California cities are trying to celebrate polyamorous unions. Lawyer warns of trouble in court Los Angeles Times
The Types of Short Stories People Really Want to Read Amateur Criticism
Climate/Environment
🚨Breaking news🚨
The latest Relative Ocean Niño Index (RONI) forecasts indicate we could be facing the strongest El Niño on record.
This could lead to dystopian global climate change effects over the next year and a half.
No one is ready. https://t.co/Ru8jg7uqIR pic.twitter.com/WR9bT2O4AG
— Leon Simmons 🌍 (@LeonSimons8) April 26, 2026
War, El Niño, disease and famine: the looming shock to the world’s food supply Craig Tyndale
Climate and World Hunger, 1876-1878 American Meteorological Society
Cerros de la Plaza Glacier is no more. The Earth is quietly losing one of its most powerful cooling systems: natural reflectivity. When glaciers disappear, so does Earth’s albedo. Less sunlight is reflected back into space, and more heat is absorbed, accelerating global warming. pic.twitter.com/QpVxFXMwZD
— Peter Dynes (@PGDynes) April 24, 2026
pandemic
I developed Long Coronavirus while working in the medical field. There was no place for me in this system. chic era
China?
Chinese style kill line? Sinicization
How young Chinese workers are securing their future as AI disrupts the job market and causes wage cuts Business Times
Southeast Asia
Power outages in the Philippines due to rising electricity costs Intellinews
The Pentagon needed rare earths and found a supplier in Malaysia WSJ
South Korea
CIA conducts MK Ultra experiments on prisoners in US custody, declassified documents confirm intercepts
syrakistan
Israel accuses Hezbollah of violating ‘ceasefire’, while Iran takes nuclear file off the table and US threatens Nord Stream-like sabotage GeoPolitiQ
Is the US military advising against further attacks on Iran? larry johnson
Iran has caused more damage to U.S. military bases than publicly known NBC News
For five years, Iran built an alternative financial architecture based on the clear theory that cryptocurrencies would survive sanctions. Bitcoin mining was legalized in 2019. Subsidized electricity was directed to industrial farms. The mined coins were sold to the Central Bank of Iran… pic.twitter.com/2F4RjkMxAw
— Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ (@shanaka86) April 26, 2026
Iran offers US deal to reopen strait, but nuclear negotiations postponed Axios. Rabbit from WH Messenger recommends a large amount of salt.
New move to extend some U.S. benefits to IDF soldiers Military.com
A government press release acknowledged that the US attacked Iran “at Israel’s request.” dissident
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Israeli bulldozers destroy solar panels and olive trees in southern Lebanon, destroying ‘infrastructure’ Anti-war
Displaced Lebanese raise money to buy satellite images to see the remains of their homes Drop site
discord in europe
China expresses ‘serious’ concerns over EU industrial action, vows to protect ‘legitimate’ rights Anadolu Agency
Britain and allies could pool arms funds into ‘defense bank’ Telegraph
Germany’s AfD overtakes ruling party CDU/CSU in new poll with 28% approval rating Polsky Radio
Police launch attempted murder investigation, believe New IRA may be behind station attack Airipost
Hidden History: How Mossad Infiltrated Italy Kit Clarenberg
Africa
Mali targeted in widespread, systematic armed attacks across Africa
General Sadio Camara: Mali’s Minister of Defense and founder of the Russo-Wagner Union of modern Ghana. He was killed on Saturday.
France’s strategic counteroffensive in Africa ended in failure…
Today, the most powerful attempt was made to expel us from Mali. This is a country of strategic importance to us (and our enemies) in West Africa, and one of our major outposts in this part of Africa. pic.twitter.com/doJc2YkMVU
— 🇷🇺 Yuri Podolyaka (@YuriPodolyaka) April 25, 2026
US move in Libya aims to sever Russian air bridge to Sahel alliance Andrew Korybko
old blighty
British Ambassador BBC says King’s visit is to ‘revitalize’ relations with US
Palantir Pipeline: How Peter Thiel’s surveillance firm hired over 30 senior British officials The Nerve
Massive fire breaks out at British base used by US firefighters (video) RT
A new war that’s not so cold war
Britain rejects suggestion that British jet shot down Russian drone British Defense Journal
Long-range attack causes multiple explosions at one of Russia’s largest oil refineries London loves business
ZOG destruction? ukraine events
Is Russia under construction? julian macfarlane
south of the border
This gold came from drug cartel mines in Colombia. It should never end up at the US Mint. But it happens. New York Times (Robin)
(Another) Trump assassination attempt
Suspect gunman:
Read White House Correspondents Dinner gunman Cole Allen’s full anti-Trump declaration New York Post
Assassin was not on FBI radar, sources say Ken Klippenstein
Cole Thomas Allen, a 31-year-old California man who allegedly tried to break into the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, was seen wearing an Israeli regime IDF sweatshirt in a photo posted to his Instagram account before his profile was deleted. pic.twitter.com/5yhd9tHHFC
— Tasnim News Agency (@Tasnimnews_EN) April 26, 2026
🇺🇸 WHCD filming is getting very strange
The shooter is called Cole Allen, and Henry Martinez’s X account posted “Cole Allen” on December 22, 2023.
