Monday, December 29, 2025
Algeria Threatens to Cut Off Gas Exports to Spain Amid Rising Geopolitical Tensions
As Europe’s energy crisis deepens in the East, relations are souring between the EU’s fourth largest economy, Spain, and its largest natural gas supplier, Algeria. Once again, the US has played a major role in escalating tensions.
Gas Flares: Europe Has a Hissy, Flails About as Russia Imposes Gas Payment Countersanctions and Economies Already Feel Blowback Bite
Russia implements its gas for roubles scheme as promised, cutting off supplies to non-adherents. Howling ensues.
Public Schools Fray as Pentagon Gets More Pork
More on the sorry state of US public schools and how they got there.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/28/2022
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Will Pfizer’s Paxlovid Be the Game-Changer that Saves Biden’s “Test to Treat” Program?
First we had “shots in arms.” Now we have “pills in mouths.”
Apple Announces Unimpressive Self Service Repair Program for Some iPhone Models
After a long wait, Apple finally announced a self service repair program. New right to repair laws are still necessary.
‘Unprecedented’ Water Restrictions Ordered in Drought-Ravaged California
Severe drought in California has forced water officials to impose restrictions on outdoor watering in three southern California counties.
Climate Migration: What Do We Really Know?
Overall, the literature on climate-induced migration suggests that people are moving already because of climate change and that increasing numbers will do so in the future, either voluntarily or not.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/27/2022
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Jaishankar Calls Out Europe’s Selective Concern on Rules-Based Order
Indian external affairs minister S. Jaishankar shared views on rules-based order with world diplomats at a conference Tuesday in Delhi.
UN Report: Humanity Must Change The Way it Assesses and Responds to Risk, Else We Face a ‘Spiral of Self Destruction’
The UNDRR presents a drastic rethink of the approach to diaster risk reduction. Alas, current leaders and elites aren’t up to the task.
‘Elon, There Are Rules’: EU Says Twitter Must Comply With New Digital Services Act
One day after Elon Musk took over Twitter, a top European regulator gave the world’s richest man a “reality check” about how they will respond if he loosens the platform’s content moderation policies.
