Plastic violence Unherd
🚨3I/ATLAS turned bluer than the sun, no one knows why
3I/ATLAS is changing rapidly. After reaching perihelion on October 29, the interstellar object rapidly brightened, turning bluer than the Sun itself.
That’s what Avi Loeb confirms from the new STEREO, SOHO, and… pic.twitter.com/UP48mn01Xs
— Skywatch Signal (@UAPWatchers) October 30, 2025
From poison to power: How lead exposure helped shape human intelligence ScienceDaily (Anthony L)
#New Coronavirus Infection/Pandemic
Coronavirus detected in 96% of flight samples AirSpot
⚠️Breaking news:
Virologist warns of pandemic risk as bird flu spreads in Germany 🇩🇪
German virologist Klaus Steer has warned that the spread of H5N1 in Germany could spark a pandemic, saying the virus “has all the characteristics” needed.
I called for urgent vigilance and preparedness. pic.twitter.com/dEmwjlBmIg
— SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) (@COVID19_disease) October 31, 2025
Climate/Environment
State of the Climate Report 2025: A planet on the brink BioScience Oxford
After a gradual decline earlier this year (and after a record warm year in 2024), global temperatures are rising again. The past two days have been the warmest on record for this period on ERA5, and the highest temperature anomaly since January. pic.twitter.com/P9ObtsPBiZ
— Sieg Hausfath (@hausfath) October 28, 2025
China?
>China expert claims victory on Trump’s trade concessions Asia Times (Kevin W)
China’s rare earth export delays give US a chance to weaken Beijing’s market power Associated Press (Kevin W) Note that the top of the article differs from the headline. Is AP practicing soft self-censorship?
China’s NBS manufacturing PMI drops to 49 in October, contraction is even more severe Action Forex
China’s housing recession deepens, prices rise due to oversupply PropertyGuru
South Korea
How will North Korea counter South Korea’s nuclear submarine program? NKPro
antipode
Australia’s housing market moves toward subprime
Africa
Hundreds of people killed in Sudanese hospital, Guardian reports as evidence of RSF atrocities mounts
Sudanese army expels UN food aid leaders as conflict escalates BBC
Tanzania Financial Times rocked by unprecedented protests over ‘fake elections’
south of the border
Maduro eyes Moscow, Beijing and Tehran as US presence grows in Caribbean Anadolu
Venezuela under attack Vanessa Beeley and UK column
discord in europe
ECB leaves interest rates unchanged despite euro zone inflation concerns The Guardian
Do homeless people in the euro zone have time to scavenge? TopWar (Michael T.)
Machine translation municipal toolbox Makroskop (Micael T). Regarding responses to the housing shortage.
Poland’s superpower dream resurfaces after centuries Forum Geopolitics (Michael T.)
What harsh fate awaits EU member states? Take a look into the Dutch crystal ball RT (Micael T)
Leftists win Irish presidential election in landslide counterpunch (resilc)
old blighty
Rachel Reeves wants British investors – just as city worries about AI bubble Politico
Israel vs. the Resistance
Testing the Limits James Dorsey
Israel built nearly 1,000 barriers in the West Bank during the Gaza war, independent group says
Lebanese president orders army to fight Israeli invasion after deadly attack The Guardian
Iran rebuilds ballistic missile program Long War Journal
Dubai: The dark truth — what lies behind the wealth and glamor? Standard (resilc)
A new war that’s not so cold war
NATO’s three-pronged response to latest Russian scare raises risk of major war Andrew Korybko
Moscow will not accept peace without rewriting the post-1991 order World Situation (Michael T.)
Will we force them to die in war? Mr. Söder calls on Ukraine to change Nachdenkzayten’s relaxed youth departure restrictions, translated by machine (Michael T.)
Christchurch massacre and events in Ukraine
imperial collapse watch
US begins troop reduction in Romania Politico
Leaks reveal collapse of EU/US-backed Belarusian “opposition”
Trump 2.0
ProPublica says red states will be hit hard by President Trump’s disability eligibility rules. When I took the nonstop flight between New York City and Birmingham, Alabama, the percentage of passengers in wheelchairs was far higher than on any other route I have traveled.
‘Startup City’ group announces meeting with Trump officials to promote deregulated ‘Freedom City’ Wired (Paul R)
Banks and retailers are running out of pennies after the U.S. Mint stops producing AP coins (Kevin W). Even more incompetent. Australia abolished the penny before 2002, requiring retailers to round up or down to the nearest 5 cents.