This is the only post from this account. Look at this, the header image for Henry’s account is from a website called TIME MACHINE!!… https://t.co/21Ut8p2KPI pic.twitter.com/FexTdbdYRc
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 26, 2026
Is it true? Are you a reader?
This technique is well known.
1) Create an account
2) Set your profile to private and hide your posts
3) Write a post using a name or event (such as the date of the Pope’s death)
4) If the event occurs, remove everything else and keep only the matches.
5) Create your profile… https://t.co/h8XYW5frEX pic.twitter.com/3Q3kgcM20I
— David Puente (@DavidPuente) April 26, 2026
aftermath:
TRUMP: I’m not a rapist. I didn’t rape anyone
O’DONNELL: Oh, I think he was talking about you? pic.twitter.com/JXmtB6kUdJ
— Aaron Looper (@atrupar) April 26, 2026
President Trump says tonight’s shooting at WHCD is a clear example of why the White House needs a new banquet hall. pic.twitter.com/a6dzeH9nyB
— Asyn (@Acyn) April 26, 2026
press. After being hounded by Fox News, President Trump uses the White House correspondents’ dinner shooting incident to press Congress to approve the FISA domestic spy program, saying, “We really need it for our national security…”
He repeatedly stated that he was willing to give up his freedom for safety. pic.twitter.com/tmcepp0Wgn
— Chris Menahan 🇺🇸 (@infolibnews) April 26, 2026
And before shooting,
Before the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Caroline Leavitt told people to tune in to the show because Trump would bring the heat.
“There will be shots fired.”
she said so.
It was tonight.
What did she know? pic.twitter.com/Dwg1E8tFDd
— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) April 26, 2026
🚨 Badass: Fox News just cut off one of its reporters for seemingly suggesting the shooting was a pre-planned false flag. pic.twitter.com/t59EMGPQcM
— Micah Erfan (@micah_erfan) April 26, 2026
A.I.
ChatGPT confesses to impossible crimes by wiretapping
Trump 2.0
President Trump fires all 24 members of Science, the governing body of the National Science Foundation
imperial collapse watch
Chart Book 443 Hardworking Conqueror? Why is 21st century America different from Edwardian England? adam toews
Data Centers Reveal America’s Economic Development: The Brainless Bundoggle
The United States imports 82% of its large power transformers. How did we get there and what will it take to rebuild our capabilities? frontier map
Monopoly Recap: How China’s Finger Trap Explains America’s Political Dilemma Matt Stoller
police state surveillance
New Mexico becomes latest state to end cooperation with ICE under new law The Truth (Robin K.)
big brother is watching you
Mike Johnson’s campaign to renew warrantless NSA spying on Americans reaches climax this week Glenn Greenwald
By 2027, all new cars in the United States will be required by law to be equipped with technology that continuously monitors drivers.
The car’s AI will determine if you are drunk and fit to drive, and will automatically turn off your vehicle if it determines you are a danger on the road. pic.twitter.com/7SDbAJ2GyC
— Publicity (@pubity) April 25, 2026
HR 8250 creates a total identity system that enables government authentication. It cross-references authenticated users to NSPM-7’s list of “domestic terrorists,” turns personal devices into tethered ID cards, and “unacceptable” statements can trigger a forced lockout from the device. pic.twitter.com/kvpyaBOHvB
— Silicon Valley Fodder (@Playerinthgame) April 22, 2026
accelerationist
Muskism as Fordism Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff, LPE Project
economy
America’s pandemic car bubble leaves buyers in debt WSJ
A strait of misery, a shock that reveals the barbaric heart of the system
health care?
How the Iran conflict is reshaping hospital supply chains Becker’s Hospital Review
class war
From cars and phones to tractor owners, there’s a growing wave of populists calling for an end to the ‘captive’ repair economy CNBC
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