Scientists Found the Exact Angle That Turns a Crowd Into Chaos SciTech Daily
The global majority is more conservative than the global North. Why? Institutional War Theory
Climate/Environment
Uninsurable and unaffordable: climate change and the rising cost of housing The Guardian
1 in 7 Homes Does Not Have Home Insurance as Premiums Skyrocket Realtor
Climate change drives surge in global energy demand Carbon Brief
Pandemics
Measles cases rise to 23 in Kansas, may be linked to large multistate outbreak CNN
Remedy Supported by Kennedy Leaves Some Measles Patients More Ill New York Times
China?
Trump says he may reduce China tariffs to help close a TikTok deal CNBC
European Disunion
Left Party leader Gregor Gysi calls for unity with the warmongers WSWS. Germany.
Poland plans to use EU Covid recovery funds for defence and security spending Notes from Poland
Poland only has ammo for two weeks of war – security chief RT
NATO would defend Poland “with full force” if Russia attacks, says secretary general in Warsaw Notes from Poland
EU urges citizens to stockpile 72 hours’ worth of supplies amid war risk CNN. Here’s the video (not a parody):
🚨La Commissione Von der Leyen chiede alle famiglie europee di preparare un kit di sopravvivenza per le crisi (quali non è specificato) con questo video che sembra una parodia, e che probabilmente verrà rimosso presto.
Voce, musica, risatine: tutto è semplicemente catastrofico. pic.twitter.com/gV18mHkgsl
— Paolo Mossetti (@paolomossetti) March 26, 2025
Old Blighty
Estonia’s fears after UK cuts British troop numbers The Times
4 US soldiers missing from training exercise in Lithuania Anadolu Agency
India
India ditches its ‘Google Tax’, perhaps to tickle Trump and dodge tariffs The Register
India & African nations to hold 1st joint naval exercise in Indian Ocean. Why it matters The Print
Syraqistan
ISRAEL PREPARES ANOTHER INVASION Seymour Hersh
Why Israel’s plans to forcibly depopulate Gaza won’t work Mondoweiss
Palestinians Protest Hamas in a Rare Public Show of Dissent in Gaza Asharq Al-Awsat. Commentary:
1\ The protests seem to have started spontaneously in small numbers & limited areas. Their grievances are genuine; people are tired, desperate for the genocide to end at any cost, many want Hamas to step down from gov to take away Israel’s pretext for the siege & killing
But… pic.twitter.com/efIXdnkvRl
— Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) March 26, 2025
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Trade In a Time of Genocide Declassified Australia
‘Israeli tech is a long-term asset, not a short-term risk’: Avi Hasson on Israel’s tech future Ynet
“Bigger than Wiz”: Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire says Israel can build trillion-dollar companies CTech
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US launches new aggression on Yemen with 15 airstrikes Al Mayadeen
The Path to Tehran: Strikes in Yemen Signal a Broader Confrontation with Iran Elijah J. Magnier
Talk of US-Iran war is all a load of baloney Indian Punchline
New Not-So-Cold War
Ukraine and Russia’s Truce Agreements Run into Trouble within Hours Asharq Al-Awsat
Kiev’s Desperate Offensive In Belgorod As Negotiations Go Nowhere/The Reason A Trump Deal To End Ukraine War Is Not In Russia’s Interests The Real Politick with Mark Sleboda (video)
SITREP 3/26/25: Signal-Gate Crash + Russia-US Make Progress as Ukraine Stalls Simplicius
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US looking for ‘proper way’ to reconnect Russia to SWIFT – Treasury secretary RT
There’s a right way to lift sanctions on Russia. Follow these Dos and Don’ts. Atlantic Council
EU says sanctions stay until ‘unconditional’ Russian withdrawal from Ukraine AFP
European force in Ukraine could ‘respond’ if attacked by Russia, says French president TVP World
As Macron talks about building up Europe’s defenses, Ukraine awaits for actual results Kyiv Independent
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Putinism? News Forensics
Zelensky: “Putin will die soon, it’s a fact, and his safe and unsuccessful historical life will end.
