Ears of a Caracal cat
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) October 29, 2025
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world Nature
Philosophy of Absurdism 3 Quarks Daily
Google to bring shuttered nuclear power plant back from the dead TechCrunch
‘Germany Is Back’ – and That Should Scare Us All Zeteo
COVID-19/Pandemics
How the flu, COVID-19, and common viruses could raise your risk of heart attack and stroke Euronews
The bat paradox: what nature’s night flyers could teach us about pandemics – and ourselves VaccinesWork
Climate/Environment
Climate change is becoming an insurance crisis The Conversation
Climate change inaction being paid for in millions of lives every year, global findings suggest Phys.org
South of the Border
Jamaicans take stock after hurricane causes damage, flooding and power cuts BBC
Trump’s feud with Colombian leader threatens U.S. antidrug efforts WLRN South Florida
Mexico rescues lone survivor of US strikes on alleged drug boats that killed 14 Mexico News Daily
‘A colony of the US’: Argentinians contemplate future after Trump-backed Milei coasts to victory The Guardian
China?
Like or not, China has lifted more than 100 million people out of poverty in the past 12 years.
They did it by building vast infrastructure, affordable homes, and access to education and equality of opportunity
Not through War, hegemony and division. pic.twitter.com/dZGAjeSl7g
— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) October 28, 2025
China and ASEAN, hit by US tariffs, sign upgraded free trade pact Reuters
China deploys wind-powered underwater data center off Shanghai coast — $226 million project could top 24 megawatts, harnessing the cooling power of the sea Tom’s Hardware
Trump ‘losing’ trade war with China going in to Xi meeting, Senate Democrats say in report CNBC
Cheap Goods To Confidence Deficit: Inside China’s Economic Slowdown WORLDCRUNCH
India
India to dethrone US for dev numbers as AI reshapes coding, says GitHub The Register
India’s Major Cities Face Risks as Groundwater Depletion Leads to Land Subsidence Bioengineer.org
How India’s new gaming law is rewriting the rules of online play Tech Funding News
Africa
Is Africa the West’s ‘Human Dumping Ground’? Al Jazeera
Energy flows reveal declining ecosystem functions by animals across Africa Nature
Ethiopia cuts foreign debt by 80%, declares ‘growth without loans’ Business Insider Africa
European Disunion
Can Europe’s farmers save the water cycle? Euronews
Europe’s democratic strain is a crisis of governance, not borders European Council on Foreign Relations
Europe Is at Donald Trump’s Mercy. It Has Itself to Blame. The Nation
EU seeks to reduce dependencies amid US-China trade war DW
Old Blighty
Pound Slides Amid UK Fiscal Concerns RTT News
Government doubles down on green ambition as it unveils new UK climate plan The Independent
Israel v. Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Iran
🚨HEARTBREAKING: A Palestinian father cries as he mourns the killing of his young daughter after an Israeli airstrike hit their home in Gaza City moments ago. pic.twitter.com/PnuSZemB3F
— Gaza Notifications (@gazanotice) October 28, 2025
UN chief ‘strongly condemns’ recent deadly Israeli airstrikes in Gaza Andolu Agency
Israel resumes Gaza ceasefire after 104 Palestinians killed in airstrikes Axios
Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders The Guardian
Israel must not be Sparta JNS
New Not-So-Cold War
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin tests nuclear submarine torpedo capable of causing ‘radioactive tsunami’ The Independent
Pentagon scales back troops from NATO eastern flank, denies American withdrawal from Europe Fox News
Russia Aims to Freeze Ukraine Into Submission Foreign Policy
Russian Forces Finally Break Through Into Key Eastern Ukrainian Stronghold The War Zone
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
Are Americans privacy nihilists? Ipsos
Social media privacy in 2025: what you need to know Kaspersky Daily
Imperial Collapse Watch
For the Homeless, Finding a Place to Live Is Only Part of the Problem Racket
NYPD: Raid on Staten Island nets fentanyl, ‘MAGA’-stamped heroin; 4 arrested si live.com
When SNAP benefits run out, ‘people can die,’ say health experts STAT 10
Trump 2.0
Portland says ‘manufactured crisis’ spurred Trump’s National Guard bid as trial begins The Hill
The White House ballroom saga could be worse for Trump than he realizes CNN
Trump fires federal arts board in charge of reviewing White House ballroom and ‘Arc de Trump’ The Guardian
A new low for Trump approval, government spending, institutional trust, No Kings, and daylight time: October 24 – 27, 2025 Economist/YouGov Poll YouGov
Musk Matters
Why Elon Musk could leave Tesla, and why it might actually happen The Street
How Elon Musk and JD Vance plan to ‘save civilization’ with more babies NPR
Grokipedia vs. Wikipedia: See how Elon Musk’s encyclopedia describes 5 hot-button topics Business Insider
Democrat Death Watch
What Karine Jean-Pierre’s disastrous book tour exposes about Biden loyalism MSNBC
A lot of Americans think the Democratic Party is out of touch Tri-State Alert
Immigration
Did the U.S. Supreme Court lift restrictions on immigration stops based on race or ethnicity? El Paso Matters
DHS ends automatic extensions of immigrant work permits HR Dive
New Polling Memo: Five Key Points on Americans’ Current Immigration Views America’s Voice
Our No Longer Free Press
Press freedom debate intensifies after Pentagon and collegiate-level crackdowns FSU News
Younger Americans Less Concerned About Political Violence and Free Speech Threats: AP-NORC Poll First Amendment Watch
Mr. Market Is Moody
China Targets Iron Ore in Its Fight to Dethrone the Dollar Oil Price
Consumers Expect Inflation To Get Worse, Even As Fed Cuts Rates Investopedia
TREASURIES-US yields advance after Fed’s Powell pushes back on December rate cut Market Screener
AI
This ‘impressive’ AI model predicted Hurricane Melissa’s perilous growth Nature
Foxconn to put Nvidia’s humanoid robots to work at Texas factory Cryptopolitan
Nvidia hits record $5 trillion mark as CEO dismisses AI bubble concerns Ars Technica
Dame Emma Thompson gives the ‘AI revolution’ both barrels The Register
Grieving family uses AI chatbot to cut hospital bill from $195,000 to $33,000 — family says Claude highlighted duplicative charges, improper coding, and other violations Tom’s Hardware
The Bezzle
New report reveals “staggering and heartbreaking” trend among scam victims WRTV Indianapolis
Musk’s company just cut off internet to thousands of scammers who stole billions from Americans Mass Live
Guillotine Watch
This is the most valuable baseball card, the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card. It sold for a record-breaking $12.6 million in 2022. pic.twitter.com/eELc2a2Ce7
— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) December 28, 2023
Shohei Ohtani’s 50/50 home run ball sold for $4.39 million.
Its the most expensive baseball of all time pic.twitter.com/PP2EORqglT
— Baseball Quotes (@BaseballQuotes1) October 23, 2024
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