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Field in the frame: face to face with harlequin toads Nature (Robin K)
Tiny stones rewrite Earth’s evolution story ScienceDaily (Kevin W)
Papering Over History JSTOR (Micael T)
🚨 3I/ATLAS: The Colossus from Interstellar Space
Dr. Avi Loeb confirms new data shows this object is at least 33 billion tons, over 100,000 times more massive than Oumuamua. Its minimum size is 5 km across, possibly up to 46 km, bigger than Manhattan.
It glows green, shedding… pic.twitter.com/cAtSw2G9E6
— Skywatch Signal (@UAPWatchers) September 26, 2025
Influencers and Multipliers reinforce political Polarization Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Paul R)
David Foster Wallace Tried to Warn Us About these Eight Things Honest-Broker (Chuck L). On the impact of screen technology
#COVID-19/Pandemics
A massive new peer-reviewed review (161 studies, 2+ million patients) makes it clear.COVID-19 isn’t just a respiratory infection.It’s a multi-system disease leaving lasting scars on lungs, heart, brain, kidneys, and more.🧵
— Zdenek Vrozina (@ZdenekVrozina) September 24, 2025
Climate/Environment
Wow
the successful test flight of the S1500, an airborne wind turbine capable of generating one megawatt of power by harnessing high-altitude winds, which are stronger and more consistent than those at ground levelpic.twitter.com/eOORLnkGPC
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) September 25, 2025
World temperature anomalies have been rising abruptly since July,in particular we observe absolutely remarkable anomalies in the past 7 days up to +0.76C vs 1991/2020,the highest since January and even temporarily above those of 2024 in the same period.
Map credit Dr. Ryan Maue pic.twitter.com/xJ50HGu7GD
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) September 24, 2025
Where ‘day-zero droughts’ could happen as soon as this decade CNN
Russia’s Wheat Woes: Diesel Costs and Dry Weather Impact Sowing DevDiscourse
How war and drought have resulted in Lebanon’s worst water crisis in decades Arab News
Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 years France24
Japan sets new record for heat-related ambulance transport incidents Manichi
Ocean Acidification officially breaches Planetary Boundary Oceanographic
China?
China launches sweeping probe into Mexican tariffs as trade war widens Financial Times
Why China’s Belt and Road leaves Turkiye in the sidelines The Cradle
Koreas
South Korea resists Trump’s US$350 billion trade demand amid financial crisis fears South China Morning Post
Important:
🇵🇭 The Philippines is burning:20+ cities in turmoil. Manila turns into a battlefield, all triggered by a trillion-peso corruption scandal.
Over 20 cities erupt in protests. In Manila, 50,000 clash with riot police outside the presidential palace. Fires, Molotovs, over 70 police… pic.twitter.com/1smw1ml4PP
— James Wood 武杰士 (@commiepommie) September 24, 2025
‘Could collapse entirely’: Bangladesh’s financial system in deep crisis as defaults mount Business Today
Africa
‘In Sudan, it is as if a congenital curse is at work. And the worst is yet to come’ LeMonde
Madagascar imposes curfew after violent protests against water, power cuts Aljazeera
South of the Border
Argentina’s financial crash is the first big defeat for Trump’s global Maga movement Telegraph
European Disunion
German business sentiment unexpectedly drops: Is the ambitious fiscal plan at risk? Euronews
Germany’s Robert Bosch will cut 13,000 jobs as the world’s top autos supplier battles a sluggish market, high costs and pressure from rivals that have left it with an annual cost gap of 2.5 billion euros ($2.9 billion), it said on Thursday.
It will cut jobs at various German… pic.twitter.com/3HWlD2Fbe6
— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) September 26, 2025
Jail time for Sarkozy: Why the unprecedented sentence over Libya financing? France24
This is a huge news for France, and for Libya.
