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Arachnid Megacity Discovered in Cave May Be World’s Largest Spider Web Science Daily (Paul R)

Archaeologists discover how oldest American civilisation survived a climate catastrophe Guardian (Kevin W)

Who waits in line for a 100-year-old, 5-hour silent movie? New Yorkers, of course. Gothamist

#COVID-19/Pandemics

Climate/Environment

Northern hemisphere forests have shifted from carbon sinks to carbon emitters ESA Climate

Vietnam deluge close to world record for highest daily rainfall Weatherzone

US social costs of plastics may total over $1 trillion annually, report finds The New Lede

China?

Chinese Exports Unexpectedly Fall After US Trade Tensions Spiked Bloomberg

‘A new arms race’: Satellite images, maps and records reveal huge surge in China’s missile production sites CNN. As if this development just fell from the sky.

China’s Navy Brings First Supercarrier Into Active Service: Fujian’s Commissioning a Turning Point in Carrier Program Military Watch

Big if true:

India

India’s West Asian blues deepen as Gaza Plan shifts gear Indian Punchline

India can’t keep balancing between US and Russia Asia Times (Kevin W)

O Canada

Trump trade war with Canada could usher Chinese cars into the US Asia Times (Kevin W)

Africa

Nigeria’s violent conflicts are about more than just religion – despite what Trump says The Conversation

Tigray fighters enter Ethiopia’s Afar region, stoking fears of new conflict Aljazeera

UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide Guardian

South of the Border

The US Moves Closer to Strike Venezuela Glenn Diesen

The Regime Change Temptation in Venezuela Foreign Affairs. When you’ve lost Foreign Affairs

Russia Can ‘Mirror’ in Venezuela What West Is Doing in Ukraine Antiwar (Kevin W)

European Disunion

German economy remains stagnant despite new government ANewz

Brown-Washing German Nazism Alon Mizrahi

Denmark’s government aims to ban access to social media for children aged under 15 Associated Press (resilc)

Old Blighty

Labour MPs are now openly plotting against Starmer iPaper (Colonel Smithers)

Construction sector records surprise steep fall in activity ahead of Budget Independent

Israel v. The Resistance

Exclusive: US intel found Israeli military lawyers warned there was evidence of Gaza war crimes, former US officials say Reuters (Robin K)

“Stick, stones, matches, gasoline.” Floutist

Turkish court issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu over Gaza genocide Türkiye Today (resilc)

Israel carries out wave of airstrikes on southern Lebanon Guardian

US issues Final Warning to Iraq: A Prelude to a Wider Middle East War Near East Online (Micael T)

New Not-So-Cold War

Why Ukraine’s troops are facing an amputation crisis Telegraph. Thw Wall Street Journal reported on a very high level of amputations >1 year ago based on prosthetic fittings.

Globalist Apparat Sells “Forever War” in Desperate Bid to Take Edge Off Pokrovsk Simplicius

Countering the Myths of Western Analysts on Ukraine Larry Johnson

This Ukraine War Report Is One Of A Kind Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)

Trump grants Hungary one-year exemption from Russian energy sanctions, White House says CNN (Kevin W)

Alexander Grushko: “Russia and the United States are still able to find ways to maintain strategic stability” International Affairs (Micael T)

The Continual War Against Russia & Its Primary Defense Mechanism–Ethnic Unity Karl Sanchez

Syraqistan

Exclusive: US military to establish presence at Damascus airbase, sources say Reuters (resilc)

Trump to increase military footprint in Damascus to protect “Israel” Vanessa Beeley

5 Killed In Fresh Clashes Along Afghanistan-Pakistan Border NDTV

Imperial Collapse Watch

Caesar and Trump Black Box Site

Leaks expose collapse of EU/US-backed Belarusian ‘opposition’ Gray Zone

Trump 2.0

Trump’s Economy Is Looking More and More Like Saudi Arabia’s Politico (resilc)

Trump Wines Sold At Coast Guard Stores On Federal Property Forbes (resilc)

Trump to skip G20 summit in South Africa, questions Pretoria’s membership The Cradle

No US official to attend G20 meeting in South Africa: Trump Anadolu Agency

Don’t Let the Fed Become a Wing of Mar-a-Lago Roger Lowenstein (resilc)

Trump admin brings international drug pricing to Medicaid The Hill

OVAL OFFICE SHOCK Dramatic moment man collapses just yards from Trump in Oval office during livestreamed Ozempic announcement The Sun. resilc took note of all the pretty tall blonds in attendance.

