First Claims Achieved Communication Between Two People Who Both Dream About The Future
Eating Halloween candy can overload your gut microbiome – a gastroenterologist explains how to minimize the damage to your beneficial bacteria Discussion
The largest number ever found includes 41 million digits, setting a new world record Fascinating Engineering
Climate/Environment
Capturing carbon in the air just got easier UC Berkeley News
‘Renewable energy growth is now a 50-state story’: New report shows big jump in solar, wind, EVs Floodlight
Melting Arctic sea ice could affect global ocean circulation, study warns Phys.org
“Total Shock” – Japanese Sardines Found in US Waters SciTech Daily
An epidemic
Just “the flu” is disrupting our response to the current Covid pandemic and future pandemics Independent SAGE continues
Human isolates of bovine H5N1 are contagious and lethal in animal models Nature
Africa
João Lourenço’s American pivot Africa Is A Country
China?
US finalizes investment restrictions on Chinese tech Channel News Asia
China is tightening export controls on rare earth metals used in chipmaking – the country now requires exporters to detail how they use banned materials Tom’s Hardware. A useful chart:
Philippines Banks on US Support in South China Sea-No Matter Who Wins November Reuters
China will not like the sound of the commission hearing. Here is the reason. EU politics
Exclusive: In light of US election, China is looking at more than $1.4 trillion in additional debt over the next few years
Old Blighty
The UK’s new budget to deal with ‘strong financial light,’ says the prime minister of Anadolu Agency
Starmers Sells Classroom Awareness Project
O Canada
Monthly food bank use in Canada grows to record 2 million: The Canadian Press reports
Canada sends first armored fighting vehicles to Ukraine Kyiv Independent. Total military aid up to $4.5 billion by 2022.
The breakup of Europe
Volkswagen plans to close 3 plants in Germany, cutting tens of thousands of jobs WSWS
The Concept of German China Policy in the Zeitenwende German Institute for International and Security Affairs. Blaming China for the role of the Atlanticists in the destruction of German industry?
The German Auto Industry Is Dying And Dragging The Country Into A Pluralia Disaster
We weigh the prospects for changing the German economy Goldman Sachs
Dozens are under investigation in Italy amid the government data hacking scandal and The Record’s illegal documents
Chapter Verfassungsblog Missing. “The EU’s Own Adherence to Rule of Law Standards.”
Syracistan
My new report is out – available in all official UN languages:
Genocide is a complex and subtle crime; Proving destructive intent is a difficult task – but not when it’s so glamorous, underpinned by the political dogma of psychological hatred and… pic.twitter.com/rdUna6za7y
– Francesca Albanese, UN Special Reporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) October 28, 2024
Israel prohibits UNRWA from working in the Anadolu Agency. Comment:
Israel’s intention to block the UN’s refugee agency, UNRWA, is a remarkable goal of its own (despite what Israel and its fanatic supporters say).
Israel has long wanted to kill the idea of Palestinian refugees being able to return to Israel, which is a right under international law…— Antony Loewenstein (@antloewenstein) October 28, 2024
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Israel fails with ultra-Orthodox draft as only 4 percent show service The Cradle
Smotrich sheds tears while talking about the sacrifice of the Zionist community during the Jerusalem Post war
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Israel Calls the Shots in the Mideast as the US Plays a Smaller Role The New York Times
From Iron Dome to F-15s: US provides 70% of Israel’s military costs CTech
Israel is planning a 2nd attack on Iran, reports the Israeli media Anadolu Agency
Israeli minister threatens Bashar al-Assad: ‘He is in danger’ The Cradle
The New Cold War
10,000 North Korean troops in Russia, approaching to fight in Ukraine: Pentagon The Hill
North Korean soldiers fighting against Ukraine – only in the imagination of Zelensky and his Western supporters! East Angle. Comment:
Let me clarify my position on the North Korean soldiers who are said to have joined Russia to fight in Kursk.
1. There has never been a single piece of evidence presented outside of Kiev, Seoul and Washington that “says so”.
2. North Korea and Russia are strategic partners and…
— ayden (@squatsons) October 28, 2024
Latest Ukraine war: US will not impose new restrictions on Ukraine’s use of US weapons if North Korea goes to war, Pentagon says Kyiv Independent
Giving Ukraine Taurus will not make us part of the war – the leader of the German opposition Merz Ukrainska Pravda
Ukraine expands target list for long-range drone strikes, alcohol now on menu The Kyiv Independent
SITREP 10/28/24: Russia Unleashes Lightning Strikes in South as ‘Red Scare’ Hits Fever Pitch Simplicius the Thinker
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McCarthyism, Eh? Bandera Lobby Blog. “The game of ‘losing Ukraine’ begins in Canada, where a journalist meets Kyiv and Canadian politicians who vow to defeat Russia more.”
The Caucasus
The opposition parties are calling for early elections under the international management of OC Media
Georgia Opposition, Spectators Gather Evidence to Expose Alleged Vote Fraud Scheme Civil Georgia.
The Georgian president/French spook is pushing the following graph in an attempt to prove the fraud:
We can’t be more clear!
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) October 28, 2024
Not everyone thinks it’s so clear:
Indeed, the “interesting” analysis (Mr. @ArminWolf (highlights below. However, I question whether it reaches a “convincing” conclusion.
Unless there is strong evidence to support it, the conclusion can only be classified as… pic.twitter.com/ZJiry21onI
— 1g0r.B0hm (@1g0rB0hm) October 28, 2024
Washington issues new threat to Georgia RT
Hackers trained in Ukraine came to Georgia to carry out conflicts – regional source TASS
Georgia: The election was about the economy of Responsible Statecraft
BRICS
IMF SEES GROWING SHIFT FROM G-7 TO BRICS Natylie’s Place: Understanding Russia
This is probably the best series I have read about the important decisions taken at the BRICS meeting in Kazan, which are bigger than I first thought.
Jacques Sapir is a well-known French economist and one of the leading Western experts on the Russian economy.
Because his 🧵…
– Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) October 27, 2024
Water Banks
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says it’s ‘time to fight back’ on Reuters regulation
JPMorgan begins suing clients accused of stealing thousands of dollars in ‘endless cash crisis’ CNBC
2024
Extremists fueled by conspiracy theories pose a major threat to the 2024 election, US intelligence warns NBC News
States that may try not to ratify the Brookings Institution in 2024
Trump, Harris split on NATO, Ukraine The Hill
Trump
What will Trump II do with foreign policy? American Conservative
Kamala
What does Mark Cuban want? Mud
Democrats en Déshabille
“Do we remember what it was like to wake up every day and something bad happened?”
Now we wake up every day to see pictures of men, women and children with broken, broken bodies and rain bombs in two, three, four, five countries. But that, apparently, is no concern.
— Paweł Wargan (@pawelwargan) October 28, 2024
Our Famously Free Press
Washington Post Brass Covers Story Linking Labor Leaders to DNC Dump Site
Big Brother Watching Watching
The Real Monsters of Street Level Surveillance Electronic Frontier Foundation
Why We Ghost Nautilus
The AI
Artificial intelligence will ‘revolutionize’ the pharmaceutical industry, says Nvidia Semafor
HEROES DISCOVER THE REALITY OF STEALING HOUSES USING AI Futurism
Guillotine Watch
Barron’s: CVS, UnitedHealth and Cigna’s PBMs Were Big Players in Uncovered Opioid Crisis HEALTH CARE
Class War
THE ROLE OF COERCION IN THE NEOLIBERAL ECONOMY Law and Political Economy Project
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