‘We’re winning a battle’: Mexico’s jaguar numbers up 30% in conservation drive Guardian (signet)
A Single Mutation Made Horses Rideable and Changed Human History ZMEScience (resilc)
Inca-Quechua astronomy Rebelion via machine translation (Micael T)
The earthquake has left behind massive destruction. An aerial view reveals the full scale of devastation across villages in #Kunar & eastern Afghanistan. #AfghanistanEarthquake pic.twitter.com/P2M29iVIke
— Muhammad Jalal (@MJalalAf) September 1, 2025
Afghanistan earthquake: India sends aid as death toll crosses 800 — shocking photos tell story of destruction, misery Mint
At least 1,000 killed in Sudan landslide, rebel group says BBC
Climate/Environment
a href=”https://phys.org/news/2025-09-key-facts-term-impacts-extreme.html” rel=”nofollow”>Key facts about the long-term impacts of extreme weather and disasters Stanford University
Drought-hit Morocco deploys floating solar panels to protect water reserves South China Morning Post
Victoria warned to prepare for ‘destruction’ with severe weather and snow forecast Guardian
Here we go:
As forecast,spectacular switch from near cold record to near heat record in Eastern Europe
Minimum temperatures up to 27C in the Balkans,and also 23C in Slovakia and Poland,although some dropped later in the afternoon
Bielsko Biale missed its record at the last hour https://t.co/XHhCOSzGhO— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) August 29, 2025
Behind Pakistan’s repeated floods: Melting glaciers, depleted forests Aljazeera
New research has revealed how climate change is intensifying supercell thunderstorms in Europe Euronews
Octopus bloom devastates UK crab industry amid marine heatwave NZHerald
Blue dragons close more Spanish beaches!
Tourists banned from three Costa del Sol beaches (Cala Verde, El Payazo, and Cala Siret in Villaricos) after venomous Glaucus atlanticus sightings.
Stings can cause severe pain, vomiting, and allergic reactions. Experts link the surge… pic.twitter.com/mFi1dgVI4y
— Volcaholic 🌋 (@volcaholic1) September 1, 2025
UK’s largest lake faces environmental crisis as rescue plans stall Guardian
Hong Kong sees record number of tropical cyclone warnings this year The Standard
SCO. See Wikipedia for members. No one in Southeast Asia is a member; Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar are dialogue partners.
Xi proposes Global Governance Initiative Global Times. As we have repeatedly pointed out, global governance involved ceding sovereignity and is at odds with multipoliarity. How to square that circle?
A New Global Governance – But What Will, Or Can, It Do? Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)
Modi-Xi meet heralds shift to multipolar global economy Asia Times (Kevin W)
The SCO Finally Condemned The Pahalgam Terrorist Attack Andrew Korybko. Conor had many links on the SCO, and most of them were vastly less bullish that YouTube anti-globalists on India and China getting closer, pointing to many fundamental outtrades. One article noted that an Indian readout of a Yang Yi visit to India had the Indian side banging on about the importance of anti-terrorist operations, and the Chinese readout not mentioning that issue. This move looks like a start in China recognizing and taking at least some steps to address India’s concerns.
India blocks Azerbaijan’s bid for full membership to the SCO, citing strategic alignment with Pakistan pIndia (Micael T)
China?
China’s navy is expanding at breakneck speed – and catching up with the US BBC
Taiwan reports surge in Chinese military activity near its territory Business Standard
China property sales drop 17.6% in August, housing slump hits sixth straight month Trading View
China’s Factory Exodus Is Turning Vietnam Into the World’s Assembler Caixin Global
We have featured other clips from these projects, but I can’t get enough. However, the connection to the gender ratio is dubious. A big source of resentment of China across much if not all of Southeast Asia is Chinese men hunting for brides there.
Scholars once worried that China’s gender ratio imbalance would lead to a generation of surplus men, fueling crime, chaos, and even war.
What we got instead was … this. pic.twitter.com/t0TDFmexD7
— Glenn (@GlennLuk) August 31, 2025
Koreas
South Korea heads for record stretch of growth trailing inflation Chosun
India
Khalistani and Half Pakistani: With Donald Trump’s unhinged stand on India, read about the anti-India elements in his inner circle pIndia (Micael T)
Saudi and Iraqi oil giants suspend sales to Russian-linked Indian refiner: Report The Cradle (Micael T)
Africa
Islamic State massacres in eastern DRC: who are the insurgents and why are they killing civilians? The Conversation
Jihadists take control of strategic Mali town, trigger concern as they impose restrictions Arab Weekly
European Disunion
Europe’s deadly debt spiral Wolfgang Munchau, Unherd
Decline in prosperity in Germany measurable with official data Multipolar via machine translation (Micael T)
Voices from the Global South: “What are you afraid the far-right will do that you haven’t done yet?” Nachdenkseiten via machine translation (Micael T)
I can’t find this story on the English DW site:
BREAKING:
🇩🇪 Four AfD candidates in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany died “suddenly and unexpectedly” before the September 14 vote — Welt pic.twitter.com/bPRi7JChF5
— Megatron (@Megatron_ron) September 1, 2025
Czechs Plan $14 Billion Deficit With Bigger Spending on Defense Bloomberg
Poland plans record defense spending of 4.8 percent of GDP Militaar Artuell
Old Blighty
Norway’s electricity crisis is about to hit Britain Telegraph
Tories pledge to get all oil and gas out of North Sea BBC
Israel v. The Resistance
In Israel, ‘animals in human form’ may be killed Mondoweiss
BREAKING | On August 28, a lawyer was able to visit Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the heroic Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza who was abducted by Israeli forces after refusing to abandon his patients. He is now held in Ofer Prison along with his nephew, Hussam Zaher, in… https://t.co/m9Y9HT5v3B pic.twitter.com/SSRb9iFzZg
— Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) September 1, 2025
Aug. 31 resolution of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) Mike Hampton
Israel is not isolated: A global web of oil and complicity The Cradle (Micael T)
A full-spectrum sweep across the West Bank, Tulkarm, Nablus, Jenin, Hebron, Bethlehem, the occupation flooding towns, camps, and villages from multiple checkpoints and axes.
