NYC rat drags doughnut throughout subway tracks to share with rodent date, candy video reveals New York Publish (Li). Rats are purported to make good pets.
Roosters could have handed the self-recognition take a look at PhysOrg (David L)
Oyster struggle: The common-or-garden sea creature might maintain the important thing to restoring coastal waters. Builders hate it. MIT Expertise Evaluation (David L)
Local weather/Surroundings
Why did Hurricane Otis get so robust, so quick? Yale Local weather Connections (David L)
Indigenous individuals and local weather change: With the Inuit when the ice melts France24 (furzy)
The committee asks the Storting to instantly cease oil exploration Norway Posten
China?
US, China ‘working in direction of’ Biden-Xi assembly subsequent month on Apec sidelines, White Home says South China Morning Publish. Xi skipped the G20 and a few thought it was to guarantee he wouldn’t be buttonholed by Biden.
China Is Transitioning Economically, And So Far Efficiently Ian Welsh (Micael T)
European Disunion
The key rifts and rows consuming EU’s prime corridors Trendy Diplomacy (Micael T)
Previous Blighty
Nigel Farage referred to as ‘sketchy crackpot’ in secret NatWest emails Impartial (Paul R)
Gaza
Israeli forces struggle by the evening as floor operations in Gaza intensify Monetary Instances
Israel’s Floor Warfare Towards Hamas: What to Know Max Boot, Council for International Relations
Mobilization has been declared in Gaza.
Hamas Press Assertion:
“Within the title of God, essentially the most gracious, essentially the most merciful
Slicing off communications and the Web from the Gaza Strip, and escalating the bombardment, by land, sea and air, on residential neighborhoods; It…
— — GEROMAN — time will inform – 👀 — (@GeromanAT) October 27, 2023
* * * 10 vans loaded with aid and medical provides crossed into Gaza amid Israeli onslaught Anadolu Company
* * * BREAKING: The UN at this time voted 120-14 to halt the Israel-Hamas preventing. Big blow to the Netanyahu authorities and a recognition by the world that the indiscriminate bombing of civilians violates worldwide legislation.
Hold pushing. They hear you.⤵️https://t.co/Es37RItOSE pic.twitter.com/rHpV7lOSmw
— Steven Donziger (@SDonziger) October 27, 2023
Discover how BBC buries the importance of the UN vote in plain sight:
That is essential: China on the UN explains its place after it was berated by Israel for not supporting a US-led decision that referred to as for a “humanitarian pause” as a substitute of a full ceasefire in Gaza.
The UN Chinese language ambassador explains that it “condemns all acts that hurt… https://t.co/XkUw5iQ7WE
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) October 27, 2023
* * * ⚠️ HAPPENING NOW AT NYC’S GRAND CENTRAL STATION: THOUSANDS OF JEWS AND ALLIES HOLD AN EMERGENCY SIT-IN, DEMANDING A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. WE’RE TAKING OVER THE GRAND CONCOURSE. WE’RE REFUSING TO ALLOW A GENOCIDE BE CARRIED OUT IN OUR NAMES. CEASEFIRE NOW! NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE! ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/gyD3bqp4mJ
— Jewish Voice for Peace (@jvplive) October 27, 2023
* * * A Plan to Defeat Hamas and Keep away from a Massacre New York Instances (David L)Escalations Can’t Be Stopped – The White Home Is Rattled; Escalations May All Fuse Into ‘One’ Alastair Crooke
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard recruits volunteers to struggle in Gaza France24 (furzy)
Individuals who declare the 2001 Authorization for Use of Army Pressure authorizes army motion in Iraq or Syria, or in opposition to Iran, both haven’t learn it or don’t care what it says.
The 2001 AUMF doesn’t authorize operations in or in opposition to any of these nations. Nor does it…
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) October 27, 2023
* * * Israel blasts ‘antisemitic’ Amnesty over discovering of ‘battle crimes, by all events’ Politico
Israeli tech staff think about leaving for US following Hamas assaults: sources New York Publish (Li)
October 7 testimonies reveal Israel’s army ‘shelling’ Israeli residents with tanks, missiles Grayzone
New Not-So-Chilly Warfare
Ukraine’s Prospects Dim as Russian Positive factors Develop Simplicius the Thinker
Right here is Mike Johnson’s place on Ukraine support.
He won’t hyperlink it to Israel support however says that he doesn’t plan abandoning support to Ukraine. He says he does need accountability measures on any future support.
Not precisely the reply many needed to listen to.