Under Vinay Prasad’s government, employees at key FDA centers are afraid to speak out and are looking for a way out STAT
customs duty
American Suez Warwick Powell
14 Republican senators say in new letter that imports of Argentine beef will “hurt U.S. cattle producers” (resilc)
immigration
Unmarked, unplated vehicles found in ICE arrests across the U.S., report finds ‘authorities clearly want to appear ghostly’ Los Angeles Times (Paul R)
Crying daughter, ICE “detains mother who didn’t memorize her social security number” mirror (resilc)
US plans to limit number of refugees to 7,500, giving priority to white South Africans
charlie kirk
State employee fired over Charlie Kirk’s post Flood Court The Hill
mamdani
Billionaires are spending millions to stop Zoran Mamdani’s New York City mayoral bid CNBC (Lee)
Kathy Hochul admits socialist Zoran Mandani’s plan to ‘tax the rich’ will hurt New York’s middle class: ‘We can’t do that’ New York Post
New Yorkers predict the city will become a cesspit of violence, empty stores and anti-Semitism under Mamdani, who obstructs new polls…but this is what gives him a landslide victory anyway Daily Mail (Lee)
police state surveillance
Pentagon orders state National Guard troops to form ‘immediate response forces’ for ‘crowd control’ Guardian
Our press is no longer free
Stephen Miller’s wife slams Cenk: Threatens breaking point for deportation. Interesting if you like the shipwreck hobby, but it may also signal the growing despair of America’s Israeli allies at losing control of the “narrative.”
Like I was saying: https://t.co/KfJ4Jqsc61
— Lara Friedman (@LaraFriedmanDC) November 1, 2025
About the background:
Tucker Carlson told Nick Fuentes that he despises Christian Zionists more than anyone else on earth and calls Christian Zionism a dangerous heresy within Christianity.
He names Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, John Bolton, Karl Rove, and George W. Bush as examples.
Carlson talks about Christian Zionism… pic.twitter.com/741M5Tuvbj
— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) October 28, 2025
EU parliament could block Russian media – Politico RT (Micael T)
Mr. Market is in a bad mood.
How serious could the private credit crisis be? See the 1929 Barron’s
BlackRock loses $500 million in shadow banking explosion Telegraph. BlackRock is a latecomer to this business.
Concerns about a looming financial crisis as private credit soars NPR
Oracle bond risks soar on worries about rising AI spending Bloomberg
economy
Largest production capacity reduction in history planned Freight News
Fed plans to shrink board of top bank regulators Financial Times
basil
Crazy stats of the day:
Nvidia’s market capitalization now exceeds the GDP of every country in the world except the US and China.
totally normal pic.twitter.com/s6N0YTBC3S
— Ankur Nagpal (@ankurnagpal) October 29, 2025
NVIDIA × Samsung — Barter relationship:
I will give you 50,000 GPUs, you will supply me with memory chips. I recognize revenue, you recognize revenue. You don’t need cash – cash is useless. pic.twitter.com/TDephlFs87
— Kakashii (@kakashiii111) October 31, 2025
A closer look at the record-breaking Hyperion bond sale Financial Times
Meta stock plummets as investors spook at how much Zuckerberg is spending on failed AI futurism
How Big Pharma Loots Levers from the Department of Defense
Big tech’s futile attempt to bring about death The New Statesman (Michael T.)
guillotine watch
Royal Flush: Sotheby’s sells Maurizio Cattelan’s 18-karat gold toilet in New York ART News)
class war
Mapping: Where American families suffer most from debt Visual Capitalist (resilc)
⚠️The US job market is in recession:
The long-term unemployment rate (unemployment rate for 27 weeks or more) reached 25.7% of all unemployed people, the highest level in four years.
When the index first topped 25% during the financial crisis, the U.S. had already been in recession for more than a year. pic.twitter.com/yq0P1JlngN
— Global Market Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) October 29, 2025
Americans are drowning in auto loan debt CNBC
Chipotle stock crater, company says unemployed young people can no longer buy food Yahoo! News
Antidote (via):
And bonus (Chuck L):
Lion pride being pranked by elephants 😂 pic.twitter.com/IlklIlXwMz
— Nature is amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) October 30, 2025
Second bonus:
The dog had no idea what was going on and just looked at the police officer as if to say, “Sir, I’d like to ask you to explain the situation to me.”pic.twitter.com/5WNJxAjkUg
— Puppies🐶 (@PuppiesIover) October 31, 2025
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