A Swedish Library Forgot to Close Its Doors and Something Good Happened to ZME Science
Construction Costs Are Rarely Falling The Physics of Construction
On Nopales and Prickly Pears, or, Why You Should Eat Cactus Pax Culinaria
Climate/Environment
Amazingly it reminds me of the monthly CO2 chart from Mauna Loa pic.twitter.com/NPEzVjQljo
– Prof. Ryan Katz-Rosene (@ryankatzrosene) April 24, 2026
More than 2,500 2,500 people evacuated, 200 hectares burned like wildfire in northeast Japan, Straits Times
How Georgia Fires Are Now Getting Worse With Hurricane 2024 Helene Forbes
Why millions of lovely bees come out of this graveyard Grist
An epidemic
US CDC on the Edge The Lancet
Water
Corpus Christi plans to declare a ‘water emergency.’ What does that mean? Texas newsroom. “While the city’s pools and splash pads consume about two million gallons of water during the summer, Exxon’s single plastics plant consumes 13 million gallons per day.”
China?
DSET Drone Reports: Taiwan-Europe-Ukraine Cooperation Deepens, Needs Strong Collaborative Research Center for Democracy, Society, and Emerging Technologies
Southeast Asia
ASEAN inflation: Vietnam and Philippines hit hard by Iran war Nikkei Asia
Not-so-sweet deal for Singapore refineries as they shift to US, Business Times op-ed
Inflation in Singapore rose to 1.8% in March amid higher fuel prices The Straits Times
India
India’s fertilizer production falls to five-year low in March Hindustan Times
India to Buy Fertilizer at Nearly Double Pre-War Prices Bloomberg
Syracistan
Trump’s online threats deepen US divide as Iran talks stall Al Mayadeen
Joint slap: Heads of Iran’s three state branches fire back at Trump Press TV
The US State Department published its official defense of war against Iran on Tuesday.
A few observations 🧵
1. As a matter of public discussion, it is noteworthy that the collective defense of Israel comes first, the individual defense of the United States comes second. pic.twitter.com/5l03XsCkSe
— Adil Haque (@AdHaque110) April 23, 2026
US Secretary of Defense Resigns (Or Gets Fired) As Third Company Group Arrives in Iran Theater Simplicius
Last rounds? The Status of Key Weapons in Iran’s Disarmament Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Israel launched new strikes in southern Lebanon despite the expansion of the Anadolu Agency
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Meet the Top “Content” Producers Linked to the Canary Mission Dump Site
Met Opera’s $200 Million Saudi Arabia Deal Falls Through Broadway World
The breakup of Europe
Central and Eastern Europe is emerging as a new hot spot for the defense industry, says KPMG Intellinews
O Canada
Asia’s appetite for Canada’s ‘liquid gold’ grows but risks climate change Channel News Asia
Old Blighty
Holding soldiers accountable for war crimes threatens US alliance, ex-SAS colonel warns Canary
The New Cold War
France Sends Nuclear-Armed Rafale Fighters to Poland to Simulate Attack on Russia and Belarus Military Watch
The Government presented a proposal to Parliament to amend the Nuclear Energy Act and the Criminal Code of the Ministry of Defense of Finland. “The government proposes to remove legal obstacles to import nuclear weapons into Finland and to transport, supply or possess them in Finland in the context of Finland’s national defense, NATO collective defense or defense cooperation.”
If Finland allows NUKES on its territory, ‘the safety of the Finnish people will be SIGNIFICANTLY reduced’
– Chairman of the State Duma Def Committee Kartapolov ONLY on RT
If before there were no targets in Finland for ‘first destruction,’ now ‘there will be’ pic.twitter.com/O6ObNcNWRT
— RT (@RT_com) April 23, 2026
China-Russia ties mean EU trade deal off the table, says Finland South China Morning Post
Events of the KGB and Perestroika in Ukraine
South of the Border
Latin America is growing as the Hormuz crisis reshapes global energy supply Intellinews
The Neocolonial Plunder of Venezuelan Resources Venezuelanalysis
Epstein’s story
Ghislaine Maxwell wants to overturn his conviction as US lawyers are divided over a possible pardon
Scientists Stumper
Chinese Scientists Have Been Dying Mysterious Deaths Also Newsweek
Read WM Briggs’ heartbreaking book, Statistician to the Stars before panicking unnecessarily
— Monadversteher (@monaderc) April 23, 2026
Trump 2.0
Trump’s Huge AI Data Center Project Falls Behind the Scenes Futurism
Trump’s crime spree will undermine the US economy FT
Top DHS Counterterrorism Officer Suspended Over Anti-Sugar Scandal DD Geopolitics
This chick somehow went from being a US Secret Service agent, to working at FEMA under Biden, to being Trump’s Deputy Secretary of Counterterrorism – and wondering why all our scientists are being attacked!!
