There were two “Reigns of Terror,” if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions; but our shudders are all for the “horrors” of the minor Terror, the momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe, compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty, and heart-break? What is swift death by lightning compared with death by slow fire at the stake? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief Terror which we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terror—that unspeakably bitter and awful Terror which none of us has been taught to see in its vastness or pity as it deserves.
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:
English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account.
English-language twitter account that collates news (and has automated posting when the person running it goes to sleep).
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis.
English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
Various sources that are covering the Ukraine conflict are also covering the one in Palestine, like Rybar.
The Country of the Week is Palestine! Feel free to chime in with books, essays, longform articles, even stories and anecdotes or rants. More detail here.
Here is the map of the Ukraine conflict, courtesy of Wikipedia.
The weekly update is here.
Links and Stuff
The bulletins site is down.
Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Add to the above list if you can.
Resources For Understanding The War
Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Telegram Channels
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
Pro-Russian
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Pro-Ukraine
Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.
Last week's discussion post.
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Africa:
We have here, in Africa, everything necessary to become a powerful, modern, and industrialised continent: The Fortieth Newsletter (2023)
China’s Belt and Road Initiative and African Industrialisation
China and Africa’s Attempts at Industrialisation
Africa’s Path to Industrialisation: How Can China Contribute to the Continent’s Economic Development?
China-Africa Relations in the Belt and Road Era
The World Bank fears "lost decade" for sub-Saharan Africa.
A Chinese firm has been accused of selling satellites for intelligence to Wagner.^AN^
The United States is in an interesting position where they don't want to antagonize juntas in the Sahel and lose influence, but are also making this whole new Cold War "democracy vs autocracy"; the Quincy Institute says that the US should denounce the coups and juntas here and be consistent because there's not even much influence to lose (they allege; I disagree).^RS^
Angola has introduced visa-free travel for Russians.^RT^
Burkina Faso's government has elevated Thomas Sankara to the rank of "hero of the nation".^AN^
Cameroon and Chad are to strengthen their military cooperation.^TS^ Anti-French sentiment continues to rise in Chad.^RT^
The DRC has sentenced the head of the elite Republican Guard to death over the killing of protestors in August.^AN^ The Nobel Prize winner Denis Mukwege has announced his bid for the DRC presidency, which is holding elections in December.^BNE^ The DRC and Zambia to jointly building a bridge over a river as part of a road project to more easily transport cobalt and copper to Tanzanian ports.^CGS^
A police headquarters in Egypt has been extensively burned, injuring nearly 40 people.^AN^ President Sisi has given an... interesting speech, where he asks his countrymen to endure hunger, insults his opposition for questioning his infrastructure projects, and says that he could destroy the country if he distributed an opioid to desperate people.^MEE^ Vulnerable women have been forced to sign a petition endorsing Sisi.^MEE^
Eswatini's election is now over. The 59 MPs are selected by chiefs close to the king, are not allowed to belong to a party, and serve a purely advisory role to the monarch.^AN^
Ethiopia and the EU have signed a $680 million cooperation agreement to help their post-war recovery and facilitate economic reforms.^AN^ The US is resuming some food aid deliveries to refugees, four months after assistance was halted over a scheme to steal supplies.^AP^
The new President of Gabon has visited the Congo's Prime Minister and President and is lobbying for the lifting of sanctions.^AN^
Ghana's president has called on ECOWAS to speak against term limit extensions, which are being used by various leaders to maintain power.^BNE^ The opposition has led protests to denounce the economic crisis, blaming it on the central bank governor's policies (inflation is at 40%).^AN^ Several Ghanaians linked to Wagner have been arrested for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government.^BNE^
The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is looking to boost Ivory Coast's trade links with Asia by upgrading 7000 km of roads to link the agricultural north with major export hubs on the coast.^SCMP^ The Prime Minister has been dismissed by the President and a new government is set to be formed.^AN^
Kenya has been hit by a record 860 million cyber-attacks in a year.^AN^ President Ruto is asking China for a $1 billion loan.^AN^
The Prime Minister of Libya has pledged to reform the education system.^TS^
The outgoing president of Madagascar and candidate for re-election, Rajoelina, has denounced the opposition after they claimed that Rajoelina was creating an institutional coup d'etat as the Prime Minister and his close friend was responsible for acting in the interim for the election period.^AN^ Madagascar's security forces have fired tear gas on the opposition candidates leading a protest in the capital.^AN^
