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The most evil TV villain ever? Alien: Earth’s ‘demon sheep eye’ is a work of true genius The Guardian

Huntington’s disease successfully treated for first time BBC

Study Sheds Light on Drinking and Dementia Risk MedPage Today

Climate/Environment

Global factors are driving high food prices in Denmark and abroad Denmark National Bank. “…extreme weather conditions linked to climate change, such as droughts and floods, have reduced global production.”

Country’s floods batter fields, factories and fiscal plans Dawn. Pakistan.

This happened at the Fullerton Hotel Ocean Park in Hong Kong a couple hours ago. I have never seen anything like this before.

I was up at 4 am taping my windows because water was just pouring in…

Ragasa is indeed a super Typhoon 🌀… pic.twitter.com/O59FJbGLsE

— Eric Yeung 👍🚀🌕 (@KingKong9888) September 24, 2025

Pandemics

Long COVID and Days of Work Missed Due to Illness or Injury by Adults in the United States, 2022 Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

What could cause the reactivation of Epstein–Barr virus in individuals with long COVID Emerging Microbes & Infections

Water

Who Controls Water? Green European Journal

General Assembly

The UN at 80: ignored and irrelevant Michael Roberts

The Koreas

The Strategic Risks of a Korean War Peace Treaty 38 North

India

India needs a cultural revolution to get rid of the American Dream MK Bhadrakumar, Deccan Herald

China?

In China, Ray Dalio discusses global debt issues as Beijing seeks his counsel South China Morning Post

Trump tariffs tilt Southeast Asia towards China East Asia Forum

China doubles down on climate, wind and solar pledges — a day after Trump called them a ‘scam’ Politico

Syraqistan

We Tried to Stay in Gaza City. There Are No Longer Any Means of Sustaining Life. Drop Site

https://t.co/PYa0XYXZX5

— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) September 24, 2025

Yemeni Drone Strikes Israel, Wounding More Than 20 Antiwar

Spain joins Italy in dispatching navy vessel to back humanitarian flotilla for Gaza Anadolu Agency

URGENT 🚨 Don’t be fooled by Meloni’s naval deployment: It is nothing but a cynical rouse to demobilize the @gbsumudflotilla — in direct coordination with the State of Israel that attacked us.

We will reject this proposal. We will keep sailing. And we will complete our mission. pic.twitter.com/7Wrcx9IzAI

— David Adler (@davidrkadler) September 25, 2025

How MI6 Fabricated Iran Nuke Fraud Kit Klarenberg

Iran Sanctions Snapback Offers Chinese Oil Buyers a Lucrative Boost Reuters

Iranian intelligence has released images from deep inside the Dimona nuclear complex, exposing one of the most guarded facilities of the Zionist entity.

The material reveals how millions of classified nuclear and military documents were siphoned from inside occupied Palestine,… pic.twitter.com/vKa4B4LNrJ

— Thomas Keith (@iwasnevrhere_) September 24, 2025

Old Blighty

Larry Ellison’s £257m bet on Tony Blair Democracy for Sale

O Canada

Stunning Charts Tell a Whole Other Story About Canada’s Economy Dougald Lamont

Rent is $2000-$3000, parents are working from 7am to 10pm, community centers and extracurricular programs are being cut, schools are in disrepair and understaffed, groceries are $300 per person every month, and there are no jobs left for anyone without experience. https://t.co/2mQ1cnzEng

— Poke-mandem (@TrussMe96) September 21, 2025

European Disunion

A Europe of Nations? Aurelien

New Not-So-Cold War

Europe Is on Its Own With Russia Now Foreign Policy

Denmark shuts second airport in a week, more ‘unidentified’ drones spotted Al Jazeera

Pistorius: Russian jet flew over German Navy frigate in Baltic Sea DPA

Shooting down Russian jets ‘on the table,’ von der Leyen says Politico

SVR Revealed That British & French Troops Are Already In Odessa Andrew Korybko

Russia hits another Ukrainian army training camp in Iskander missile strike TVP World

PUTIN DECLARES IT’S WAR OR PEACE IN SPACE — TRUMP GIVEN UNTIL FEBRUARY 2027 TO MAKE UP HIS MIND John Helmer

EU will propose tariffs on Russian oil amid growing pressure from Trump Euronews

Russia Opens New Production Line at Sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 as First Carrier Loads Cargo gCaptain

South of the Border

Ignore Ukraine (Trump Is), Pay Attention to Venezuela Larry Johnson

US in talks for $20bn Argentina swap line as Trump gives Milei full backing Intellinews

The U.S. helped Argentina, then Argentine farmers made a deal with China Axios

The US government is preparing a $20+ billion bailout of Javier Milei’s failed libertarian experiment in Argentina.

