Monthly Archives: April 2026

April 30, 2026

• How Islamic Is the Islamic Republic of Iran?
  by Curro Jimenez 2:00 pm

• Teens’ Social Media Behaviour in 43 Countries – Those From Disadvantaged Backgrounds Face Greater Harms
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/30/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Iran War: Oil Rises to $126 Due to Press Reports of Briefing to Trump on Military Options; Iran Threatens to Counter US Blockade
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• US-Led Sanctions: The End of a Regime
  by Yves Smith 2:55 am

• Satyajit Das: The Re-Shaping of the Persian Gulf and Energy Markets
  by Yves Smith 2:19 am

April 29, 2026

• Coffee Break: OpenAI Trial Pits Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• Supreme Court Justices Weigh Monsanto Bid to Block Warning Lawsuits in Glyphosate Litigation
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Link 4/29/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Russell’s Teapot: Dispatches From the Final Stage of the AI Bubble
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Iran War: Trump Insanity Escalates, Administration Doubles Down on Failed Economic Strangulation as Iran Digs In and Costs to World Rise; Israel Destruction of South Lebanon Continues
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Cold. Russia Deals Germany Impeccably Timed Oil Blow 
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

April 28, 2026

• Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The U.S. Navy Adrift
  by Haig Hovaness 2:00 pm

• US Military Strategy Document Misleads. Deliberately?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/28/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• All Talk, No Action: The EU’s Abject Failure, Once Again, to Correct Course On Israel
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Palantir in Argentina and the Future of U.S. Dominance
  by Curro Jimenez 3:00 am

April 27, 2026

• Coffee Break: Has the Ellison Infotainment Empire Peaked?
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• Why Food Additives May Not Be FDA Reviewed
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/27/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Iran War: Narrative Dissolution as Ceasefire Continues Except in Lebanon
  by Nat Wilson Turner 6:54 am

• Von der Leyen’s ‘Gaffe’ Hints at Pressure Building on Türkiye
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• China Surpasses US in Research Spending – The Consequences Extend Far Beyond Scientific Ranking and Clout
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

April 26, 2026

• Links 4/26/2026
  by Haig Hovaness 6:55 am

• Iran War: Israel Strikes Lebanon, Trump’s Negotiations Rug Pull, the View from the UAE
  by Nat Wilson Turner 6:54 am

• The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: White Sun Of the Desert (1970) Run Time: 1H 23M Plus Naive Atheism Refuted!
  by semper loquitur 6:30 am

• American “Micro-Militarism”
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

April 25, 2026

• Links 4/25/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Iran War: Waiting Is the Hardest Part, Back to Pakistan, USraeli Attack Incoming?
  by Nat Wilson Turner 6:54 am

• To Solve Homelessness, Fix the Economy
  by Yves Smith 1:06 am

April 24, 2026

• Coffee Break: Alzheimer’s Disease Still a Mystery and Books Worth Reading
  by KLG 2:00 pm

• Food Stamp Work Rules Don’t Increase Employment, Researchers Say
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/24/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Iran War: Trump Says Time Is on His Side, Iranian Leadership Is Divided, Iran Begs to Differ
  by Nat Wilson Turner 6:54 am

• The US’s Not-So-Secret War in Mexico
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Iran War: Team Trump as Narrative War Captives?
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Maritime Law and US Naval Power Under Stress Even Before Strait of Hormuz Standoff
  by Yves Smith 2:54 am

April 23, 2026

• Palantir’s Manifesto Is the Agenda of the New Class Reconfiguring the System’s Power Structure
  by Curro Jimenez 2:00 pm

• A More Troubling Picture of Sea Level Rise Comes Into View
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/23/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Iran War: Inflation Hitting the U.S., More to Come, Don’t Tell Mr. Market
  by Nat Wilson Turner 6:54 am

• Michael Hudson: US Economy is Based on a Ponzi Scheme
  by Yves Smith 4:39 am

• Defending TrumpRx Scam, RFK Jr. Absurdly Claims Trump ‘Has His Own Way of Calculating’ Percentages
  by Yves Smith 1:19 am

April 22, 2026

• Coffee Break: Israel Dominant Issue in Michigan Democratic Senate Primary
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• Wildfires Used to ‘Go to Sleep’ at Night. Climate Change Has Them Burning Overtime
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/22/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Iran War: TACO Tuesday Strikes Again, Trump Extends Ceasefire
  by Nat Wilson Turner 6:54 am