The only other French leader ever sent to prison in the entire history of the French republic was Pétain (the leader of Vichy France), just to give an idea of how extreme the level of treachery must be for France to imprison a… pic.twitter.com/msqkG6vKtX
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) September 25, 2025
Wasted Capital – How Child Poverty Blocks Talent and Wastes Billions Nachdenkseiten via machine transaltion
Klingbeil calls for “Buy European” – EU remains hesitant Markoskop via machine translation (Micael T)
The Finnish resort of Imatra found itself in millions of dollars of debt after closing its border with Russia Vzgylyad via machine translation (Micael T)
The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise recognizes 5,000 lobby meetings per year Klagget via machine translatoin Micael T)
Old Blighty
Borrowing costs jump again as investors snub UK Government bond auction This is Money
Migrants are eating SWANS and carp stolen from UK parks, Nigel Farage claims The US Sun. resilc: “He’s to up his game to eating children.”
Terrorism case against Kneecap rapper thrown out due to technical error ABC Australia (Kevin W)
Digital ID for every adult is not progress. It is the end of a free society dressed up as convenience.
I am a cyber security specialist. This is my take.
They are selling it as a fix for illegal migration. That is bollocks.
We spend hundreds of billions a year on cyber…
— Chris Littlewood (@chrislittlewoo8) September 25, 2025
Israel v. the Resistance. IMHO a new sign of Israel desperation. I had my VPN set to Chicago. I got a YouTube ad advocating to “buy Israel,” how important it was to Israel businesses and families.
The Israeli genocidal destruction of Gazapic.twitter.com/md02V0oYLD
— Mustafa Barghouti @Mustafa_Barghouti (@MustafaBarghou1) September 24, 2025
This is a displaced Palestinian girl in Gaza holding the remnants of 30mm HEOP (High-Explosive, Ordnance-Piercing) M789 rounds, the kind fired from Apache attack helicopters supplied to the Zionist entity by the United States. These shells are designed to rip through armored… https://t.co/i2vRe2noDO
— Thomas Keith (@iwasnevrhere_) September 25, 2025
⚡️BREAKING: Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI):
“During our successfully conducted visit today to Dr. Husam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, who was arrested in December 2024 and remains incarcerated in Israel, a serious and alarming picture emerged.
Since… pic.twitter.com/VTwghyhx62
— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws1) September 25, 2025
Dozens walk out as Benjamin Netanyahu begins UN speech BBC and Netanyahu vows to ‘finish job’ in Gaza during UN speech as delegates walk out Guardian
US to revoke Colombian president’s visa for remarks at pro-Palestinian protest in New York Anadolu Agency. Childish.
Microsoft revokes cloud services from Israel’s Unit 8200, following +972 exposé +972 Magazine
Amb. Chas Freeman: Al Qaeda Gets a Seat at the UN?! Dialogue Works, YouTube. Important discussion at 6:10, that the recognition of Palestine is the recognition of the Palestinian Authority, which is a quisling regime and did not win the last elections held in Palestine.
Tony Blair proposed as chief of Gaza transitional authority, reports say Middle East Eye (resilc)
Iran sanctions look set to return after last-ditch UN vote France24
New Not-So-Cold War
If NATO downs Russian plane, there will be war — ambassador to France TASS (guurst)
Angry Russia Rejects Europe Threats Tense Moscow Talks; US Calls Military Chiefs; Kiev Fronts Crisis Alexander Mercourist, YouTube. Opening section discusses a dustup reported in Bloomberg.
Crisis Escalation Becomes Euro-Cabal’s Final Meal Ticket Simplicius (Kevin W)
Is Ukraine Preparing a False Flag? Larry Johnson
Nawrocki Proposed A Creative Solution To The Polish-German Reparations Dispute Andrew Korybko
Another Crazy Idea On How To Steal Russia’s Assets: Make EU Taxpayers Pay For It Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)
Moldova bans another opposition party on the eve of elections RT (Kevin W)
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
Anything but safe: Using VPN can bear immense risks DW
Imperial Collapse Watch
What Declines in Reading and Math Mean for the U.S. Work Force New York Times. Resilc: “40 years of underfunded skoolz+, but endless warzzzz everywhere. How does bombing Somalia for 30+ years help???”
A role-playing game at the end of the world: Nihilism and misanthropy Doomscroll via machine translation. Important. This ties into Nat’s recap of communities with far right youth, such as groypers and blackpillers, and their heavy and layered use of irony.
