Links 11/30/2025

Robot Walks for Three Days Straight, Hotswapping Its Battery Over and Over in New World Record Futurism

The 25 most powerful ideas of the 21st century (so far), picked by the world’s top thinkers BBC Science Focus

Mapping Children’s Meltdowns in the Brain Nautilus

COVID-19/Pandemics

Scientists Uncover Hidden Blood Pattern in Long COVID SciTech Daily

Measles deaths plummet but infections surge worldwide News-medical.net

Experts Warn Mutating Bird Flu Could Trigger Severe Pandemic, Worse than COVID Tovima.com

Climate/Environment

France blames climate change for ‘deteriorating’ wine industry. But is uprooting vines the solution? Euro news

Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown The Guardian

Tehran Pollution Reaches ‘Alarming’ Level In Latest Environmental Crisis To Hit Iran Radi Free Europe

South of the Border

Trump declares airspace above Venezuela is to be closed entirely as he ramps up lethal strikes The Daily Mail

ICRC President warns of humanitarian deterioration in Colombia MercoPress

High corruption in Argentina Buenos Aires Times

China?

China launches nationwide high-rise inspections after deadly Hong Kong fire Financial Times

China moves to integrate commercial space into its national space development plan Space News

China Making Plans to Crack Down on Crypto Payments and Stablecoins Coinspeaker

How Worried Should America Be About China’s Submarine Fleet? The National Interest

India

Tariff shock: Indian exports to US crash 28.5% The Times of India

Startups, not streets: Why India’s Gen Z chooses creation over chaos The Economic Times

As India Prepares to Welcome Putin, Its Juggling Act With Russia and the US Continues The Wire

Africa

Africa’s forests now a net carbon source, study finds Andolu Agency

Africa’s Power Shift: Young Nations Choosing Ownership Over Dependency The Voice of Africa

South Africa’s Rail Revival to Boost Tourism and Accessibility for Travellers Travel and Tour World

European Disunion

EU weighs Plan B for Ukraine as Belgium raises bar to unblock reparations loan Euro news

Talks on UK access to an EU defense fund have broken down ABC News

The week Europe realised it stands alone against The Guardian

Germany Urges The EU To Cancel Combustion Engine Ban BMW Blog

Old Blighty

‘Useless’ Budget pulled apart by Asda boss who says UK is stuck in reverse gear Daily Mail

At least 8,000 illegal waste sites in UK, research suggests The Guardian

Israel v. Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Iran


Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza ministry says AP

UN panel says Israel operating ‘de facto policy of torture’ BBC

Israeli forces injure hundreds of Palestinians in raids on Tubas, West Bank Al Jazeera

Google trends for Washington DC and Tel Aviv expose another CIA/Mossad assassination Council Estate Media substack

New Not-So-Cold War

Ukraine hit two ‘shadow fleet’ oil tankers with drones in Black Sea NY Post

Russian strikes cause power outages for more than 600,000 in Ukraine BBC

Ukraine peace talks shaken up by resignation of Zelenskyy’s top aide in corruption probe NBC News

Fog and winter weather open gaps in Ukraine’s defensive lines as Russians push deeper into Donetsk Milwaukee Independent

Big Brother Is Watching You Watch

Apple, Google required to provide digital ID tools under Missouri age verification law – but are they ready? techradar

“Delete Facebook” trend surges after Meta’s new AI privacy update Kashmir Digital

Imperial Collapse Watch

OC Board of Supervisors vote to ban homeless encampments Spectrum news 1

The Mar-a-Lago Party That Future Historians Will Never Forget The New Republic

Trump 2.0

Trump approval rating drops to new low: Poll The Hill

Trump: Anything Signed by Biden’s Autopen Is Revoked Townhall

Trump’s Thanksgiving message: Only “patriotic” immigrants welcome Salon

Northwestern settles with Trump administration in $75M deal to regain federal funding NPR

Musk Matters

Elon Musk Moves Closer To $1 Trillion Tesla Prize — Should Shareholders Worry? Benzinga

Musk’s Boring Company under fire as his Vegas Tesla tunnel project is hit with 800+ environmental violations, $736K in fines and worker safety risks Moneywise

SpaceX’s Starship FL launch site will witness scenes once reserved for sci-fi films Teslarati

Democrat Death Watch

Carville: ‘No one represents’ Democratic Party The Hill

Strategist Warns Democrats Of ‘Blowback’ As Epstein Files Expose Party Ties Tampa Free Press

Immigration

Thanksgiving Amid Tragedy: Trump’s Immigration ‘White Nationalist’ Rhetoric Follows D.C. National Guard Shooting Scheerpost

The Feds drop the hammer on illegal immigration Freight Waves

Our No Longer Free Press

OPINION: Why The Associated Press Is Standing for Your Right to Speak Freely Bucks County Beacon

Trump targets female reporters with disparaging rhetoric Axios

White House unveils ‘Media Bias’ website to expose ‘fake news’ Washington Examiner

Mr. Market Is Moody

Dollar set for biggest weekly fall in four months, Fed path in focus Reuters

Does the fate of the US economy now hinge on one company? Vox

Bitcoin faces 3 headwinds as the cryptocurrency sits 28% below record high Yahoo Finance

AI

Fewer one night stands, more AI lovers: the data behind generation Z’s sex lives The Guardian

97 percent of people struggle to identify AI music, but it’s not as bad as it seems The Verge

No, you can’t get your AI to ‘admit’ to being sexist, but it probably is anyway TechCrunch

Startups Using AI Have a Problem: Anyone Can Copy Their Awesome Idea Futurism

AI Finally Takes On a Century-Old Cancer Mystery SciTech Daily

The Bezzle

The card scam causing ‘real harm’ to businesses BBC

Amazon warns of major Black Friday impersonation scam targeting millions of users Mashabl

Guillotine Watch

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