• Industrial Agriculture and the Future of Food and Health
  by KLG 6:45 am

• What Does it Mean to Work Under Algorithmic Eyes?
  by Yves Smith 3:50 am

April 21, 2026

• Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Greater Israel?
  by Haig Hovaness 2:00 pm

• Half of AI Health Answers Are Wrong Even Though They Sound Convincing – New Study
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/21/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Iran War: Fraying Nerves, Nonsense Negotiations, Psyops, and Ominous Notes
  by Nat Wilson Turner 6:54 am

• “Let Them Eat Donkey Meat”: Javier Milei’s Economic “Miracle” Enters New Phase
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• The US Demanded That Europeans Accelerate Their Transition to “NATO 3.0”
  by Yves Smith 1:39 am

April 20, 2026

• Coffee Break: Palantir’s Manifesto Drops and So Does Objection
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• Postponing the World’s Financial Winter – For How Long? Iran’s MAD Standoff with the Rest of the World
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/20/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:56 am

• Iran War: Talks Kiboshed, U.S. Seizes Iranian Tanker, Leaks Confirm Mad King Claims
  by Nat Wilson Turner 6:54 am

• Maybe It Wasn’t Such a Hot Idea to Turn Libya into a Failed State: 2026 Shortages Edition
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Louisiana Advances One of the Country’s ‘Cruelest’ Anti-Homeless Bills
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

April 19, 2026

• Links 4/19/2026
  by Haig Hovaness 6:55 am

• Iran War: Mad King Trump Gets the Strait Slammed in His Face
  by Nat Wilson Turner 6:54 am

• The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: The Lathe Of Heaven (1980) Run Time 1H 37M
  by semper loquitur 6:30 am

• It’s Ok to Love All the Bees (The Honey Bees, Too)
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

April 18, 2026

• Links 4/18/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Iran War: Gaslighting Hits Epic Levels Over “Strait Completely Open” Fast Breakdown, Trump Smack Talk About Collecting Uranium as US Looks to Be Readying Massive Attack
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson: The Blockade Stage of Trump’s Absurdities
  by Yves Smith 2:22 am

April 17, 2026

• Coffee Break: Scientists Being Bad and Good, the Moon, and More Ancient Archaeology
  by KLG 2:00 pm

• Diplomacy, and Politics Before the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor: A Precursor to Current Use of Economic Sanctions
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/17/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Iran War: Narrative Wars and Ceasefire Claims
  by Nat Wilson Turner 6:54 am

• The EU’s Digital Gulag Is (Apparently) Ready to Roll
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Home Care Workers Launch Hunger Strike as 24-Hour Work Shifts Persist
  by Yves Smith 2:45 am

April 16, 2026

• The War on Iran Is to Isolate It From Its Neighbours and Curb a Rising Sunni Bloc
  by Curro Jimenez 2:00 pm

• Democracy Depends on Broad-Based Taxation—History Is Clear About That
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/16/2026
  by Haig Hovaness 6:55 am

• Iran War: Trump Expects Hugs From China, Israel Still Bombing Lebanon
  by Nat Wilson Turner 6:54 am

• Jesus Christ! Xi Jinping Is Hugging Donald Trump on the Sidelines of Three US-Israeli Genocidal Wars
  by Yves Smith 4:07 am

• Satyajit Das: Book Essay: Walter Benjamin – Leftist Outsider, Man of Letters
  by Yves Smith 3:05 am

April 15, 2026

• Coffee Break: AI’s Reputational Crisis Leads to Popular Backlash and Violence
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• Maine Gov. Mills Urged to Sign ‘Nation-Leading’ AI Data Center Moratorium
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/15/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:59 am

• Iran War: Pervasive Misinformation About the (So Far Successful) US Blockade; Trump Keeps Up “Negotiations Soon” Hype; Markets Become Even More Unhinged
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Economic Questions: Guy Standing and the Rise of the Precariat
  by Yves Smith 5:40 am

• Armenia Relations with Russia Reach Crisis Point, Continuing Worrying Trend for Moscow
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

April 14, 2026

• Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Eyes in the Sky that Cannot Hide
  by Haig Hovaness 2:00 pm

