When Science Met the Supernatural: The Strange History of the Fourth Dimension Public Domain Review
Mushrooms show promise as memory chips for future computers Phys.org
Constructing the Risk Threshold E-Flux
Climate/Environment
Melissa one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes so late in the season Balanced Weather
Do you see all that purple? That corresponds to incredibly cold cloud tops around minus-80 degrees Celsius (minus-112 degrees Fahrenheit). Clouds have to be about 52,000 feet tall (or greater) to be that cold.
The fact that Melissa has such a tall, cold CDO, or Central Dense… pic.twitter.com/ilvNjhfmVc
— Matthew Cappucci (@MatthewCappucci) October 28, 2025
A thread of videos from today’s flight into Hurricane Melissa
In this first one we are entering from the southeast just after sunrise and the bright arc on the far northwest eye wall is the light just beginning to make it over the top from behind us. pic.twitter.com/qGdpp7lbCN
— Tropical Cowboy of Danger (@FlynonymousWX) October 27, 2025
Hurricane Melissa collides with U.S. military mission in Caribbean WaPo
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Global vegetation production may decrease in this century due to rising atmospheric dryness Nature
Indian Farmers Struggle as Climate Change Warps Landscape Foreign Policy
INDIA’S FORESTS ARE SHRINKING IN PLAIN SIGHT Carbon Copy
An E.P.A. Plan to Kill a Major Climate Rule Is Worrying Business Leaders New York Times
Private equity veteran goes all out on extreme weather bets Business Times
Pandemics
A Grim Future Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts
Africa
US Launches Two More Airstrikes in Somalia as It Continues To Bomb the Country at a Record Pace Antiwar
UK military equipment used by militia accused of genocide found in Sudan, UN told The Guardian
The Koreas
S. Korea, U.S. unlikely to finalize tariff deal during APEC gathering: presidential official Yonhap
Japan
The “Mussolini Corporatism” Behind Trump’s Demand For $800 Billion From Japan and Korea Japan Economy Watch
Japan’s rearmament reshapes security in Southeast Asia East Asia Forum
Trump lauds Japan’s ‘great’ female leader, inks rare earths deal Channel News Asia
China?
China and Asean, hit by US tariffs, sign upgraded free trade pact Straits Times
New phrase, new phase? China’s central bank adjusts language on yuan internationalisation South China Morning Post
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Could China devastate the US without firing a shot? Gary Marcus
Bessent Eager For China Economic Rescue, Beijing Plays Chess, $1.2T Global Tariff Crash Begins Sean Foo (Video)
Germany is sabotaging its relations with China on behalf of Washington Geopolitical Economy Report
Berlin urges ‘dialogue’ with China after EU trade bazooka threats Euractiv
1st US heavy rare earths separation facility planned in Louisiana Asia Times
Trump to Host U.S.-Central Asia Summit on November 6 Times of Central Asia
Syraqistan
Palestine and the Making of a New New World Steve Salaita
IDF Chief on Gaza: ‘The War Is Not Yet Over’ Antiwar
IDF Disposes of Huge Piles of Construction Waste and Rubble From Israel Inside Gaza Haaretz
Leaked: How British Intel Infiltrates Lebanon Kit Klarenberg
European Disunion
EU plays hardball: If you won’t seize Russia’s cash, open your wallets Politico
Belgium is ‘turning into a narco-state’, says judge in furious open letter Brussels Times
The ticking bomb of European rearmament Middle East Eye
Consequences of the Military Buildup German Foreign Policy
Why German rearmament isn’t happening Responsible Statecraft
New Not-So-Cold War
Russian Envoy Concludes Trump Completely Co-opted by Neocons & Europeans Alastair Crooke (Video)
Trump responds to Russian test of unlimited-range cruise missile RT
Belgian defense minister threatens to ‘wipe Moscow off the map’ if Russia launches missile at Brussels Anadolu Agency. What is going on in Belgium?