Mayors and sheikhs arrested, homes raided, entire municipalities locked under military intrusion.
What…
— Thomas Keith (@iwasnevrhere_) September 2, 2025
* * * Belgium to recognize Palestinian state at UN General Assembly Arab News
Belgium announces sanctions against Israel RT
* * * Iran, Russia, China FMs Reject EU3’s ‘Legally Baseless’ Move to Invoke Snapback Tasnim
Syraqistan
Druze Spiritual Leader Calls for Independence in Southern Syria Amid Rising Death Toll Kurdistan24
New Not-So-Cold War
Bessent says ‘all options on the table’ as Trump administration weighs Russia sanctions Anadolu Agency
Claim of Russian GPS blocking of von der Leyen’s plane false – Flightradar RT
EU works with allies on long-term security guarantees for Ukraine: Spokesperson Anadolu Agency. More circling the drain.
Russia’s Neighbours and Chances for Peace in Europe Valdai Club (Micael T)
America’s Top Aircraft Carrier Faces Russian Submarine Threat: P-8 Sub-Hunters Deployed to Respond Military Watch. Over my pay grade, but the reaction seems excessive.
Denmark gifts foreign ministers pen made from Ukrainian bullet cases YouTube. Micael T: “This is the kind of trophies psychos in crime series collect.”
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
>Not just under-16s: all Australian social media users will need to prove their age – and it could be complicated Guardian (Kevin W)
Imperial Collapse Watch
Monopoly Round-Up: Is There a Silicon Valley Plan to Subvert Elections? Matt Stoller. Important.
Ukraine War Leads to Global Shortage of TNT for Military and Mining Use New York Times
Should We Have Kept The American Empire? Maxwell Tabarrok
Trump 2.0
U.S. Warships Near Venezuela Trump Determined to Stop Maduro Drug Cartel Lt Col Daniel Davis, YouTube. IMHO, the part staring at 27:50 is noteworthy, where Davis discusses Trump’s plans to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War and his enthusiasm for going on the offense.
Tariffs
Trump plans 200% tariff on imported drugs, raising risk of higher US prices and shortages Economic Times
Fed Survey Shows Manufacturers Don’t Know How to Price Anything Michael Shedlock
Rural America is suffering an economic crisis as crop prices plunge — ‘U.S. soybean farmers cannot survive a prolonged trade dispute’ Fortune
Trade War Pushes Canada’s Current Account Deficit to Record Bloomberg
Immigration
With Summer Almost Over, the Hamptons’ Largely Immigrant Workforce Worries About ICE Crackdowns Vanity Fair (Micael T)
Our No Longer Free Press
Are Bellingcat and the OCCRP ‘Independent’ Media? Lucy Komisar, The Realist Review. Most readers know the answer, but lots of juicy detail.
Economy
A downturn in international travel to the U.S. may last beyond summer, experts warn PBS.
Mr. Market Is Moody
Silver Nears Historic Levels, Supported by Investments and Global Tensions See
AI
The Big Idea: why we should embrace AI doctors Guardian (Kevin W)
AI has a hidden water cost − here’s how to calculate yours The Conversation (Kevin W)
How This A.I. Company Collapsed Amid Silicon Valley’s Biggest Boom New York Times
🚨REPORT: xAI Sues Engineer Over Trade Secrets Taken to OpenAI
Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI has filed a lawsuit against former engineer Xuechen Li, accusing him of stealing trade secrets tied to its Grok chatbot and taking them to rival OpenAI.
Here’s What happened:
On Aug 28,…— Muskonomy (@muskonomy) August 30, 2025
The Bezzle
Stablecoins could trigger taxpayer bailouts, warns Nobel laureate Financial Times. That’s a feature, not a bug.
Class Warfare
TODAY: Chicago unions and community organizations met at the Haymarket Memorial for a massive ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ demonstration.
Across the country, more than one thousand Labor Day actions took place in defiance of the Trump administration’s attacks on the working… pic.twitter.com/pKajMl3TcK
— BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) September 2, 2025
Rhode Island’s ‘Taylor Swift Tax’ on vacation homes of the wealthy is spreading to other states CNBC
Collapse for the 99% Luke Kemp, YouTube. This is fascinating except for Kemp’s efforts to be optimistic. We are way way way too far from many people practicing subsistence agriculture for collapse to produce anything other that mass starvation and disease.
Explosion at Louisiana Oil Plant Leaves Black Community Coated in Toxic Fallout CapitalB
Antidote du jour (via):
And a bonus (resilc):
A second bonus:
The first moment they meet and get the zoomies is SO sweet 🥹💞
Stella told us how her family was only supposed to foster this little piglet for a few weeks, but once she saw their instant connection, she cried and cried until her family agreed to keep her!
Keep up with Pepper… pic.twitter.com/sOBn5ERwt1
— The Dodo (@dodo) September 1, 2025
And a third:
Dog realizes when the point has been won and celebrates. pic.twitter.com/S3gDlOrZaF
— Noble Ron (@perry_ron) September 1, 2025
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
