What is a piebald deer, a rare animal recently spotted in Western Pennsylvania? CBS Pittsburgh
Kentucky Man Declared Brain Dead Awakens Moments Before Organ Harvest ZME Science
How Zombies and Vampires Helped Me Cope With Crisis Atmos
Climate/Environment
Pollution is one of the leading causes of biodiversity loss. Why is no one talking about it at COP16? Environmental Health News
‘Electric plastic’ could open the door to a new generation of implants and wearable technology
Hydrogen: Green Solution or Energy Colonialism? Green European Journal
Water
RELATED: Water, water everywhere – why Southeast Asian capitals need new ways to survive
An epidemic
The NHS is warning people in the UK about the ease with which this variant of COVID spreads and that they are still contagious for at least 10 days.
Meanwhile, the CDC wants us at work and kids at school to be contagious for record profits. pic.twitter.com/WLFTpr3LNq
– Jammer (@AcrossTheMersey) October 21, 2024
Japan
First Ever Fighter Jet Lands on Japanese Airline: Joint F-35B Ops with US Marines Planned Military Watch
China?
China is looking to open a page with Japan, Britain, and Israel. Pekingnology
Huawei’s latest AI processors are said to be made by TSMC: Report Tom’s Hardware
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Performance of US Economic Policies Towards China Tracked from 2017 to 2024 RAND
Do protectionist prices boost growth? The Policy Tensor
How China-Bashing Is Exacerbating the Fentanyl Crisis Nonzero Newsletter
Syracistan
“Our mission is to calm Gaza. No One Will Stop Us.” Drop Site
As Gaza burns, Israeli settlers make plans for ‘real estate’ Middle East Eye
IMF cuts growth forecast for Israel
Israel says 230 trucks have reached northern Gaza in the 9 days since aid was blocked for two weeks Times of Israel. Comment:
I am a reporter on the ground in Northern Gaza, and I am here to tell you that no aid has entered the besieged area for the past 21 days. The Israeli and American governments are spreading misinformation.
— حسام شبات (@HossamShabat) October 22, 2024
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US, Israel policy on Lebanon revealed: ‘Surrender, not ceasefire’ The Cradle
Israel Hurts Hezbollah. But Lebanon Can’t Be Dependent on Ending the Work Base to Protect Democracy
Fear in Beirut as Israel threatens to attack the capital’s hospitals The New Arab
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Two US service members injured in Iraq airstrike targeting ISIS leaders ABC News
The New Cold War
Ukraine – Zelenski Urges Russia To Renew Deals It Got Alabama Month
South Korea joins arms deal with Ukraine as North accuses of sending troops Al Jazeera
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UK to provide Ukraine with $2.9 billion military loan, to be repaid with money from frozen Russian assets Kyiv Independent
EU Approves $38 Billion Loan For Ukraine, Funded By Frozen Russian Goods RFE/RL
US ‘very close’ to finalizing share of $20B G7 loan to Ukraine, Yellen says Politico
Poland to close Russian embassy in Poznan, citing alleged attempt to sabotage Reuters
Turkey quietly blocks military supplies to Russia following US warning, FT Kyiv Independent reports
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The population of Ukraine has decreased by 10 million since the invasion of Russia, said the UN and Reuters
Ukraine Rewiding: Will Nature Be Allowed to Recover When the War Ends? Yale Environment 360
Spook Land
Class of 2018 CIA/Pentagon Democrats Continue to Promote Hawkish Policies in Congress Covert Action Magazine
US intel probes Russian operatives behind fake video attempt to discredit CNN’s Tim Walz
Russia and Iran may fuel violent protests after US election, intelligence officials say Euronews
His country trained him to fight. Then he turned around. Others like him are doing the same AP
2024
On the battlefields of Georgia, poor people see no reason to vote. That decision could sway the AP election
Special Election: British Advisers to Kamala Harris Hope to “Kill Musk’s Twitter” Racket News
Trump
Trump campaign complains of ‘foreign interference’ by ‘far-left’ Labor Party in US election The Independent
TRUMP: ‘I NEED THE KIND OF NORMALITY HITLER HAS’ The Atlantic. Comment:
why are only CIA people raising this story
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) October 23, 2024
Neocons Circling Trump Campaign Consortium News. Deck: “Neocons are moving through the sands of power in Washington to ensure that whoever wins, they stay in power, writes Daniel McAdams.”
Musk Could Get Big Tax Gift From Trump Win The Lever
Kamala
2024 US election: Bill Gates joins more than 80 billionaires backing Kamala Harris for President Mint
Detroit Muslim leader kicked out of Kamala Harris rally, deepening rift between Democrats and Arab Americans Detroit Metro Times
Doug Emhoff, Ritchie Torres reassure Michigan Jewish voters Harris supports Israel Times of Israel
Just in Pennsylvania: 57% of Biden 2020 voters who are undecided/voting for another candidate say they are more likely to vote for Kamala Harris if she promises an arms embargo on Israel.
0% said it would be less likely. pic.twitter.com/k0DjiszX42
– Prem Thakker (@prem_thakker) October 23, 2024
Biden
Biden says Trump should be banned from ‘politics’ Reuters
Kaine’s Mark: Biden Administration Under Fire in Virginia Case Over Non-Citizen Voter Disenfranchisement Jonathan Turley
Immigration to another country
Arrests for crossing the US-Mexico border illegally fell over four years under The Guardian
Democrats en Déshabille
Man Hating Proves Men’s Dislike The Wayward Rabbler
The AI
AI Investment Boom Apricitas Economics
Health care?
Handbook of Fixing the US Healthcare System Conversable Economist
Big Brother Watching Watching
Lawsuit Claims Unconstitutional Use of Herd Surveillance Cameras 404 Media
Imperial Collapse Watch
Welcome to the Defense Death spiral of Responsible Statecraft. Floor: “At the current rate of spending, in another generation we’ll have a lot of wealthy contractors and no planes or naval ships to speak of.”
US envoy to NATO questions EU ‘local procurement’ strategy for weapons Politico
BRICS
Russia’s extended BRICS summit sends jitters to Europe Euronews
IMF and BRICS: no going back to Bretton Woods The Next Recession
Will the Brics inherit the world? It doesn’t make sense
Bezzle
The SEC greenlit Bitcoin ETF options trading. Here comes the big fish Quartz
Air taxis and other electric aircraft are cleared for takeoff by the FAA’s final rules The Verge
A Maine man made homemade bombs and threw some at drone officials, the AP said
Class War
Amazon Claims First Amendment Right to Union Bust 404 Media
Cracked Skulls, Broken Bones Show Danger to Rivian Factory Workers Bloomberg
Are We Dreaming of Peace in Our Time? Other Stories
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