Welcome the wolf at the barn door
Billions of dollars are going down the toilet as private equity firms work on hot new ‘continuation vehicle’ strategies Benzinga
Climate/Environment
Profitable poison: climate and capitalism
This artificial bacteria reduces emissions and tastes like meat
Of course, part of the logic of cultured meat (besides reducing methane) is to conserve land by converting crops into meat more efficiently than livestock. This is done by replacing many of the livestock’s metabolic functions with the use of external energy.
— George Eliot (@GeorgeE33179) November 30, 2025
Officials say Japan’s oysters are likely dying in “large numbers” The Straits Times
toilet
Water disaster in parts of Asia: Why were the floods that killed 900 people so deadly? First post
Exposure: Climate change is depleting Europe’s water resources The Guardian
A state of drought emergency is declared in the Athens region. State Fast Track Vital Water Project Yefimerida
pandemic
Culture of forced infection: View from the roadside
CIDRAP analysis finds global economic losses due to prolonged COVID-19 amount to $1 trillion annually
More demands on public health Briarpatch
Japan
Einar Tangen: US instigates Sino-Japanese conflict Glenn Diesen (video)
China?
Hong Kong takes action to quell anger over building fire that kills people The Straits Times
Hong Kong is China’s most undervalued strategic asset Asia Times
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China’s factory activity unexpectedly contracted in November, private survey finds CNBC
McCartney 2.0? China’s economic structure, trade patterns, and simulacra of Western mercantilism Warwick Powell
Beijing scraps Malaysia-US trade deal, asks Kuala Lumpur to reconsider priorities Intellinews
India
How the CIA Secretly Instigated the Sino-Indian War Kit Clarenberg
Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan gradually rise over India’s support for Taliban WaPo
Let’s work together, let’s work separately – President Putin and Prime Minister Modi take the Ben Franklin route John Helmer
syrakistan
AI-powered surveillance firm aims for share of Gaza spoilers +972 Magazine
An 8-year-old and an 11-year-old brother are killed in a strike in southern Gaza. IDF: ‘Suspect’ crosses yellow line Israel Times
Trump’s Gaza ‘stabilization force’ under threat as countries reconsider involvement New Arab
Ben Gvir promotes the officer who shot and killed Palestinian soldiers who surrendered in Haaretz
Prime Minister Netanyahu asks Israeli president for pardon in corruption case The Cradle
US asks Lebanon to return unexploded GBU-39 bomb used by IAF, fears it could reach Russia, China Jerusalem Post
Africa
Guinea-Bissau army chief hits elbow on continent
Exclusive: First evidence of chemical weapons use in France during the Sudanese civil war24. Explanation:
🚨 Sudan Chemical Weapons Claims – France 24 just recently called off a “massive investigation” accusing the SAF of using chlorine barrel bombs north of Khartoum in September 2024.
Important points not mentioned in the report:
•The Sudanese Ministry of Health published a full public report in September 2025 after… pic.twitter.com/VGUzLWIySM
— Amadeus Kush ⚜️ (@BurkeanRealist) November 29, 2025
Or Canada
Canada’s weapons fuel war in Sudan and target Gulf market Canadian Dimension
Canadian Feminist Foreign Aid in action in Ukraine Canada Affairs
old blighty
Cuts to insulation plans will make homes colder over winter, experts tell the Guardian
discord in europe
Tens of thousands of people protest against far-right AfD forming new youth group DPA, riots in Germany, reinforcing Trump administration’s label of foreign terrorism FOX News
Polish President Navrocki cancels Orbán meeting after Hungarian Prime Minister’s visit to President Putin Note from Poland
A new war that’s not so cold war
Is Yermak down? ukraine events
General Zarzhni is clearly attacking the Zelenskiy government with an eye to Intellinews’s presidential bid. If we lose Lindsay…
I read with great interest Valery Zaruzhiny, former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, regarding the history and future direction of the conflict in Ukraine.
