King of the Four Seasons Aeon
This endangered California lighthouse has a horrifying history. Here’s why fans want to save Los Angeles Times
The tiny blue dot was a whale that was tracked for a week as it navigated crowded ships in Chile’s Ancudo Bay.
— Science Girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) October 21, 2025
NOAA stops funding essential data collection for tsunami warning system Alaska Public Media
Climate/Environment
Scale of Jamaica and Haiti disasters revealed Balance Weather
Overlooked East Antarctic melting could disrupt sea level predictions Phys.org
What if real estate insurance companies allowed wildfires to be excluded from coverage?Moving Day
pandemic
Neurodevelopmental effects of 3-year-old children exposed to maternal severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the utero-gynecology clinic.
Persistent neurological sequelae in children and adolescents after SARS-CoV-2: a scoping review Springer Nature
toilet
Tehran’s drinking water supply could run out in two weeks, Iranian officials say on Al Jazeera
China?
The following post about new tariffs on China after the Trump-Xi deal was actually incorrect. This is because President Trump seems to be lying with the figure of “overall tariffs of 47%.”
A just-released White House fact sheet states that “reciprocal tariffs” (meaning “release”)… https://t.co/o1azmli7oW pic.twitter.com/DCmLoCbTl3
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 2, 2025
Beyond the Hype: The Fragile Theater of US-China Power Politics India’s Story
President Trump bans supply of Nvidia’s top AI chips from China Al-Mayadeen
China excludes Nexperia chips from semiconductor export ban DW
Lo and behold, the Dutch have succeeded in avoiding risks from China. How did they do that? By effectively handing over billions of dollars of profitable semiconductor manufacturing operations to China.
Nexperia China takes over supply contracts and directly fulfills them, bypassing them… https://t.co/ZgsmeEQ8DG
— Chebureki Man (@CheburekiMan) November 2, 2025
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Chart Book 414: (Red-Green) Leaning forward towards Utopia. We speak out against the politics of silence regarding China’s renewable energy revolution. adam toews
The Tortoise and the Hare in AI Warwick Powell
Conservative and Religious: Filipino Evangelicals Go to MAGA Fulcrum
India
How the India-US defense agreement will usher in a new security era: India’s story
Himalayan Mayhem Consortium News
syrakistan
More than 3 million years of life lost in Gaza
Anti-war Prime Minister Netanyahu says leaked video of IDF soldier raping Palestinian prisoner was ‘most serious public relations’ attack on Israel
Top Israel Defense Force prosecutor at abuse video leak center arrested early Sunday after being reported missing Haaretz
US issues ‘final warning’ to Baghdad over Iraqi resistance The Cradle
Syria’s interim president al-Shalah plans to meet with President Trump in first White House visit by Syrian leader FOX News
India 1919 and Gaza 2023 Anti-Imperial Project
old blighty
Cambridgeshire train stabbing: ‘heroic’ railway worker fights for life after tackling attacker The Guardian
discord in europe
EU countries sell critical energy infrastructure to Trump-aligned fossil fuel giant Energy Transfer SOMO
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during plans to scrap green transport rules Politico
CIA director secretly meets with EU officials to allay concerns about US intelligence sharing Politico
German Defense Ministry upholds $1 billion drone contract after “disastrous” tests – Media RT
President Trump says President Orbán has requested exemption from Russian oil sanctions – Here’s the US government’s reaction Daily News Hungary
Dutch elections and Spinoza’s lonely grave Foreign policy in focus
A new war that’s not so cold war
Ukraine’s suicide helicopter mission…why? larry johnson
The German government rejected Lavrov’s proposal for a non-aggression pact between Russia and EU and NATO members. (machine translation)
Ukraine will receive promised Patriot air defense system from Germany, says Zelensky Kiev Independence
Russia secretly launches nuclear-powered ‘mothership’ for underwater attack drone Poseidon Military Monitor
Neo-Nazi-led think tank receives enthusiastic welcome in Washington Azov Robbie’s blog
Africa
More African countries are embracing Yuan’s economic wealth
Nigeria rejects Christian genocide claims as President Trump considers military action Al Jazeera
Coup Suspicion: Details of some detained police officers revealed to Premium Times. Useful map (Nigeria checks in at number 10):
Jihadists have sealed off Mali’s capital. What’s the problem? Conversation
Inside the UAE’s secret Sudanese war operations in Somalia’s Bosaso Middle East Eye
Panama Moments in Somaliland: Berbera new channel Geeska
south of the border
Three killed in US attack on small boat in Caribbean Orinoco Tribune
These are US ships and aircraft converging off the coast of WaPo, Venezuela
Venezuelan Su-30MK2 fighter jets equipped with Mach 3+ anti-ship missiles strengthen deterrent patrols against US military surveillance
How will the invasion of Venezuela end? Summit war. View from a former Russian diplomat in Caracas.
