A Swedish Library Forgot to Close Its Doors and Something Beautiful Happened<\/a> ZME Science<\/p>\n Construction Costs Rarely Fall<\/a> Construction Physics<\/p>\n Of Nopales and Prickly Pears, or, Why You Should Be Eating Cactus<\/a> Pax Culinaria<\/p>\n Climate\/Environment<\/p>\n Weirdly reminds me of the monthly CO2 chart from Mauna Loa https:\/\/t.co\/k4JRaSaBoU<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/NPEzVjQljo<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Prof. Ryan Katz-Rosene (@ryankatzrosene) April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Over 2,500 people evacuated, 200ha burnt as wildfire in north-east Japan spreads<\/a> Straits Times<\/p>\n How Fires Burning In Georgia Now Are Worsened By 2024\u2019s Hurricane Helene<\/a> Forbes<\/p>\n Why millions of adorable bees are emerging from this cemetery<\/a> Grist<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Pandemics<\/p>\n The US CDC on the brink<\/a> The Lancet<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Water<\/p>\n Corpus Christi plans to declare a \u2018water emergency.\u2019 What does that mean?<\/a> The Texas Newsroom. \u201cWhile city pools and splash pads consume almost 2 million gallons of water over the course of a summer, a single Exxon plastics plant<\/a> consumes 13 million gallons per day.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n China?<\/p>\n DSET Drone Reports: Taiwan-Europe-Ukraine Cooperation Deepens, Calls for Stronger\u00a0 Co-Production<\/a> Research Institute for Democracy, Society, and Emerging Technology<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Southeast Asia<\/p>\n ASEAN inflation: Vietnam and Philippines hit hardest by Iran war<\/a> Nikkei Asia<\/p>\n Not-so-sweet deal for Singapore\u2019s refineries as they shift to US, alternative crudes<\/a> Business Times<\/p>\n Singapore inflation accelerates to 1.8% in March amid higher petrol prices<\/a> Straits Times<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n India<\/p>\n India\u2019s fertiliser output falls to a five-year low in March<\/a> Hindustan Times<\/p>\n India to Purchase Fertilizer at Nearly Double Pre-War Price<\/a> Bloomberg<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Syraqistan<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s online threats deepen US split as Iran talks stall<\/a> Al Mayadeen<\/p>\n Collective slap: Heads of Iran\u2019s three state branches strike back at Trump<\/a> Press TV<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The U.S. State Department published its legal defense of the war against Iran on Tuesday.<\/p>\n A few observations \ud83e\uddf5<\/p>\n 1. As a matter of public diplomacy, it\u2019s notable that collective self-defense of Israel comes first, individual self-defense of the United States comes second. pic.twitter.com\/5l03XsCkSe<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Adil Haque (@AdHaque110) April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n US Secretary of Navy Resigns (Or Is Fired) Just as Third Carrier Group Arrives In Iran Theater<\/a> Simplicius<\/p>\n Last Rounds? Status of Key Munitions at the Iran War Ceasefire<\/a> Center for Strategic and International Studies<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Israel launches fresh strikes in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire extension<\/a> Anadolu Agency<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Meet the Top \u201cContent\u201d Producers Linked to Canary Mission<\/a> Drop Site<\/p>\n Met Opera\u2019s $200 Million Saudi Arabia Deal Falls Through<\/a> Broadway World<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n European Disunion<\/p>\n Central and Eastern Europe emerges as new defence industry hub, KPMG says<\/a> Intellinews<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n O Canada<\/p>\n Asia\u2019s appetite for Canada\u2019s \u2018liquid gold\u2019 grows but supplies at risk from climate change<\/a> Channel News Asia<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Old Blighty<\/p>\n Making troops accountable for war crimes threatens US alliance, ex-SAS colonel warns<\/a> The Canary<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n France Deploying Nuclear-Armed Rafale Fighters to Poland to Simulate Attacks on Russia and Belarus<\/a> Military Watch<\/p>\n Government submits proposal to Parliament on amending Nuclear Energy Act and Criminal Code<\/a> Finland Ministry of Defence. \u201cThe Government proposes to remove the legal barriers on importing nuclear devices into Finland and on transporting, supplying or possessing them in Finland in the context of Finland\u2019s homeland defence, the collective defence of NATO or defence cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n If Finland allows NUKES on its territory, \u2018safety of Finnish people will DRASTICALLY decrease\u2019<\/p>\n \u2014 State Duma Def Committee Chairman Kartapolov EXCLUSIVELY to RT<\/p>\n If previously there were no targets in Finland for \u2018priority destruction,\u2019 now \u2018there will be\u2019 pic.twitter.com\/O6ObNcNWRT<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 RT (@RT_com) April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n China\u2019s Russia ties mean EU trade deal is off the table, Finland says<\/a> South China Morning Post<\/p>\n The KGB and Perestroika<\/a> Events in Ukraine<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n South of the Border<\/p>\n Latin America oils up as Hormuz crisis reshapes global energy supply<\/a> Intellinews<\/p>\n The Neocolonial Plunder of Venezuelan Resources<\/a> Venezuelanalysis<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n L\u2019affaire Epstein<\/p>\n Ghislaine Maxwell seeks to overturn conviction as US lawmakers split over possible pardon<\/a> Firstpost<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Scientists Stumper<\/p>\n Chinese Scientists Have Been Dying Mysterious Deaths Too<\/a> Newsweek<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Read the deflating debunk by WM Briggs, Statistician to the Stars before needlessly panickinghttps:\/\/t.co\/1gNx3RHD0p<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Monadversteher (@monaderc) April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump 2.0<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s Huge AI Data Center Project Is Falling Apart Behind the Scenes<\/a> Futurism<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s roving banditry will undermine the US economy<\/a> FT<\/p>\n Senior DHS Counterterrorism Official Suspended Over Sugar Daddy Scandal<\/a> DD Geopolitics<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n This chick somehow goes from being a U.S. Secret Service agent, to working at FEMA under Biden, to being Trump\u2019s Deputy Secretary of Counterterrorism \u2014 and you wonder why all our scientists are getting whacked!!