Corroborating written history with ancient DNA: The Wellman incident in Old Norse stories iscience
Does the Fed still believe in NAIRU? JW Mason’s Money and Things
There are mistakes in life Aeon (Arinci)
Climate/Environment
Silicon Valley elites spend money to extinguish the sun bloomberg
Geoengineering: Building ethics, transparency, and inclusivity in climate intervention research world economic forum
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Arkansas could become a lithium treasure trove Supply chain details
US approves first large-scale new lithium mine in Nevada Electrek
Could seaweed farms be the next generation of mines? mining
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Cooling changes: Slowing ocean circulation could limit Arctic temperature rise Phys.org
float on Baffler. “Utopian conspiracy in the Maldives”
water
Federal court ruling on reservoir expansion could have major implications for Colorado River internal climate news
Can terraform the American West Casey Handmer’s blog
Africa
World Bank rhetoric still sounds like structural adjustment…Nigeria micro case study Sawa Hill
What’s next for the Nigerian left? africa is one country
India
big bharat boom open magazine
Consumption data shows India’s middle class is shrinking wire
Japan
Japan’s ruling party suffers historic setback, loses parliamentary majority anadolu agency
The end of the “Abe era”? tokyo review
China?
China launches new lending tool ahead of year-end loan deadline channel news asia
Analysis – With no recovery in sight, some companies change their policies in China Reuters
China punishes 589,000 people for transplantation in 9 months business times
China offers tariff-free trade to Taliban as it moves closer to isolated, resource-rich regime Reuters
Biden vs. Harris to scale back Guam’s missile defenses Reuters
old blighty
Britain plans to challenge China’s dominance in the Pacific – and why it matters bloomberg
discord in europe
ASML announces that the US is likely to pressure the EU to further curb exports to China semaphores
German protests against nuclear cooperation with Russia Ukraineska Pravda
Former Bulgarian populist Prime Minister Borisov aims to return after general election victory BNE Intellinews
syrakistan
One month into the war, Lebanon operations suffer losses – analysis jerusalem post
“We thought we were the only ones developing drones. We weren’t prepared for an attack.” Enet
Mr. Gallant told Prime Minister Netanyahu that there was no direction for war and that goals needed to be updated. era of israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects Egypt’s Gaza ceasefire plan anadolu agency
Israel wipes out Gaza’s health sector to ‘kill as many people as possible’ cradle
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Israel’s attack on Iran: what do we know? And what does it mean? gilbert doctorow
Prime Minister Netanyahu has high expectations for President Trump. Could he be wrong? Christian Science Monitor
Israeli digital intelligence firm aims to become top US contractor drop site
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Turkey attacks multiple SDF positions in northeastern Syria new arab
A new war that’s not so cold war
Ukraine is attacking deeper inside Russia and rebuilding the war WSJ
Putin hopes NATO has heard warnings about long-range attacks RT
Ukraine’s presidential administration says Russia must retreat to its current position on February 24, 2022 in order to start peace negotiations ukrainska pravda
Zelenskyy expects more support for Ukraine next week ukrainska pravda
Ukraine hopes Washington will support Kiev’s bid to NATO after elections amid strong European opposition Kiev Independent
Why do Russian youth become “disruptors”? Deutsche Welle. Source: “Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, there has been an increase in incidents of arson by young people against railway infrastructure and military forces in Russia. In some cases, young people are paid to carry out these attacks. I also have a promise.”
Caucasus
Georgia’s president: “The election was illegal. This was a Russian special operation.” jam news
EU parliament calls for sanctions on Azerbaijani officials oc media
south of the border
caribbean
US continues terrorist operations against Cuba black agenda report
2024
“The evil of ‘lesser evilism'” flutist
Michelle Obama scolds Michigan: Not funny Matt Taibbi, Racquet News
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Comedian at rally makes racist jokes about Latinos and Puerto Rico as President Trump seeks votes NBC News. Like:
“There’s a lot going on. I don’t know if you know this, but right now there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean. Apparently it’s called Puerto Rico.” pic.twitter.com/IXbXqDijyU
— Asyn (@Acyn) October 27, 2024
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A small Midwestern city that could play a key role in this year’s election Alec McGillis, ProPublica
to defend non-voters the hill
antitrust law
Monopoly Roundup: Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post teach Democrats about billionaires BIG by Matt Stoller
our famous free news agency
Literary institutions pressure writers to remain silent about Gaza truth
Our web host has recently confirmed 7 data breaches and it now appears that our site has been completely replaced. we were hacked.
— Consortium News (@Consortiumnews) October 27, 2024
preview room
Gates – washing the future disconnect
Globe of Academy
US universities step up crackdown on pro-Palestinian activities middle east eyes
digital clock
Instagram stores your most popular content in the best video quality The Verge
Mexican TikTokers have a code word to report on drug violence without being banned Rest of the world
sports desk
take me to the mall park The Baffler
class war
Private equity is targeting county-run nursing homes in Wisconsin. burn riser
demonize the rich hamilton nolan
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