Paralysed man stands again after receiving ‘reprogrammed’ stem cells Nature
Your Gum Is Shedding Microplastics into Your Saliva ZME Science
Climate/Environment
South Korea wildfires ‘largest on record’: disaster chief AFP
Climate, Risk, Insurance: The Future of Capitalism Gunther Thallinger, Allianz SE
NEW: Data centers powering AI like ChatGPT could triple their electricity use by 2028.
The Trump administration is investing over $1 trillion into new data centers in the next five years.
But what’s the true cost of the AI revolution? We went to rural Georgia to find out. pic.twitter.com/VOwaHZbOLt
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) March 27, 2025
Pandemics
Tests show emotional, behavioral problems in adolescents with long COVID CIDRAP
New CDC head Susan Monarez: “I’m hopeful that 10 years from now, 90% of…in-person [mental health] visits can actually be done in our homes [with ‘generative AI’].”
Translation: NO HUMANS FOR YOU, SAD PEOPLE.
Wonderful idea: bots for the blues.
“I want a radical… pic.twitter.com/pbva9ZzfQY
— Sense Receptor (@SenseReceptor) March 25, 2025
America — and the media — needs a Covid reckoning Kelsey Piper, Vox
Vox’s Kelsey Piper Is Indefensibly Ignorant About COVID-19 Pandemic Accountability Project
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Measles case confirmed in DC, individual may have exposed others on Amtrak train ABC News
Lubbock health official says federal funding cuts will hurt efforts to contain measles outbreak Texas Tribune
Measles vaccination rates may be lower than thought, risking U.S.’ ‘elimination status’ NBC News
Who Is David Geier, the Man Leading Federal Autism-Vaccine Study? MedPage Today
I really dont know how to explain this sort of thing except that I think this country is in a death spiral. Being against the polio vaccine is insane lol. Next theyre going to go after germ theory & say that antiseptic causes cancer or something. https://t.co/PbuGhg68Et
— Brian (@Is_Not_Brian) March 27, 2025
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That nine percent in the bottom bar certainly stands out:
Here’s what Americans think about a range of things and concepts associated with the European Middle Ages — as you can see, it’s a mixed bag! pic.twitter.com/bUAGH8NTA6
— David H. Montgomery (@dhmontgomery) March 26, 2025
Water
83% of lakes globally experiencing decrease in surface water oxygen levels, courtesy increasing heat waves Down to Earth
The Ocean’s Green Glow Is a Warning Sign SciTech Daily
The US Isn’t Coming for Canada’s Water, Says Dix The Tyee
Africa
Global Conjuncture and Zambia’s Debt Crisis Grieve Chelwa, Africa Watch
India
Why does ‘bulldozer justice’ continue in spite of the Supreme Court ruling it illegal in November? Scroll
If scrapping Google Tax is quid, what is quo, for which quid is being given away? The Sanjaya Report
India’s $23 billion plan to rival China factories to lapse after it disappoints The Business Standard
China?
Morgan Stanley raises Chinese stock targets again on earnings optimism The Business Times
China is suffering its own ‘China shock’ FT. Commentary:
China: The Industrial Robot Dominator.
China accounts for 50% of global industrial robot installations.
Good for efficiency. Not so good for jobs. pic.twitter.com/bE0CuLctX4
— Michael Dunne (@dunne_insights) March 25, 2025
Syraqistan
Israel’s Systematic Destruction of Life Essentials in Gaza Has Forced Palestinians into a Hunt for Survival Drop Site
“The Target is Unmistakable”: The Shooting of Gaza’s Children Drop Site
US Embassy Tells US Doctor in Gaza ‘Not Our Role’ to Protect Them From Israeli Bombings Zeteo
Vultures Feed On Syria: Russia, Israel, Turkey & US Geopolitics in West Asia with Vanessa Beeley Vanessa Beeley
Turkey detains nearly 1,900 in protests over jailed mayor, rejects foreign criticism Reuters
European Disunion
Economic Collapse in Europe Glenn Diesen’s Substack (video). Michael Hudson.
