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Japanese Farmers Send Out Automated Laser Drones to Defend Chickens Futurism
Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US? Construction Physics
The Hitchhikers Guide to Building A Lot of Subways The Transit Guy
‘Bluetoothing’: Blood-Sharing Drug Trend Fuels Alarming Global H.I.V. Surge New York Times
Powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off southern Philippines, tsunami warning issued Straits Times
Climate/Environment
Amazon fires cause record-breaking CO2 emissions Climate and Capitalism
Cost of Europe’s extreme weather doubled this decade – and could hit €126 billion by 2029 Euronews
Scientists seek to turbocharge a natural process that cools the Earth WaPo
The cooking pot that changed the world New Climate Reality
Has the Anthropocene Been Canceled? Monthly Review
Pandemics
Long COVID Linked to Surge in POTS Cases Neuroscience News
Evidence of clinical and brain recovery in post-COVID-19 condition: a three-year follow-up study Brain Communications
India
Sir Creek comes alive from slumber Indian Punchline
China seeks India’s assurance on no heavy rare earths diversion to US Economic Times
China?
This is a very big deal. China has asserted sweeping control over the entire global semiconductor supply chain, putting export license requirements on all rare earths used to manufacture advanced chips. If enforced aggressively, this policy could mean “lights out” for the US AI… https://t.co/zx5eX6dthP
— Dean W. Ball (@deanwball) October 9, 2025
Coalition Urges Trump To Reverse US Shift Away From Strategic Ambiguity on Taiwan Antiwar
Ahead of plenum, party mouthpiece likens China’s economy to ‘unsinkable’ aircraft carrier South China Morning Post
The silencing of prominent influencers China Translated
Why America Builds AI Girlfriends and China Makes AI Boyfriends ChinaTalk
Syraqistan
Hamas gets guarantees of end to Gaza war, Israel approves ceasefire Al Jazeera
Breaking: Warnings of a possible collapse of the ceasefire… Israel bombed a residential building tonight housing dozens of civilians, with initial reports indicating that 50 civilians — most of them children — were murdered. pic.twitter.com/p6Y8Irf4Ad
— Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده (@RamAbdu) October 9, 2025
Is Trumpanyahu’s peace plan being implemented? GeoPolitiQ
Witkoff, Kushner join cabinet meeting on Gaza deal after meeting with PM in Jerusalem Times of Israel
“Keep the Champagne corked.” Patrick Lawrence, The Floutist
Israel rules out Marwan Barghouti’s release as Hamas says Netanyahu seeking to ‘blow up truce’ The Cradle
U.S. sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza AP
Ben-Gvir warns will topple Netanyahu’s govt over Hamas Al Mayadeen
Timeline: Phony Biden “Ceasefire” Sabotaged ICJ Orders. Hamas “Welcomed” the Move. Sam Husseini. ‘Is Trump “Peace” Deal Designed to Undermine Uniting for Peace?’
Germany calls for UN Security Council Resolution to provide legal basis for Gaza peace plan Anadolu Agency
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Iran warns of Israeli ‘deception, breach of commitments’ after Gaza ceasefire deal Press TV. ““The beginning of the ceasefire in Gaza may be behind the scenes of the end of the ceasefire elsewhere,” [Ali Akbar Velayati, advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution] wrote on X on Thursday using the hashtags #Iraq, #Yemen, and #Lebanon.”
🚨Putin says today that Israel told Moscow to relay a message to Tehran that “Tel Aviv is not seeking confrontation” and wants a “peaceful resolution” with Iran.
