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A lot of axolotls: the amphibian-themed banknote Mexicans don’t want to spend Guardian

The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable Electronic Frontier Foundation (Kevin W). This is a call to action. If you have any interest in patents, please read this artice and submit a comment opposting the proposed US Patent Office rule change.

Massive hidden structures deep inside Earth may explain how life began ScienceDaily (Kevin W)

THE ATLAS OF ECONOMIC COMPLEXITY Harvard Growth Lab (resilc)

Climate/Environment

Breaking News!Code UFB!!!

CERES data just dropped for August, 2025, and the 36-month running average for Earth albedo just hit yet another new record low, now at 28.701%.

The Climate 8-ball says: “you’re going to need a bigger y-axis.” pic.twitter.com/9C190BWJ30

— Prof. Eliot Jacobson (@EliotJacobson) November 18, 2025

It’s pretty rare on its own that we get a sudden stratospheric warming event in the Northern Hemisphere this early into the cold season.

It’s even rarer still that the Southern Hemisphere is also experiencing a (final) stratospheric warming event simultaneously!

Wow pic.twitter.com/BP5GI8adhb

— Eric Webb (@webberweather) November 19, 2025

Less water from glaciers during future megadroughts in the Southern Andes Nature

Climate Change Is Stressing Italy’s Cows, and Coming for Your Burrata New York Times

Record-breaking November heat blankets the South, shattering records ABC

China?

China Weighs New Property Stimulus Package as Crisis Lingers Bloomberg

U.S. rare earth ambitions center on Malaysia. But China’s already there. Washington Post (resilc)

Japan-China Row

China says trade cooperation with Japan ‘severely damaged’ by Taiwan comments Reuters

Deutsche Bank Warns of Japan Capital Flight in Echo of UK Crisis Bloomberg

Koreas

Won’s real purchasing power falls to lowest since financial crisis Joongang Daily

India

Anger grows as Delhi’s residents take to streets over toxic air: ‘People have woken up’ Independent

Lives lost to extreme weather events in India increased nearly 50% in 4 years Down to Earth

Pakistan

US quietly pushing Pakistan and Israel together Asia Times

Africa

Scramble for Sudan’s resources fuels brutal civil war France24

Plea for aid as Kenya suffers latest climate-driven drought The Tablet

Chad: Authorities failing to address deadly clashes between herders and farmers amid climate crisis Amnesty

South of the Border

Putting Venezuela Into Perspective… A Massive Challenge Compared to Iraq, While Russian Offensive Picks Up Steam Larry Johnson

On Venezuela, Trump Should Take the Money and Run American Conservative (resilc)

Warning signs appear on Mexican beach declaring area restricted by U.S. as Mexico rejects Trump offer to strike cartels CBS (Kevin W)

European Disunion

Germany’s problems are worse than you think Financial Times

More than half of Dutch nationals (56%) are avoiding turning on their heating as rising energy bills push households into financial hardship Energy Live

Old Blighty

UK government borrows more than expected in setback before budget Guardian

Labour plot to slash electricity prices for AI companies The National (Paul R)

Returning to London after a year in the countryside, the signs of societal collapse are everywhere – even at 7am Daily Mail

‘People tell me they haven’t eaten in days’ BBC

Israel v. The Resistance

🔴 MUST WATCH 😳

Drone footage of southern Gaza captured by AP.👇🏼

How can the world continue to sugar coat what this actually is? 🤯 pic.twitter.com/ObIIFDX4bm

— Marcus d’Osint (@WarFrontIntel) November 21, 2025

Gaza: As Cold and Rain Assault Homeless, Israel Blocks Entry of Tents Juan Cole (resilc)

West Bank: After nine months of Israeli military operations, refugee camps are ‘uninhabitable’ Le Monde

Fundraisers warn of ‘catastrophic’ drop in donations to Gaza since ceasefire Guardian

Mike Huckabee Held Meeting With Jonathan Pollard, Who Spied on the US for Israel Antiwar (resilc)

Israel’s ‘Inquisition’ Begins; The Last Cries of Liberal Israel? Conflicts Forum (Chuck L)

New Not-So-Cold War

28 Points Zero Sense Julian Macfarlane

Russia Unstoppable Set To Reject US Plan; Kupyansk Falls; Putin Sticks To Terms; Kiev Regime Change Alexander Mercoursis, YouTube. It turns out there are multiple versions of this scheme circulating, with some important differences among them. But most important, Mercouris presents evidence that Dimitriv did not negotiate, much the less agree, this draft but might have provided some input. Alternatively (which Mercouris did not contemplate) Dimitriev was more than minimally involved, he was way out over his skis and official Russia is officially disavowing his participation. John Helmer has often said that Dimitriev is known as an aggressive self-promoter so this is not impossible.

