meltdown – take it… https://t.co/0ZOfev5LU0 pic.twitter.com/BQwUw0Nhyn
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) November 23, 2025
Africa
Sudanese military commander Burhan rejects latest US-backed ceasefire plan as ‘worst ever’ France 24
‘Enough of oppression’: Thousands of Tunisians protest on Qais Said Al Jazeera
Escalating war of words between Ethiopia and Eritrea raises fears of conflict BBC
discord in europe
Financial fragmentation as a vulnerability in euro area bond markets VoxEU
Debate on Israeli attack on Gaza blocked by European Parliament Anadolu Agency (Kevin W)
Belgium prepares for three-day nationwide strike over budget cuts France 24
Greek farmers to introduce nationwide roadblocks Greek City Times
old blighty
Britain’s hidden jobs crisis only worsens as one million young people are locked out of work Guardian
Melanie Phillips on YouTube at the Rage Against the Hate Conference. Colonel Smithers: “If you think Sarah Hurwitz is bad…Phillips is a regular in print and on the air. This isn’t the first time.” One of the few decent comments:
I don’t understand why so many people praise this speech. It’s a truly terrifying speech. All Jews should be especially afraid. She calls for all Jews in the world to be deported to Israel as soldiers against our will. We’ve seen this script before and know where it’s going. I hope others realize this too.
Should the Bank of England be independent? Andy Haldane and Daniela Gabor’s London Book Review, YouTube (Carnel Smithers). Still German since the beginning of the month
israel vs resistance
Western media is now a firewall designed to prevent what these people say from reaching their audiences https://t.co/h1Iog28uBL
— Ghassan Abu Sitt (@GhassanAbuSitt1) November 24, 2025
UN: Gaza plunges into ‘artificial abyss’ as economy collapses by 87%, destroying decades of growth ARAB NEWS
Hundreds of homes every day. https://t.co/7lo6ywDnR1
— Nicola Perugini (@PeraginiNic) November 24, 2025
ADL is seeking to make U.S. taxpayers pay $4 billion to the Israeli victims of October 7 through the Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Act.
Families of 9/11 victims who have been fighting for compensation from countries like Saudi Arabia for 24 years have failed because the government protects the… https://t.co/x1NP75P1JC pic.twitter.com/XyixK686bF
— GenXGirl (@GenXGirl1994) November 23, 2025
Iraq approaches major economic shock as experts warn of long-term structural collapse Iraq News
More than half of Iraq is at risk of desertification, ministry warns Shafaq
Iranian intelligence warns of attempts to target Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei Middle East Monitor
A new war that’s not so cold war
Ukraine makes major changes to US’ peace plan, sources report in The Guardian (Kevin W)
Dangerous and Distraught Reaction to President Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan American Conservatives (resilc)
Trump administration allows Europe to scrap Russia/Ukraine peace plan Larry Johnson
How Rubio tried to bring his pro-Russian peace plan to the centrist New York Times. resilc: “NYT will support Rubio in 2028, now that I think about it… it’s a professional war.”
The Return of the Skripals and Other Pretexts for War Oliver Boyd Barrett (Chuck L.)
In photos: ABC Australia turns Berlin subway into urban warfare training ground
big brother is watching over you
Self-destructing thumb drives can destroy themselves and erase sensitive files. The Register (Chuck L). So what am I missing? Why can’t these types of devices be specially modified to self-brick when connected to unauthorized computers? That should be in version 2.0.
imperial collapse watch
An era of recivilization? David Lloyd Dusenberry and Philip Pilkington, American Affairs (Chuck L.)
There are no saviors in a multipolar mirage: We live in an inhuman world Fioralle Isabel, YouTube. With transcript.
Is America at war with Europe? Arnaud Bertrand (Chuck L)
Cyril Ramaphosa closes G20 summit after US boycott and extradition row Guardian (resilc)
Trump 2.0
President Trump cancels release of major economic report to hide failure New Republic (resilc)
Judge dismisses lawsuit against former FBI Director Comey and New York Attorney General James BBC
Inside the DOGE inheritance drama left by Elon Musk to Politco (resilc)
mamdani
Mamdani’s response to protests fuels tensions with Jewish leaders New York Times (resilc). Good for him.
Democratic Party’s Death Wish
Chuck Schumer faces backlash from Senate Democrats’ ‘fight club’ New York Times (Paul R)
Scoop: Democrats focus on Axios ranked voting in primaries (Paul R)
republican clown car
Time claims that “sources” told them I am running for president in 2028, but this is a complete lie and they can’t even cite the names of the people they claim to have said, meaning they made it up. That’s not journalism, that’s called lying.
I’m not running for president, and… pic.twitter.com/i99LgGvVSx
— Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) November 23, 2025
X unleashes chaos on MAGA accounts with new feature Young Turks, YouTube
Our press is no longer free
‘We’re basically pushers’: Staff at social media giant go to court after likening their platform to a drug Politico
Mr. Market is in a bad mood.
Jamie Dimon is right. Alarm bells are ringing over the next GFC Australian Financial Review
Could the market be facing an “everything bubble”? Investors are divided on CNBC
⚡️ This is the trap of the fluidity of the aging curve.
Everyone continues to label this as unfair.
it’s not.
This is the moment when an entire demographic cohort becomes the largest single macro force in the market due to one structural fact:
Outsourcing of the US financial system… https://t.co/x2btK8UM5A
— Sitebringer (@_The_Prophet__) November 23, 2025
economy
7 warning signs for the US economy Business Insider Japan
A.I.
Chuck L.: “There’s no mention of blocking state regulation, but it’s almost certainly in the fine print somewhere.”
🇺🇸🤖 President Trump just signed the Genesis Mission, one of the largest AI directives in U.S. history.
The plan is modeled on the scale and urgency of the Manhattan Project, according to the executive order. This creates a completely national, whole-of-government effort to:
•Merge… pic.twitter.com/DwUqTHw9sw
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) November 25, 2025
AI spending war and mounting AI debt could put pressure on stock buybacks Wolf Richter
basil
Trump family fortune plummets in violent cryptocurrency crash Daily Beast (resilc). Bwahahaha.
PE firms flood junk bond market to pay themselves back Bloomberg
Game theory explains how algorithms drive up prices Wired (Dr. Kevin)
Natural Peanut Butter Bushcraft USA. Paul R.: “The acquittal of peanut butter.”
guillotine watch
Tesla defect causes fiery crash that kills Tacoma woman, Seattle Times reports in lawsuit (Kevin W.)
class war
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie Michael Green. It’s a must read. resilc: “I’m not sure about the overall conclusion, but some of the analysis is enlightening.”
If you try hard, it will work out. American revocation (resilc). Yes, please read it. Please believe me.
Americans feel the pain of affordability crisis: ‘We can’t afford it’ The Guardian
New ‘cash law’ could force Walmart and Costco to take money the old-fashioned way Fox (Kevin W)
Antidote (via):
And bonus (Chuck L):
This is definitely one of the best videos I’ve ever seen on the internet. pic.twitter.com/8jWBw2iqVF
— Nature is amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) November 23, 2025
Second bonus:
How has the situation changed?..🐶🐾🦃🦃🦃😅 pic.twitter.com/4lIdx8lpJR
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) November 24, 2025
And third:
Kitten realized that all the dogs were scared of her 😂
pic.twitter.com/MKtA5t6d4x
— Antidepressant content (@depressionlesss) November 23, 2025
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