The violence of facelifts Unherd
🚨3I/ATLAS Simply Obtained Bluer Than the Solar and No person Is aware of Why
3I/ATLAS is altering quick. Because it hit perihelion on October 29 the interstellar object quickly brightened and shifted to a coloration bluer than the Solar itself.That’s what Avi Loeb simply confirmed from new STEREO, SOHO, and… pic.twitter.com/UP48mn01Xs
— Skywatch Sign (@UAPWatchers) October 30, 2025
From poison to energy: How lead publicity helped form human intelligence ScienceDaily (Anthony L)
#COVID-19/Pandemics
Coronavirus present in samples from 96% of flights AirSpot
⚠️ BREAKING:
Virologist warns of pandemic danger as chicken flu spreads in Germany 🇩🇪
German virologist Klaus Stöhr warns rising H5N1 unfold in Germany might spark a pandemic, saying the virus “has all of the traits” wanted.
He urged pressing vigilance and preparedness. pic.twitter.com/dEmwjlBmIg
— SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) (@COVID19_disease) October 31, 2025
Local weather/Surroundings
The 2025 state of the local weather report: a planet on the brink BioScience Oxford
After a modest decline over the primary half of the yr (and after file 2024 heat), international temperatures are ticking again up. The previous two days have been the warmest on file for this time of yr in ERA5 and the very best temperature anomalies since January. pic.twitter.com/P9ObtsPBiZ
— Zeke Hausfather (@hausfath) October 28, 2025
China?
>Chinese language pundits declare victory after Trump’s commerce concessions Asia Instances (Kevin W)
China’s uncommon earth export delay provides US an opportunity to weaken Beijing’s grip in the marketplace Related Press (Kevin W). Notice prime of the article at odds with headline. Is AP partaking in mushy self censorship?
China NBS Manufacturing PMI falls to 49 in October, contraction deepens Motion Foreign exchange
China housing droop deepens as oversupply drags costs PropertyGuru
Koreas
How North Korea will struggle again towards the South’s nuclear submarine plans NKPro
Antipodes
Australia’s housing market is popping sub-prime MacroBusiness
Africa
A whole bunch reportedly killed at Sudanese hospital as proof of RSF atrocities mounts Guardian
Sudan’s army expels prime UN meals help officers as battle escalates BBC
Tanzania shaken by unprecedented protests at ‘sham election’ Monetary Instances
South of the Border
Maduro turns to Moscow, Beijing, Tehran as US presence builds in Caribbean Anadolu Company
Venezuela below Assault Vanessa Beeley and UK Column
European Disunion
ECB retains rates of interest on maintain regardless of eurozone inflation fears Guardian
Euro-homeless, time to hit the trash heaps? TopWar (Micael T)
The municipal toolbox Makroskop by way of machine translation (Micael T). On addressing housing shortages.
Poland’s Superpower Goals resurface after centuries Discussion board Geopolitica (Micael T)
What grim destiny awaits EU member states? Simply look within the Dutch crystal ball RT (Micael T)
The Left Wins the Irish Presidential Election in a Landslide Counterpunch (resilc)
Previous Blighty
Rachel Reeves needs Brits investing — simply because the Metropolis fears an AI bubble Politico
Isreal v. The Resistance
Testing boundaries James Dorsey
Israel has erected practically 1,000 limitations within the West Financial institution in the course of the struggle in Gaza, group says Impartial
Lebanese president orders military to confront Israeli incursions after lethal raid Guardian
Iran rebuilding its ballistic missile program Lengthy Warfare Journal
Dubai: the darkish reality — what lies beneath the wealth and glamour? The Commonplace (resilc)
New Not-So-Chilly Warfare
NATO’s Three-Pronged Response To The Newest Russian Scare Raises The Danger Of A Bigger Warfare Andrew Korybko
Moscow Received’t Settle for Peace With out Rewriting the Submit-1991 Order World Affairs (Micael T)
Sending them to their deaths in struggle? Söder calls for that Ukraine change the relaxed exit laws for younger males Nachdenkseiten by way of machine translaton (Micael T)
The Christchurch bloodbath and Ukraine Occasions in Ukraine
Imperial Collapse Watch
US begins troop drawdown in Romania Politico
Leaks expose collapse of EU/US-backed Belarusian ‘opposition’ The Grayzone
Trump 2.0
Pink states to be hit arduous by Trump incapacity eligibility guidelines Propublica. Once I would fly the NYC-Birmingham, AL direct flight, the proportion of wheelchair passengers was a lot larger than on some other route I’ve traveled.
Chuck L notes, “Whenever you’ve misplaced Invoice Kristol…”
Purges of senior army officers.
If this had been occurring elsewhere, we might perceive immediately what was occurring.
It is arduous to know that it is occurring right here. However it’s…https://t.co/ESDlODaPj6
— Invoice Kristol (@BillKristol) October 30, 2025
‘Startup Metropolis’ Teams Say They’re Assembly Trump Officers to Push for Deregulated ‘Freedom Cities’ Wired (Paul R)
Banks and retailers run brief on pennies because the US Mint stops making them Related Press (Kevin W). Extra incompetence. Australia removed the penny earlier than 2002, and required retailers to spherical up or right down to the closest 5 cents.