Trump Just Stands There After Man Collapses During Press Conference New Republican. Kevin W: “Weird. All he had to say was ‘Get this man a doctor” and he would have come off as decisive and Presidential.”

Immigration

ICE targets NYPD officers with ads claiming the agency offers ‘respect’ Gothamist

Shutdown

US flight capacity may face up to 20% cuts amid government shutdown: Transportation chief Anadolu Agency

Airlines cancel more than 700 U.S. flights as FAA-ordered shutdown cuts begin CNBC

Ketanji Brown Jackson halts order requiring full SNAP payments, for now The Hill

190. SNAP WTF? Steve Vladeck

US soldiers given food bank advice and could go without pay amid government shutdown Sky

Six election results that didn’t make the headlines Popular Information (resilc)

Supremes

The Breezy Inequity of Trump v. Orr Steve Vladeck

Mamdani

The Private Governments Who Will Resist Zohran Mamdani and Populism Matt Stoller (Chuck L)

New York Post’s cover on Zohran Mamdani election sold out in NYC — and already being resold on e-Bay New York Post

The Zohran Mamdani Psyop: How The Establishment Manufactures Its Own Brand of “Radicals” Fiorella Isable Craig Pasta Jardula

L’affaire Epstein

Democrats in US Congress ask Andrew to appear for questioning over Epstein links BBC (Kevin W)

Jeffrey Epstein Helped Israel Sell a Surveillance State to Côte d’Ivoire Drop Site

Economy

Consumer Sentiment Falls Toward Record-Low Levels Wall Street Journal

Mr. Market is Moody

AI valuation fears grip global investors as tech bubble concerns grow CNBC. Lead story.

Could soaring global debt trigger the next financial crisis? Aljazeera

As markets grow more fragile, matter of time before the bubble bursts South China Morning Post

Can world weather another crisis? Bangkok Post

World Economic Forum chief warns of three possible ‘bubbles’ in global economy Reuters

AI

Small Language Models are the Future of Agentic AI. Michel T: “This paper is now making the rounds on LinkedIn under the question: ‘”Is the AI industry sitting on a $57 BILLION mistake?’”

A.I. Abuse Is Reinventing the Law New York Times (resilc)

AI Spam and the Crisis of Digital Trust: How Synthetic Media Change Political Visuality Valdai Club (Micael T)

Elon Musk Reportedly Obsessed With AI Girlfriend Futurism. Erm, seems like a plant to make it OK for dull normals.

The Bezzle

What’s gone wrong between Nasa and Elon Musk’s SpaceX? The Conversation (Kevin W)

Lawyers for data centers admit they don’t bring a lot of jobs and they wouldn’t want to be around one outlawed (resilc)

Class Warfare

a href=”https://paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-crosses-pittsburgh-post-gazette-picket-line/?ref=payday-report-newsletter” rel=”nofollow”>Bari Weiss Crosses Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Picket Line Mike Elk

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  1. The Rev Kev

    ‘The White House
    @WhiteHouse
    “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. The United States cannot stand by while such atrocities are happening there, and in numerous other Countries. We stand ready, willing, and able to save our Great Christian Population around the World!” – President Trump’

    I got an idea. If he feels so strongly about protecting Christians, he can tell the Al Qaeda President of Syria to lay off Christians or prepare to have severe and possible lethal problems. Then he can ring up his buddy Bibi and tell him that unless the attacks on the Christian community stop, then maybe ammo supplies may develop “problems” in delivery. He can do little in Nigeria but can take instant action on both Syria and Israel with two phone calls. After all, he is such a great negotiator.

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    1. Polar Socialist

      I heard that Ukrainian government is also both attacking and supporting attacks on Christian churches and monasteries. And also conscripting Christian priests by force.

      There may even have been some looting of valuable Christian sacred items and such.

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