A rescued rabbit raised for meat greets a devoted human at the door like a laughing dog.
Scientists have remapped Rome’s entire road network. All 300,000km ZME Science
The busiest “railway line” you’ve never heard of is outside Atlanta The Transit Guy
Climate/Environment
A major tornado wreaks havoc on a Brazilian city, while the eastern United States gets its first big taste of winter. balanced weather
Water temperatures in Amazon lakes rise to unprecedented levels, killing wildlife Phys.org
The origin of crop water and the hydroclimatic vulnerability of the world’s agricultural land Nature Sustainability
Stratospheric aerosol climate interventions may reduce crop nutritional value Environmental Research Letters
Insurance companies plan for extreme events that can cause their solvency to plummet. Shouldn’t all levels of government do the same? Moving Day
pandemic
Clinical efficacy and cost-effectiveness of different post-hospitalization routes for COVID-19: a UK evaluation using the PHOSP-COVID-19 cohort BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Could Stephen Colbert almost be killed by the coronavirus in 2023? Canary
Thailand-Cambodia
Prime Minister suspends peace agreement with Cambodia Bangkok Post Office and release of prisoners
Africa
RSF burns and buries El Fasher’s body in mass grave: Sudanese Doctors Network
China?
China USD Bomb Cancels US Treasuries as US Chip Giants Admit Defeat to Beijing’s Sean Hu (Video)
China exempts chips used by automakers from export restrictions BBC
Visit to China in the era of AI Sinocity
Zhao Youshun: The last generation of small-scale farmers in China The East is Read
old blighty
Thousands of pensioners to be evicted from care homes, at risk of homelessness: ‘Very cruel’ Big Issue
UK sends anti-drone experts to Belgium after repeated intrusions Euronews
syrakistan
In an interview with @AJEnglish @ajarabic Ph.D. @GhassanAbuSitt1 Medical evidence has been revealed showing that vital organs such as hearts, lungs, kidneys and corneas were surgically stolen from Palestinian martyrs under Israeli occupation. #loop.
When I noticed my chest… pic.twitter.com/yu18JeQb7M
— Sahat English🇵🇸 (@sahatenglish) November 7, 2025
US strengthens Gaza aid role to support fragile ceasefire WaPo
Israel opens a new front: war with Hezbollah is back on the table RT
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A history of eugenics in the Zionist movement Zachary Foster
YouTube (and presumably other proprietary platforms as well) claims that Zionists are a “protected group.” What exactly makes its members a protected group in Zionism? What other political ideologies and organizations qualify as protected groups?
Zionism is not an identity. it is… pic.twitter.com/nn7Kb5Z4Vh
— Alon Mizrahi (@alon_mizrahi) November 8, 2025
Victors History New Left Review
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🇸🇾 Massive anti-Shia protests have erupted in Syria, aimed at putting pressure on HTS-led authorities to expel the Shia population.
As demonstrations spread across the city, shootings were reported in Damascus’s Shiite-majority Sayyida Zeinab neighborhood.