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China’s new gateway to South America: Chancay Port Asia Times
Peru’s political establishment lines up behind unelected far-right government WSWS
Trump 2.0
Tulsi Gabbard’s speech at the Manama Dialogue Carl Sanchez
FBI ousts leader as Patel rages over government jet use issue Bloomberg
A more perfect union of Trump’s corporate co-conspirators. A useful database of who donates to the White House Ballroom and what they get in return.
“Liberation Day”
President Trump has said his tariffs will help American businesses. So why are they singing? USA Today
republican funhouse
Candace Owens x Norman Finkelstein Candace Owens (video)
The outrage against Tucker, the barely concealed calls for his murder by pigs like Levin and Fine, is ostensibly caused by his conversations with controversial public figures, but is actually just a reaction to the way he exposed conservatives, often for the first time, to violent people.
— Martyrmade (@martyrmade) November 2, 2025
police state surveillance
American man shot in the back after warning ICE agent that children were gathering at bus stop, lawyer says Los Angeles Times
Could ICE have “lost” 3,000 immigrant arrests in Chicago? NBC Chicago
ICE plans cash rewards for private bounty hunters who find and track immigrants
ICE Watch Slate. “One morning, before dawn, I headed into a dark parking lot to meet people who were trying to do what the courts, politicians, and police had failed to do: ICE for money.”
Wars Come Home
AI drones used in Gaza and now monitoring American cities don’t panic!
SCOOP: DHS activates historic surveillance on immigrants and immigration insiders. As Bleeding Edge pointed out, this was pioneered by the Marines in Fallujah.
mamdani
“Mamdani and his (our) enemies.” Patrick Lawrence, “The Serpent Master”
Infernal Affairs The Baffler
This AI gaffe is beyond humiliating (for the Cuomo campaign), but have we suddenly become culturally normalized using fake AI videos depicting real, live people in election ads? Do people realize how dangerous this can get quickly? https://t.co/Vi8kIvrY9H
— Adam Gaffney (@awgaffney) November 1, 2025
accelerationist
There’s one thing any government can do to shrink Big Tech’s Cory Doctorow.
Elon Musk’s toxic politics may have caused Tesla’s car sales to drop by 1 million units Rolling Stone (resilc)
antitrust law
Monopoly Roundup: Voters May Terrorize Corporate America BIG By Matt Stoller
I feel hopeless. As soon as we started something, crypto and AI friends poured millions of people into the opposition.
I think Lina Khan was a threat to the FTC and negotiations with the Congressional lobbyists were not going well, so they pushed to form a new government.
— ShyamOza (@ShyamOza) November 2, 2025
economy
Risky loans from the housing crisis are making a comeback WSJ
Debt and Cockroaches Michael Roberts Blog
A.I.
Too big to fail? gary marcus
The end of the rip-off economy The Economist. Explanation:
Libertarians cited the sentiments of other libertarians and billionaires in support of their argument that consumer protection regulations are no longer needed. pic.twitter.com/9bfQ9dE3Ao
— Hal Singer (@HalSinger) November 2, 2025
basil
I think Substrate is a billion dollar scam: Part 1 Fox Chapel investigation
guillotine watch
Dancers attend President Trump’s Halloween party as people begin to lose food stamps under the Trump administration pic.twitter.com/LWknoEktw6
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) November 1, 2025
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