Following the Life of an Abandoned Bull in Nepal Sapiens
Social media isn’t driving the teenage “loneliness epidemic” Mike Males
Climate/Environment
COP 30: it’s no joke The Next Recession
Warning! This “Colorful Chart” is Censored by IPCC Climate Uncensored
Home Prices on a Warming Planet New York Times
An arcane type of property insurer is surging on the Gulf Coast E&E News
Pandemics
Washington DOH Statement: Grays Harbor County Resident Dies From Complications of Avian Influenza Avian Flu Diary
Two countries.
Two charts.
A very similar (and concerning) trend.
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Can you think of anything that happened in 2020 which is still affecting huge swathes of people on an ongoing basis and which may help explain this worrying trend?
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— Cat in the Hat 🐈⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 (@_CatintheHat) November 22, 2025
Canada’s measles setback is a symptom of deeper sickness Canada Healthwatch
Africa
US Bombs Somalia for 100th Time This Year Antiwar
Empire of gold: The UAE’s expanding grip on Africa’s mineral wealth The Cradle
Japan
Japan’s Yonaguni arming up for a Taiwan war with China Asia Times
Japan PM Takaichi Wants to Get Closer to Prabowo on Defense Jakarta Globe
India
India Turns to U.S. Energy to Shield Itself From Massive Tariffs Oil Price
1962 conflict a Tibet-handiwork by US to prevent Sino-India rapprochement? Tibetan Review
China?
China’s power equipment firms ride AI-driven boom amid demand from US, emerging markets South China Morning Post
These “rural” homes are in Zhejiang.
The neighborhood is also connected to the city by subway.
China is changing… pic.twitter.com/skK2v2p4vP
— Jason Smith – 上官杰文 (@ShangguanJiewen) November 21, 2025
Syraqistan
As It Prepares for Multifront Wars of Attrition, the IDF Faces a Manpower Crunch and Spiraling Costs Haaretz
The shadowy double dealing behind the UNSC Resolution legitimising Trump’s final solution for Gaza Vanessa Beeley
U.S. to Scale Back Command Center in Israel, Aims to Relocate Gazans to Israeli-held Areas Haaretz
Germany’s decision to take in donkeys from Gaza for treatment – but not children – has sparked outrage Middle East Monitor
NEW | Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz describes her post–October 7 campus intervention tour to save Jewish students who reject Zionism.
She describes college students who separate antisemitism from antizionism as “irrational” and confused, and in need of realignment, so they… pic.twitter.com/K1cOHrjU0p
— Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) November 23, 2025
Evidence on Israel and JFK Assassination Builds as the Nukes He Tried to Stop Threaten Humanity Sam Husseini
Hezbollah confirms top commander Ali Tabatabai killed in Israeli strike in Beirut Anadolu Agency
Makran or Bust: Tehran’s water crisis gets worse Peter Frankopan
European Disunion
As US-China rivalry redefines economic warfare, Europe scrambles for its dictionary South China Morning Post
Mass layoffs and welfare cuts: Germany at the center of the European crisis WSWS
Income needed to avoid poverty: How do European thresholds compare? Euronews
Old Blighty
One number you really need to know Matt Goodwin
Royal Navy Shadows Russian Warships Through English Channel as Maritime Tensions Escalate gCaptain
New Not-So-Cold War
Ukraine Seeks NATO-like Shield From US, Counter-Plan Says Bloomberg. Negotiating among themselves further away from Russian position.
Russia Will Not Make the Same Mistake It Did With Minsk II Larry Johnson
US and Ukraine promise ‘updated’ peace framework after criticism of pro-Russian points in original plan The Guardian
Who wrote the 28-point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine? Intellinews
Full text of European counter-proposal to US Ukraine peace plan Reuters
Europe’s Delusional Counter-Proposal Glenn Diesen
🇺🇦 A new piece by Washington Post columnist David Ignatius confirms earlier reports that Trump’s peace plan — at Kiev’s request — includes a clause on postwar amnesty.
According to Ignatius, this was added to “reassure Zelensky and his government members that they won’t face… https://t.co/qTiEtoXyhr pic.twitter.com/hptgaWaXbz
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) November 23, 2025
The most likely outcome of a deepened Ukrainian corruption scandal is not an end to the war but an attempted escalation of it via a new Ukrainian “Kerensky Government” – probably packed to the rafters with actual Nazis – vowing to fight the war to the literal last Ukrainian. https://t.co/R6CannFoh7
— Armchair Warlord (@ArmchairW) November 24, 2025
South of the Border
White House considers leaflet drop to pressure Maduro on his birthday WaPo
Bolsonaro arrested in preventative detention months after conviction for coup attempt Brasil de Fato
L’affaire Epstein
The CPA and the Lawyer Who Served Jeffrey Epstein—and Control His Fortune and Secrets WSJ
Inside the extended courtship linking Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, and Israeli officials San Francisco Standard
Larry Summers and the Hunger Games Ann Pettifor
Trump 2.0
Trump Makes Surprising U-Turn On Plans To Deploy National Guard To New York City Huff Post
Elon Musk once called DOGE ‘the chainsaw for bureaucracy,’ but it has quietly ceased to exist well ahead of schedule, report says Fortune
GOP Funhouse
Marjorie Taylor Greene refutes reports that she’s considering running for president CBS News
Democrats en déshabillé
Maine’s Platner: ‘If I Had My Way’ Google and Palantir ‘Wouldn’t Exist’ Washington Free Beacon
The Uniparty
Does the US Congress know what socialism is? Richard Murphy
Our Famously Free Press
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine The Intercept
You Don’t Hate The Mass Media Enough Caitline Johnstone
Accelerationists
Court Filings Allege Meta Downplayed Risks to Children and Misled the Public TIME
Is Marc Andreessen just flat-out dumb? NonZero Newsletter
Wars Come Home
UAW Local Forced to Pay $315,000 to 3 Zionist Union Members Payday Report
Imperial Collapse Watch
Why are military aircraft accidents spiking? Responsible Statecraft
Runaway Short-Termism New York Review
My G-20 Report Karl Sanchez
Is the Multipolar World Dead? Lily Lynch
BRICS states team up with EU to “put a price on carbon” Edward Slavsquat
Guillotine Watch
How billionaires took over American politics WaPo
The Bezzle
Napster Said It Raised $3 Billion From A Mystery Investor. Now The ‘Investor’ And ‘Money’ Are Gone Forbes
Turkey Talk
Did the Iroquois Really Influence the Birth of the Union? Hogeland’s Bad History
The Hidden Secret of Thanksgiving that is Actually Pretty Amazing Pax Culinaria
Immigration
NEWS: Noem Moves Hard Against Legal Migrant Health Benefits Migrant Insider
Police State Watch
Border Patrol is taking the powers they want. Borderland Talk with Jenn Budd
“We’re Broken”: As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Are Leaving in Droves for ICE ProPublica
A viral arrest, a drunken brawl and an overdose: the last days of a notorious Border Patrol agent Long Beach Post
The FBI Wants AI Surveillance Drones With Facial Recognition The Intercept
AI
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts FT
Microsoft’s New Windows AI Feature Comes With Warnings About Malware and Data Theft It’s Foss
Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup’s robots could ‘fracture a human skull’ CNBC
Why Is Everyone’s Robot Folding Clothes? IEEE Spectrum
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality New York Times
Texas men indicted in plot to take over Haitian island and enslave women and children NPR
Class Warfare
America Is Becoming Dallas Hamilton Nolan
An alternative to capitalism is possible, at least in comic books El Pais
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