Excess carbon dioxide detected in human blood suggests potentially toxic atmosphere within 50 years Springer Nature
Climate change is driving walruses north Polar Journal
Rising temperatures pose a threat to tropical insects Nature
Today’s temperature in India is 40 degrees Celsius for the first time this year.
3 stations at 40℃
13 international (and many state) stations above 39°C.
The most severe heatwave on record in early March will intensify until mid-month, after which temperatures will level off until returning to slightly above normal levels https://t.co/sbVD9cycrw
— Abnormal temperatures around the world (@extremetemps) March 6, 2026
🌡️Unusual heat
Believe it or not, these are the high and low temperatures for each state tonight and are typical June temperatures.
76 florida
75 Texas
72 Louisiana, Mississippi
69 Oklahoma, Alabama
66 Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee
65 South Carolina
64 Virginia
63 Missouri, North Carolina, Kentucky pic.twitter.com/uPv8lg6yrn
— Abnormal temperatures around the world (@extremetemps) March 6, 2026
Canada’s drinking water long at risk from wildfires, UBC study warns UBC
China aims for slowest growth since 1991 in pragmatic moves amid mounting pressure South China Morning Post
Cross-border flows of Chinese yuan could weaken US Council on Foreign Relations sanctions. Obvious division.
South Korea
North Korea’s Kim oversees cruise missile test of new destroyer Al Jazeera
India
The US “will not make the same mistake” of giving India “concessions like China”, Times of India official says (Michael T.)
Africa
Sudanese army retakes Bara and secures El Obeid in Al Jazeera, North Kordofan
US and other countries express concern over ceasefire violations in eastern Congo Reuters
Niger suspends and revoke foreign mining licenses including British-affiliated company Modern Ghana
south of the border
US and Venezuela restore diplomatic ties as Washington seeks access to minerals France 24
discord in europe
The Russian government plans to meet to discuss halting gas exports to Europe after President Vladimir Putin warns that rising energy prices could cut supplies “right now.”
Concerns about poverty among graduate students increase as Germany’s economy slows Times Higher Education
Zionazi Germany’s Hero of Ukraine Moss Robson (Michael T.)
How a German political spy mistook a random woman in Berlin for a white nationalist troll, surveilled her for two years and had her fired for no reason eugyppius (Micael T)
Shia congregation mourns Ayatollah – minister’s criticism expressed through machine translation. Michael T.: “If you want to feel real intolerance, surround yourself with liberals. They can’t really understand the religious authority that Iran’s supreme leader has. They believe that authority is only political.”
old blighty
Britain bears the brunt of bond market decline due to Middle East war This is Money
British companies withdraw from fixed energy contracts as prices soar due to Iran war BBC
Unemployment rate for county GPs rising, councilors tell BBC (Paul R)
israel vs resistance
Iran War Cost Tracker (Kevin W)
Iran’s winning strategy shakes up the world’s largest military and global geopolitics
Iran rejects President Trump’s request for talks. Officials say negotiations will not be considered until a new supreme leader is appointed to the drop site
The Demands of Madness in a Mad War Daniel Larison
Why the United States is Facing a Strategic Defeat Policy Tensor (James C)
Can Israel and the US maintain Iran’s military power? Conflict Forum. Alastair Crook with Chris Hedges
Tech Download: Data centers become military targets as Iran war escalates on CNBC (Kevin W)
Houthis hold the trigger as region watches next move Middle East Online
Balochistan on alert as thousands cross border from Iran at dawn
Iran War: FMR IDF Soldier and Historian Omer Bartov Daniel Davis, YouTube. ZOMG, I missed this yesterday when I was looking up Iran war news. Bartov is a great scholar and thinker. From a post from 2012:
Having influence means making a commitment. And even in situations like the Holocaust, drawing a bright line is not as easy as it seems. One particularly good discussion is Omer Bartov’s article in a 2001 book review explaining how Bulgaria became the only Nazi state to refuse to hand over its Jews to Germany for extermination.
