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😳👇🏾🧐OMG!! These car stunts are insane!

📹 pardeshirider | Insta#stunts #drifting #drifts #driftlife #cars #racing #driving #Auto #automobile #Supercars  #car #viral #tiktokhot #instagood #driftcars pic.twitter.com/39LENzj7vI

— Catherine Adenle (@CatherineAdenle) June 17, 2024

AggreBots: Tiny living robots made from lung cells could one day deliver medicine inside the body Pys.org

Einstein Was Right Again: Ripples in Space-Time Confirm Century-Old Theory SciTech Daily

New Math Revives Geometry’s Oldest Problems Quanta

Why a study claiming vaccines cause chronic illness is severely flawed – a biostatistician explains the biases and unsupported conclusions The Conversation

Singing bird boxes were extremely popular in Europe starting from the 18th century.

This video shows a singing bird box made by Frères Rochat, Switzerland.pic.twitter.com/hjHdIkbsGo

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 27, 2025

COVID-19/Pandemics

Most people never fully recover their sense of smell after COVID Earth.com

US COVID declining after reaching peak CIDRAP

After the Pandemic ‘Reset Button,’ Downtowns Reinvent Themselves Bloomberg

Climate/Environment

China pledges to cut emissions by 2035: what does that mean for the climate? Nature

Fewer hailstorms but bigger hailstones: Climate change shifts Europe’s severe weather risks Phys.org

Earth fails another critical health check, but scientists say it’s not too late RFI

Rivers are heating up faster than the Air − that’s a Problem for aquatic Life and People The Conversation

South of the Border

US military ‘preparing to strike inside Venezuela’ in move that would mark major escalation Daily Mail

Poll: Majority of Americans Oppose Using Military Force for Regime Change in Venezuela ScheerPost

Argentina gets $20 billion in US aid, hands over control of economic policy Argentina Reports

China?

fully autonomous bus in China, which operates without a steering wheel or a driver’s cabin, running 24/7 on urban roads,

pic.twitter.com/CMYeXa3FUG

— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) September 22, 2025

As Gold Keeps Setting New Highs, China Reportedly Wants to be Its Custodian for Central Banks CoinDesk

Trump’s trade battle with China puts US soybean farmers in peril AP

The Pentagon’s Missing China Strategy Foreign Affairs

More US tariffs? China’s ‘Furniture Kingdom’ says it’s already moved on Reuters

India

India and the Rebalancing of Asia Foreign Policy

India throws BRICS at the US wall Times of India

Africa

The Multipolar World Demands a New African Strategy  News 24

Why Does Africa Thrive More in Words Than in Actions? Modern Ghana

European Disunion

Europe Is Set To Be Plagued By Travel Disruptions In The First 10 Days Of October As Strikes In Greece, France, Italy, And The Netherlands Ground Flights And Cause Widespread Cancellations : What You Need To Know Travel and Tour World

An Election That Could Redraw Europe’s Map Persuasion

How is France’s budget crisis affecting the EU? Concerns mount over French instability France 24

Euromedicine is not for everyone: Medicine shortages reach record levels across Europe Euro News

Old Blighty

Budget blow for Reeves as UK’s growth forecast slashed The Independent

More than 1.6m sign petition opposing Starmer’s plan for digital ID cards The Guardian

BREAKING: @georgegalloway and his wife have been detained at Gatwick Airport, no doubt under counter-terror powers. Just like me, @Tracking_Power, @SweeneySteve and countless others. The British state is out of control. Get out while you still can! pic.twitter.com/z40u0FW8hs

— Kit Klarenberg 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 (@KitKlarenberg) September 27, 2025

Israel v. Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Iran

⚡️Greta Thunberg declares from a Gaza-bound boat:

“I’m not scared of Israel—I’m scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity.” pic.twitter.com/w9SVJ87ZYT

— S2FUncensored (@S2FUncensored) September 27, 2025

Israel wiped out Maysara and her four children today in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/XbZKtWa24e

— sarah (@sahouraxo) September 26, 2025

JUST IN: Mass walkout at the UN as Netanyahu takes the stage to Speak

It’s a disgrace he’s allowed to speak at all. pic.twitter.com/KUqcQtu967

— ADAM (@AdameMedia) September 26, 2025

When I defended my Master’s thesis under the bombing and rubble of Gaza, the very first question I was asked was:“Why defend it under these circumstances? What benefit will it bring you now?”