He adds that Russia remains in close contact with both sides and backs a diplomatic path on Iran’s nuclear issue. pic.twitter.com/xJPZTKJjS1
— Sina Toossi (@SinaToossi) October 9, 2025
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How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda videos +972 Magazine
US approves AI chip exports to UAE, as talks progress with Saudi Arabia: Report Middle East Eye
Old Blighty
Massive data leak linked to Online Safety Act security measures The Canary
European Disunion
EXCLUSIVE: European Investment Bank ready to invest in drone defence Euractiv
In Germany’s Depressed East, Tanks Are the Lesser of Two Evils New York Times
Google to invest $5.8B in Belgium’s AI, cloud infrastructure in next 2 years Anadolu Agency
U.S. Turns to Finnish Expertise to Jump-Start Icebreaker Production gCaptain
New Not-So-Cold War
Zelensky Says Ukraine Will Nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize If He Sends Tomahawk Missiles Antiwar
NATO Goes Mad American Conservative
Smart “gas station,” Or how Russia became a maritime power Marat Khairullin Substack
Russia marches forward with safe and convenient biometric IDs for schoolchildren Edward Slavsquat
Putin says Russian air defenses were to blame for Azerbaijani jet’s crash last year, killing 38 AP
South of the Border
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize The Guardian
The Nobel prize in literature went to an anti-Arab eugenicist, and the prize in peace to a far-right CIA plant advocating for American invasion, sanctions, and regime change. If anything, this shows the reactionary cultural turn. This is a capitulation to Trumpism
— Anita Zsurzsan 🇵🇸 🕎 (@iamjourjean) October 10, 2025
Dina Boluarte Ousted from Peruvian Presidency by Unanimous Congressional Vote Telesur
Trump 2.0
Trump’s war on the left: Inside the plan to investigate liberal groups Reuters
New York AG Letitia James indicted for alleged bank fraud Axios
TRUMP SACRIFICES ALASKA WILDERNESS TO HELP AI COMPANIES The Intercept
Sean Duffy Says He Wants to Fire ‘Problem Children’ Air Traffic Controllers NOTUS
Judge temporarily blocks Trump National Guard deployment to Chicago area The Hill
Reverse Marbury Balkinization
Democrats en déshabillé
Senator Elissa Slotkin: ”If the Trump administration wants to be at war against a terrorist organization, they should come to Congress, notify us, and seek our approval … I actually have no real problem going against cartels” pic.twitter.com/apuNZPDW19
— Ken Klippenstein (NSPM-7 Compliant) (@kenklippenstein) October 9, 2025
Someone who used to work with Katie Porter sent me this clip from a train-wreck interview with her and said, “Now imagine what she’s like when there aren’t cameras around.” pic.twitter.com/OCF73BrUg1
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 8, 2025
Weimar Republic
He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US Wired
Police State Watch
ICE smash car window & drag 2 sisters out—in front of elementary school at pick up time.
13 masked agents surround car—while children yelled “It’s ICE!” running away in fear.
“My name is Jocelyn, I’m from Cicero,” she cries. “They forced us out of the car, they followed us…… pic.twitter.com/8JFzpO46MP
— LongTime🤓FirstTime👨💻 (@LongTimeHistory) October 9, 2025
CoreCivic prison company will rake in $300 million from new ICE contracts Stocktonia
US prison population rises for second straight year Ohio Capital Journal
Immigration
Arrested for being Iranian: How a war in the Middle East gave ICE new targets at home Prism
Exclusive: Apple Made ICE Agents a Protected Class Migrant Insider
Economy
Mass Deportations Drain Economic Growth Dollars & Sense
Imperial Collapse Watch
How Acquisition Reform Could Make Military AI More Expensive and Less Safe Lawfare
AI
McKinsey wonders how to sell AI apps with no measurable benefits The Register
AI models can acquire backdoors from surprisingly few malicious documents Ars technica
Groves of Academe
Trump’s University Compact demonstrates weakness, not strength Programmable Mutter
Healthcare?
No Surprises, But Plenty of Abuses: How Insurers Are Pulling the Strings on the No Surprises Act HEALTH CARE un-covered
Amazon to start offering prescription drugs through vending machines CBS News
Supply Chain
Chocolate prices set to remain high this Halloween in the US, report says Reuters
Our Famously Free Press
How Journalists Grease the Skids for Worthless Corporate Handouts Boondoggle
The Bezzle
Overshooters N+1
Class Warfare
Investors are making up the highest share of homebuyers in 5 years CNBC
Taking the Reins: Story Updates Working Class Storytelling
Antidote du jour (via):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
https://x.com/Sino_Market/status/1976544907323113592
“CHINA’S MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT: STARTING OCTOBER 14, 2025, SPECIAL PORT CHARGES WILL BE IMPOSED ON VESSELS OWNED BY U.S. COMPANIES, ORGANIZATIONS, OR INDIVIDUALS.
