BREAKING 🚨: The Earth’s core confirmed to have ‘reversed’ its spin.
Yes, the ground beneath your feet quietly changed direction and nobody told you.
For decades, scientists assumed Earth’s inner core rotated slightly faster than the rest of the planet, spinning independently… https://t.co/yFjaJOni2R pic.twitter.com/7gBVIKyyaJ
— The Curious Tales (@thecurioustales) March 10, 2026
This 2-pound dinosaur is rewriting what scientists know about evolution Science Daily (Kevin W)
#COVID-19/Pandemics
Where have all the Long COVID clinics gone? The Sick Times
Climate/Environment
‘Exceptional’ wetness points to climate change future, say scientists Financial Times
Will there be a super El Niño later this year? Here’s what that would mean. Washington Post
Here’s a new look at SSTs, now including the official boundaries for «Gobsmacking Bananas,» «Uncharted Territory» and «Totally F&%ked».
Look at 1998/99, 2016/17 and 2024/25. This is what to expect in 2027/28 if a monster El Nino comes to pass later this year. pic.twitter.com/riVzfVtLll
— Prof. Eliot Jacobson (@EliotJacobson) March 8, 2026
How a shift in the Gulf Stream could signal the collapse of a major ocean current system PhysOrg
Global fatal landslides in 2025 Eos
The Iran War is also a climate war EnergyMix
FWIW, not where I am, have yet to use air con. Our hottest time is now-ish through the start of rainy season in early May:
Record heat never ends in CHINA
Another avalanche of records for early March with the heat expected to increase next days.
Even Mongolian highlands can record 20C again on Thursday.
Record heat has been sweeping all Central,South,Southeast Asia for weeks. https://t.co/s4KW9O35XK— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) March 10, 2026
U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters in 2025 Climate Central
Colorado River may deliver just a third of normal water supplies this spring, projections show Greeley Tribune
China?
No Magnets, No Drones: How China Controls the Future of Warfare OilPrice (resilc)
Goodbye, Taiwan China Talk
China stands to gain from US moving military assets for Iran war: cross-strait adviser South China Morning Post
Africa
Hunger crisis is set to get worse in west and central Africa – why and what to do about it The Conversation
South of the Border
US and Ecuadorian militaries burn homes and torture workers in “Operation Total Extermination” WSWS (Micael T)
European Disunion
Oil and gas industry urge EU to pause methane emissions law Reuters
Greenland’s Untested Oil Basin Could Be the Next Big Discovery OilPrice
The Dutch ruling elite, its royals, and the war against Iran WSWS (Micael T)
Old Blighty
The HMS Dragon row: why has it taken so long to get a UK destroyer to Cyprus? Guardian (Kevin W)
Israel v. The Resistance
Λοιπόν κυκλοφορεί ότι ο Τραμπ θέλει τώρα να σταματήσει όπως όπως τον πόλεμο που αυτός ξεκίνησε.
Κι αφού οι στρατιωτικές βάσεις των ΗΠΑ έγιναν στάχτη και οι Αμερικάνοι στρατιώτες αποχώρησαν από αυτές.
Κι αφού για μέρες μιλούσε για συντριπτική ήττα του Ιράν και για βέβαιη αλλαγή…
— Γρηγόρης Αρετάκης Greg Aretakis 格雷格·阿雷塔基斯 (@blackbatmarx) March 9, 2026
During the last war, Israel killed so many paramedics that occasionally I would meet one at a funeral and a day or a week later, I’d be going to his funeral. In watched them bury their colleagues and then go right back to work saving lives. I even once helplessly witnessed a… https://t.co/ZRO76ryfe9 pic.twitter.com/7gXGTNmjBq
— courtneybonneauimages (@cbonneauimages) March 11, 2026
Pentagon burned through $5.6B in munitions in first 2 days of Iran war The Hill
Charlie Foxtrot Julian Macfarlane. There are cluster bombs and cluster bombs….
U.S. Begins Withdrawing THAAD Missile Defence Systems From South Korea to Replenish Losses in War with Iran Military Watch
‘No endgame’: Why US Democrats say Iran war hearing has them worried Aljazeera
The US is asking Romania to deploy additional forces for strikes on Iran TopWar. Micael T:
So now they up-the-ante against Russia. The installations in Poland and Romania were to defend against Iran but everybody knows the installations are against Russia.
