Archaeologists reveal what they can and cannot know about Sapiens
Nearly a third of children won’t be able to use books when they start school and will try to swipe them like a phone Sky News
Text is King: A History of Experiments
Climate/Environment
Post-storm freeze to test U.S. power grid as demand soars Bloomberg
This is a world map showing the average temperature anomaly for the entire year 2025 compared to the baseline average from 1951 to 1980. Parts of the North Pole were +15°C (+27°F) warmer than that baseline. Parts of Antarctica experienced temperatures of up to +8 degrees Celsius (+14 degrees Fahrenheit). pic.twitter.com/5hAP90slHS
— Thomas Reis (@peakaustria) January 24, 2026
Big Freeze Intellinews
South Korea
US and South Korea agree to deepen cooperation on nuclear submarines, announced in Seoul Channel News Asia
China?
China’s top commander accused of providing nuclear secrets to US Journal
People’s Liberation Army purge intensifies: Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli under investigation Chineseism
Like a castaway, he was born to walk alone China Article
India
The battle over the future of mass plunder and food reflux
India and EU trade talks become more urgent amid global changes Channel News Asia
syrakistan
President Trump’s “peace commission” is eliminating Palestinians and resistance groups while bringing in a BRICS contingent. Vanessa Beeley and Fiorella Isabel
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Leaked: Kit Clarenberg infiltrated ISIS refugee camp by MI6
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How Iraq’s oil sector is emerging as a battleground for Russia, US Amwazi
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Ongoing litigation between American and British information warfare contractors reveals scale of covert operations against all Iranian intelligence sources
Meet the only dubious source behind Time magazine’s claim that Iran killed 30,000 protesters. dissident
US Air Force to begin drills in Middle East amid tensions with Iran Al Arabiya
🤔 My guess is that they are trying to get as many air defense assets into the region as possible in anticipation of having to fend off a strong Iranian attack. Of course, this strongly suggests that the United States is planning something that would provoke such an attack.
If so… https://t.co/Y5etA7uUpf
— Will Shriver (@imetatronink) January 25, 2026
Yemeni military media released a short video containing the following words:
“Soon” pic.twitter.com/ONGj2pq4Wo
— Ahmed Hassan (@Ahmed_hassan_za) January 25, 2026
Saudi Arabia to scale back flagship NEOM project: Report The New Arab
Or Canada
Carney says Canada won’t pursue free trade deal with China as Trump threatens 100% tariffs CNBC
old blighty
Morgan Stanley says UK will be hardest hit by AI job cuts The Straits Times
London skies turn gray: soaring energy prices put firewood back into UK homes’ chimneys
Who really rules Britain? Democracy on sale
discord in europe
Report says the EU is preparing to weaponize Europe’s tech industry against the US Gizmodo
EU-US: Agreement regarding the personal data of all Europeans Il Fatto Quotidiano (Translation by GeoPolitiQ)
“‘Fascist Battalion’: French neo-Nazis are fighting in Ukraine. Featuring SS symbols and swastika tattoos: A French neo-Nazi unit is reportedly recruiting soldiers to fight alongside the Ukrainian army.
Nazi symbols, references to the SS, and use of the Nazi-era nom de bre:… pic.twitter.com/R3ktRa1ft9
— Ivan Katchanovski (@I_Katchanovski) January 24, 2026
Dear Germans, brace yourselves.
The 🇺🇦 branch linked to the neo-Nazi network “Blood and Honor”, strengthened by the war with Russia and indirectly financed by German funds, claims to be ready for the so-called “Reconquista”, which they describe as “saving white Europe”.
They say, they… pic.twitter.com/o8G7ZoWE1Q
— Marta Havryshko (@HavryshkoMarta) January 25, 2026
A new war that’s not so cold war
Is the war in Ukraine nearing an end? Although no peace agreement has been reached yet, Kiev is in a positive mood after trilateral talks
When will the Kiev regime collapse? Can President Trump and General Grynkewich be saved? John Helmer
Has Russia finally started shutting down Ukraine’s nuclear power plants? Simplicius
Aliyev suffocates in Shutupa, why Azerbaijan must be bombed Marat Kairlin
Latest news on the American who went to Russia in search of a woman he met online and ended up in jail: Russian news agency Mash said the woman from Kazan barely knew him.
According to her, the 60-year-old man had been following her on social media since 2022 and leaving her compliments, but he became jealous in 2024. https://t.co/PBF6CT3WWw pic.twitter.com/puaJH2lwM3
—Brian McDonald (@27khv) January 25, 2026
great game
CRINK encirclement: President Trump is keeping Beijing, Moscow and others in check in the central Eurasian belt Intellinews
south of the border
Venezuelan Acting President Rodríguez emphasizes promotion of oil reform for sovereignty and social welfare TeleSUR
Resisting the empire next door, protests in Mexico amplify the truth
Trump 2.0
Commenter wins Read Max
President Trump’s energy policy backfires as consumer bills rise in oil prices
Exclusive: Cruz slams Trump’s tariffs in secret recording, Vance Axios
I think the Trump administration is caught between the need to do damage control over the murders and the upcoming midterm elections. Part of the reason Trump and his Gestapo are doubling down on this (despite clear evidence from the video) is that Trump… https://t.co/nniw7ybHOq
— Voltage (@SpoogemanGhost) January 25, 2026
shutdown
Second mass shooting in Minneapolis threatens to shut down Congress The Hill
Deshabille Democratic Party
Democrats voted to give Trump hundreds of billions of dollars for immigration crackdowns and global war WSWS. Starting Thursday, but Democrats are currently trying to raise money from the recent murders in Minnesota, so that’s something to keep in mind.