Mali continues to battle Tuareg rebels as the latter claims to have seized another military base from the military.^DW^ The Malian army is moving northwards towards separatist strongholds, which could ultimately make or break the Malian government.^AN^
Morocco has begun providing money to families whose homes were destroyed in the earthquake.^AN^ Morocco has recorded over 11,000 marriages of underage girls annually; these are largely due to families needing to relieve themselves of financial stress and hardships, with the hope of securing additional income from the gifts received after marriage or financial assistance.^MEE^
Mozambique and Credit Suisse have settled the 'tuna bonds' row in an out-of-court settlement; Mozambique was suing the bank over bribery and fraud.^DW^
Algeria says that Niger accepted an Algerian mediation intiative to restore democratic rule within six months,^RT^ but Niger denies this.^Reuters^ France is to begin withdrawing its troops this week.^AN^ Reporters Without Borders has called for Niger's government to release a detained journalist.^AN^ 29 soldiers were killed by a large group of insurgents.^DW^ Niger has banned petroleum gas exports to combat a national shortage.^AN^
Nigeria's labour unions have suspended their call for a nationwide strike after the government announced some measures to compensate for the rising cost of living.^AN^ The government opposition is presenting evidence for its court challenge to overturn this year's elections, saying that Tinubu faked his academic credentials.^AN^
A covertly captured audio of Rwanda's high commissioner to the United Kingdom has revealed his criticisms of the UK's migration policy.^AN^ An article on mining in Rwanda, which produces much of the world's tantalum, a key element in military equipment - and the controversies surrounding it.^CD^
Senegal is maintaining its TikTok ban, demanding that the company sign an agreement for the creation of a mechanism to remove accounts.^AN^
The leader of the main opposition party in the Seychelles has been charged with witchcraft, as he possessed stones, small bottles of liquids, various powders, and documents containing language and symbols described as satanic.^AN^
Sierra Leona may lose hundreds of millions of dollars of aid as government activity halts following disputed elections this year.^FT^
Somalia is still occupied by US forces on the 30th anniversary of the Battle of Mogadishu (Black Hawk Down) without much to show for it.^RS^ Climate change exacerbates conflict in Somalia between clans, as they fight over grazing lands and water.^Nature^
South Africa has culled 7.5 million chickens to try and contain bird flu outbreaks.^AN^
South Sudan's president has sacked the central bank governor.^BNE^
Another Canadian mining company is claiming conpensation against Tanzania.^Bilaterals^
More political prisoners have announced hunger strikes in Tunisia in protest against the mass arrest of critics by President Saied.^MEE^ An opposition leader in Tunisia has been arrested.^AN^
Zimbabwe and a UAE company have signed a $1.5 billion memorandum of understanding; the deal will generate carbon credits and involves the forest protection of 20% of Zimbabwe's landmass.^BNE^ The government is enacting legislation to fight drug and substance abuse.^TS^
North America:
An article on the Canadian wildfires from a communist perspective.^RC^ Canadian cattle groups are angry at the UK for not accepting their hormone-fed beef.^Bilaterals^ There's a new centrist party, because all the other options are just so extremist and polarised, you know?^Jacobin^ An article on how various corporations have turned newspapers and media into propaganda weapons.^CD^ Some Toronto tenants have been on rent strike for months.^Jacobin^
CW: contains several mentions of the r-word, and descriptions of state-sanctioned sexual violence and forced stripping.
An essay on the obscene policies that US prisons have towards women, the 2023 winner of the Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize.
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Voters Have the Right to Be Dissatisfied with ‘Bidenomics’
The number of Americans facing a drop in incomes rose to 11.8% in September, from 10.7% in August.^RT^ The stock markets and Dow Jones were unrattled by the threatened shutdown, because they didn't care and knew that nothing bad would happen to them regardless.^PW^ Gaetz is attempting to oust McCarthy as House Speaker,^FT^ and has succeeded,^Advocate^ which is bad news for Ukraine^NC^ and is Putin's fault.^RT^ 80% of retired four-star generals and admirals went on to work in the arms sector as board members, advisers, lobbyists, or consultants.^RS^ Major US airlines are freaking out as a widely used jet engine may have been committing widespread safety-certification fraud.^RT^ NASA intends to continue cooperation with Russia.^RT^ Science agencies are on track for a 25-year funding low.^Nature^
The governor of California is replacing Dianne Feinstein's seat with Laphonza Butler, a queer black woman who is a unionist-turned-unionbuster.^Advocate^ The Mississippi river has reached record lows and saltwater is threatening to contaminate the water supply of New Orleans.^WSWS^ The Biden adminstration has decided to build Trump's wall after all.^PD^
An article on Guantanamo, at which 30 prisoners remain; 16 have been cleared for release but face challenges in actually transfering to other countries.
