The Argonaut Octopus Has Mastered The Free Ride Defector
Climate/Environment
Capitalism’s Attack on Time & Nature System Change
Regenerative farming practices require unlearning past advice Investigate Midwest
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Two weeks later. Taking stock of storm recovery across Western NC, county-by-county. Carolina Public Press
How much do those unemployed by Helene need to get by? One worker says $257 won’t cut it Asheville Citizen Times
Hurricane surge could blow away Florida homeowners insurance ‘fixes’ Florida Phoenix
Pandemics
Driving Under the Cognitive Influence of COVID-19: Exploring the Impact of Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection on Road Safety Neurology. From the conclusions: “The study suggests that acute COVID-19, regardless of Long COVID status, is linked to an increased risk of car crashes presumably due to neurologic changes caused by SARS-CoV-2.”
Nurse who nearly died from Covid sues NHS for negligence The Telegraph
The Koreas
Fearing Donald Trump’s 400% Hike & Return To Power, U.S.-S.Korea Agree To 8.3% Increase In Cost Sharing To Host U.S. Troops EurAsian Times
China?
Chinese Scientists Report Using Quantum Computer To Hack Military-Grade Encryption The Quantum Insider
China’s Nuclear Shadow Reaches Europe The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Taiwan spots Chinese Carrier, China Military Video Says ‘Prepared for Battle’ Reuters
Taiwan, Japan and ASEAN member nations deliver a diplomatic broadside to China bne Intellinews
China threatens Taiwan with more trade measures after denouncing president’s speech Channel News Asia
Speeding Up the Economy: The Role of Methamphetamines in the Southeast Asian Boom The Diplomat
Syraqistan
U.S. officials say Israel has narrowed down its targets for strike on Iran NBC News
US deploys THAAD anti-ballistic missile defense to Israel amid rising tensions with Iran Ynet News
Iran was aware of Hamas’s plan to launch October 7 attack – NYT Iran International. Convenient timing. Commentary:
We’re supposed to believe that Hamas kept minutes of its meetings and the Israelis – who have lied & fabricated everything – happened to seize those minutes and gave them to the NYT. Two of the reporters on this story are Israeli:
Bergman & Rasgon.Bergman is former IDF and… https://t.co/SXqkWADp9d pic.twitter.com/avtEZzJU7W
— Sana Saeed (@SanaSaeed) October 12, 2024
Iran Looking for a Way Out… Does Not Trust Israel’s ‘Machinations’ Asharq Al-Awsat
The extraordinary risk of targeting regional energy assets Middle East Institute
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The Arabs are transparently displaying their crossover to multi-alignment in a US-led Middle Eastern war Indian Punchline
Bahrain – headquarters of US Naval Forces Central Command and US 5th Fleethttps://t.co/8x6bME3bBD
— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) October 12, 2024
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In Lebanon the Face of Death is a 42 year Old Israeli Man Hauntologies by Elia Ayoub
‘Prepare for post-Hezbollah phase’ US envoy tells Lebanon as Israeli massacres intensify The Cradle
IDF places hopes in new laser anti-rocket systems amid expanding war Ynet News
Lebanese drone hits Tel Aviv outskirts after bypassing air defenses for 100km The Cradle
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Israel intensifies assault on Gaza’s Jabalia as besieged Palestinians share ‘final’ messages The New Arab
“This is not a humanitarian crisis, Kate, and I’m going to say it very clearly for your viewers to hear: This is genocide […] Media agencies will have reckon with their major role in the genocide.” — Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan to CNN pic.twitter.com/PTVSe0lOFY
— Omar Baddar عمر بدّار (@OmarBaddar) October 11, 2024
European Disunion
Gazprom signs MoU on boosting gas supply to Hungary bne Intellinews
Poland plans to suspend asylum rights, says it won’t respect EU ideas that harm securityUkrainska Pravda
Several EU countries now question welcoming conditions for Ukrainian refugees Le Monde
New Not-So-Cold War
Recruiters raid Kyiv venues in search of Ukrainians not registered for conscription Euronews
The End of History or a War of American and Russian Messianisms Gordon Hahn, Russian & Eurasian Politics
Planning For After Ukraine’s Defeat: New Deterrence Posture Laid Out By Former Polish General Staff Chief Military Watch Magazine
Spook Country
The Hurricane Speech Panic is Here Matt Taibbi, Racket News
Biden
Biden warns Iran against going after Trump – WaPo RT. Commentary:
After insisting for a decade that Trump is a dictator, a fascist, the ‘new Hitler’ and an existential threat to America’s so-called ‘democracy’, and after two Americans who have nothing to do with Iran tried to assassinate Trump, the Biden administration now asks us to believe… pic.twitter.com/T78sP0Aup4
— Dimitri Lascaris (@dimitrilascaris) October 13, 2024
Trump
No, the Alien Enemies Act is Not a Viable Legal Basis for “Operation Aurora” Jonathan Turley
Milley calls Trump ‘a fascist to the core’ in new Woodward book The Hill
Mark Milley fears being court-martialed if Trump wins, Woodward book says The Guardian
2024
Trump is in a better polling spot now than he was against Clinton or Biden USA Today
Could Trump Win? Yes, and Some Dems Are Quietly Saying They Know Why The New Republic
Anxious Democrat voters find new ways to self-medicate as election looms Pearls and Irritations
Now a political liability, Tim Walz’s trip to China left a lasting impression on his fellow Nebraskans Flatwater Free Press
Tim Walz went on a hunting trip today (to impress men) and was followed by cameras and reporters the entire day.
You don’t do this unless your internal polling is horrific.pic.twitter.com/HuW2FV90NJ
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 12, 2024
Democrats en Déshabillé
Nebraska Senate May Be the Race No One Saw Coming Time. Osborn is an Independent. Commentary:
When a populist like Dan Osborn—with a real chance to beat a GOP lapdog Senator—is greeted with such bizarre hostility, it makes you wonder whether upscale “progressives” of this type 1) just don’t care about this kind of working-class politics or 2) actively hate it https://t.co/zi00rY8Tbv pic.twitter.com/zPqjp5TXoU
— Matt Karp 🌹🦏🇺🇸 (@karpmj) October 11, 2024
On Millennial Snot The Upheaval
Adolf Hitler had ‘some good ideas’, a fifth of Gen Z Americans believe according to Daily Mail poll Daily Mail
Antitrust
The Numbers Don’t Lie: the Carbon Tax Isn’t Behind Surging Prices and Inflation. Price Fixing Is – Including the Price of Oil. Dougald Lamont’s Substack
Healthcare?
Health Insurers Are Using Venture Capital Investments To Expand Their Reach HEALTH CARE un-covered
AI
AI as golem and egregor Archedelia
Imperial Collapse Watch
Navy SEAL drowning deaths were preventable, military probe finds Navy Times
Investigation of SEALs Drowning Also Uncovers Allegations of Performance-Enhancing Drug Use, Secret Surgery Military.com
America is a crumbling empire in a storm Counterfire
Our Famously Free Press
Zionist groups are falsifying antisemitism statistics and the media are playing along Red Flag
The Bezzle
Tesla Robotaxi Event: Big Promises, Few Details, and Growing Skepticism The Deep Dive
How SpaceX became the MyPillow of government contractors The Verge
Class Warfare
New report shows child care workers struggle to pay bills on poverty-level wages NC Newsline
Unions Are Hot—Just Ask the Chippendales In These Times
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