We are not a willing country… 😑 pic.twitter.com/yF20DTqMiw
— James Li (@5149jamesli) April 23, 2026
Democracies are simple
Despite denials, AIPAC Is Now Funding Campaign for Ala Stanford At Philadelphia Drop Site
The GOP Funhouse
Republicans introduce extreme bill to permanently block lawsuits against Big Oil HEATED
SCOOP: Republicans Want to Add ICE Money to Immigrant Farm Bill
Police State Watch
BRIEF TRIAL AND ANALYSIS OF DEFENDANT ARRESTED FOR INSANE ANSWER The Intercept
Big Brother is Watching You
Wyden Siren The After-Action Report
The Accelerationists
How the American Oligarchy Went Hyperscale Mother Jones. Comment:
Palantir and the Pentagon are the same thing, there is no difference. Same with SpaceX. Both are marketing tricks, a label so we don’t panic about the central control system that is being built all around us.
– Milgram’s experiment has an exit door (@milehijules) April 23, 2026
Sports Desk
Jeffrey Epstein’s guide to the True Hoop playoffs
Italy rejects to replace Iran in World Cup after Trump official’s Sportstar proposal
The economy
War on Iran Is the Latest Shock in the Prescription Drug Supply Chain Economic Populist
Trump Moves to Extend Jones Act Waiver 90 Days as Marine Industry Says Fuel Waiver Never Came gCaptain
At the risk of sounding the alarm, sulfur and ammonia shortages are a real global crisis.
Forget about oil and natural gas prices.
I spoke to a friend at the United Nations World Food Program, and he is desperate. Subsidies have been drastically reduced and food prices… pic.twitter.com/WSqRxzLWUx
– Another outfit guy (@tleilax___) April 23, 2026
‘Probably the most stressed man ever’: Trump says he has ‘all the time in the world’ on Iran standoff Politico
Immigration to another country
just remembered that Lutnick said on the All In podcast that he sold 1,000 gold cards on the first day and that Trump thought the program would raise $5T.
Polymarket went up but then decided to sell 0 in 2025.
Now he says they sold one card and got $1M pic.twitter.com/BuDx5MVcVe
– Sheel Mohnot (@pitdesi) April 23, 2026
However, he thinks that the people who run the country are stupid, they are stupid.
A guy who worked at the border last year thinks that one in three people in the country is an illegal immigrant. It’s a total hallucination based on something real.
— Jeremiah Johnson 🌐 (@JeremiahDJohns) April 24, 2026
Casino Nation
Army Special Forces Soldier Charged with Insider Trading in Maduro Capture After-Action Report
“Are you worried about insider trading in these markets re: war?”
TRUMP: “The world is a casino. 🤷🏼
And there you have it, folks! pic.twitter.com/9fy5Z7T9CV
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) April 24, 2026
Guillotine Watch
“Punch in the Gut”: After Years of Waiting, More Opioid Victims Will Get Closure Without Purdue Settlement ProPublica
The number of billions is set to rise in the benefits of AI – reports RT
Billionaire philanthropist warns US democracy ‘won’t survive’ AI race Semafor
WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT BILLIONAIRES AT JEFF BEZOS’S PRIVATE RETREAT The Atlantic
Class War
After Decades of Quiet Popularity, An Epidemic Breaks Out Among California Masons These Times
Good Vibes as Ideology: The Management of Emotions in the Dictatorship of Capital William Murphy
Inspirational Story of Workforce Craig Murray
NC’s Largest School Districts to Close on May Day Strike – NJ Unions With 1 Million Members Back on May Day – 85 Cities Hold May Day Actions Report
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