Surgeon operates on patient 1,500 miles away to Britain’s first BBC
Workers who love the ‘synergistic paradigm’ may be bad at their jobs, Cornell Chronicle
Climate/Environment
Global warming is accelerating significantly Geophysical Research Letters
How robust is our accelerometer? Real climate
Northern Hemisphere snowpack is shrinking much faster than it is growing, study finds
When will clean energy spending exceed military spending? Climate brinkmanship
Will there be a deep freeze? Prospect Magazine. “If pandemic threat assessment and preparedness were this fragmented…we would be exposed to scandal,” says Laurie Laybourne, director of the Strategic Climate Risk Initiative…”
pandemic
Bereaved families of coronavirus victims feel “disappointed and abandoned” on day of reflection Press Association
Many people with long-term COVID-19 infections continue to work despite reduced work capacity CIDRAP
USDA issues mandatory H5N1 dairy testing in 2026, issues ‘keep your herd safe’ warning, threatening Midwest milk margins Agricultural News
toilet
After 10 years of failure, Texas city heads toward water crisis catastrophe Inside Climate News
Japan
Japanese builders are rapidly acquiring U.S. homebuilders, with Daiwa House Industry now acquiring United Homes Regi Club.
China?
George Chen prepares for President Trump’s visit to Beijing, eyes on ‘healthy’ US-China relations in 2026
Active Neutrality in the Middle East – China’s Commentary on the Sinicization of the US-Iran War
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia faces sweltering heat as war limits energy supplies The Straits Times
nepal
Rapper-turned-politician Baren Shah’s RSP faces disaster in Nepal’s Al Jazeera poll
Afghanistan/Pakistan
Two fronts: Taliban woos India while strategically bombing Pakistan Asia Times
India
Moody’s Ratings warns that India’s structural risks to oil price shocks are very high The Hindu
Hindutva falls to its knees and embraces the Yankees, a reversal of imperialism
Russia treats GCC and India poorly Larry Johnson
syrakistan
This is Tehran this morning – yes, this morning.
A thick black cloud covers the city, raining oil and ash onto the streets.
War is hell.
A PH test of Tehran’s water also found that the water was acidic due to leaked oil and ash… pic.twitter.com/M2LRoDXp6o
— Sharo Maroof (@ScharoMaroof) March 8, 2026
Iranian attack hits Bapco, Bahrain’s largest oil refinery, with thick smoke visible above the site
Retaliatory attack on Bahrain desalination plant following US attack on Iran’s Qeshm Island facility The Cradle
Dubai has 10 days of fresh food left Intellinews
US orders Saudi Arabian embassy staff to evacuate for the first time during the war, Al Mayadeen
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President Trump says the decision to end the Iran war will be made mutually with Israel and Anadolu Agency
Prime Minister Netanyahu: “The critical moment for the Iranian people is approaching, the war will continue”
US and Israel discuss special forces mission to secure Iran’s new Arab enriched uranium
Seventh US service member dies in Iran war
Troops are cheaper than undiplomatic missiles
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Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei elected as new leader of Islamic revolution Press TV
Academic racist behind Iranian monarchy anti-imperial project
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More than 500,000 people displaced in Lebanon after Israeli attack on Al Jazeera escalates
Africa
More realism than socialism: A review of African political economy. Comparison of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore and Thomas Sankara.
discord in europe
Iran war is latest blow to Europe’s battered industrial base Bloomberg
Trillion Dollar Bill: The Cost of Atlantic Dependency for the European Transition Security Project
Europe watches in disbelief as US diverts weapons to Iran war Intellinews
Ursula von der Leyen faces backlash over diplomatic ‘overreach’ Politico
Slovakia ready to ‘take over the baton’ from Hungary to block 90 billion euro loan to Ukraine
Ukraine vs Europe? Events in Ukraine
A new war that’s not so cold war
Putin’s dilemma: Compromise, escalate or discuss upfront? Gordon Hahn
Europe’s longest dog sled race hit by Russian GPS jamming Barents Observer
south of the border
US military kills 6 people in Pacific drug smuggling ship attack Associated Press
Lafaire Epstein
Fuzzy memories and hard facts: SC whistleblower’s claims against Epstein, Trump examines Post and Courier
Justice Department documents, FBI interviews raise new questions about Epstein’s ‘suicide’ Julie K. Brown, The Epstein Files
Trump 2.0
White House accused of blocking FBI terror warning linked to Iran’s war threats against the homeland International Business Times
‘Sickening’: US Catholic cardinal criticizes White House over social media post downplaying Iran war
Kristi Noem almost killed FEMA. Will her departure save it? grist
police state surveillance
President Trump’s immigration crackdown targets Americans too WSJ
‘Humanitarian response’ company with no history of federal contracts plans to staff Maryland immigrant detention center Project Saltbox
ICE’s new Maryland detention center will require 209,000 gallons of water per day. No one knows where it comes from from Project Salt Box
A.I.
Coming Soon from ICE Detention Officials: Data Center Company Towns Gizmodo
Sam Altman’s greed and dishonesty are finally catching up with Gary Marcus
grand theft reality helen of detroy
accelerationist
Elon Musk faces mistrial in Twitter fraud case because everyone hates him
imperial collapse watch
The Myth of the Anti-American Axis Asia Times
How China’s ban on rare earths backfired and led to oil prices rising due to U.S. innovations. It sounds too good to be true. I hope rare earth experts will comment.
U.S. Defense Logistics Agency signs historic agreement with REalloys’ Terves LLC to expand domestic rare earth metal production Globe Newswire (Press Release)
academy glove
When the correlation repeats in 50 states: The NAEP evidence behind my Senate testimony The digital delusion
big brother is watching you
Surveillance Mediocrity Ben Stancil
Mr. Market Panic
G7 to discuss emergency stockpiling release as oil prices top $100 The Guardian
Dow futures drop more than 1,000 points as U.S. oil prices approach $120 a barrel to open this week: Live update CNBC
Monopoly Recap: Will Iran’s Price Shock Destroy the World? matt stoller
🚨 This is a historic day. And you’re living through it now.
Read these numbers. Then read it again.
💀 Oil prices rose 25% on Sunday
💀 US Stock Market Futures Disappear Over $2 Trillion Before Market Opens
💀 20 million barrels per day…
— 🇨🇳 Jason Chen (@CNBlockIntel) March 9, 2026
basil
Home-building robots could help solve housing crisis CNN
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