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Four Thoughts About Israel’s Election www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/o... He avoids actually talking about its “standing,” which is that of a global pariah, and instead falls back on the same tired arguments of copium formulated en masse in Tel Aviv & disseminated out to hacks like him for reproduction

Netanyahu Pushed for Attack on Iran Ahead of Israeli Election, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/w... His whole mo is denying Washington any room for maneuver.

energyandcleanair.org/us-paying-mo... What a massive self-own.

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

While you're here, read this piece by Gabriel Stargardter on the Trumpworld effort to return the Bolsonaro clan to power: www.reuters.com/world/us/ins...

With more than 3/4 counted, Lula (in red) leads Bolsonaro (in blue) by more than 2 million votes. www.reuters.com/graphics/BRA...

This just hit the @reuters.com wire: BRAZIL'S LULA REELECTED PRESIDENT IN RUNOFF VOTE, DATAFOLHA PROJECTS

My immediate concern here is that the Trump administration will back this likely effort to attempt a coup, rhetorically if not materially. It would hardly be the first shameful thing the United States has down to our neighbors to the south, but it would be a very shameful thing indeed.

www.ft.com/content/054c... What’s hilarious to me is that IKEA is the one good actor in this absurd, sisyphean tragedy…

this is total gobbledygook? the process to decide who should be certified as the winner is the election, and there is no federal law that says the courts get to decide who that is.

This is quite telling. Somehow I expect everyone in mid level & junior positions to be thrown under the bus at the last minute though, because, well, that’s been his MO his whole life.

Housing affordability has shifted dramatically worldwide. In 1985 a home in the US took 3.7 years of full-time pay to buy. Now you pay 6.4x. Meanwhile, Hong Kong remains the least affordable at over 20 years. Source: buff.ly/Aerd2IV

US imports from Russia rose 24% in 2025 to over $4 billion. Exports dropped to under $600 million (making imports 6.8x higher by value). Over 90% of those imports came down to just three categories: fertilizers, inorganic chemicals, and precious metals. Source: buff.ly/DxV45fJ

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Counter-proposal to Sam Altman: Go fuck yourself www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

🇺🇸 U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee: “Congress banned imports of Russian energy products in 2022. The President of the United States cannot simply ignore this law and purchase diesel from Putin. Consultations with Congress and a formal review process are legally required.”

Did Viking find microbes on Mars in 1976? It seems likely. Come to the next ASU Beyond Center Webinar! 6:00pm MST Monday, October 26, 2026 #PlanetSci asuevents.asu.edu/event/octobe...

you can't be serious. This reads Meta/Facebook/Insta is looking to grant itself the rights to scrape websites across the open web - and train Meta's AI - if a company after Oct 30, 2026 uses Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp or other Meta services. So every biz. Read that again. Outrageous. 1/5

Delete. Delete. Delete. Burn it all from your internet presence.

I briefly describe here many of the claims about Noah's Ark over the years and some of the flaws with the current claims. ahotcupofjoe.net/2026/10/noah...

Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First https://theonion.com/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses-without-fo-1843735351/

lnkd.in/p/eP4vU7DK Real grass roots, you know…

A town in Chile did this. It was quite spectacular. They just had regular townspeople answer questions & made a funny little tv advert out of it. I’m sure someone can apply that to an actual service asking people who actually know what they’re talking about on more…mainstream matters…

You only sit on that much cash if you think there will be a sale soon 📉 Buckle up…?!

The amalgamation of myriad separate agencies focused on things like community resilience & disaster preparedness & recovery into DHS was always an historic mistake that redirected badly needed $ into a bloated, contractor-friendly police state behemoth that flushes cash with wild abandon.

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/w... I keep having a recurring nightmare that I’m a working maybe UNDRR or press, and I’m driving into a megacity that looks suspiciously like Manila, with one side the sky blacked out by an impending super-storm… Perhaps a little flash of future…

Global emissions slow — but world hurtles towards 2 °C of warming | Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#NASA #ASAP Will be a fly on the wall at the #NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) Meeting starting in a few minutes.

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I always hope deep down that *someone* is having this conversation, only to realize, most people are just assuming someone else will rise to the occasion and do it. Nobody’s coming to save us. We need to save us.

Your takeaway from the Israeli statement should be to remember that the 3.4 million Palestinians of the West Bank live under a permanent and unaccountable military-security state that has existed for nearly sixty years, and that every major political party in Israel is committed to maintaining it.

Back when American politicians remembered what hunger felt like…

This more than anything makes me apoplectic with rage. That globe was priceless….

How Jill Biden Hid the President’s Decline https://politicalwire.com/2026/10/20/how-jill-biden-hid-the-presidents-decline/?ap=b