• They Speak for the Trees: Meet the ‘Petal Protectors’ Guarding NYC’s Cherry Blossoms
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/14/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Iran War: Contested Reports About US Blockade Failure in First 24 Hours as Saudi Arabia Protests and Experts Warn of Difficulty and High Risk; Markets Still Buying Trump Howlers About Iran Begging for Deal Despite Intelligence-Insulting Lie About His Jesus Tweet
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• With US Bogged Down in West Asia, Cuba Agrees to Grant Russian Companies Management of Cuban Industries
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Kevork Almassian, Michael Hudson, and Tarik Cyril Amar: Has the Iran War Created a New Geopolitical Reality?
  by Yves Smith 5:28 am

April 13, 2026

• Coffee Break: Information War Goes Sectarian, Trump vs. the Pope
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• The Causes & Consequences of Orban’s Downfall
  by Yves Smith 9:42 am

• Links 4/13/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Iran War: US Imposing Strait of Hormuz Blockade Monday AM; Experts Criticize Further Pressure on Oil Prices, Illegality, and Risk of Failure; Will Houthis Close the Red Sea to Back Iran?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Bombing Schools Abroad, Destroying Education at Home
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Sanders Leads Launch of ‘Union Now’ Movement to Fight ‘Status Quo Economics’
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

April 12, 2026

• Links 4/12/2026
  by Haig Hovaness 6:55 am

• Iran War: Negotiations Fail; US Provokes with Destroyer Entry into Strait, Perhaps Pointing to Next Kinetic Moves
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Häxan (1922) Run Time: 1H 45M
  by semper loquitur 6:30 am

• US Revisits Georgia’s Black Sea Port as Strategic Corridors Rise
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

April 11, 2026

• Links 4/11/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Iran War: Talks Delayed; Concerns That Conflict Destined to Resume; US to Concede Release of Some Iran Frozen Assets?
  by Yves Smith 6:56 am

• ‘Disgusting’: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Brags About Killing 300,000 ‘High-Paying’ American Jobs
  by Yves Smith 4:42 am

April 10, 2026

• Coffee Break: All War All the Time, AI on the Loose, and Hope for Muscular Dystrophy Patients
  by KLG 2:00 pm

• God Isn’t Good Enough – The Pope and the US Bishops Are Threatening the Catholic Vote for Trump and His Successors
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/10/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Iran War: Ceasefire Negotiations a Ruse to Buy Time for Ground Attack as Hormuz Stays Closed; Hezbollah Hits Israel Hard After Savage Bombing; Saudis Move Back Syria Against Israel? Update: Iran Delegation Has Not Arrived in Islamabad?
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• US Considers Withdrawing Joint Military Base(s) in Spain As “Punishment” for Its Non-Cooperation in Iran War: WSJ
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Gig Jobs and Crime: Evidence from Food Delivery Platforms in France
  by Yves Smith 2:45 am

April 9, 2026

• After the Iran War: A New World Order, but Not a New System
  by Curro Jimenez 2:00 pm

• Psilocybin Mushrooms Are Going Mainstream, but Scientific Research and Regulation Lag Behind
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/9/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Iran War: US Pokes Iran in the Eye with Immediate Bad Faith Dealing Over Ceasefire; Strait of Hormuz Again Closed; US Insists Talks in Pakistan On but Iran Demands Halt in Lebanon Attacks
  by Yves Smith 6:51 am

• Satyajit Das: BNPL – Buy Now, Pain Later
  by Yves Smith 4:02 am

• Why Europe Can Still Face a Gas Crisis Without a Gas Shortage
  by Yves Smith 1:46 am

April 8, 2026

• Coffee Break: Fake Ceasefire, Cognitive Dissonance, & Conflicting Agendas
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• The Fight Over ‘Critical Minerals,’ Explained
  by Yves Smith 9:54 am

• Links 4/8/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Iran War: MSM Ceasefire Reporting Obscures Iran Agreeing to US Capitulation, Trump Depicting Different Deal; Israel Not a Party, States It Will Not Comply; Reason to Doubt Much Hormuz Traffic Increase Soon, Which Would Mean More Supply Pressure
  by Yves Smith 6:56 am

• Notes on the American Justification for the Ramadan War in West Asia of 2026
  by KLG 6:46 am