I’m younger than Putin. Place your bets on me. My prospects are better.” pic.twitter.com/5oiX2q1UZB
— MenchOsint (@MenchOsint) March 26, 2025
South of the Border
Bolsonaro must stand trial over alleged coup attempt, Brazil’s top court rules The Guardian
Trump 2.0
Trump: All imported autos face 25% tariff beginning April 3 Detroit Free Press
Over time, firms will have to move final assembly to the US — but in the interim, the US market will be under supplied absent (expensive) imports and Americans may simply try to wait it out …
6/
— Brad Setser (@Brad_Setser) March 26, 2025
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Appeals court keeps block on Trump’s sweeping funding freeze The Hill
Federal Appeals Court Keeps Block on Trump Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Immigrants ACLU
Mike Johnson Suggests Eliminating Federal Courts After Trump Rulings Blocked Truthout
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Trump Dubs Himself ‘Fertilization President’ At Women’s History Month Event Newsweek
DOGE
How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China ProPublica
More evidence of government inefficiency and waste: Some idiot demanded that every federal employee email five bullet points of what they did last week, but failed to set up an inbox that could cope with that volume of incoming email, so the messages bounced. pic.twitter.com/xK2YBZyS5C
— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) March 26, 2025
2028
The 2028 Election Starts Now America’s Undoing
SignalGate
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal The Atlantic
Timeline: The Houthi Attack Chat on Signal That Includes A Journalist Racket News
Um.
So did @CENTCOM level a whole apartment building to kill one guy? pic.twitter.com/UQyhQU3NI4
— Konstantin Toropin (@KToropin) March 26, 2025
Democrat: Leaked Messages Show Waltz Admitting to War Crime in Yemen Strike Truthout. Well, at least one Democrat is saying it.
Chatgate: Senator Mark Warner’s Shifting Stance on Leaks Matt Taibbi, Racket News
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Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online Der Spiegel
What to know about the Espionage Act and Signalgate Axios
Judge at centre of row with Trump over Venezuela deportations will hear Signal lawsuit The Guardian
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Asking the Wrong Questions About Jeffrey Goldberg Rootless Cosmopolitan
Michael Waltz’s Venmo Is Public, and It’s Full of Journalists The American Prospect
Police State Watch
FBI Becomes Rent-A-Cops for CEOs Ken Klippenstein. Everything just more in the open now.
Deconstructing the new American oligarchy Blood in the Machine
NEW—After a day of uncertainty on where agents took Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk, she seems to be in a Louisiana facility.
1400 miles from where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.https://t.co/rJUEmLURnJ— Prem Thakker (@prem_thakker) March 26, 2025
Perilous Times for Personal Liberty Judge Andrew Napolitano
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
I won’t connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud Jeff Geerling
Supply Chain
Trump’s Critical-Minerals Obsession Is Leading to Some Weird Places Kate Aronoff, The New Republic
AI
Apple says it’ll use Apple Maps Look Around photos to train AI The Verge
Why Your City’s Street Grid Matters More Than You Think The Transit Guy
Healthcare?
Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism WaPo
The NIH Moves to Stop Studying Vaccine Skepticism The Bulwark
Imperial Collapse Watch
US Annual Threat Assessment is a Hot Mess Larry Johnson
Mad Men: Selling war where it counts, in DC metros and buses Responsible Statecraft
SM-6 Missile Closer To Proving Hypersonic Weapon Intercept Capability After Aegis Destroyer Test The War Zone
Class Warfare
Florida child labor bill SB 918 would let minors as young as 14 work overnight Pensacola News Journal
Florida wants to loosen child-labor laws to make up for loss of migrant workers The Independent
The Big Bank Plotting to Privatize the Post Office Under Trump In These Times
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