But this lesson is neither so simple nor enlightening. Because we also learn from such cases that the difference between virtue and vice is not as fundamental as we would like to believe. Sometimes the most effective kind of good, the practical kind, the kind that can not only soothe the consciences of the protagonists but actually save their lives, is carried out by people who have already turned to evil, members of the very organizations that get the ball rolling into the abyss. A strange and frustrating reduction thus arises. While the absolute good is often completely powerless, the compromised, divided, ambiguous good, the good touched and tainted by evil, is the only kind that can set limits on mass murder. And while absolute evil is certainly defined by its consistent one-dimensionality, this most common kind of evil, the most pervasive kind, also contains seeds of good that may be inspired and encouraged by the example of these few denizens of the underworld who have come to realize their own moral potential. As in the great cosmic mythology of Kabbalah, the fragments of light remaining from the original divine universe can only be collected from the realm of evil in which they now reside.
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Two Middle East F1 races in serious doubt, Australia likely to win grand prix again News.com.au (Kevin W)
Afghanistan/Pakistan
Approximately 66,000 Afghans are evacuated due to heavy fighting in Al-Jazeera border with Pakistan
A new war that’s not so cold war
Ukraine-Russia peace talks likely to be delayed ‘for some time’ due to Iran war Sky
Putin may finally deal the long-awaited fatal blow to the EU economy Andrew Korybko
We demand immediate answers from Kiev regarding large cash shipments passing through Hungary, which raise serious questions about possible links to the Ukrainian war mafia.
Since January, $900 million and €420 million in cash and 146 kilograms of gold have been stored.
— Peter Szijjarto (@FM_Szijjarto) March 6, 2026
Finland proposes partial lifting of nuclear weapons restrictions Bloomberg (Michael T.)
Trump 2.0
President Trump posts fascist meme to destroy economy Zeteo
Pam Bondi runs into trouble with Republicans at Capitol Police (Kevin W)
Justice Department withholds indictment documents against Epstein and Trump, released BBC (Kevin W)
FDA vaccine chief resigns from Politico after clashes with drug companies (Kevin W)
President Trump kicks Tucker Carlson from MAGA RT (Kevin W)
What we know about Noem’s new ‘Shield of the Americas’ The Hill role (Kevin W.)
customs duty
20 US states are suing the Trump administration to block the latest tariffs announced by the White House BBC
Trade war on longest undefended border could upend the economy Bloomberg
spook country
Does Prime Minister Netanyahu have a spy in the White House? Thomas Neuberger. Of course it is. John Kirakow said he would meet with the Mossad in a space rented by the CIA because it tries to plant bugs every time it is allowed access to CIA premises.
50 Years of Secrets: Why You Should Pay Attention to the FBI’s ‘Do Not Access’ Files Matt Taib Important.
economy
U.S. loses 92,000 jobs in widespread unexpected recession, Wall Street Journal. Full page banner heading.
U.S. unexpectedly cuts 92,000 jobs, unemployment rate rises Bloomberg
Posts as sentiment indicators:
🚨 The housing bubble is bursting. Get out now. 🚨
Pending home sales just hit an all-time low.
Until now. Historically. lower than in 2008. Lower than the new coronavirus.
This is not a slowdown. This is a collapse that begins in real time.
If you own a home, read this.
If you… pic.twitter.com/TBAIdLFfgG
— No Limits Alpha (@NoAlphaLimits) March 6, 2026
antitrust law
How President Trump’s antitrust enforcer Andrew Ferguson is driving up oil prices Matt Stoller
basil
Investors poured billions of dollars into private credit. Now many people are asking for refunds CNBC
Rubrik Capital tells investors that some private credit companies use accounting tools to hide leverage Market Screener
BlackRock cuts private loans from 100 to zero Bloomberg
Temporary antidote (Mike M):
Click here for yesterday’s link and Antidote du Jour.
