The violence of facelifts<\/a> Unherd<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea83I\/ATLAS Just Got Bluer Than the Sun and Nobody Knows Why<\/p>\n 3I\/ATLAS is changing fast. As it hit perihelion on October 29 the interstellar object rapidly brightened and shifted to a color bluer than the Sun itself. \u2014 Skywatch Signal (@UAPWatchers) October 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n From poison to power: How lead exposure helped shape human intelligence<\/a> ScienceDaily (Anthony L)<\/p>\n #COVID-19\/Pandemics<\/p>\n Coronavirus found in samples from 96% of flights <\/a> AirSpot<\/p>\n \u26a0\ufe0f BREAKING: <\/p>\n Virologist warns of pandemic risk as bird flu spreads in Germany \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea<\/p>\n German virologist Klaus St\u00f6hr warns growing H5N1 spread in Germany could spark a pandemic, saying the virus \u201chas all the characteristics\u201d needed. <\/p>\n He urged urgent vigilance and preparedness. pic.twitter.com\/dEmwjlBmIg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 SARS\u2011CoV\u20112 (COVID-19) (@COVID19_disease) October 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n Climate\/Environment<\/p>\n The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink<\/a> BioScience Oxford<\/p>\n After a modest decline over the first half of the year (and after record 2024 warmth), global temperatures are ticking back up. The past two days have been the warmest on record for this time of year in ERA5 and the highest temperature anomalies since January. pic.twitter.com\/P9ObtsPBiZ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Zeke Hausfather (@hausfath) October 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n China?<\/p>\n >Chinese pundits claim victory after Trump\u2019s trade concessions<\/a> Asia Times (Kevin W)<\/p>\n China\u2019s rare earth export delay offers US a chance to weaken Beijing\u2019s grip on the market<\/a> Associated Press (Kevin W). Note top of the article at odds with headline. Is AP engaging in soft self censorship?<\/p>\n China NBS Manufacturing PMI falls to 49 in October, contraction deepens<\/a> Action Forex<\/p>\n China housing slump deepens as oversupply drags prices<\/a> PropertyGuru<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Koreas<\/p>\n How North Korea will fight back against the South\u2019s nuclear submarine plans<\/a> NKPro<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antipodes<\/p>\n Australia\u2019s housing market is turning sub-prime<\/a> MacroBusiness <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Africa<\/p>\n Hundreds reportedly killed at Sudanese hospital as evidence of RSF atrocities mounts <\/a>Guardian<\/p>\n Sudan\u2019s military expels top UN food aid officials as conflict escalate<\/a>s BBC<\/p>\n Tanzania shaken by unprecedented protests at \u2018sham election\u2019<\/a> Financial Times<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n South of the Border<\/p>\n Maduro turns to Moscow, Beijing, Tehran as US presence builds in Caribbean<\/a> Anadolu Agency<\/p>\n Venezuela under Attack<\/a> Vanessa Beeley and UK Column<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n European Disunion<\/p>\n ECB keeps interest rates on hold despite eurozone inflation fears<\/a> Guardian<\/p>\n Euro-homeless, time to hit the trash heaps? <\/a>TopWar (Micael T)<\/p>\n The municipal toolbox<\/a> Makroskop via machine translation (Micael T). On addressing housing shortages. <\/p>\n Poland\u2019s Superpower Dreams resurface after centuries<\/a> Forum Geopolitica (Micael T)<\/p>\n What grim fate awaits EU member states? Just look in the Dutch crystal ball<\/a> RT (Micael T)<\/p>\n The Left Wins the Irish Presidential Election in a Landslide<\/a> Counterpunch (resilc)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Old Blighty<\/p>\n Rachel Reeves wants Brits investing \u2014 just as the City fears an AI bubble<\/a> Politico<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Isreal v. The Resistance<\/p>\n Testing boundaries<\/a> James Dorsey<\/p>\n Israel has erected nearly 1,000 barriers in the West Bank during the war in Gaza, group says<\/a> Independent<\/p>\n Lebanese president orders army to confront Israeli incursions after deadly raid<\/a> Guardian<\/p>\n