Living Dangerously Big Serge
SITREP 10/27/25: Pokrovsk Reaches Its Final Arc as Russian Bulldozer Plows Ahead Simplicius
Zelensky Warns Russian Oil Industry Will ‘Pay Even More’ as Ukraine Plans Deeper Strikes Kyiv Post
Russia’s Lukoil to sell international assets as a result of new US oil sanctions Intellinews
U.S. Steps Up Pressure on Hungary to Cut Off Russian Oil OilPrice
South of the Border
GOP Sen. Rick Scott Warns Maduro Should ‘Head To China Or Russia’: ‘Something is Going To Happen’ Latin Times
Venezuela Exposes CIA ‘Casus Belli’ Plot, Arrests Suspected Operatives Orinoco Tribune
🚨Dragon Field Fallout:🇻🇪Maduro Suspends All Energy Deals with🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Amid🇺🇸US Military Buildup.
🧵 https://t.co/OfMGtZAIgA pic.twitter.com/N1DP7NQEaD
— Francesco Sassi (@Frank_Stones) October 28, 2025
Are We A Week Away From An American Invasion of Venezuela? Ian Welsh
L’affaire Epstein
Lawsuits against banks with Epstein ties may shed new light on financier’s crimes The Guardian
Trump 2.0
Treasury Chief Bessent Says He’s a ‘Soybean Farmer’ Who Has ‘Felt the Pain’ of Trump Tariffs Common Dreams
Trump confirms secondary physical included MRI, cognitive test The Hill
It’s Not a Ballroom. It’s a Bunker. Jessica Wildfire
Trump Is the Shitcoin President Gizmodo
Democrats en déshabillé
Left-wing ideas have wrecked Democrats’ brand, new report warns Semafor
Graham Platner Campaign Appears to Be in Free-fall as Another Key Aide Quits The Maine Wire
The Great Leftist Ignorance Scam Matt Taibbi. Arguably says just as much about Taibbi as it does Platner. Even if all the politicians Taibbi lists are indeed scam artists, we should be careful about throwing the baby (working class struggles) out with the bath water (liberal identity politics). The fake leftists are easy to poke fun at, but isolating “left movement” to electoral politics and the many flaws of these politicians ignores the many current fights taking place across the country that use tactics long favored by progressives. They might include people who are culturally conservative with those who are culturally liberal, but they are overwhelmingly concerned with class struggle. Taibbi sounds like he needs to think about which side of that line he’s on.
Karine Jean-Pierre is hawking her pro-Biden book. Pressed by @AymanM on whether she regrets defending Biden’s financing and arming of Israel, she says: “As a black woman who is queer…”
Jean-Pierre starts many of her sentences with this even when wholly unrelated to the topic. https://t.co/krQeEhcJNB
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 26, 2025
Police State Watch
ICE’s Hiring Surge Is Already a Disaster Doomsday Scenario
ICE Tear Gas Disrupts Halloween Parade as Trump’s Chicago Crackdown Spreads Common Dreams
Trump plans to install Border Patrol officials to lead a more aggressive migrant crackdown NBC News
Real-life ‘RoboCop’? Chinese policeman beats paralysis with spinal interface implant South China Morning Post
Accelerationists
‘Abundance’, De-regulation, and the Demolition of Democracy Ann Pettifor
Imperial Collapse Watch
Trump Hasn’t Learned the Lessons of America’s ‘Forever Wars’ WPR. Perhaps a lesson that will never be learned by the ruling class.
Pentagon reportedly upset over Netflix’s nuclear war movie ‘A House of Dynamite’ Task & Purpose
AI
Jet engine shortages threaten AI data center expansion as wait times stretch into 2030 — the rush to power AI buildout continues Tom’s Hardware
Exclusive: Amazon targets as many as 30,000 corporate job cuts, sources say Reuters
Economy
First Brands: Are The Cockroaches Coming Home to Roost? Racket News
Class Warfare
Library Admins Are Using Public Money to Hire Union Busters Against Workers Truthout
Eugene Debs and All Of Us Hamilton Nolan
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See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