This overview of the history of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is spot on and…
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) November 30, 2025
Russia is moving much faster than US military experts claim…who could have predicted that? larry johnson
Ukraine has been in retreat all year. The US wants a temporary freeze to preserve assets and deter Russia. Ukraine’s elites are on high alert, fearing an endless loss of funds. Negotiations are aimed at “securing the bag,” but the bag is shrinking, so deadweights like Mindich & Yermak will be cut.
— Russians with Attitude (@RWApodcast) November 30, 2025
Making money, not war: President Trump’s real plan for peace with Ukraine WSJ
Continuing the “offensive” against Russia: desperate Europe dreams of changing the calculus of decline
energy engagement
Shadow fleet crisis deepens: third tanker accident off Senegal after Black Sea drone attack
Kazakhstan asks Ukraine to stop oil exports, stop attacks on terminal Reuters
Iran says it has seized an Eswatini-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz Middle East Eye
China’s oil imports are skyrocketing, with vast amounts destined for strategic stockpiles. how much? No one knows. Kevin Walmsley
German court may have crushed one of the biggest lies of the Biden era Jonathan Turley, The Hill
south of the border
MPs sound alarm over possible war crimes after report of second boat strike
Trump downplays threat to Venezuelan airspace, US considering new measures Bloomberg
US gives Venezuelan President Maduro a chance to leave the country: Senator AFP
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Milay challenges Argentina’s longstanding human rights policies Buenos Aires Times
Milley launches ‘Isaac Accords’ to expand Israeli influence in Latin America The Cradle
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The backlash of the Latin American far right
President Castro warns of fraud, Honduras electoral commission releases partial results TeleSur
What the Honduras election means for billionaire utopia Prospera Nacra
Tolkier
PKK asks Turkey to release Ocalan, warns France to halt peace process24
Trump 2.0
The man in the Silicon Valley White House is benefiting himself and his friends, according to The New York Times. Shocker.
Trump frees fraudster after just days, sentenced to 7 years in prison New York Times
spook country
How the CIA Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Partisanship After-Fact Report
false flag surveillance
Why the Washington DC shootings look like a false flag
imperial collapse watch
Blowbacks, boomerangs, and empire doom loops are undiplomatic
One of the most obvious features of China’s success is not that it is built on its ability to discipline capitalist enterprises, including the “inevitable sculptors of the ranks.” This reminds us of this observation of FDR that seems lost to our Western descendants. https://t.co/IAzOdHlbtK https://t.co/8QCfeZHE3q pic.twitter.com/U8GJ4SoOpA
— Nikhil Pal Singh (@nikhil_palsingh) November 30, 2025
Poetic justice – China’s hollowing out of industry never happened – and why Western countries can no longer sell to China
reply to @RobinBHarding Article “China is making trade impossible”
Western analysts have been warning for years of China’s impending “hollowing out of industry.” (Collapse). That’s… https://t.co/arMdgd38f6
— America-China Watcher (@PandemicTruther) November 29, 2025
Chinese private company develops Mach 7 hypersonic missile at almost 90% lower cost Interesting engineering
sorry. Saving the Dollar Mark Walk
basil
The $25 billion crypto lending market is now led by “transparent” players: Galaxy Coin Telegraph
Cryptocurrency’s most reliable stablecoin receives the lowest possible ‘weak’ rating, leading TradFi agency Gizmodo
The folks at Tether are in the early stages of a large interest rate deal. My reading of this audit is that they are considering a Fed rate cut that will crush interest income. Accordingly, they are buying gold; $BTC In theory, it should accelerate as the price of the currency falls. pic.twitter.com/ZGhQRP4SVF
— Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) November 29, 2025
brick countries
How resilient are the BRICS in the midst of geopolitical storms? – Part 2 Peter Hansseler (Part 1)
BRICS and Nuclear War Julian MacFarlane
Airbus Software Status
Solar flare may have damaged Airbus plane Gizmodo
antitrust law
Monopoly Roundup: Biden’s One Great Achievement: Is Antitrust Still Intact?Matt Stoller
Zephyr Teachout liberates Facebook (and Google, too)
thanksgiving leftovers
Indian Head Penny — A Thanksgiving Story The Enlightened Omnivore
class war
God bless retail worker Gwen Frisbee Fulton.
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