Iran rebuilding its ballistic missile program<\/a> Long War Journal<\/p>\n Dubai: the dark truth \u2014 what lies beneath the wealth and glamour? <\/a>The Standard (resilc)\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n NATO\u2019s Three-Pronged Response To The Latest Russian Scare Raises The Risk Of A Larger War<\/a> Andrew Korybko<\/p>\n Moscow Won\u2019t Accept Peace Without Rewriting the Post-1991 Order<\/a> Global Affairs (Micael T)<\/p>\n Sending them to their deaths in war? S\u00f6der demands that Ukraine change the relaxed exit regulations for young men<\/a> Nachdenkseiten via machine translaton (Micael T)<\/p>\n The Christchurch massacre and Ukraine<\/a> Events in Ukraine<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Imperial Collapse Watch<\/p>\n US begins troop drawdown in Romania<\/a> Politico<\/p>\n Leaks expose collapse of EU\/US-backed Belarusian \u2018opposition\u2019<\/a> The Grayzone\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump 2.0<\/p>\n Red states to be hit hard by Trump disability eligibility rules<\/a> Propublica. When I would fly the NYC-Birmingham, AL direct flight, the proportion of wheelchair passengers was much higher than on any other route I have traveled. <\/p>\n Chuck L notes, \u201cWhen you\u2019ve lost Bill Kristol\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Purges of senior military officers.<\/p>\n If this were happening elsewhere, we’d understand right away what was happening.<\/p>\n It’s hard to grasp that it’s happening here. But it is\u2026 \u2014 Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u2018Startup City\u2019 Groups Say They\u2019re Meeting Trump Officials to Push for Deregulated \u2018Freedom Cities\u2019<\/a> Wired (Paul R)<\/p>\n Banks and retailers run short on pennies as the US Mint stops making them <\/a> Associated Press (Kevin W). More incompetence. Australia got rid of the penny before 2002, and required retailers to round up or down to the nearest five cents. <\/p>\n Under Vinay Prasad, employees at a key FDA center fear speaking out, look for the exits<\/a> STAT<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Shutdown<\/p>\n Trump administration blocked from suspending Snap benefits for millions of Americans <\/a> Guardian (Kevin W). See our related post. This frees up only a few weeks of emergency funding, although the plaintiffs contend more coins could be found in the couch cushions. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Tariffs<\/p>\n America\u2019s Suez <\/a>Warwick Powell<\/p>\n 14 Republican lawmakers say Argentinian beef imports \u2018undermine American cattle producers\u2019 in new letter<\/a> The Hill (resilc)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Immigration<\/p>\n Unmarked, Plate-Less Vehicles Seen in ICE Arrests Across U.S., Report Finds: \u2018The Agency Clearly Wants to Appear Like a Ghost\u2019<\/a>Los Angeles Times (Paul R)<\/p>\n Sobbing daughter captures ICE \u2018detain her mom for not having social security number memorized\u2019<\/a> Mirror (resilc)<\/p>\n US will limit number of refugees to 7,500 and give priority to white South Africans<\/a> Guardian\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Charlie Kirk<\/p>\n State employees fired over Charlie Kirk posts inundate courts<\/a> The Hill<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Mamdani<\/p>\n Billionaires are spending big to stop Zohran Mamdani\u2019s NYC mayoral bid<\/a> CNBC (Li)<\/p>\n Kathy Hochul admits socialist Zohran Mamdani\u2019s \u2018tax the rich\u2019 plan would hurt NY\u2019s middle class: \u2018I cannot do that\u2019<\/a> New York Post<\/p>\n New Yorkers predict city will become a cesspit of violence, vacant stores and antisemitism under Mamdani in disturbing new poll\u2026 but this is why they\u2019ll give him a landslide victory anyway<\/a> Daily Mail (Li)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Police State Watch<\/p>\n Pentagon orders states\u2019 national guards to form \u2018quick reaction forces\u2019 for \u2018crowd control\u2019<\/a> Guardian<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Our No Longer Free Press<\/p>\n Stephen Miller Wife CRASHES OUT On Cenk: Threatens Deportation<\/a> Breaking Points. Entertaining if your taste runs to train wrecks and may also be an indicator of increased desperation among Israel allies in the US over having lost control of \u201cthe narrative\u201d. <\/p>\n As I was saying: https:\/\/t.co\/KfJ4Jqsc61<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Lara Friedman (@LaraFriedmanDC) November 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n For background:<\/p>\n Tucker Carlson tells Nick Fuentes he despises Christian Zionists more than anyone on earth, calling Christian Zionism a dangerous heresy within Christianity.