The dawn of the post-literate society James Marriott (Anthony L)
An American divorce will not be peaceful The Hill (resilc)
🚨SHOCKING EXPOSURE: OBAMA’S SECRET USAID SCHEME 🚨
Barack Obama wasn’t just “sending aid” abroad. According to Mike Benz on Joe Rogan, USAID was used as a global laundering machine:
👉 They’d earmark billions for “foreign aid” (Pakistan, Cuba, etc.)… but instead route the… pic.twitter.com/aBuRmtq1ab
— Barron Trump 🇺🇸 Commentary (@BarronTnews) September 25, 2025
Trump
The Road to the Camps: Echoes of a Fascist Past Counterpunch (resilc)
Trump moves toward deal to give US an equity stake in company developing Nevada lithium mine Associated Press
Supreme Court allows Trump to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid funding NBC
The gaping hole in the James Comey indictment/a> Vox
MAHA
Harvard’s Public Health Dean Was Paid $150,000 to Testify Tylenol Causes Autism Harvard Crimson
DOGE
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers WIRED (resilc)
L’affaire Jeffery Epstein
Who Helped Jeffrey Epstein? Emails Detail His Private Support Network Bloomberg (Chuck L)
Charlie Kirk
U.S. Threatens to Bar Foreigners Over Remarks About Charlie Kirk New York Times
Nexstar, Sinclair to end blackout of Jimmy Kimmel The Hill. Surprised that Sinclair backed down.
Economy
Global debt hits record of nearly $338 trillion, says IIF Reuters
The next big financial crisis may be brewing. Warning signs are already there Guardian
Fed Study: Big Banks Riskier Now Than Before 2008 Crisis NAI 500
US debt investors raise alarm over lending standards Financial Times
AI
Regulating AI hastens the Antichrist, says Palantir’s Peter Thiel The Times (resilc)
Game over for pure LLMs. Even Turing Award Winner Rich Sutton has gotten off the bus Gary Marcus
Many employees are using AI to create ‘workslop,’ Stanford study says The Register
OpenAI shows off massive data center Associated Press (Robin Kash)
The Bezzle
Oklo’s extraordinary 20+ billion valuation is presumable based upon the premise that it will meet its goals of deploying its 1st Aurora powerhouse by late 2027 & rapidly scale its fleet to meet its 14,000MW of non-binding master power agreements and letters of intent.
That’s 186… pic.twitter.com/Zpo4D1KIiz
— chris keefer (@Dr_Keefer) September 25, 2025
Radio Shack Rebirth May Have Gone Awry In Alleged Ponzi-Like Scheme Hackaday (Paul R)
Guillotine Watch
The Forbes 400 List 2025 – The Richest People in America Ranked Forbes (resilc)
Passenger Awarded $11 Million After Suffering 2 Strokes And American Airlines Failed To Divert Flight Jalopnik (resilc)
Class Warfare
Las Vegas Is Only For Rich People Now. No Wonder It’s Empty. YouTube (resilc)
An affordability nightmare:
It would take a -38% drop in home prices OR a +60% JUMP in household income JUST for affordability to go back to 2019 levels.
You must now make ~$113,000/year to afford the MEDIAN home in the US.
Will housing ever be affordable again?
(a thread) pic.twitter.com/4bM4ROuNWm
— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) September 25, 2025
Laid-Off Tech Workers Say H-1B Crackdown Won’t Help Them Get a Job Wall Street Journal
Government Benefits Are Now 19 Percent of Total Personal Income Michael Shedlock
Writing Their Prison’s History New York Review of Books (Robin K)
Antidote du jour. John U: “Dusty the Adventure Dog in Utah”
And a bonus:
Siberian tiger returns to freedom. 🐅 pic.twitter.com/sNrLF6Ztdx
— Nature is Phenomenal (@AnimalGeoLife) September 25, 2025
A second bonus:
First Time Meeting ❤️ pic.twitter.com/9TH67pNNO1
— cats with threatening auras 👹 (@catshealdeprsn) September 27, 2025
And a third:
One day a crested caracara appeared at this man’s window and then pic.twitter.com/mX7fxkaX67
— Gabriele Corno (@Gabriele_Corno) September 26, 2025
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