Higher taxes, more political repression, no solutions: Germany’s next government will be from hell eugyppius: a plague chronicle
Spyware scandal: Italian government reportedly admits targeting activists Euractiv
New Not-So-Cold War
Putin proposes the UN to temporary govern Ukraine RT
‘With or without the US’ — France, UK harden line over Ukraine at ‘Coalition of the Willing’ summit Kyiv Independent
Putin is playing games with you, Starmer and Macron warn Trump Politico
EU Paris summit breaks up with little achieved, highlighting Europe’s increasing irrelevance in Ukraine conflict Bne INtellinews
Europe imports more Russian gas, aiding wartime economy, report finds Al Jazeera
Putin in Murmansk for АРКТИКА karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium
We need to pay closer attention to Svalbard Politico
South of the Border
“You’re Here Because of Your Tattoos” Mother Jones
Weaponizing Migrants: A New Phase in the US Hybrid War Against Venezuela Orinoco Tribune
China Rejects US ‘Tariff War’ on Venezuela Amidst Decline in PDVSA Oil Shipments Venezuelanalysis
Trump 2.0
Internal White House document details layoff plans across U.S. agencies WaPo
HHS Announces Transformation to Make America Healthy Again US Department of Health and Human Services (press release). Downsizing from 82,000 to 62,000.
Trump officials will screen NIH funding opportunities Science
Fend for Yourself: Under Trump, Consumer Protection Bureau’s Probes of Big Tech and Finance Firms Freeze Up ProPublica
DOGE
How the Social Security Administration is dodging a federal court order Musk Watch
Democrats en Déshabillé
Bernie and AOC Sheepdog for the Democrats Black Agenda Report
SignalGate
Signal chat records must be preserved, federal judge tells Trump administration Axios
Oversight Dems ask for multi-inspectors general probe of Trump Cabinet Signal chat The Hill
Democrats seize on Yemen attack leak to press for imperialist war WSWS
WSJ: Israel provided intel for US strike on Houthi official mentioned in Signal chat Times of Israel
Police State Watch
Trump Killed Public War Research. Stargate Will Make It Secret—and Far More Dangerous Mint Press News
ICE Makes Another Student Disappear—and No One Knows Why The New Republic
Rubio confirms he revoked Tufts student’s visa, says he pulls visas ‘every day’ wbur
Trump’s deportation policy so far
– Deporting actually unlawful migrants at rates below Obama or Biden
– Trying to deport people for being mean to a foreign government
– Deporting people who have random tattoos accusing them of being part of a gang without having to prove it— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) March 26, 2025
AI
AI is transforming peer review — and many scientists are worried Nature
This is the reality EVERYONE backing genAI art wants for artists: They want real artists to starve while corporations get fat off their art for free, art that was fed into their machines without their consent, producing untold amounts of profit while leaving the artist destitute https://t.co/F4uD7T3aTO
— Chris Alvino (@ChrisAlvino) March 27, 2025
co-founder of studio ghibli, hayao miyazaki’s reaction to AI generated art btw https://t.co/w9xHfyLVrG pic.twitter.com/EtPkmsgtZt
— kp (@earthlykisssed) March 26, 2025
Abortion
Georgia Woman Arrested for How She Disposed of Miscarriage Abortion, Every Day
Groves of Academe
Yale Investments in Companies Selling Arms to Israel Violate State Law, Says an Official Complaint The Intercept
Exclusive: Trump’s “pro-Hamas” purge could block foreign students from colleges Axios
Columbia Expelled Me for My Palestine Activism, but I Won’t Be Silenced The Nation
Imperial Collapse Watch
Anatomy of a Defense Budget Phenomenal World
Supply Chain
How BlackRock and an Italian shipping dynasty are upending Middle East’s port business Middle East Eye
America’s Panama Canal Delusion Warwick Powell’s Substack
Silicon Valley
New forensic findings have just been released in the death of Suchir Balaji — a whistleblower against OpenAI.
Police ruled it a suicide.
But the evidence just uncovered tells a very different story: drugging, a possible second bullet, and a botched autopsy.
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— James Li (@5149jamesli) March 26, 2025
Sports Desk
Shakedown at the Snack Counter: The Case for Street Pricing Groundwork Collaborative
The Friendly Skies
Secret Service, Navy Counter-Drone Technology Testing Led to Faulty Cockpit Alerts, Officials Say Reuters. Near Reagan Washington National Airport.
Zeitgeist Watch
The wind on this frozen lake in Canada pic.twitter.com/iFwBj3PH3v
— Nature is Amazing
(@AMAZlNGNATURE) March 27, 2025
Class Warfare
Neoliberalism and Its Hegemonic Crisis Modern Intellectual History
We should talk more about how the dominant approach of capitalist economists to controlling inflation is to periodically throw hundreds of thousands of people out of work and into misery. This is what passes for “economic stability” and it is madness.
— Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) March 20, 2025
Now Is the Time for Big Ideas In These Times
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