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) November 9, 2025
Dangerous impasse over Iran’s nuclear program New York Times
Dam storage capacity plummets to below 3% in Iran’s second city: Media AFP
Will climate change force Tehran to evacuate? informed comments
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Report dismantling of spy network linked to Yemen, US, Israel, Saudi Arabia TeleSur
Former Saudi intelligence official asks U.S. for help in leaking U.S. secrets The New York Times
A new war that’s not so cold war
Power wars gather momentum — Commentator John Helmer
End of the War – 2026?Julian MacFarlane
Foreign Minister Lavrov reaffirms Russia’s demand for end to war as Ukraine collapses in devastating attack Larry Johnson
President Zelenskiy was interviewing the Guardian newspaper at the Mariinsky Palace when the power went out. pic.twitter.com/iUtjrp4iYo
— Crash Report (@clashreport) November 9, 2025
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Legalizing theft of Russian assets Ian Proud
Zelenskiy says EU’s 20th sanctions package against Russia will be ready “within a month”, Kyiv Independent
south of the border
US investigating locations to send additional military assets to conflict zone in Caribbean
Millions of Venezuelans join volunteer militias as US attacks continue Orinoco Tribune
The Consequences of a Massive War in Venezuela Larry Johnson
“Liberation Day”
President Trump says Americans will receive $2,000 per person as a result of tariffs
Bessent says President Trump’s $2,000 ‘dividend’ could come from tax cut Bloomberg
Trump 2.0
What connects traditional information processing equipment, AI, and the constitutional crisis of the second Trump administration?Part 2: Notes on the crisis
Battle within MAGA over AI NonZero Newsletter
DHS infighting complicates Trump’s deportation push WSJ “A few weeks ago, [Noem and Lewandowski] It ordered ICE agents to buy 10,737 jets from Spirit Airlines to increase deportation flights and use them for their own travels… Eleven officials examined the proposal and found that Spirit Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy for the second time in August, did not own the plans. This plan doesn’t even have an engine…”
Labor unions criticize President Trump for allowing shipbuilding business to China Bloomberg
ICE targets Louisiana shipyard in major immigration crackdown
1/ The US government has quietly removed a monument to black soldiers who died in World War II from the Dutch-American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/1ot3vXEVow
— ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) November 9, 2025
shutdown
Senate votes to advance proposal to end 40-day government shutdown on The Hill. “Centrist” Democrats will cave in and wipe out Obamacare. “As part of a broader agreement, Mr. Thune agreed to schedule a vote later this year on a bill to extend expanded health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that expire in January. However, Senate Republican leaders did not guarantee that the subsidy extension bill would pass the Senate or even if it passed the Senate, it would be voted on in the House.”
Thousands of travelers in misery at airports as FAA cuts lead to flight cancellations and delays NBC News
The United States’ air traffic control system is in dire need of improvement. Will privatization help? CN
Trump administration threatens to penalize states that don’t fully ‘cancel’ SNAP payments
WATCH: Long lines grow outside Cleveland food banks after federal SNAP payments are suspended as government shutdown continues. pic.twitter.com/QiJYnz1q2m
—Fox News (@FoxNews) November 8, 2025
US could see negative GDP growth in the fourth quarter if President Trump fails to reach a deal to end the government shutdown: White House Advisor First Post
Deshabille Democratic Party
Liberal elites threw the door wide open to President Trump’s gross corruption.
Biden spoke about possible Israeli war crimes in Gaza. I kicked the can at Trump. HuffPost
police state surveillance
Masked ICE agents put a damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking for me as a mother’ Chicago Sun-Times
mamdani
Chart Book 415 New York City Zoran Mandani and the Promise to Restore American Social Democracy. adam toews
Mamdani’s first loss Ken Krippenstein
Republicans are pushing to revoke Zoran Mamdani’s U.S. citizenship. Can you do it? Al Jazeera
our famous free news agency
BBC boss resigns over Trump speech falsification scandal RT
Bari Weiss passes picket line payday report at Pittsburgh mailbox
A.I.
The New York Times is in debt due to the AI boom. Source: “To finance significant spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure, companies are leveraging a growing list of complex debt financing options.”
Mr. Market
50-Year Mortgage: Housing Commissioner calls President Trump’s idea a ‘complete game changer’ Fox13
Why is the Fed injecting billions of dollars into the market? Is this just a temporary liquidity crash or the first tremors of something bigger? Markets fear a repeat of the 2008 global financial crisis Economic Times
Is this the last bubble? charles hugh smith
imperial collapse watch
BRICS to introduce multipolar carbon market Edward Slabsquat
Mamdani’s Mirage, Trump Wars, and Russian Realpolitik: Political Reality TV vs. Empire Wars Fiorella Isabel and Vanessa Beeley
academy glove
Phone bans in New York schools make lunchtime noisy again
boeing
Lawsuit accusing UPS, General Electric and Boeing of negligence in Louisville WDRB airliner fatal crash
Boeing celebrates $1 billion factory expansion project – Seattle Times, South Carolina
How Airbus took off
basil
Pluralistic: Facebook Fraud Files Cory Doctorow
Coinbase fails to review 30 million transactions worth 176.5 billion euros Fintech Business Weekly
Prediction Markets and the Sucker Crisis Read Max
accelerationist
Genetically engineered babies are banned. Tech giants are trying to make it anyway WSJ
Palantir CEO says a surveillance state is better for China to win the AI race Gizmodo
Can narcissists really change? conversation
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