SPECIAL PORT CHARGES TO BE LEVIED ON VESSELS OPERATED BY U.S. ENTITIES, VESSELS OWNED OR OPERATED BY ENTITIES WITH 25%+ U.S. EQUITY OR CONTROL, VESSELS FLYING THE U.S. FLAG, AND VESSELS BUILT IN THE U.S.”
https://x.com/tphuang/status/1976300183043363065
https://x.com/tphuang/status/1976363581479477492
It appears the export controls are very extensive and ironically appear to follow the US’s controls on China. I seem to recall that the WTO had previously slapped down China for attempting RE controls previously and they complied but America blowing up the WTO by blocking the appointment of new judges has made it possible now
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-10/china-opens-antitrust-probe-of-qualcomm-s-autotalks-deal (https://archive.is/ZtQKl)
China anti-trust probe on Qualcomm
Now will this just be part of negotiations for the APEC meeting and extracting concessions over Taiwan and the other garrisons in the Pacific or a divorce? Also curious on how Trump will attempt to spin all of this as a win in his usual style
“Sean Duffy Says He Wants to Fire ‘Problem Children’ Air Traffic Controllers”
Sean Duffy says too that if there are not enough Air traffic Controllers to man all the positions needed, then he will simply go down to McDonalds and hire a bunch of them by offering $2 an hour more.
>if there are not enough Air traffic Controllers to man all the positions needed
AI will solve it. What could go wrong?
As “white noise”, I put on yotube livestreams of the air traffic (overlaid with the live air traffic control chatter).
If you listen enough times, you recognize the voices of the impeccable controllers (cadence, clarity, efficiency) and the occasional the sloppy controllers.
Both can be true…shortage of controllers and controllers who are im the job who shouldn’t be there—-particularly at the busiest airports.
it’s all in public record, and there is a cottage industry of youtube channels that highlight the highs and lows of ATC and pilots
I have a friend who is a ATC at our local regional airport. Four out of four recent air traffic school grads assigned to our airport failed their field training at the airport. These will be the only trainees they receive this year. The airport is chronically understaffed, with everyone working at least one day mandatory overtime each week.
His impression is that this is the norm across the country, and that they are getting fewer and fewer trainees that can pass training, and under immense pressure from both the union and the FAA to lower standards.
There has also been a marked increase in missed shifts due to illness since the start of the shutdown.
This sounds like a compensation issue.. if you can’t attract people capable of the job then increase the pay.
Re: US to send 200 troops to Gaza
A clear violation of the War Powers Act of 1973.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution
Unfortunately, we have a derelict and weak Congress that will not do anything about it. Heck, the House is not even in session, with the weakling Speaker Mike Johnson in hiding to avoid the Epstein files discharge petition from getting the 218th vote.
“The Nobel prize in literature went to an anti-Arab eugenicist, and the prize in peace to a far-right CIA plant advocating for American invasion, sanctions, and regime change. If anything, this shows the reactionary cultural turn. This is a capitulation to Trumpism.”
“Trumpism”? This is what the wealthy, GLOBAL elite are paying for.
I must admit I had never heard about László Krasznahorkai before. I knew about Satantango, but only as a movie by Béla Tarr.
“The Nobel prize in literature went to an anti-Arab eugenicist”
Any pointers to some exposition corroborating that judgement? The information about his Weltanschauung is pretty scarce in Wikipedia.
Can’t be long now before all these global institutions put up “Arbeit Macht Frei” signs at the entrances of their buildings and stop pretending.
Re; Police State Watch
What a disturbing video.
So why were those ladies targeted? What was the “probable cause,” or is having brown skin cause enough?
Brown skin, easy to find, and unlikely to be able to resist.
How the Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Clears the Way for Racial Profiling During Immigration Raids American Immigration Council
The Supreme Court clears the way for ICE agents to treat race as grounds for immigration stops NPR
‘Sina Toossi
@SinaToossi
🚨Putin says today that Israel told Moscow to relay a message to Tehran that “Tel Aviv is not seeking confrontation” and wants a “peaceful resolution” with Iran. He adds that Russia remains in close contact with both sides and backs a diplomatic path on Iran’s nuclear issue.’
Israel also told Iran that they can take a solid run at a football that they will be holding on the ground so that they can kick it away and promise not to pull it away.
Why would Putin let himself be used as a stooge to trick Iran into a false sense of complacency?
I smell a rat here … what is the actual source for this rumor?
Honestly I don’t understand the problem.
Putin just passed along a message. It doesn’t mean that he believes it nor that he expects others to believe it.
He may simply be pretending that he believes it.
First of all, we need to be skeptical of such rumors and look for a reputable source. We know that we live in an age of all-out propaganda and information wars. Who actually heard Putin say that, was it an actual written statement that can be corroborated?