Latin America:
The Argentinian black market has surged.^MP^ The first presidential debate between the five contenders for the Argentinian presidency was held without any clear winners.^MP^ The UK Foreign Secretary is going off to the Falklands to assert their right to self-determination.^MP^
Brazil is desperately attempting to stop the water loss from the Amazon Basin, dredging the Madeira and Solimoes waterways which transport goods.^MP^ China and Brazil have completed a full transanction in local currencies for the first time.^CGTN^ Brazil reports a record trade surplus in Spetember.^MP^ Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen by 59%.^TS^
Chile has extended its state of emergency in the south of the country due to the "Mapuche conflict" involving indigenous communities, logging companies, and law enforcement.^MP^
Why were Cuban citizens tempted by Russian citizenship promises and high monthly salaries working for the Russian military? Those questions are totally irrelevant; Russia is bad and weak.[^FAIR^]9https://archive.ph/8HDa4)
Ecuador's presidential frontrunner, Noboa, is engaged in a court battle over the family bananas-to-banking conglomerate that has raised suspicions of potential conflicts of interests should he win the election.^FT^
Senior US officials met with Guatemala's president-elect Arevalo in Washington.^Reuters^ Protests in Guatemala intensify, demanding the resignation of senior prosecutors working to undermine Arevalo.^Reuters^
The UN has given the go-ahead to send peacekeepers to Haiti, with Russia and China abstaining.^MP^ Journalist Kim Ives has denounced this as illegal, that this will just create a huge mess, and that this is "black-face on a US-Canadian effort".^HL^ Jacobin also agrees.^Jacobin^ Haiti as Empire’s laboratory.
AMLO has condemned the plan to build a wall on the Texan border, saying it does not address the causes of illegal immigration.^CGTN^ Tensions rise in the Rio Grande basin as Mexican farmers prevented the delivery of reservoir water to Texas under a 1944 treaty.^ICN^
The US has expressed concern to Peru that China is gaining control of critical infrastructure, such as the electricity supply to Lima and a new megaport.^FT^
Uruguayan exports have fallen by 9% year-on-year and 18% so far in 2023.^MP^ Beef exports are down 31% in seven months.^MP^ Uruguay has sanctioned a Finnish paper company for spilling caustic soda into a watercourse.^MP^
The US is to restart deportation flights to Venezuela^DW^ after the Veneuzulean government decided to accept back their nationals.^TS^ US Academic Steve Ellner: ‘Venezuela needs more checks and balances to fight corruption and abuse of power’ The government has issued an arrest warrant for Guaido.^MP^ The PDVSA is replacing pipelines in Lake Maracaibo with Chinese technology, to prevent crude oil leaks and reduce environmental impact.^TS^ Venezuela and Russia have also strengthened oil co-operation.^TS^
War:
Poland and Ukraine have announced that they had agreed to speed up the transit of Ukrainian grain exports through Poland to third countries.^Euractiv^ Ukraine says that five more ships are on their way to Ukrainian sea ports using the new corridor established by the Ukrainian Navy (they still have a navy?).^CGTN^ EU foreign ministers have met in Kiev to show support.^Euractiv^ Ukraine Endgame Accelerates as Congress Denies Any Funding in Stopgap Bill and Fico Wins in Slovakia Vote. Slovakia has suspended military aid to Ukraine.^BNE^ The EU has passed a multi-year budget that locks in €50 billion for Ukraine until 2027.^BNE^ Ukraine could receive nearly $200 billion for the seven years after it joins the EU, if it ever does so.^FT^ Three major Chinese oil and gas conglomerates have been added to a Ukrainian list of "war sponsors", accused of helping Russia.^RT^ The G7 has restricted Russian diamonds of one carat and above processed by Indian cutters from entering its market, very politely telling India that they are allowed to sell them to other markets (India cuts and polishes 90% of the world's gems.^RT^
Russia's deputy PM has announced that another batch of Su-57 fighter jets has been delivered to Russian forces by manufacturers.^TS^ The UK suggested that they were sending troops directly into Ukraine (albeit to train soldiers there), Medvedev (rightfully) stated that they would be targets for strikes, and now the UK has backtracked.^Euractiv^ Putin orders regrouping of Wagner for combat missions. Zelensky has named a battalion after Evgeny Konovalets, a fascist sympathizer who led the Ukrainian nationalist insurgency in Poland during the 1920s.^RT^ Ukraine is trying to become a military production hub, as the obvious choice to place your factories is a country with a vulnerable electrical grid and a place where Russian missiles can hit anywhere with no chance of being stopped; Stalin should have placed all his factories on the German border during WW2.