Lobsters In The Shallows Are Emerging From Their Caves Portland Press-Herald
Climate
Plant Co2 Uptake Rises By Nearly One Third In New Global estimates (press release) Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Wildfires and smoke are becoming more deadly around the world, research shows Wildfire Today
An ‘Obamacare’ for homeowners insurance could protect against climate change The Hill
The myth of plastic recycling is finally unravelling The Telegraph (MT).
Water
Ensuring Resilient Water Infrastructure Requires Creative Financing RAND
Syndemics
The Four Rapid COVID PCR Tests You Can Take at Home (and Why You Should) Life Hacker
China?
Why Xi Jinping changed his mind on China’s fiscal stimulus FT
Commentary: Were warnings of Hong Kong’s demise as a financial hub exaggerated? Channel News Asia
Beijing hails cross-strait policies as Taiwanese visitor numbers, residence bids surge South China Morning Post
Syraqistan
Hezbollah hiding more than $500M in gold, cash under hospital in Lebanon, IDF says FOX. The deck: “Israel said it has no plans to target the bunker hiding trove under the al-Sahel hospital in Beirut.”
Israel launched a dozen attacks on UN troops in Lebanon, says leaked report FT
What Type of Leader Will Hezbollah Have Next? Lawfare
After Nasrallah London Review of Books
* * * Israel Cancelled Plans For Earlier Strike on Iran After Key Documents Leak – Reports Military Watchd
Media Blackout on Leaked U.S. Intelligence Docs Ken Klipperstein
What leaked US assessment of Israeli plans to strike Iran shows BBC
* * * Quiet and muted refusal: Regular fighters are no longer willing to continue fighting (Google translate) Makom
‘He got out of Gaza, but Gaza did not get out of him’: Israeli soldiers returning from war struggle with trauma and suicide CNN. Commentary:
The mass killer whose suicide CNN thinks might be upsetting to its readers, was on Israeli TV with his co-driver a few months ago bragging about destroying 5,000 Palestinian homes by themselves: pic.twitter.com/Hb6w3qf1ev https://t.co/ZuRbntKdHY
— Mohammad Alsaafin (@malsaafin) October 21, 2024
* * * Israel proposes ‘limited’ cease-fire without withdrawal from Gaza: Report Anadolu Agency. Commentary:
There is no quiet part. https://t.co/59WRD6r6gF
— T. Ryan Gregory (@TRyanGregory) October 21, 2024
* * * US authorizes CIA mercenaries to run biometric concentration camps in Gaza Strip Dan Cohen, Uncaptured Media. The deck: “A private intelligence corporation billed as “Uber for war zones” is preparing to create what Israel hopes will be the model for supplanting Hamas rule in Gaza.”
Paying ‘Israel’s’ war bills may force difficult choices: AP Al Mayadeen
New Not-So-Cold War
Ukraine’s defense minister outlines Kyiv’s ‘victory plan’ David Ignatius, WaPo. The deck: “Rustem Umerov explains a pragmatic vision for ending the war with Russia.”
Poland to request access to secret appendices of Ukraine’s Victory Plan Ukrainska Pravda
Biden’s New $400 Million Ukraine Package ‘Not Enough’: Ex-CIA Director Newsweek. Petraeus.
* * * Is NATO ready for war with Russia? Kyiv Independent
Why Europe Is Unprepared to Defend Itself Bloomberg
* * * Why should Putin negotiate? The Spectator
* * * Kiel Institute Report on Ukraine War Manufacturing: A Deep Dive Simplicius, Simplicius the Thinker
* * * Why the majority in Moldova votes against its European future European Pravda
* * * Russian Pacific Fleet Redux: Japan’s North as a New Center of Gravity War on the Rocks
BRICS
Meeting with journalists from BRICS countries Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
What can we expect from the 2024 BRICS summit? Brookings Institution
Can the BRICS beat the G7? BNE Intellinews
Can BRICS Finally Take On the West? Foreign Policy
Putin seeks unity at BRICS summit to challenge Western ‘hegemony’ France24
Malaysia BRICS Bid: Malaysia keen to join expanding grouping CGTN
2024
Trump’s McDonald’s visit served up four brilliant political moments FOX
Trump Accuses Kamala Harris Of Lying About Having Job At White House The Onion
Ukraine May Cost Trump the Election Rolling Stone
Who would run Kamala Harris’s economy? FT
Trump US rallies leave behind unpaid dues, again and again Al Jazeera
Digital Watch
Requiem for Raghavan Ed Zitron, Where’s Your Ed At?
Police State Watch
Lawsuit Argues Warrantless Use of Flock Surveillance Cameras Is Unconstitutional 404 Media
Antitrust
The FTC Is Better When It’s Less Ambitious Matt Yglesias, Bloomberg
The Final Frontier
Ancient meteor four times the size of Mount Everest may have sparked life on Earth Daily Mail
Most of Earth’s meteorites may have come from the same 3 spots Space.com
Sports Desk
World Series! Ross Barkan, Political Currents
Seven Essential Texts That Show the Human Side of Black Legal History Literary Hub
Class Warfare
Another Nobel for Anglocentric Neoliberal Institutional Economics Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Challenging Development+
Big and small businesses are nothing like each other Tax Research UK
How the Human Brain Contends With the Strangeness of Zero Quanta
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