Rare ‘double sunrise’ captured in Canada by intrepid solar eclipse chasers (photos) Space.com
Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought Ars Technica
An accounting startup has turned tax preparations into a Pokémon Showdown game TechCrunch
Climate/Environment
Inadvertently Victorious — How Some Species Persist as the Climate Collapses The Revelator
Global soil moisture in ‘permanent’ decline due to climate change Carbon Brief
Farmers scramble to protect crops after unpredictable ‘fake spring’ disrupts growing season: ‘We can lose our entire crop’ The Cool Down
Climate-resilient potato farming: Strategies for adapting to extreme weather conditions, drought, and unpredictable growing seasons Potato News Today
The Value of Climate Prediction Markets Interactive Brokers
Pandemics
A new COVID variant is on the rise. Here’s what to know about LP.8.1 The Conversation
Healthcare workers with chronic condition miss more days of work due to COVID than flu, data show CIDRAP
‘Shrinking my world really small’: How New Yorkers are coping with long COVID Gothamist
Africa
The problem of organizing weak states; and why Africa needs a new model of Pan-Africanism An Africanist Perspective
China?
China blocks CK Hutchison BlackRock Panama ports deal as Li Ka-shing adapts to political shifts Dimsum Daily
Commentary: The Panama ports sale isn’t over, but China’s message to the Li family is clear Channel News Asia
Xi Jinping is investing in China’s science and technology research as Trump is gutting America’s research foundations Sinocism
Andreessen Horowitz now front runner to help buy out Chinese-owned TikTok – media reports Cybernews
Wang Huning’s Assessment of the U.S. Managerial State Landmarks: A Journal of International Dialogue
Syraqistan
Israel’s latest vision for Gaza has a name: Concentration camp 972 Magazine
The New Face of Christian Zionism In These Times
NEWS GRAVEYARDS: HOW DANGERS TO WAR REPORTERS ENDANGER THE WORLD Brown University Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Chart:
Suspected US airstrikes in Yemen kill at least 4 people near Hodeida, Houthi rebels say AP. Targeted a water project.
US imposes Iran-related sanctions on Chinese, UAE-based entities; move will ‘only further worsen’ nuclear issue Global Times
European Disunion
White House studying cost of Greenland takeover, long in Trump’s sights WaPo
“A Landscape of Greed”: The Collapse of Denmark’s Fjords Green European Journal
Finland prepares to leave Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personnel landmines YLE
How The Times, the BBC and The Guardian Responded to the Le Pen news Hauntologies by Elia Ayoub
New Not-So-Cold War
Whiplash Effect as “Pissed Off” Trump Flips Again Simplicius
Trump-Putin parley is a bit under the weather Indian Punchline
If negotiations among Russia, Ukraine, US collapse, what’s next? Asia Times
EUROPE’S DESPERATE GAMBIT Gordon Hahn, Russian & Eurasian Politics
How to Secure the Black Sea During a Russia-Ukrainian Ceasefire Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. BY “secure” they mean more NATO.
Trump 2.0
How a $1.4tn Trump trade war could unfold FT
Trade Tariffs on Canadian Pharmaceuticals—Implications for US Drug Supply and Costs JAMA
Trump to Kill National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Payday Report
DOGE
DOGE Accesses Federal Payroll System Over Objections of Career Staff New York Times
Deep fear in coal country: DOGE cuts put region’s miners and families on edge Pittsburgh Post-Gazetee
The CDC Has Been Gutted Wired
Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, defying Elon Musk NBC News
Democrats en Déshabillé
Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech. Will it rally anti-Trump resistance? AP
Scoop: House Democrat wants to drug test Musk and DOGE staff Axios
Ocasio-Cortez promotes “economic populism” led by CIA Democrat Jared Golden as future of Democratic Party WSWS
Democratic Party Leaders and “Free Speech” Warriors Shrug as Trump Deports Dissidents In These Times
Isn’t it hilarious how Republican presidents are all powerful meanwhile a Democratic President can’t even defeat the Senate Parliamentarian pic.twitter.com/tNS9ZMxftm
— Revolutionary Blackout🥋 (@SocialistMMA) March 31, 2025
Immigration
Migrant Workers Hired to Build Jail Turned In to ICE, Sheriff Says Newsweek
As children are pulled into immigration court, many must fend for themselves Los Angeles Times
Ex-Costa Rica president says US visa revoked after criticism of Trump The Guardian
Trump administration concedes Maryland father from El Salvador was mistakenly deported and sent to mega prison CNN
SignalGate
Signalgate’s “Classified” Texts Stump Media Ken Klippenstein
Signalgate, Natsec Ideology’s Contradictions, and Yemen Sawahil
Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say WaPo
Healthcare?
A Health Insurance Scandal Unfolds in Texas HEALTH CARE un-covered
California ballot measure named after Luigi Mangione would make it illegal to ‘delay, deny’ healthcare coverage: ‘Crazy’ New York Post
Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing AP
Trump makes history by pardoning a corporation The Hill
AI
Does OpenAI’s latest marketing stunt matter? The Tech Bubble
Our Famously Free Press
The Normalization Of Autocracy Techdirt
Substack says it’ll legally defend writers ‘targeted by the government’ The Verge
Supply Chain
About a third of Americans stop buying eggs due to rising costs, study shows The Guardian
Cargill Kitchen Solutions Recalls Liquid Egg Products Due to an Unapproved Substance USDA (press release)
The Bezzle
Larry Fink says Bitcoin could replace the dollar as the world’s reserve currency because of national debt Fortune
Class Warfare
Feeling Broke? Blame Big Oil The Tyee
It’s time for a national rent freeze The Breach
How do political families reproduce power: evidence from Maharashtra, India Commonwealth & Comparative Politics
Worker-Led Unionism in the 21st Century Left Notes
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