• Can I Opt Out of Having My Doctor Take Notes With AI?
  by Yves Smith 4:25 am

April 7, 2026

• Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Running Dry in the Sky
  by Haig Hovaness 2:00 pm

• The Fed, Congress, and the President: The Constitutional Authority to Make Money
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/7/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Iran War: Trump Threatens to Destroy Iran in 4 Hours This Evening if No Capitulation; US/Israel Again Attack South Pars Gas Field
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Claudia Sheinbaum’s Blitzkrieg War on Cash
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• As Rocket Launches Increase, They May Be Polluting the Skies
  by Yves Smith 3:41 am

April 6, 2026

• Coffee Break: Weak Links Oracle, OpenAI, UAE Are Hammered by Iran War
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• Zero-Waste Community Kitchens Turn Scraps into Flavor-Packed Dishes
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/6/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Iran War: Trump Makes Even More Unhinged Threat as Details of F-15 Pilot Rescue Point to Much Bigger Plan, Say to Seize Enriched Uranium; Trump Legitimacy Crisis Grows as Battered Gulf States Pull Back on US Investment, Particularly AI
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• War Against Iran Exposes Fragility of Much Ballyhooed Eurasian Trade Corridors 
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• Standing Witness to University Complicity in Criminal Wars of Aggression
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

April 5, 2026

• Links 4/5/2026
  by Haig Hovaness 6:55 am

• Iran War: Trump Doubles Down on “Reign Hell” April 6 Threat, Also Reports F-15 Officer Rescued; US Strike on Bushehr Nuclear Plant Breaches Protection Circuit; Multiple Interconnected Supply Crises Baked in Within Weeks; UPDATE Iran Claims Two More US Planes Downed
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Night On The Galactic Railroad (1985) Run Time: 1H 48M
  by semper loquitur 6:30 am

• The 2026 Southwest U.S. Heat Wave Was One of the Six Most Astonishing Weather Events of the Century
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

April 4, 2026

• Links 4/4/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Iran War: Disaster in Iran as Multiple Aircraft Downed, Pilot Missing; Iran Pounds Israel Hard After Trump Asks for 48 Hour Ceasefire; Concerns in Military and Congress Over Purge of Reality-Grounded Officers
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Prediction Markets Make a Bet Against Public Health
  by Yves Smith 3:55 am

April 3, 2026

• Coffee Break: The Fallacy of ESG, Baseball, Deep Education, and More AI Follies
  by KLG 2:00 pm

• What’s Cheaper: Fueling Your Car With Gas or Electricity?
  by Yves Smith 10:17 am

• Links 4/3/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Iran War: US Continues Escalation by Striking Iran Bridge, Opening Way for Iran Destruction of Critical Links; Iran Moving to Attack Economic Targets
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Keir Starmer’s Schrödinger’s War
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• AI’s Fluency in Other Languages Hides a Western Worldview That Can Mislead Users
  by Yves Smith 3:13 am

April 2, 2026

• How the Iran War Could Reshape the Global Cultural Order
  by Curro Jimenez 2:00 pm

• Will Trump’s Idiotic Iran War Spell the End of NATO?
  by Yves Smith 10:15 am

• Links 4/2/2026
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Iran War: Iran Pounds Israel with Huge Missile Barrage Just Before Trump’s Unhinged Speech Doubling Down on Failed Escalation; US Greatly Exposed to Shock as Inventories Depleted During April
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Satyajit Das: The Wages of War
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Beyond Oil: The Macroeconomic Impact of Commodity Supply Disturbances
  by Yves Smith 3:23 am

April 1, 2026

• Coffee Break: AI Subprime Crisis Both a Victim and an Expression of Idiocracy
  by Nat Wilson Turner 2:00 pm

• A Fifth of NYC Built on Bygone Water Now at Risk: Study Maps City’s ‘Blue Zones’
  by Yves Smith 9:57 am

• Links 4/1/2026
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Iran War: Israel Would Thwart Trump TACO Even if Genuine; US Forces Still Arriving in Middle East as Trump to Speak This Evening; Could Strait of Hormuz Traffic Rise Meaningfully With Less Hot Conflict?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Türkiye and Other ‘Mediators’ Play Good Cop Against Iran
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• How Polling Failures, Gambling Legalization and Political Gridlock Paved the Way for the Explosive Rise of Prediction Markets
  by Yves Smith 4:17 am