^BNE^ War Fatigue Complicates West’s Aid to Ukraine. Politico has stated that Europe has given all the military aid they can without endangering their own security (I expect they can be persuaded to give the rest in exchange for some Abrams and F-35 deals).^RT^ Will Ukraine's effort go bankrupt gradually...then suddenly? Leaked documents revealed an international censorship campaign funded by the British government to redefine "disinformation" to include factual criticism of the US military or NATO and then moderate that criticism using social media and digital market actors.^GZ^ The UK has warned Ukraine that Russia may attack Ukrainian cargo ships with sea mines, and the United States has sent 1 million rounds of ammunition that was seized from Iran in 2022.^DW^ A Russian strike has killed 51 people in a Ukrainian village, where soldiers were holding a wake while in the presence of civilians, getting them killed.^Euractiv^ Putin has claimed that Ukraine has lost 90,000 men since June, as well as nearly 2000 armored vehicles.^RT^
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China is urging Europe to open up to Chinese electric vehicles and 5G technology.^SCMP^ China's electric vehicles are so numerous and so affordable that they may leave Europe in the dust, with parallels to 1970s Japan.^FT^ China and Germany have agreed to expand mutual market access and strengthen co-operation in fiscal and financial areas,^CGTN^ which sounds a lot like the opposite of decoupling.^CGTN^ The West probably can't catch up with China in the critical minerals race,^CGS^ and would require close co-operation with Africa to achieve regardless.^CGS^ Australia concludes China decoupling is impossible after carrying out series of classified studies.^SCMP^ While Confucius Institutes Are Being Kicked Out of the Global North, They Remain Popular in the Global South After meeting with the US Guatemala's Arevalo wants to keep its Taipei ties while also seeking better relations with China, which sounds... impossible?^SCMP^ The US has sanctioned a China-based drug network over fentanyl.^SCMP^ The US is working to close loopholes on the rules that restrict shipments of semiconductor equipment to China, and further add restrictions.^SCMP^ The US has added 42 more Chinese companies to its economic blacklist, accusing them of aiding Russia in the war.^SCMP^
The UK defense minister announced the finalization of a £4 billion contract to commence work on a new nuclear-powered AUKUS attack submarine.^DW^ Japan will start purchasing Tomahawk missiles in 2025, a year earlier than planned.^RT^ The President of the Philippines has said that he is not looking for trouble with China, but has vowed to defend against incursions.^CGS^ Saudi Arabia and China are to hold joint naval exercises this month.^CGS^ China exhibition shows latest advances in drone technology, especially for military use.^SCMP^ The EU has drawn up a list of sensitive technologies to be carefully scrutinized for the risks they pose in rival hands (China, Russia, etc).^DW^
Labour:
Quebec public sector workers are getting ready for a general strike.^CD^ Workers in Manitoba are striking to fight wage repression.^Jacobin^ An article on scabs, and why they are illegal in British Columbia and Quebec.^LN^
Kaiser pharmacy workers in Oregon and Washington begin 21-day strike;^WSWS^ US labor upsurge grows as 75,000 healthcare workers plan strike.^PW^ The Illinois Nurses Association and other unions lobby for a state safe staffing law.^PW^ 300,000 workers are now on pick lines across America.^PW^ New Jersey nurses are two months into their strike for safe staffing.^LN^
University and College Union sabotages UK national higher education strike.^WSWS^
Thousands of doctors went on strike across Germany on Monday, complaining of bureaucracy and rising costs.^DW^
Left and Right:
Is capitalism in its terminal crisis now?^Jacobin^ A 1972 novel from a Greek leftist, Chakkas.^Jacobin^ An article on Bevins' new book "If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution".^SP^ Beware ideologies that tell you you're better than everyone else.^CA^ Destroy the gifted kid inside your own head. The priority must be to put Bush, Blair, and Cheney behind bars before Trump.^MPN^ Hey, don't forget Hillary Clinton! Reparations for Black Americans with William A. Darity.^MR^ French socialists are doing what socialists do best and splitting up their efforts from other left-wing parties.^Euractiv^
Conservative postliberalism is a complete dead end.^Jacobin^ For the Australian far right, aboriginal rights have always been synonymous with communism.^Jacobin^
LGBTQIA:
Content Warning - this section is not usually good news.