Don’t be naive! there are plenty of bad actors inside the Trump and Netanyahu administrations who will resort to all kinds of treachery, as seen in the corruption of the IAEA inspectors to spy for Israel, pager attacks, etc. It would fit their style to make false attributions of Russian statements as part of a pre-war info-space shaping campaign.
The source is TASS, as a few seconds googling indicates.
https://tass.com/politics/2027655
Israel has indicated that it is not interested in confrontation with Iran and is committed to a settlement: “We continue to maintain trusting contacts with Israel and receive signals from the Israeli leadership asking to convey to our Iranian friends that Israel is committed to a further settlement and is not interested in any kind of confrontation.”
It’s a good thing for Israel that press briefings are not released under oath.
The source is besides a press release with a direct quote by Kremlin, a bunch of journalist present when Putin made that statement to Central Asian leaders during second Russia – Central Asia summit in Dushanbe yesterday.
The context was Russia being a stabilizing and peaceful force in Central Asia and close proximity (read: West Asia).
Thanks. I had some “Twitter/X” posts in my feed with the same claim, but none of them cited any source, at least a reputable one.
I really worry about Putin. I think he has a huge blind spot – his desire to be seen as a “good guy”. It is quite possible Israel is feeding him false info and using him as a stooge. That is a material risk he should have at least considered.
He ought to know better, but this is the same guy who doesn’t get it that the West hates Russians, will never accept them as equals, and wants to destroy his government and replace it with a compliant stooge regime.
The rulers of all NATO countries will never see Putin as a “good guy.” It doesn’t matter if he stabilizes Central Asia, brings peace to India/Pakistan, or drops out of politics and becomes a monk.
Putin could save 1000 kittens from being runover by a steamroller, and the headline in the west would be, “Putin blocks road construction in vital artery, imperiling delivery of food to needy chil’ren!”
In other words, he has lost the plot and needs to step down for the good of Russia as he is no longer the right man for the job.
Expect the attack on Iran to happen very soon. This is an example of, “don’t believe something until it has been officially denied.”
>>>building a lot of subways….
the problems that the article mentions were just as true and apparent before the NYC/MTA Second Av subway was even built—and that took decades and still isn’t complete.
Silicon Valley has been on the map for 50+ years; and still no BART connection.
Even in blue-state (ostensibly pro-transit) supermajorities, it’s a train wreck to get any major infrastructure done—road, train, port. Many similarities to Pentagon procurement
“McKinsey wonders how to sell AI apps with no measurable benefits”
Looks like the results in and AI proves to be yet another iteration of “vapourware.” McKinsey are doing the numbers and it looks like there is little gain to be had from deploying it. The dreams of bosses to fire most of their workforce and replace them with AI is just not going to happen-
https://builtin.com/hardware/vaporware
One of the main use cases seems to be mass firings of workers … which leads to a problem for the Federal reserve.
Their mandate is to balance risks between unemployment and inflation, but how can monetary policy possibly compensate for mass unemployment due to technology adoption? With Trump packing the Fed with stooges, the captured Fed will likely go for a return of ZIRP, along with QE.
Of course, the promise of “AI agents” could be another big fail from Silicon Valley, like the metaverse.
Case in point here. Michael Hudson has appeared on so many videos now that they are able to use his appearances to create deepfakes to shill for a crypto shitcoin, which is absolutely insane if you have ever read anything Dr. Hudson has written on how awful crypto is. Honestly very disturbing
https://www.youtube.com/@HudsononCapitalismCrisis
O M F G
That is insane. It looks and sounds so much like Dr. Hudson in those videos. But his AI avatar is shilling for Crypto and less regulation! That has to be lawsuit bait.
What’s next? “Prof. Mark Blythe” explaining to his followers online that, actually, low lying beaches are an ideal investment opportunity right now?
That may be a result of that Sora 2 app and garbage videos made by it are appearing everywhere-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3fKpOZ4Itc (8:34 mins)
Mr. Rogers at the Battle of the Bulge anyone?
How about Kamala Harris in the Oval Office, launching a war with Russia while cackling?
I find it ironic that the AI pimps push productivity as a potential perk, yet these time-wasting apps and garbage videos have the proclivity to turn us all into un-productive primates, staring at our phones for hours.
I don’t understand why this is not illegal. But this is what you get when you allow a bunch of elderly, out of touch, sclerotic and venal assclowns to set policy. Same reason the ride share and short term rental companies were allowed to run roughshod over the laws.