I smiled and answered:“Maybe I will die holding this degree, maybe it will be a… pic.twitter.com/xtTStCT3mr

— mohammed hussein~Gaza 🇵🇸 (@mohammedIhysse) September 27, 2025

Netanyahu admits using social media as weapon to influence US opinion amid Gaza genocide Andolu Agency

Netanayahu’s government is trying to drive the Christian Armenians out of their quarter of Jerusalem https://t.co/7Bzos7OgTj

— William Dalrymple (@DalrympleWill) September 27, 2025

A year after losing its longtime leader, Hezbollah is beginning to regroup AP

Yemen : Israeli airstrikes on Sanaa leave 9 killed, 174 injured YemenOnline.info

New Not-So-Cold War

Where ‘Democracy’ Goes to Die: ‘Rule of Law’ Again Rears its Head in Hysterical Europe Simplicius

Hungary says Ukraine’s Zelenskiy ‘losing his mind’ after drone comment Reuters

Russian Strikes Pound Ukraine As Kyiv Disrupts Russia’s Major Pumping Station Radio Free Europe

Ukraine received Patriot system from Israel Euractiv

Ukraine and Russia Point Fingers After Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Offline for Days The Moscow Times

The End For Kiev : NATO Backs Down, Ukraine Disintegrates | Col Douglas Macgregor AzizGaming, YouTube. Early on, confirmation of drone incursion into Poland as false flag. Downed drones had Swedish, Polish, other European SIM cards.

How to run an election, pro-EU edition: ban the party, jail the governor, block the observers RT

Big Brother Is Watching You Watch

Vitalik slams EU’s Chat Control: ‘We all deserve privacy and security’ Cointelegraph

Senate Bill Seeks Privacy Protection for Brain Wave Data Bank Info Security

Imperial Collapse Watch

I’ve already mentioned it, but I really believe that people don’t fully grasp what a revolution this is going to be. You need to imagine a society where everyone is profoundly retarded and by that I mean a lot more than they already are. https://t.co/2RTTNLEiuy

— Philippe Lemoine (@phl43) September 26, 2025

FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene Pro Publica

Trump 2.0

Hegseth Mocked for Generals’ Meet: ‘Could’ve Been an Email’ Daily Beast

Lawfare Makes Us All Less Free Yascha Mounk substack

NPR-Ipsos poll: Americans don’t broadly support Trump’s National Guard deployments NPR

Trump orders troops to takeover ‘war ravaged’ Democrat-led city to handle ‘domestic terrorists’ Daily Mail

Why Donald Trump is obsessed with Portland Politico

Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators” Ken Klippenstein. A must read.

Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold restrictions he wants to impose on birthright citizenship AP

Musk Matters

Epstein calendar released by Democrats mentions Elon Musk, who denies visiting his island NBC News

Elon Musk gives update on Tesla Optimus progress Teslarati

Shooting for the moon. How Elon Musk’s SpaceX is faring Los Angeles Times

Democrat Death Watch

Democrats race to embrace swearing and angry comebacks – but will it work? The Guardian

Shutdown fight leaves Democrats with no good options The Hill

Immigration

In ICE Detention, Rising Deaths and Neglect: ‘They Wouldn’t Really Do Anything’ The Marshall Project

The real cost of Trump’s $100,000 visas Vox

Our No Longer Free Press

Hegseth calls mysterious meeting on heels of limiting press access. Coincidence? | Opinion USA Today

Column: Democracy dies when speech and the press are suppressed The Enquirer Journal

Mr. Market Is Moody

Dollar Retreats as Inflation Concerns Ease and US Consumer Sentiment Slips Nasdaq

The U.S Stock Market Cools as Earnings Season Looms and October Turbulence Looms TradeAlgo

AI

‘Power without conscience’ is a warning we can’t ignore. We are calling for urgent regulation and human-centred control of military AI systems.@CDroegeICRC, ICRC chief legal officer, shared at the UN Security Council #UNGA80

Read more 👉🏽 https://t.co/2f6Voz47FF pic.twitter.com/rpi5qyLDRK

— ICRC (@ICRC) September 27, 2025

Oracle Stock Crashes 16% from Peak – Is the AI Bubble Finally Bursting? Technobezz

A Diverse World Of Sovereign AI Zones Noema

Beware coworkers who produce AI-generated ‘workslop’ TechCrunch

Sam Altman predicts AI will outsmart humanity by 2030 Straigh Arrow News

Hollywood Is Planning To Sign Their First AI-Generated Star Screen Rant

The Bezzle

At least 260 suspects in online romance scams arrested across Africa, Interpol says Euronews

‘I’ve never guessed I’d be duped like this’: Lovelorn dater loses $1.4 million in romance scam The Independent

Guillotine Watch

The Most Expensive Fruits In The WorldLost Gardens of Heligan PineapplePineapples grown in Cornwall’s Lost Gardens of Heligan, in the Southwestern part of England, sell for roughly $15,000 each. 🧐That’ll be one helluva tasty pineapple upside down cake!” pic.twitter.com/aR3dz9lZcy

— Sumner (@renmusb1) May 30, 2023

Most Expenslve Macaroons Haute Couture by Pierre Herme – $US7,000 a kilo pic.twitter.com/gCYUHrNaOO

— Expensive Things (@MostExpenslve) February 1, 2015

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