For intelligent and sociable crows, Pennsylvania is a warm winter oasis on the Allegheny Front.
DNA reveals German family lived in same village for 3,000 years Greek reporter
What We Call Progress Boston Review
Climate/Environment
Wall Street’s gas addiction fuels the AI boom and derails progress on climate change Private Equity Stakeholder Project
Can an endangered frog stop oil drilling near a Denver suburb? Residents hope so. capital and main
Global copper demand hits Amazon Inside Climate News
Dozens feared dead as copper mine collapses in Democratic Republic of Congo Anadolu Agency
plastic planet phenomenon world
pandemic
Washington State DOH: H5N5 avian influenza confirmed in Grays Harbor County resident Avian Influenza Diary
Dear Doctors, M (Is) Living with the Long COVID-19 Pandemic
South Korea
Top US admiral says South Korea’s new submarine should keep China in check The Straits Times
Anduril is building MASC autonomous warship with HD Hyundai Naval News
Japan
Mr. Takaichi’s ambitions continue to expand as he observes Japan
Matt Turpin, the Kryptonite of the Chinese Communist Party. Engagement Cheerleading by Hoover Institution Fellow and Palantir Senior Advisor.
Japan dispatches special envoy to China to calm escalating conflict, media reports Channel News Asia
China?
Chinese people are on a tough treadmill Asia Times
India
7 Reasons Why RSS Lobbying in Washington, D.C., Warns News Agencies
How Pakistan’s spending blitz helped Trump win and shift U.S. policy The New York Times
syrakistan
A shadowy company run by an Israeli-Estonian expelled hundreds of Palestinians from Gaza Haaretz
Scoop: Israel wants President Trump to normalize Israel terms of Axios’ F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia
Iran turns to cloud seeding as historic drought worsens
Israel becomes the first country in the world to begin pumping desalinated water into the depleted Sea of Galilee Israel Times
The Euphrates becomes the last front in Syria’s civil war
Or Canada
95-year-old human rights scholar Richard Falk interrogated for several hours in Canada Reflux
discord in europe
Trump trade negotiator slams EU tariff cuts, regulatory delays FT
It’s very convenient to have everything clear now. Do you not believe in the Christian God, oppose American wars, are an anarchist, Marxist, anti-capitalist? Then you will become a terrorist and the US will come after you. And Europe will of course roll over https://t.co/q037T3wVGD pic.twitter.com/wH2kjfy8OG
— Nate Baer (@NateB_Panic) November 16, 2025
German auction house halts sale of Holocaust artifacts after protest The Guardian
German Ambassador Says Polish Opposition is ‘Supporting President Putin’ in Claiming World War II Reparations Memo from Poland
A new war that’s not so cold war
Results of the UN vote on Russia’s resolution to “combat Nazism, neo-Nazism and the glorification of other forms of racism and intolerance”.
Basically the West versus the rest of the world.
Two major US allies broke ranks, with Israel supporting the motion and Turkey abstaining. pic.twitter.com/fCylrQz1Vb
—Brian McDonald (@27khv) November 16, 2025
Ukraine’s best defense against Putin’s energy war is another attack on Russia’s oil refinery, Chatham House. Please tell me how it works.
Greece to supply U.S. natural gas to Ukraine for winter Bloomberg. Please tell me how it works.
Serbia’s US-sanctioned oil company NIS spends three months looking for buyer Reuters
Novorossiysk resumes crude oil loading after Ukraine attack
Sitrep 11/16/25: Exaggerated energy attack hits Russia again, masking UA front collapse Simplicius
Border bottleneck, truck drivers confused by massive disturbance at Kazakhstan-Russia border Intellinews
Africa
US launches series of airstrikes in Somalia, reports of civilians killed
Why solar blowouts are already happening in Africa Climate change
south of the border
U.S. military announces latest attack on suspected drug smuggling vessels in Eastern Pacific NBC News
CIA Poster “Follow-up Report”
What is really happening in Venezuela? Explaining the US attack and economic situation Geopolitical and Economic Report
Venezuela reports localized disruption of power grid. Satellite communication failure, Orinoco Tribune
Trump hints at possible talks with Maduro as US ramps up military operations in the Caribbean Anadolu Agency
Breaking news on protests in Mexico:
On the left is the “One Piece” flag from Nepal, and on the right is the same flag from Mexico’s Gen Z “protest” movement.