Beneath Vinay Prasad, staff at a key FDA heart concern talking out, search for the exits STAT
Shutdown
Trump administration blocked from suspending Snap advantages for hundreds of thousands of People Guardian (Kevin W). See our associated put up. This frees up only some weeks of emergency funding, though the plaintiffs contend extra cash might be discovered within the sofa cushions.
Tariffs
America’s Suez Warwick Powell
14 Republican lawmakers say Argentinian beef imports ‘undermine American cattle producers’ in new letter The Hill (resilc)
Immigration
Unmarked, Plate-Much less Automobiles Seen in ICE Arrests Throughout U.S., Report Finds: ‘The Company Clearly Desires to Seem Like a Ghost’Los Angeles Instances (Paul R)
Sobbing daughter captures ICE ‘detain her mother for not having social safety quantity memorized’ Mirror (resilc)
US will restrict variety of refugees to 7,500 and provides precedence to white South Africans Guardian
Charlie Kirk
State staff fired over Charlie Kirk posts inundate courts The Hill
Mamdani
Billionaires are spending large to cease Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral bid CNBC (Li)
Kathy Hochul admits socialist Zohran Mamdani’s ‘tax the wealthy’ plan would damage NY’s center class: ‘I can’t do this’ New York Submit
New Yorkers predict metropolis will turn out to be a cesspit of violence, vacant shops and antisemitism below Mamdani in disturbing new ballot… however because of this they’ll give him a landslide victory anyway Day by day Mail (Li)
Police State Watch
Pentagon orders states’ nationwide guards to type ‘fast response forces’ for ‘crowd management’ Guardian
Our No Longer Free Press
Stephen Miller Spouse CRASHES OUT On Cenk: Threatens Deportation Breaking Factors. Entertaining in case your style runs to coach wrecks and can also be an indicator of elevated desperation amongst Israel allies within the US over having misplaced management of “the narrative”.
As I used to be saying: https://t.co/KfJ4Jqsc61
— Lara Friedman (@LaraFriedmanDC) November 1, 2025
For background:
Tucker Carlson tells Nick Fuentes he despises Christian Zionists greater than anybody on earth, calling Christian Zionism a harmful heresy inside Christianity.
He names Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, John Bolton, Karl Rove, and George W. Bush as examples.
Carlson says Christian Zionism… pic.twitter.com/741M5Tuvbj
— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) October 28, 2025
EU parliament might block Russian media – Politico RT (Micael T)
Mr. Market is Moody
How Dangerous Might the Personal-Credit score Disaster Get? Simply Have a look at 1929 Barrons
BlackRock loses $500m on shadow banking blow-up Telegraph. BlackRock is a latecomer to this enterprise.
Proliferation of personal credit score raises fears of looming monetary disaster NPR
Oracle Bond Danger Jumps on Considerations Over AI Spending Spree Bloomberg
Financial system
Largest capability purge in historical past coming Freight Information
Federal Reserve plans to shrink board of prime banking supervisor Monetary Instances
The Bezzle
Loopy stat of the day:
Nvidia’s market cap is now larger than the GDP of each nation on the planet besides US and China
Completely regular pic.twitter.com/s6N0YTBC3S
— Ankur Nagpal (@ankurnagpal) October 29, 2025
NVIDIA × Samsung — The Barter Relationship:I offer you 50,000 GPUs, you provide me with reminiscence chips. I acknowledge income, you acknowledge income. No money wanted — money is ineffective. pic.twitter.com/TDephlFs87
— Kakashii (@kakashiii111) October 31, 2025
A more in-depth have a look at the record-smashing ‘Hyperion’ company bond sale Monetary Instances
Meta Inventory Plummets as Buyers Horrified at How A lot Zuckerberg Is Spending on Misfired AI Futurism
How A Pharma Large Is Looting The Pentagon The Lever
Huge tech’s futile try and kill loss of life New Statesman (Micael T)
Guillotine Watch
Royal Flush: Sotheby’s to Promote Maurizio Cattelan’s 18-Karat Gold Bathroom in New York ART Information)
Class Warfare
Mapped: The place U.S. Households are Most Strained by Debt Visible Capitalist (resilc)
⚠️The US job market is in a RECESSION:
The long-term unemployment price (jobless for 27+ weeks) hit 25.7% of all unemployed folks, the very best in 4 YEARS.
When this metric first breached 25% in the course of the FINANCIAL CRISIS, the US was already greater than a yr into recession. pic.twitter.com/yq0P1JlngN
— World Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) October 29, 2025
People are drowning in auto mortgage debt CNBC
Chipotle inventory craters as firm says younger folks with out jobs can’t afford their meals anymore Yahoo
Antidote du jour (by way of):
And a bonus (Chuck L):
This lion pleasure getting pranked by an Elephant 😂 pic.twitter.com/IlklIlXwMz
— Nature is Wonderful ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) October 30, 2025
A second bonus:
The canine had no clue what was happening and simply stared on the police officer like, “Sir, I’m gonna want some context.”pic.twitter.com/5WNJxAjkUg
— Puppies 🐶 (@PuppiesIover) October 31, 2025
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