police state surveillance
Labor leaders mourn Alex Preti as general strike calls for payday report
People’s Arms, War Games, and Minnesota’s Undiplomatic Escalation
Minnesota business leaders urge leaders to ease tensions in the state KEYC
The Obamas have called the Minneapolis shooting a “wake-up call” and called for accountability and de-escalation. An essential reminder that Obama was essential in making ICE what it is today.
Monopoly Recap: Why Minnesota Police Are ICE Police, Not Corporate Boardrooms (by Matt Stoller)
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Border Patrol Chief Praises Agent Who Killed Alex Preti Axios
The Minnesota Department of Corrections had to issue a statement saying Bovino’s claims about the targets of the operation that led to Alex Preti’s murder were fabricated.
The man has no significant criminal history, and ICE itself appears to have released him from custody in 2018. https://t.co/wokRIk2O9F pic.twitter.com/bugTyspUY4
— Aaron Reichlin Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) January 25, 2026
BREAKING: Judge Tostrad, appointed by President Trump, immediately issues a restraining order barring the administration from “destroying or tampering with evidence” obtained in today’s shooting. https://t.co/atK6MjGsQJ pic.twitter.com/RFhyMwlz2K
—Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 25, 2026
Federal authorities requested employment records for all 7,000 Hennepin Healthcare employees after Ho Chi Minh City officials raised concerns about an ICE detainee being transported with a “fatal” head injury. (Source: Sahan Journal) https://t.co/aYuUj4q0pv
— Frederic Melo, Reporter/Axolotl (@FrederickMelo) January 25, 2026
The doctor who tried to treat Alex Preti said his staff sat and counted the number of bullet holes in him.
When an ICE agent shot and killed U.S. citizen Marimar Martinez in October, he similarly submitted text messages to a fellow agent about the number of holes he had punched in her. https://t.co/nNbsQCDOg7
— Ryan Grimm (@ryangrim) January 25, 2026
“It’s like Call of Duty! Isn’t it cool?”
Trump’s thugs treated the shooting and tear gassing of protesters like a video game, broadcast on hot mics on national television.
Some people applauded after Alex Preti was killed.
abolish ICE pic.twitter.com/4y119Xbxky
— Tennessee Horror (@TheTNHoller) January 25, 2026
In Colorado, ICE agents leave these cards in the cars of people they detain.
During the Vietnam War, American soldiers often marked the bodies of the Vietnamese they killed with an ace of spades. pic.twitter.com/s9EI45Trs2
— Ali Winston (@awinston) January 25, 2026
Trump administration warns FEMA not to talk about ‘ice’ during winter storm for fear people will use clips to make fun of icy futurism
big brother is watching you
Car ‘kill switches’ approved by House Republicans: Complete list Newsweek
unity party
Pentagon extends audit failure streak to 30 years, House increases military budget Steven Semler
Golden Dome incident report
imperial collapse watch
Strategic Blindness Simon Pearce
The US wants 40% of its chips to be manufactured domestically. But quietly, the equipment that makes those chips is rapidly moving offshore. This gap is as important as the chip itself. (1/6) 🧵 pic.twitter.com/eFxNVy2X7k
— SemiAnalysis (@SemiAnaracy_) January 22, 2026
accelerationist
Billionaire-backed California Forever signs largest construction labor contract in history East Bay Times
The new eugenics in medicine MedPage Today
health care?
Uncovering what you can get from health care in Greenland
economy
Markup from the demand side and the supply side Homo economicus
A.I.
Louisville, Kentucky, joins the growing number of cities implementing AI to enable construction dives. What could go wrong?
A proposed bill has been introduced in the Florida Legislature that would hide data center public records. pic.twitter.com/gaZgYUt68Q
— Thomas Kennedy (@tomaskenn) January 25, 2026
US Senate Proposes Bill to Allow AI Data Centers to Avoid Federal Power Regulations Through Off-Grid Energy Infrastructure Development Data Center Dynamics
Leidos, OpenAI deploys AI to transform federal operations PR Newswire
basil
Cryptocurrency stablecoin adoption rate found to be around 1% of previous prediction Gizmodo
class war
About Michael Parenti (1933-2026)’s “Free Market”:
“The myth of the free market asserts that the most ruthless, selfish, opportunistic, greedy and calculating predators pursue corporate profits and wealth accumulation by cold-blooded means… https://t.co/y5cAcySpuJ pic.twitter.com/DOV8HJKCRA
— Going Underground (@GUnderground_TV) January 24, 2026
Are banks more dangerous than nuclear weapons? Julian MacFarlane
Tuju Turnan: Hilmar Farid has been thinking about the world on fire for many years.
On Treasure Island, one grocer and a patchwork of neighbors feed people San Francisco Public Press
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