<\/p>\n He names Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, John Bolton, Karl Rove, and George W. Bush as examples.<\/p>\n Carlson says Christian Zionism\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/741M5Tuvbj<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) October 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n EU parliament could block Russian media \u2013 Politico<\/a> RT (Micael T)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Mr. Market is Moody<\/p>\n How Bad Could the Private-Credit Crisis Get? Just Look at 1929<\/a> Barrons<\/p>\n BlackRock loses $500m on shadow banking blow-up<\/a> Telegraph. BlackRock is a latecomer to this business. <\/p>\n Proliferation of private credit raises fears of looming financial crisis<\/a> NPR<\/p>\n Oracle Bond Risk Jumps on Concerns Over AI Spending Spree<\/a> Bloomberg\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Economy<\/p>\n Largest capacity purge in history coming <\/a>Freight News<\/p>\n Federal Reserve plans to shrink board of top banking supervisor<\/a> Financial Times<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Bezzle<\/p>\n Crazy stat of the day:<\/p>\n Nvidia\u2019s market cap is now greater than the GDP of every country in the world except US and China<\/p>\n Totally normal pic.twitter.com\/s6N0YTBC3S<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Ankur Nagpal (@ankurnagpal) October 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n NVIDIA \u00d7 Samsung \u2014 The Barter Relationship: \u2014 Kakashii (@kakashiii111) October 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n A closer look at the record-smashing \u2018Hyperion\u2019 corporate bond sale<\/a> Financial Times<\/p>\n Meta Stock Plummets as Investors Horrified at How Much Zuckerberg Is Spending on Misfired AI<\/a> Futurism <\/p>\n How A Pharma Giant Is Looting The Pentagon<\/a> The Lever<\/p>\n Big tech\u2019s futile attempt to kill death<\/a> New Statesman (Micael T)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Guillotine Watch<\/p>\n Royal Flush: Sotheby\u2019s to Sell Maurizio Cattelan\u2019s 18-Karat Gold Toilet in New York<\/a> ART News)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Class Warfare<\/p>\n Mapped: Where U.S. Families are Most Strained by Debt<\/a> Visual Capitalist (resilc)<\/p>\n \u26a0\ufe0fThe US job market is in a RECESSION:<\/p>\n The long-term unemployment rate (jobless for 27+ weeks) hit 25.7% of all unemployed people, the highest in 4 YEARS.<\/p>\n When this metric first breached 25% during the FINANCIAL CRISIS, the US was already more than a year into recession. pic.twitter.com\/yq0P1JlngN<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) October 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Americans are drowning in auto loan debt <\/a>CNBC<\/p>\n Chipotle stock craters as company says young people without jobs can\u2019t afford their food anymore<\/a> Yahoo\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antidote du jour (via<\/a>):<\/p>\n And a bonus (Chuck L):<\/p>\n This lion pride getting pranked by an Elephant \ud83d\ude02 pic.twitter.com\/IlklIlXwMz<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Nature is Amazing \u2618\ufe0f (@AMAZlNGNATURE) October 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n A second bonus:<\/p>\n The dog had no clue what was going on and just stared at the police officer like, \u201cSir, I\u2019m gonna need some context.\u201dpic.twitter.com\/5WNJxAjkUg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Puppies \ud83d\udc36 (@PuppiesIover) October 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n See yesterday\u2019s Links and Antidote du Jour here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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