NASA’s Curiosity rover finds major clue that Mars was once habitable Space.com
Study explores the impact of growing up without siblings on the brain and behavior of adults Medical Xpress
Could the Pope’s Death Mean the Demise of Liberal Catholicism? European Conservative
SUBARU IS BRINGING BACK PHYSICAL KNOBS AND BUTTONS IN ITS CARS Futurism
Climate/Environment
Climate Change Kills Capitalism Counterpunch
Nuclear Underpants Gnomes Breakthrough Journal
Pandemics
Vietnam reports H5N1 avian flu case with encephalitis CIDRAP
Scientists Discover Drug That Could Finally End Long COVID Suffering SciTech Daily
David Zweig Doesn’t Care About Children Pandemic Accountability Index
China?
This is interesting: Justin Yifu Lin, former Chief Economist of the World Bank and a China’s State Council Counsellor, explaining why in the trade war “the losses for the United States will be greater than those of China”.
He essentially frames a trade war as an economic war of… https://t.co/27y9mO3ajC
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) April 22, 2025
US and Philippines launch ‘Super Bowl’ of military exercises around South China Sea The Independent
European Disunion
Patrick Lawrence: Germany in Crisis Part 2: A Short History of Exploding Gas Pipelines Scheerpost
Germany blocks Eurofighter jet sale to Turkey over mayor’s arrest: report Turkish Minute
Why Germany’s “value-based” foreign policy is insane ⬇️
🇩🇪 Berlin vetoed a Eurofighter sale to Turkey after it jailed Istanbul’s mayor @ekrem_imamoglu
🇹🇷 His reaction: Turkey’s national interests are more valuable than Erdoğan or İmamoğlu. I demand you to reverse this decision. https://t.co/21AahvwTHc
— Ozan Demircan (@ozmuhabir) April 21, 2025
Old Blighty
Unfair Judgments: Lethal Cuts at the DWP London Review of Books
Syraqistan
Israeli army stopped designating Gaza ‘safe zones’ after restart of genocide The Cradle
Israel bans protesters from carrying images of Gaza’s dead childrenThe New Arab
Trump’s NSC Director for Israel and Iran Previously Worked for Israeli Ministry of Defense Drop Site
No Joke: US considering nuclear power for Saudi in grand bargain Responsible Statecraft
Pentagon to ‘relocate’ hundreds of troops to two new bases in Syria: Report The Cradle
Chinese HQ-9B Long Range Air Defence Systems Now Guard Egyptian Skies Military Watch
Africa
World Bank’s investment arm targets rise in African equity investments Semafor
New Not-So-Cold War
In case of a nuclear event, Ukraine to use Israeli placenta-based emergency treatment Times of Israel
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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 “Real hell is about to begin!” – The ‘Brave Ones’ are pushing hard toward Dnipropetrovsk region
▪️On the Novopavlivka axis, units of the “Center” group recently captured Preobrazhenka, are attacking near Kotlyarivka, and are entrenching themselves in the grey zone near… pic.twitter.com/9qM3KcO0Ps
— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) April 21, 2025
Nazi Is As Nazi Does Julian Macfarlane
Ratio for exchanges of KIA soldiers over time. Red is Russian bodies returned to Russia at each exchange, blue is Ukrainian bodies returned to Ukraine. Graphic by @lostarmour pic.twitter.com/G8SspdU5je
— Russians With Attitude (@RWApodcast) April 21, 2025
‘MOVE ON’ TO MOVE BACK, MR PRESIDENT: Trump Can and Perhaps Should ‘Move On’ from Mediating the NATO-Russia Ukrainian Conflict, But Be Ready to ‘Move Back’ Gordon Hahn, Russian & Eurasian Politics
“Liberation Day(s)”
Trump hosts Walmart, Target and Home Depot CEOs for tariff meeting CNBC
Sellers of secondhand clothes prepare for tariffs to give their businesses a boost AP
US imposes new duties on solar imports from South-east Asia Business Times
Trump 2.0
Trump’s Inauguration Donor Pool Includes $50 Million in Contributions from Corporations Under Investigation or Facing Federal Enforcement Public Citizen. “Cases against 11 of these corporations have already been dismissed or withdrawn, and six have been halted.”
Corporate Lawlessness Comes Next How Things Work
Trump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter Deaths ProPublica
Scoop: Thousands of fired federal probationary workers have complaints rejected Axios
Trump Admin Will Garnish Struggling Borrowers’ Wages as Student Loan Payments Resume Common Dreams
DOGE
ACLU Sues Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs for Information about DOGE Data Access ACLU
Musk accused of polluting impoverished community with illegal gas turbines Musk Watch
SignalGate
Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary NPR
Trump says Hegseth is ‘doing a great job’ despite reports of second Signal chat The Guardian
. @PressSec “The President stands strongly behind @SecDef, who is doing a phenomenal job leading the Pentagon.
This is what happens when the ENTIRE Pentagon is working against you and against the MONUMENTAL change that you are trying to implement.” pic.twitter.com/0N45bQc1h5
— DOD Rapid Response (@DODResponse) April 21, 2025
Immigration
Mahmoud Khalil’s wife gives birth after ICE denied his request to attend delivery ABC News
Trump blasts Supreme Court while arguing trials for migrants ‘not possible’ The Hill
This has to be one of the craziest admissions from A JUDGE that I’ve ever seen in a court transcript. What the hell are we doing here?! https://t.co/FTTx3mq9Dr pic.twitter.com/LJZOI1Z2lE
— Sasha Gusev (@SashaGusevPosts) April 21, 2025
The Supremes
Court appears to back legality of HHS preventative care task force SCOTUSblog
Police State Watch
Crime and Punishment #1 Don’t Worry About the Vase
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
The FBI Can’t Find ‘Missing’ Records of Its Hacking Tools 404 Media
The Friendly Skies
Delta airlines flight 1213 catches fire at Orlando international airport 😳 pic.twitter.com/8qL54dQRkT
— 🌸 DigiGal (@DigitalGal_) April 21, 2025
AI
AI hallucinations lead to a new cyber threat: Slopsquatting CSO
In Defense of Cluely.com jonstokes.com
Supply Chain
Supply Chain Disintermediation: Another Unintended Consequence of Trump’s Tariffs Warwick Powell’s Substack
WD launches HDD recycling process that reclaims rare earth elements, cuts out China Tom’s Hardware
Mr. Market Has Another Sad
US: S&P 500 ends down 2.4% after Trump slams Fed chief again Business Times
Despite Turmoil in Stocks: Financial Conditions, Financial Stress, Junk-Bond Spreads Still in La-La Land or Barely Exiting Wolf Street
LIQUIDITY, VOLATILITY AND MARKET CRAZINESS: PAUL KRUGMAN INTERVIEWS NATHAN TANKUS AGAIN Crises Notes
Healthcare?
State-By-State, America is Taking on Big Insurance’s Pharmacy Middlemen HEALTH CARE un-covered
Our Famously Free Press
THREAD. This is one of the more remarkable stories I have seen in my time studying state violence and working in law. But it’s also an exercise in propaganda. And it’s unbelievable how terrible the U.S. media coverage is. One thing in particular is important to see. pic.twitter.com/zk3iI4R3ir
— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) April 21, 2025
Zeitgeist Watch
Columbia student suspended over interview cheating tool raises $5.3M to ‘cheat on everything’ Tech Crunch
Class Warfare
Deconstructing Housing Democracy Journal
Transient Homemaking e-flux
Ordo Amoris Hauntologies by Elia Ayoub
We Could Have Been Warthogs Nautilus
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