Putin on the 28 Points Karl Sanchez

US vice president defends Ukraine-Russia peace framework, says critics ‘living in a fantasy land‘ Anadolu Agency

Brief Frontline Report – November 21st, 2025 Marat Khairullin and Mikhail Popov

McConnell, Wicker pan Trump plan for Ukraine as rewarding Putin The Hill

Big Brother is Watching You Watch

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns Associated Press (Kevin W)

Imperial Collapse Watch

What are the consequences of an escalating global arms race? Annual military spending is rising globally at its steepest level since the Cold War Aljazeera

China’s chip war is only just beginning Telegraph

Five Eyes Become Three Blind Mice Washington Monthly (resilc)

Documents reveal Gerald Ford’s effort to block report on CIA assassination plots Guardian

Trump 2.0

7 signs Trump is losing his groove Politico. resilc: “Dead or impeached by mid 27 and removed.”

DOJ reverses, says grand jury approved Comey charges The Hill. I can’t even….

The Comey Case Is a Comedy of Errors New York Times

Coast Guard reclassifies swastikas and nooses as hate symbols after backlash CNN

GOP Clown Car

MTG’s full statement. It sounds as if her inability to get much done, as in have bills get considered, was a significant factor.

Epstein

Is This Finally and Blessedly the End of the Larry Summers Era? Dean Baker, The New Republic (resilc). Whoever wrote the headline did Baker a disservice. Summers has quite the rap sheet.

Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties Harvard Crimson (resilc)

Jeffrey Epstein Claimed to Have Meddled in Israel’s Elections Jacobin (Paul R)

Mamdani

I’ll stick up for you’: key moments from the cordial Trump-Mamdani meeting Guardian (Kevin W)

Trump SWOONS Over Zohran in Surreal Oval Office Presser Breaking News

Can Lina Khan make beer cheaper at Yankee games? Gothamist

Our No Longer Free Press

The Algorithm Accountability Act’s Threat to Free Speech Reclaim the Net

Economy

>G20 countries’ medium-term growth to be weakest since 2009 crisis, IMF says Reuters

All the signs that America may be teetering on the brink of recession Telegraph

‘This is a structural goods recession’: U.S. freight market is starting to roll over as Chinese trade plummets CNBC

Mr. Market is Moody

The Warning Signal That Preceded Every Crash Since 1929 Just Flashed Again Investing

AI bubble fears return as Wall Street falls back from short-lived rally Guardian

Today’s move in Nvidia is truly historic.

Between 4:00 AM ET yesterday and 2:00 PM ET today, Nvidia, $NVDA, both ADDED and LOST $450 billion in market cap.

That’s a $900 billion swing in less than 36 hours. pic.twitter.com/BUbpi9bjzj

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) November 20, 2025

The Way Billionaires Are Using AI May Cause Concern They Have Actual Brain Damage Futurism

OpenAI’s Business Model Is A Money Laundry indi.ca (resilc)

Every company listed below has suspicious revenue recognition. The actual chart with ALL the give-and-take deals would be unreadable. The future will regard this a picture of fraud, not a flywheel. True end demand is ridiculously small. Almost all customers are funded by their… pic.twitter.com/0XyGQ8FjuE

— Cassandra Unchained (@michaeljburry) November 19, 2025

Are the Benefits of AI Worth the Risk of ‘White-Collar Bloodbath’? The Daily Economy (resilc)

Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search The Conversation

The Bezzle

Private credit markets and stablecoins need close monitoring, G20 watchdog tells leaders Reuters

Americans’ Nest Eggs Built a Private Equity Loan Revolution Bloomberg (resilc)

Class Warfare

Raising taxes on the ultrarich Economic Policy Institute

Rising Home Insurance Premiums Are Eating Into Home Values in Disaster-Prone Areas New York Times

Corporation Pumping Soothing Gas Into New York Subway Station Futurism

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