Cat Returned to Shelter Twice Hugs Her New People To Reassure Herself That She’s Discovered a Loving House Laughing Squid
Crime scene college: Neo-feudal energy buildings in science Overton by way of machine translation (Micael T)
SGLT2 Diabetes Medication Present Stunning Arthritis Profit Naveen Sankar
How America Obtained Hooked on Ultraprocessed Meals New York Occasions (resilc)
#COVID-19/Pandemics
Lengthy Covid Is Actual — And It’s Altering an Total Era Rolling Stone
Discovery of molecular signature of long-term psychiatric sequelae in COVID-19 via proteome profiling of dried blood spots Nature. Paul R: “Lengthy Covid biomarker”
Local weather/Surroundings
U.S. regulators toss out guidelines requiring banks to arrange for local weather change CNBC (Kevin W)
Australian tropical rainforest bushes change in world first from carbon sink to emissions supply Guardian (Kevin W)
Nevada had the *lowest* improve in electrical energy costs in the whole nation (falling in actual phrases!), *regardless of rising demand* — thanks largely to the large quantity of photo voltaic it is constructed.
Reversing that course is the dumbest factor we might probably do. https://t.co/KIxM0rOL0Y pic.twitter.com/qIlh0Ncg36
— Jesse Peltan (@JessePeltan) October 13, 2025
Research Warns of “Final Extinction” as Dolphin Lifespans Plummet SciTech Every day (Chuck L)
China?
China breaks file for Canadian oil imports, shuns US crude The Cradle (Kevin W)
Oil Tanker Charges Soar as U.S. and China Escalate Port Commerce Battle OilPrice
Ambassador Xie Feng: U.S. Actions was a Breach of Belief After Madrid Commerce Settlement
Chinese language Ambassador Xie Feng felt the U.S. demonstrated a profound lack of sincerity in executing the understanding reached on the Madrid commerce negotiations as a result of Washington instantly… pic.twitter.com/vzCoJMIQG1
— Ignis Rex (@Ignis_Rex) October 16, 2025
India
Yours actually mentioned Bessent was an fool:
Growth! Which means that Bessent’s coalition in opposition to China is already useless, earlier than being born.
He needed to kind it, particularly with India, at that very assembly. And India’s finance minister says she will not attend over “unresolved variations over commerce and India’s purchases of… https://t.co/YYZOj6LKKc
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) October 16, 2025
Africa
>Madagascar coup chief indicators openness to dialogue with African Union after suspension Anadolu Company
South of the Border
Navy Commander Overseeing Escalating Assaults Off Venezuela Coast Is Stepping Down, Officers Say New York Occasions. resilc: “Trump needs a white common for the invasion.”
Trump confirms he licensed CIA motion in Venezuela NBC (Kevin W)
European Disunion
Essentially the most dependent corporations in Europe for parts from frozen and sanctioned Nexperia are VW, BMW, Stellantis, Bosch, ASML, Siemens, and Airbus. Germany wasn’t deindustrialising quick sufficient to please the Trump administration? Substitution of options will take 12-18… https://t.co/Klft0HER1M pic.twitter.com/NGnpxg1mJW
— Kathleen Tyson (@Kathleen_Tyson_) October 15, 2025
EU Leaders Decided To Win “Most Supine Slave Award”: Nexperia Version Ian Welsh (Micael T)
EU, Spain reject Trump’s US tariff threats over NATO spending Aljazeera
Germany Orders 20 Eurofighters as Program Continues to Fail on International Markets Navy Watch
How the automobile disaster impacts native communities Tagesschau by way of machine translation (guurst)
EU nation to permit 13-hour workday RT (Kevin W)
Outdated Blighty
First container ship arrives in UK by way of Arctic Route, a quicker and cheaper China-Europe different YouTube (resilc)
Israel v. The Resistance
Professional-Hamas hackers hijack airport loudspeakers throughout North America, spew anti-Trump, -Netanyahu slurs – and inflicting delays New York Submit. resilc says he has an alibi.
With no Viable Governing Various, Trump’s Peace Plan Could Legitimize Hamas in Gaza Haaretz
Trump threatens to ‘kill’ Hamas over crackdown on Israel-backed gangs PressTV. Yet one more flip-flop.
Amira Hass. Why the West Financial institution didn’t stand up OrientXXI (guurst)
Returning to Shujaiya: Palestinians Are Going Again to Gaza Metropolis Regardless of Proximity of Israeli Troops Drop Web site
Outstanding Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti attacked by guards, household says BBC (resilc)
Israel Tortured And Sexually Humiliated Greta Thunberg Caitlin Johnstone (Kevin W)
Outdated Blighty
Sir Keir Starmer leads outrage after Maccabi Tel Aviv followers banned from Aston Villa match Telegraph (Kevin W). BWAHAHA. The place I’m, the federal government has thought-about banning ALL Israeli vacationers. Regardless of their tiny numbers, they characterize greater than half the violent crimes instigated by vacationers
New Not-So-Chilly Battle
It’s nonetheless not identified how Putin intends to get to Budapest for a possible summit, contemplating that Hungary is a landlocked county and the entire nations surrounding it will most likely refuse to permit an plane operated by the Russian Authorities, particularly one carrying Putin,… https://t.co/BL3kSk4cnA pic.twitter.com/5MzJ06VKlQ
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 16, 2025
I interviewed the previous Russian Ambassador to Germany immediately. And its so unhappy. I at all times like interviewing Ambassadors. They’re at all times the nicest folks. However its simply so unhappy. He informed me how again within the 90s he would meet up for espresso together with his counterpart, German or British or… pic.twitter.com/b4qMyOlOkw
— Johnny miller (@johnnyjmils) October 16, 2025
Syraqistan
Why Pakistan and the Taliban are at conflict with one another Center East Eye (resilc)
How MI6 Constructed Syria’s Extremist Police Package Klarenberg
Huge Brother is Watching You Watch
Viral ‘Cheater Buster’ Websites Use Facial Recognition to Let Anybody Reveal Peoples’ Tinder Profiles3 404 Media
Imperial Collapse Watch
Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down Publishers Weekly. Robin Okay: “This can be a cataclysm. That is from final week, however the catastrophe is simply hitting libraries and e-book shops (of which there are fewer and fewer!)”