90 million pesos spent in two months, accounts linked to the Atlas network, draining CIA funds related to regime change operations in Latin America… pic.twitter.com/op1NtmeKHA
— Fiorella Isabel (@FiorellaIsabelM) November 16, 2025
Lafaire Epstein
President Trump asks House Republicans to vote to release Epstein case files
Mr. Clayton’s appointment is highly unrealistic.
Jeffrey Berman was pressured to resign by the first Trump administration about a year after indicting Epstein in 2019 (I remember this was around the time Berman was targeting Steve Bannon). Bill Barr tried to get Creighton to replace him… https://t.co/GuOZlDB8rI
— Whitney Webb (@_whitneywebb) November 16, 2025
Jeff Epstein BIG’s Blast Radius by Matt Stoller. We focus on Larry Summers and his incredible career.
Mr. Epstein gave a New York Times journalist tips about Mr. Trump. Why weren’t they reported? The Intercept
⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇱 JUST IN: US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene:
“I think the right question to ask is: Was Jeffrey Epstein working for Israel?”pic.twitter.com/i9s5mVV60Y
— Hidden news. (@SuppressedNws1) November 16, 2025
Trump 2.0
Longest government shutdown in U.S. history ends without ameliorating constitutional crisis Crisis Notes
Congress approved funding for the NIH, but here’s what’s happening now. All NIH October and November grant application submission deadlines will be rescheduled…no new dates yet. All study section and council meetings will also be rescheduled at some point. See below. Where is the $… https://t.co/oyGgCs5mRS
— Pearl Freya (@PearlF) November 16, 2025
republican funhouse
Republicans clash over surprise call recording provision that could enrich senators The Hill
Young Magazine has a negative influence on Israeli-American conservatives
Once upon a time, he was “just asking questions.” Now, Tucker Carlson is in trouble The New York Times
Are 30-40% of conservative Gen Z staff really Groypers? unhardened
Deshabille Democratic Party
Democrats’ health care rhetoric is a sham Bleeding Heartland
Former First Lady Michelle Obama:
“Don’t even look at me about running, because you all are lying. You’re not ready to be a woman. So don’t waste my time. We have a lot to grow up to.” pic.twitter.com/zr8xLRki4S
— Hot Spot (@HotSpotHotSpot) November 16, 2025
immigration
‘Please proceed with caution’: What a $112 million verdict means for local police working with ICE NOTUS
imperial collapse watch
Robert Skidelsky: After Globalization – Fascism and the Return of War Glenn Diesen (Video)
Republicans’ latest ploy to deny rural veterans health care ‘barnraisers’
mamdani
What Mamdani can learn from past and present public food projects Food and Power
A.I.
Making fun of Meta’s AI crawler information falsification
Former Disney star creates the “most evil” app ever. Barely works even by San Francisco standards
Most states don’t disclose which companies receive data center incentives, according to a Kansas Reflector report.
AI companies are treating their employees like human garbage, and this could be a sign of what’s to come for the rest of us in the future.
The song remains the same Internal Exile
academy glove
Harvard University Endowment’s Biggest Public Investment Is Bitcoin Gizmodo
antitrust law
Ballroom Blitz: Union Pacific donates to White House Ballroom while proposing major merger Flatwater Free Press
economy
America’s corporate meltdown: 2025 crisis reaches 15-year high, with 655 large companies bankrupt Economic Times
preview room
Ghosts on the Balcony: A cross-country trip to 58 theaters as Ankler fights for survival.
friendly sky
Ryanair refuses refund to man who missed flight after knife attack AV Geekery
Trump administration repeals Biden administration rule that compensates passengers for delayed flights 1 photo International News: AFPBB News
guillotine watch
Americans want billionaires removed from politics and see them as a threat to democracy, Forbes poll finds
class war
What happened to UBI? maximum reading
Selling Flawed Dreams New York Review
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