<\/p>\n We are not a serious country\u2026 \ud83d\ude11 pic.twitter.com\/yF20DTqMiw<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 James Li (@5149jamesli) April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Democrats Suck<\/p>\n Despite Denials, AIPAC Is Now Funding Campaign of Ala Stanford In Philadelphia<\/a> Drop Site<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n GOP Funhouse<\/p>\n Republicans introduce extreme bill to ban lawsuits against Big Oil forever<\/a> HEATED<\/p>\n SCOOP: Republicans Want to Add ICE Money Into the Farm Bill<\/a> Migrant Insider<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Police State Watch<\/p>\n THE SHORT AND RIDICULOUS TRIAL OF A PROTESTER ARRESTED IN AN INFLATABLE PENIS COSTUME<\/a> The Intercept<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Big Brother Is Watching You Watch<\/p>\n The Wyden Siren<\/a> The After-Action Report<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Accelerationists<\/p>\n How the American Oligarchy Went Hyperscale<\/a> Mother Jones. Commentary:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Palantir and the Pentagon are the same thing, there is no separation. Same with SpaceX. They\u2019re both marketing gimmicks, a label so we don\u2019t freak out about the centralized total control system being built all around us. https:\/\/t.co\/itrRdaP0sz<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The Milgram experiment had an exit door (@milehijules) April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Sports Desk<\/p>\n The Jeffrey Epstein guide to the playoffs<\/a> True Hoop<\/p>\n Italy dismisses replacing Iran at the World Cup after suggestion by Trump official<\/a> Sportstar<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Economy<\/p>\n Iran War Is the Latest Shock to the Prescription Drug Supply Chain<\/a> The Economic Populist<\/p>\n Trump Moves to Extend Jones Act Waiver 90 Days as Maritime Industry Says Fuel Relief Never Came<\/a> gCaptain<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n At the risk of sounding alarmist, the shortage of sulfur and ammonia is a genuine global catastrophe.<\/p>\n Forget about oil and natural gas prices.<\/p>\n I spoke with a friend at the United Nations World Food Programme, and he is desperate. Funding has been drastically cut and food prices\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/WSqRxzLWUx<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Yet another commodity guy (@tleilax___) April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u2018Possibly the least pressured person ever\u2019: Trump says he has \u2018all the time in the World\u2019 for Iran conflict<\/a> Politico<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Immigration<\/p>\n just remembered that Lutnick claimed on the All In podcast that he sold 1,000 gold cards on the first day and that Trump thought the program would raise $5T.<\/p>\n The Polymarket spiked but then it resolved to 0 sold in 2025.<\/p>\n Now he says they\u2019ve sold 1 card and raised $1M https:\/\/t.co\/vzW2Ojtpuk<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/BuDx5MVcVe<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Sheel Mohnot (@pitdesi) April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n However stupid you think the people running the country are, they\u2019re stupider.<\/p>\n The guy running border patrol last year thinks that 1 in 3 people in the country is an illegal immigrant. A total hallucination based on literally nothing. https:\/\/t.co\/jBOzJAKYBa<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jeremiah Johnson \ud83c\udf10 (@JeremiahDJohns) April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Casino Nation<\/p>\n Army Special Forces Soldier Charged With Insider Trading on Maduro Capture<\/a> The After-Action Report<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cAre you concerned about insider trading on these prediction markets re: the war?\u201d<\/p>\n TRUMP: \u201cThe world is a casino. It is what it is.\u201d \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n And there you have it, folks! pic.twitter.com\/9fy5Z7T9CV<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Guillotine Watch<\/p>\n \u201cA Punch in the Gut\u201d: After Years of Waiting, Many Opioid Victims Will Be Shut Out of Purdue Settlement<\/a> ProPublica<\/p>\n Number of billionaires set to soar on AI gains \u2013 report<\/a> RT<\/p>\n Billionaire philanthropist warns US democracy \u2018won\u2019t survive\u2019 AI race<\/a> Semafor<\/p>\n WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT BILLIONAIRES AT JEFF BEZOS\u2019S PRIVATE RETREAT<\/a> The Atlantic<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Class Warfare<\/p>\n After Decades of Quiet Rumbling, an Epidemic Is Erupting Among California Stoneworkers<\/a> In These Times<\/p>\n Good Vibes as Ideology: Emotional Management in the Dictatorship of Capital<\/a> William Murphy<\/p>\n An Inspiring Story of Workers\u2019 Power<\/a> Craig Murray<\/p>\n N.C. Largest School Districts to Close for May Day Strike \u2013 NJ Unions w\/ 1 Million Members Back May Day \u2013 85 Cities Holding May Day Actions<\/a> Payday Report<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antidote du jour (via<\/a>):<\/p>\n See yesterday\u2019s Links and Antidote du Jour here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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