Olivia Hill has become the first out transgender elected official in Tennessee.^Advocate^ Florida's transgender bathroom ban has been challenged by a group of activists.^Advocate^ Providing gender-affirming care to youth in Oklahoma is now a felony.^Advocate^ Wisconsin's governor has vowed to veto anti-trans legislation.^Advocate^
Uganda's constitutional court is set to begin hearing three petitions challenging the anti-homosexuality law enacted in May.^AN^ The Mauritius Supreme Court has decriminalized gay sex.[^Advocate^](https://archive.ph/VOGsQ0 Hundreds of Muslims and conservative Christians in Kenya rallied against the Supreme Court to protest their decision to reaffirm the LGBTQIA+ community's right of association.^AN^
Pope Francis's stance on LGBTQIA+ people is being challenged by a group of five cardinals.^Advocate^ Pope Francis has indicated openness to blessing same-sex relationships, though has said these blessings should not become the norm and these unions should not be considered equivalent to marriage.^Advocate^
Climate:
Climate change has displaced 43 million children in 6 years.^AN^
Europe has just launched the world's first carbon tariff, in which foreign companies must now report all the greenhouse gas emissions associated with goods like cement, iron, steel, aluminium, fertilizers, hydrogen fuel, and electricity, and they will face an additional fee if they don't meet the emissions target; China and Russia are quite angry at this. In the US, there is some bipartisan support for a similar thing, though purely to spite China and not out of any environmental concern.^ICN^ The IMF has said that developing countries need $2 trillion in annual climate investments, and that the majority must come from the private sector.^EN^
September was world's hottest on record by an 'extraordinary' margin.^EN^ Ozone hole over Antarctica grows to one of the largest on record.^ABC^
Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass LNG plant has been in an unusually long testing phase, prompting suspicion that it is using it to sell LNG on the spot market for a much higher price than if the plant was fully operational.^DS^
In Nepal, vulture colonies seen to hold stable amid old and new threats.^MB^ Scores of Amazonian dolphins have died in the severe drought and heat.^DW^ 2 in 5 amphibians are still in trouble from habitat loss and climate change.^SCMP^ Desert bats are under severe threat, with disease killing millions of bats in the US and wind turbines killing half a million every year.^ICN^
Architect of India’s Green Revolution, agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan passes away.^MB^
How damaged are coral reefs? I dive to investigate climate change. Researchers warn against solely measuring the worth of a forest by its carbon content, and instead putting some focus on increasing biodiversity for ecosystem restoration.^ICN^ Rock organic carbon oxidation CO2 release offsets silicate weathering sink.^Nature^
Public inquiry into foreign interference in elections should target Big Oil. Cop28 boss’ appeal to raise climate targets met with total indifference.^CCN^ Insurance companies are still backing US coal mines despite promising not to.^DS^ But they promised! Well, there's nothing more we can do; forcing them to stop doing it would be flagrant authoritarianism. Much of the pushback to wind turbines come from white, wealthy residents.^ICN^
An article on the history of the Amazon rainforest, and its use as a release valve for governments to exploit instead of doing any actual reform.^Resumen^ Global warming has increased day-to-day rainfall variability in tropical and mid-latitude regions over the past 40 years.^Nature^
Pope Francis has blamed irresponsible Western lifestyles for climate change. I mean, yes, but we saw during the lockdowns that even massive, global changes in lifestyles barely mattered in reducing carbon emissions; it's the corporations that are doing it.^ICN^
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Science and Technology:
Grape DNA reveals the true origins of wine. How women’s bodies evolved.^Nature^ Nobel Prize awarded to pioneering mRNA scientists who helped develop COVID vaccines.^WSWS^
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for studies into electrons.^DW^ Huge new satellite outshines nearly every star in the sky, with more bright satellites to come.^Nature^
We have another case of fusion generating more energy than the lasers required.^Science^
A good, scientific, and comprehensive article on the Fukushima water release, putting the radioactivity into (much-needed) context.^Science^
Miscellaneous Analysis:
Economic analysis by Michael Roberts, this time on shadow banks.
What Pressure Produces: The Generative Aspects of Pressure amidst Urban Displacement in Dakar
The Yield on 10-Year Treasury Notes Hits a 16-Year High; Stocks Lose Ground in 8 of Last 10 Sessions; Treasury Announces Buybacks of Its Own Debt
Dipshittery and Cope:
Russia deploys punishment battalions in echo of Stalin.
To tackle Putin’s dark oil fleet, enforcement needs to be stepped up.
How to lock in support for Ukraine for the long haul.
Global carbon pricing has a bright future.
IMF likely overestimating China’s economic growth prospects, US analyst says; growth above 3% is unlikely for China into the medium term and beyond.^SCMP^
Why the ‘Global South’ isn’t running the IMF. Have you considered that it's actually YOUR fault for being in massive, crushing debt that we deliberately saddled you with after destroying your economies?
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