NYC rat drags doughnut throughout subway tracks to share with rodent date, candy video reveals New York Put up (Li). Rats are imagined to make good pets.
Roosters could have handed the self-recognition check PhysOrg (David L)
Oyster combat: The common-or-garden sea creature may maintain the important thing to restoring coastal waters. Builders hate it. MIT Know-how 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 the direction of’ Biden-Xi assembly subsequent month on Apec sidelines, White Home says South China Morning Put up. 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 Fashionable Diplomacy (Micael T)
Outdated Blighty
Nigel Farage referred to as ‘sketchy crackpot’ in secret NatWest emails Impartial (Paul R)
Gaza
Israeli forces combat by means of the night time as floor operations in Gaza intensify Monetary Occasions
Israel-Hamas warfare reside updates: Israel kilos Gaza in ‘heaviest’ bombardments to this point; rejects UN’s ‘despicable’ name for truce CNBC
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 21: Gaza Well being Ministry releases names of martyrs after Biden forged doubts on loss of life toll Mondoweiss
Israel’s Floor Struggle In opposition to 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
Reducing 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
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10 vans loaded with aid and medical provides crossed into Gaza amid Israeli onslaught Anadolu Company
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BREAKING: The UN in the present day voted 120-14 to halt the Israel-Hamas combating. Large 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 necessary: 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
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⚠️ 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 Occasions (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 combat in Gaza France24 (furzy)
Individuals who declare the 2001 Authorization for Use of Navy Power authorizes army motion in Iraq or Syria, or towards Iran, both haven’t learn it or don’t care what it says.
The 2001 AUMF doesn’t authorize operations in or towards any of these international locations. Nor does it…
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) October 27, 2023
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Israel blasts ‘antisemitic’ Amnesty over discovering of ‘warfare crimes, by all events’ Politico
Israeli tech employees think about leaving for US following Hamas assaults: sources New York Put up (Li)
October 7 testimonies reveal Israel’s army ‘shelling’ Israeli residents with tanks, missiles Grayzone
New Not-So-Chilly Struggle
Ukraine’s Prospects Dim as Russian Positive aspects 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 combat alongside facet the Russian military to defeat Zelensky.
The brand new volunteer battalion “Bogdan Khmelnitsky” will likely be included into the DPR military.
At the moment, 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 attainable. 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 Spiritual Associations Andrew Korybko (Chuck L)
“Europe not performs a job” – Hungarian political scientist on Valdai Membership 2023 Nachdenkseiten by way of machine translation (Micael T)
Russia’s Sino-Indo Balancing Act Has An More and more Vital Infrastructure Part Andrew Korybko
Trump
Daughter Ivanka Trump should testify at Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial, New York decide guidelines Politico
Biden
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes Motion to Create Extra Reasonably priced Housing by Changing Business Properties to Residential Use White Home
…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 could be the most revealing. pic.twitter.com/ZCVV4uPzs9
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) October 26, 2023
GOP Clown Automobile
New Home Speaker: Russia, China, and Iran Are New Axis of Evil Antiwar.com (furzy)
Christian conservatives cheer one among their very own as Mike Johnson assumes Congress’ strongest seat Related Press (Kevin W)
Gunz
Maine capturing suspect Robert Card discovered useless after 2-day manhunt, officers say CBS
Home Speaker Mike Johnson Blames Mass Shootings on “the Human Coronary heart,” in Case You Had been Considering the GOP May Truly Do One thing About Weapons Vainness Honest
Our No Longer Free Press
Meta desires 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 large it could be a Fortune 100 firm—however his web value is up much more than that‘
Understanding Investing Regime Change Barry Ritholtz
US financial system increasing? CADTM (Micael T)
Crapification
Self-Checkout Is a Failed Experiment Atlantic (furzy)
The surprisingly refined 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 way of the Roof Counterpunch
Antitrust
Google Paid How A lot to Be the Default Search Engine? Gizmodo (Kevin W)
Google loses combat to cover 2021 cash pit: $26B in default contracts ars technica (David L)
The Banality of Worth Fixing Lee Hepner (Dr. Kevin)
AI
AIs may quickly run companies – it’s a possibility to make sure these ‘synthetic individuals’ comply with the legislation The Dialog
New Device Defends Artists by “Poisoning” AI Picture Mills MyModernMet (David L)
Is AI Mimicking Consciousness or Actually Turning into Conscious? Neuroscience Information (David L
Class Warfare
I used to be harmless, however police seized my automobile and stalled for years. Their scheme has to cease. USA Right this moment (furzy). Police used to restrict themselves to holding a lot of the haul from drug and unlawful playing busts…..
Shuggies in San Francisco – What’s Fueling the New Maximalist Restaurant Design Developments Eater (Dr. Kevin). That is so ugly I’ve to suppose it’s meant to show tables fasters, because the garish Dunkin Donuts colours are additionally designed to attain.
Central Banks: Can Engines of Inequality Develop into Engines of Development? 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.