Iranian drones are shooting down interceptors Not the other way around. Kevin Walmsley (Kevin W)
Why are ships linked to China getting through the Strait of Hormuz? FRANCE 24 English, YouTube (resilc)
‘Swinging into action:’ The Saudi Arabian pipeline designed to bypass Hormuz Middle East Eye. resilc: “Puts the Houthis back in play.”
Hormuz closure would cost Gulf states average 3.8% of GDP, Marex warns as Bahrain most exposed BNE Intellinews
Shia uprising erupts in Bahrain YouTube (resilc)
New Not-So-Cold War
🇷🇺🇺🇦🚨 URGENT: Ukraine now controls only 15–17% of Donetsk region. Down from 25% just six months ago.
Putin noted the shift. The numbers don’t lie. The front is moving.
While the West talks victory, the map tells the truth. Territory lost. Momentum shifting.
The war they said… pic.twitter.com/iETB8rgScz
— New Direction AFRICA (@Its_ereko) March 10, 2026
Ukraine says it has hit Russian ‘missile component’ plant BBC
Mass Ukrainian Drone Raid Hits Chemical Plant in Tolyatti, Mariupol Ammo Depot Kyiv Post
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
>Israel Googling Real Names of Anonymous X Users Consortium News (Kevin W). This is so evil
FBI Investigates Breach That May Have Hit Its Wiretapping Tools The Register
German Publishers Push Regulators To Fine Apple Over App Tracking Transparency 9to5Mac
Imperial Collapse Watch
A Farewell To Arms Supplies Aurelien
As U.S. Military Threats and Actions Escalate, Coalition Calls for Ending Preparations for a Military Draft Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
From Suez to Hormuz: parallels in imperial overreach Asia Times (Kevin W)
Trump 2.0
Unpacking Hegseth’s Propaganda on Targeting Civilians Ryan Goodman
Bondi Is Said to Move to Military Housing Because of Threats New York Times (resilc). BWAHAHA.
MAGA war skeptics rage over Lindsey Graham Politico (Kevin W)
Hegseth warns Russia as signs point to Moscow sharing intel with Iran Fox News (Kevin W). BWHAHAHA
RFK Jr. to Undergo Surgery MedPage Today. For his brain worms?
GOP Clown Car
Rand Paul: Midterms will be ‘disastrous’ for Republicans The Hill
L’affaire Epstein
Epstein’s ‘Zorro Ranch’ under investigation in New Mexico Anadolu Agency
Jeffrey Epstein had two key aides – why do they still control his money and secrets? BBC (Paul R)
A top biotech VC quietly helped Epstein’s ‘great friend’ make a comeback STAT
AI
“A spate of outages, including incidents tied to the use of AI coding tools”, right on schedule Gary Marcus
Without effective regulation of AI, society is facing a head-on collision with a driverless car Guardian
Meta Acquires Moltbook, the Social Network For AI Agents Axios
How AI Assistants Are Moving the Security Goalposts Brian Krebs
The Bezzle
The Next Domino: The Liquidity Trap Ryan Perkins. Important. Private credit as a potential crisis detonator (or accelerant, given the Iran war givens)
Bill Ackman Details Plan to Take Hedge-Fund Firm, New Fund Public Simultaneously Wall Street Journal. Lisa T:
Bill Ackman taking Pershing Square public is like Godzilla coming out into Tokyo Bay to make a profit, right before everything turns to shit. Based on his big, histrionic performance on CNBC at the start of the pandemic, in the day before the markets crashed, if he’s taking his company public, can’t be long now. He went on wailing about the pandemic and his vulnerable father and it was quite the performative performance. Sheesh. Settle down, dude. Watching it, I was thinking, he’s deliberately trying to drive the market down.
Bill Ackman Wants Your Money Again Matt Levine
Are Prediction Markets Actually Good for Journalism? Columbia Journalism Review. No. The betters have to be either very knowledgeable or if a political topic, representative. Look at Brexit. Prediction markets are at best a useful foil or aside in a proper piece….save for insider trading type activity
Guillotine Watch
Forbes World’s Billionaires List: The Top 200 Forbes (Kevin W)
Antidote du jour (via):
And a bonus (Robert H):
🐪🇴🇲 Camel cooling off in the sea in Salalah village, Dhofar, Oman pic.twitter.com/DVV5DdPa7a
— MENA Visuals (@menavisualss) March 10, 2026
A second, atypical bonus from John U:
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