Informed humans must thoroughly check all AI. The AI’s probabilistic suppositions roll up making big errors.
Medical insurers that use AI deny too many claims; almost 100% denials are reversed!
Costs more than benefit, not considering adoption miscues, faults and fails.
Would you trust a seller using AI?
Too err is human, to really mess up apply AI.
“Strategic Ambiguity”
That looks like a great new term or not.
Trumps peace plan looks to make President Donald Trump’s “Gaza Riviera” vision a reality.
Of course, he will encourage Palestinians to stay because he is going to build them a better place to stay…..and insure his dominion in the areas to rebuild by putting himself in charge of contracts to rebuild…profits profits and with protection provided by the US troops standing by as human shields.
So, as it works here in the USA, If your a Palestinian,(or whatever nationality, ethnicity or political bent in disfavor) you will not be afforded work, discriminated against, generally be unable to afford shelter or food in your area and, generally be declared a criminal, an animal, an other, them, they all, a terrorist etal. ect.
So for the people in Gaza, what changes is they may get food and water and a ‘choice’ to stay or self-deport….,.but, because they will have to pay (speculating) some sort of reparations – they will be forced to give up any claims upon the bombed and bulldozed lands/ruins where a great number of their genocided family members lay buried, crushed, burned, obliterated and obliviated for all history.
Well, I sincerely do hope for peace in the many places private profits motivate the many disruptions to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”
Blinken et al were big proponents of strategic ambiguity, its how the one party state rolls…
The only ambiguous thing about Blinken is the choice of guitar for the next gig. Everything else is easily predictable (which is why Putin preferred that administration to one of the capricious professional wrestler covered in gold).
No, really…
https://www.cato.org/commentary/its-time-end-strategic-ambiguity
Same scat, different day…
“unsinkable aircraft carrier” – airport
“unsinkable, unbreakable and indestructible – undaunted by wind or rain, pressing forward relentlessly” – Titanic
These phrases look too western to me. Maybe it’s retaliation for Trump
stealing “paper tiger” from them.
They should put them next to ammunition vending machines, for convenience.
Let me know how long it takes for organize crime members to bust the machines and make off with the contents, or cart them off.
Am I wrong to look at silver and gold charts and think WTAF?
Doesn’t seem like a sign of strength…
I’ll take flyer on silver again(bought at 30, sold at 30 a decade later) when it goes below 10 bucks and not a moment sooner…and then it will only be because it has a good feel and makes nice sounds when you clink it together…
…and this combined with sub 60 crude
re: Germany rearmament aka “Sondervermögen
via German Multipolar news blog
a critical analysis
machine-translation
Creative accounting
An analysis shows that the federal government is using the new “Special Fund for Infrastructure and Climate Protection” to reduce investments in the regular federal budget and thereby free up funds for other purposes. The “special fund” is thus becoming a general shadow budget. Expert politicians, including those in the opposition, are keeping quiet about this.
KARSTEN MONTAG , 10 October 2025
https://archive.is/lOkYE
original German
https://multipolar-magazin.de/artikel/kreative-buchhaltung
Is this the pony that Zelensky wants (alongside Tomahawks, submarines, and
one hundred billion dollars)?
As of yesterday afternoon this site no longer conforms to mobile formatting. I have already rebooted my phone. Is anyone else having this problem?
No issues here (Android)
Venezuela’s Maduro Offered the U.S. His Nation’s Riches to Avoid Conflict (NYT)
Venezuelan officials, hoping to end their country’s clash with the United States, offered the Trump administration a dominant stake in Venezuela’s oil and other mineral wealth in discussions that lasted for months, according to multiple people close to the talks.
The far-reaching offer remained on the table as the Trump administration called the government of President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela a “narco-terror cartel,” amassed warships in the Caribbean and began blowing up boats that American officials say were carrying drugs from Venezuela.
Under a deal discussed between a senior U.S. official and Mr. Maduro’s top aides, the Venezuelan strongman offered to open up all existing and future oil and gold projects to American companies, give preferential contracts to American businesses, reverse the flow of Venezuelan oil exports from China to the United States, and slash his country’s energy and mining contracts with Chinese, Iranian and Russian firms.
Well isn’t that interesting. A bunch of unnamed sources claim Maduro was ready to give China the shaft and sell out to the US.
A cynical person might think this article was a plant to weaken Venezuela by turning China and the Venezuelan people against Maduro.