Jeffrey Sachs & John Mearsheimer: Spheres of Safety to Forestall World Battle III Glenn Diesen, YouTube
Exorbitant Privilege Gained and Misplaced: Fiscal Implications College of Chicago Press (Paul R)
US depleted its missiles in Ukraine, Israel. Now it needs extra quick. Accountable Statescraft (Kevin W)
International Possession In The West … Andrei Martyanov (Micael T). Yours actually has been revealed as missing in creativeness and cynicism. I assumed it was completely nuts for US corporations to arrange operations in China within the early 2000s as a consequence of expropriation danger. That has occurred by way of the acquisition of know-how. However it’s the West that has resorted to the cruder type I had seen as a danger.
Trump 2.0
Chuck L says this has been confirmed by Rep. Anna Luna of FLorida:
🚨🇺🇸🇷🇺 BREAKING: Russia handy over a “350-page doc” to the US exposing who assassinated JFK. pic.twitter.com/9kbBInDAI6
— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) October 14, 2025
FIFA World Cup 2026: Organisers dismiss Trump venue transfer menace Aljzeera (resilc). Pathetic {that a} president resorts to this degree of attempting to throw his weight round.
John Bolton indicted; ex-national safety advisor is newest Trump foe to face legal expenses CNBC. Li: “Discover transmission.”
Biotech leaders say uncertainty at FDA threatens drug growth STAT
The place do infants come from? Robert F Kennedy Jr doesn’t appear to know Guardian (resilc)
Immigration
We Discovered That Extra Than 170 U.S. Residents Have Been Held by Immigration Brokers. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days ProPublica
Roaming Fees: Aspirations to Omnipotence CounterPunch (resilc)
GOP Clown Automobile
Mike Johnson Stated He and His Son Monitor Every Different’s Porn Utilization, and Yeah, It’s Precisely as Bizarre as It Sounds Self-importance Truthful (resilc)
Mamdani
Mamdani vs Cuomo. Their debate in 3 minutes. From Zeteo. https://t.co/SyJd2TiF6V pic.twitter.com/2qocXbPzVe
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) October 17, 2025
Mr. Market is Moody
RealTime Bubble Guidelines Barry Ritholtz
Zions shares plunge 7% after $50M mortgage loss, US regional banks face credit score strain Buying and selling View
Financial system
75% of People report hovering costs as Trump claims inflation ‘over’ Guardian. resilc: “Was $3.99 in April”:
One other New England sighting from resilc:
US Housing Market Falling Into ‘Deflationary Vortex,’ Analyst Warns Newsweek
Boeing
Boeing Is Now Absurdly Late In Getting Planes To Airways And The Authorities Shutdown Isn’t Serving to Jalopnik (resilc)
AI
MGB is popping to AI to ease scarcity of main care docs. A few of them don’t prefer it. Boston Globe. Tom V: “Some?? That is an admission of abject failure within the presumably the perfect medical establishment on the planet.”
Ken Griffin Says GenAI Fails to Assist Hedge Funds Produce Alpha Bloomberg (Micael T). Why is that this a shock? Hedge funds have been working black field and later methods by “algos” (as in additional of the identical) for twenty years. GenAI is primarily textual content, video, and audio. As if that’s all that useful? And with purely monetary knowledge 1. per the dialogue earlier, that has been very VERY effectively mined and a pair of. Could not quantity to giant sufficient coaching units.
AI’s double bubble bother Monetary Occasions
OpenAI Has a Enterprise Plan Matt Levine, Bloomberg (Micael T)
Don’t belief AI job forecasts: ‘Nobody is aware of something:’ Wharton guru CNBC (resilc)
OpenAI’s New Power Chief Is a Trump Administration Pure Fuel Evangelist DeSmog Weblog
The Bezzle
Home windows 11 Is a Misplaced Trigger. Really Destined for the Rubbish. Don’t Improve from 10 YouTube (Micael T)
Antidote du jour (retaj):
And a bonus (Chuck L):
this deserves an Oscar pic.twitter.com/lgotTM0qor
— Science woman (@gunsnrosesgirl3) October 14, 2025
A second bonus:
Border Collie teaches newly rescued kitten to drink water from dispenser..🐕🐾🐈😍 pic.twitter.com/mrsDhpEnrR
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) October 16, 2025
And a 3rd:
The precision of a hawkpic.twitter.com/N7DaWv46HU
— Fascinating issues (@awkwardgoogle) October 15, 2025
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.