This is a form of election meddling. Trump desperately needs Milei to win the election in October, and he’s planning to use large sums of US government money to do… pic.twitter.com/q09JFZAjUY

— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) September 25, 2025

“Liberation Day”

Tariffs Split Container Shipping: U.S. Imports Sink as Global Trade Grows gCaptain

Our Famously Free Press

Trump Turns Pentagon Into Department of War on First Amendment FAIR

They would go after Patrick Henry these days Art Cullen’s Notebook

Trump 2.0

White House ready to use shutdown for mass firings Regular Order by Jamie Dupree

Trump plans ‘America First’ foreign aid funding shift, document shows Reuters

Trump taps ‘Tough Patriot’ — L.A. lawyer known for crypto, guns — as 9th Circuit judge Los Angeles Times

Getting Away with Murder The New York Review

MAHA

Anti-vaccine groups melt down over RFK Jr. linking autism to Tylenol Ars Technica

Democrats en déshabillé

She built a Presidential campaign from scratch, chose a VP in two weeks, and pulled off one of the most successful Democratic convention in decades in under a month.

She crushed an opponent who has stood on more presidential debate stages than anyone in history. She energized… https://t.co/e3PQLrgkPQ

— Jaime Harrison (@harrisonjaime) September 24, 2025

Police State Watch

Federal government accuses Kansas town of ‘aggressive and unlawful’ interference with CoreCivic Kansas Reflector

The Prison Next Door Bolts

OFFICIALS SAID THEY BUSTED A TREN DE ARAGUA PARTY. ATTENDEES BEG TO DIFFER. Texas Observer

Weimar Republic

At least two people dead after shooting at Dallas ICE facility Texas Tribune

This is the fishiest shit I’ve ever seen. We’re supposed to believe the shooter wrote “Anti-ICE” in pen on a bullet and then shot detainees but not ICE officers? https://t.co/jqgNDfVZpz

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 24, 2025

Exclusive: The ICE Shooter’s Politics Ken Klippenstein

Notes on the ‘Balance of Forces’ Unpopular Front

In the valley of the vampires Yasha Levine

Imperial Collapse Watch

“US Will Drive Its $35T Debt Into Crypto:” Senior Putin Advisor Anton Kobyakov Karl Sanchez

Stablecoin issuer Circle examines ‘reversible’ transactions in departure for crypto FT

Accelerationists

Who’s Getting Rich Off Your Attention? Kyla Scanlon

Starbase will take partial control of beach near Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch site Texas Tribune

He spilled Peter Thiel’s Antichrist secrets. Now he’s banned from the lectures San Francisco Standard

Groves of Academe

Teachers and Unions Fight Back as UC Campuses Prepare to Fuel Trump’s Witch Hunt Truthout

The Miami billionaire and New York charter system behind a new push to privatize public schools in Florida Seeking Rents

Antitrust

Monopoly Utilities Ousted America’s Best Regulator Boondoggle

Boom: Did a Top Trump Justice Official Just Resign in Disgrace Over an Antitrust Scandal? BIG by Matt Stoller

Big Brother Is Watching You Watch

The Strongman’s Surveillance State Boston Review

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity Harvard Business Review

Economy

US debt investors raise alarm over lending standards FT

Via JPM’s Michael Cembalest, AI-related stocks have driven:– 75% of S&P 500 returns since ChatGPT’s launch in November 2022– 80% of earnings growth over the same period– 90% of capital spending growth– Data centers are now eclipsing office construction spending.– In the PJM… pic.twitter.com/tDp2QvbAT9

— James Pethokoukis ⏩️⤴️ (@JimPethokoukis) September 24, 2025

$2 trillion in new revenue needed to fund AI’s scaling trend – Bain & Company’s 6th annual Global Technology Report yahoo! Finance

the state of the AI investment bubble, in plain English:

overcapacity projected at USD 2 trillion, higher energy prices, higher water wastage, for a technology we dont need at that scale pic.twitter.com/n1TLdTWBHy

— Daniela Gabor (@DanielaGabor) September 24, 2025

Mr. Market on the Prowl