Nonetheless, an enchancment over… pic.twitter.com/qZvOfqTF2g
— Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarinoUS) October 27, 2023
🇺🇦❤️🇷🇺 Ex-Ukrainian troopers who surrendered at the moment are begging to struggle alongside facet the Russian military to defeat Zelensky.
The brand new volunteer battalion “Bogdan Khmelnitsky” can be integrated into the DPR military.
At present, the battalion is present process the process of acquiring… pic.twitter.com/WgqMfPV0g0
— Spetsnaℤ 007 🇷🇺 (@Alex_Oloyede2) October 27, 2023
Syraqistan
US diplomacy misplaced traction in Center East. Isolating Iran not potential. Indian Punchline (Kevin W)
Large Brother is Watching You Watch
Vulnerabilities in Cellphone Roaming Let Spies and Criminals Monitor You Throughout the Globe Intercept
Imperial Collapse Watch
>Ballot reveals extra People are rejecting the Structure and embracing violence Worldwide Affairs (Micael T)
Analyzing Putin’s Speech From His Assembly With Representatives Of Non secular Associations Andrew Korybko (Chuck L)
“Europe not performs a task” – Hungarian political scientist on Valdai Membership 2023 Nachdenkseiten through machine translation (Micael T)
Russia’s Sino-Indo Balancing Act Has An More and more Essential Infrastructure Element Andrew Korybko
Trump
Daughter Ivanka Trump should testify at Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial, New York choose guidelines Politico
Biden
…The newly obtained emails present Hunter’s associates thanking Baucus and the OVP for his or her assist. Whereas the media and the Bidens now insist that it was solely the “phantasm” of affect, it’s changing into more and more apparent that Joe Biden knew of the affect peddling and fostered…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) October 27, 2023
Ep. 34 Of all of Biden’s crimes, backing the Ukrainian authorities because it throws monks in jail will be the most revealing. pic.twitter.com/ZCVV4uPzs9
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) October 26, 2023
GOP Clown Automotive
New Home Speaker: Russia, China, and Iran Are New Axis of Evil Antiwar.com (furzy)
Christian conservatives cheer certainly one of their very own as Mike Johnson assumes Congress’ strongest seat Related Press (Kevin W)
Gunz
Maine taking pictures suspect Robert Card discovered lifeless after 2-day manhunt, officers say CBS
Home Speaker Mike Johnson Blames Mass Shootings on “the Human Coronary heart,” in Case You Have been Considering the GOP May Really Do One thing About Weapons Vainness Truthful
Our No Longer Free Press
Meta needs Threads to be the ‘de facto platform’ for on-line public conversations The Verge. Kevin W:
Associated article “Mark Zuckerberg’s $46.5 billion loss on the metaverse is so big it will be a Fortune 100 firm—however his web price is up much more than that‘
Understanding Investing Regime Change Barry Ritholtz
US economic system increasing? CADTM (Micael T)
Crapification
Self-Checkout Is a Failed Experiment Atlantic (furzy)
The surprisingly delicate methods Microsoft Phrase has modified how we use language BBC (Dr. Kevin). WTF, individuals use and take note of the Phrase features?!?!
3g sunsetting killing Subaru Outback batteries YCombinator (Paul R)
Inflation
Meals and Housing Prices Nonetheless Shoot By means of the Roof Counterpunch
Antitrust
Google Paid How A lot to Be the Default Search Engine? Gizmodo (Kevin W)
Google loses struggle to cover 2021 cash pit: $26B in default contracts ars technica (David L)
The Banality of Worth Fixing Lee Hepner (Dr. Kevin)
AI
New Software Defends Artists by “Poisoning” AI Picture Turbines MyModernMet (David L)
Is AI Mimicking Consciousness or Really Changing into Conscious? Neuroscience Information (David L
Class Warfare
I used to be harmless, however police seized my automotive and stalled for years. Their scheme has to cease. USA Right now (furzy). Police used to restrict themselves to maintaining many of the haul from drug and unlawful playing busts…..
Shuggies in San Francisco – What’s Fueling the New Maximalist Restaurant Design Tendencies Eater (Dr. Kevin). That is so ugly I’ve to assume it’s supposed to show tables fasters, because the garish Dunkin Donuts colours are additionally designed to attain.
Central Banks: Can Engines of Inequality Change into Engines of Progress? Douglald Lamont (Micael T)
‘Nice Economist’ Taylor Swift Is Now a Billionaire Newser (Dr. Kevin)
Antidote du jour. From tiebie66:
“Suzi hiding in plain sight”. Suzi loves this sport. Once I maintain the sock open, she comes working to place her head in
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
