Do cats fart? An investigation into the mysteries of feline flatulence Scientific American
Bunnies bunnying – the medieval mystical concept of “Natur naturans” Sacred Images Project (Micael T)
World’s Loudest Shout By A Female | Guinness World Records YouTube
How To Be An Excellent Person Classical Wisdom (Micael T)
#COVID-19/Pandemics
The economic benefits of the covid vaccines may be double what we thought New Scientist (Dr. Kevin)
Climate/Environment
Across a Fevered Pacific Ocean, Seabirds Are Starving National Geographic
Right Whale Die-Off in Argentina Spreads to Adults as Scientists Test Water and Shellfish for Red Tide Toxins Nature World News
Antarctica’s permafrost is emitting worrying amounts of CO2 New Scientist
Northern permafrost greening masks declining plant resilience, study finds PhysOrg
Extreme Heat Pushes Pyrenees Glaciers Toward Extinction Telesur
Extreme flooding in the Southwest foreshadows a wild El Niño winter Grist
Tijuana River Wastewater Chemicals Are Now Detected in San Diego’s Air Gadget Review
Flesh‑eating screwworm is spreading in the US, threatening livestock and wildlife – hunters can be the first line of defense The Conversation. Eeew.
Water
World’s wettest rainstorms are getting wetter, affecting flood and drought risk Guardian
China?
Is Lula’s upset win also a victory for Chinese firms in Brazil? South China Morning Post
China’s property starts plunge to 2002 levels Splash247
Surveying The U.S. Debate on Taiwan Policy The East is Read
India
The Global Diamond Industry Is Changing, India Is Paying The Price
Southeast Asia
Indonesia deploys 20,000 soldiers as wiretapping scandal erupts Financial Times
Africa
Russia-Africa Summit: What is on the agenda, and why does it matter? Aljazeera (Robin K)
‘Fighting won’t stop’: Ethiopia clashes drive thousands into Kenya Africa News
Severe fuel crisis suffocates Sudan, threatens famine and economic collapse Sudan Tribune
South of the Border
US issues new Cuba sanctions, takes aim at sectors of Cuban economy Reuters
European Disunion
EU-China truce under strain as both sides brace for potential trade war Financial Times
Schools as accomplices: Increasingly frequent visits by German Armed Forces soldiers Nachdenkseiten via machine translation (Micael T)
Protesters march in cities across France as unions stage general strike Guardian
Old Blighty
Supreme Court Palestine Action Hearing Day One Craig Murray
Christmas tree shortage warning as record-breaking summer heat kills thousands of young trees London Loves Business
AQA to develop GCSE Ukrainian (Colonel Smithers)
Millions of Dollars Pouring into UK Democracy from Trump’s America DeSmog
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
The UK’s new porn law is not about porn, it’s about mass surveillance Council Estate Media
Israel v. The Neighborhood
Why Israel’s election was a moment of Palestinian unity The Cradle
Israeli air strikes target Lebanon’s Nabatieh, Tyre districts Middle East Eye
Israeli army raids southern Syria’s Quneitra countryside Anadolu Agency
Iran War
Latest U.S. Strikes on Qeshm Island Hit Fishermen Who Clung to Wreckage for Hours DropSite. War crimes ‘r’ us.
Trump confirms new US strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island Aljazeera
We called a Trump TACO last week. Weirdly no mention of Mr. Market but maybe he was the elephant in the room:
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 I spent today on calls with sources on both sides of this war… Trump came within one last-minute «no» of restarting it
Here’s the rest of what they told me…
Trump sat in the Situation Room two days running with strikes fully staged.
Embassies were packing, Iraq closed its airspace, even Cyprus was calling around.
He walked out and said NOT YET.
The White House is now three camps: Rubio and Bessent want the blockade and the status quo, Vance and Witkoff want a deal, and CENTCOM’s commander leads the finish-it camp, which is losing its pull.
Swapping Susie Wiles for Stephen Miller, who pitched the job on winding the war down, is one of the clearest signs yet.
The talks were the real story. This morning Bloomberg had a breakthrough close.
By afternoon, two sources on opposite sides of the table told me within ten minutes of each other that it had collapsed.
The Qataris are furious at Iranian stubbornness, and the sticking point is sequencing: sanctions can come back tomorrow, but uranium shipped abroad and inspectors inside bombed sites can’t be undone, so Tehran won’t move first.
Make no mistake, Trump calls the shots here, not Netanyahu… and today he stepped back from the edge.
He’ll be asked again soon… what matters is who’s in the room when he is.
@WeTheBrandon
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) November 7, 2026
BREAKING: Iran has now begun distributing iodine tablets to residents living near nuclear facilities—including the heavily fortified Pickaxe Mountain complex—as Tehran prepares for the possibility of radioactive fallout from a U.S. strike, per The Times.
An Iranian Health Ministry official confirmed the distribution, saying: «Yes, we are distributing iodine. During every war, we have tried to distribute it within a two-to-three-kilometre radius of nuclear facilities. Trump can no longer be trusted. He may go through with this crime.» The tablets are being handed out alongside survival advice to communities near atomic sites, with particular attention to Pickaxe Mountain.
— The Hormuz Report (@HormuzReport) November 6, 2026
Time is closing in for a Netanyahu-Trump last roll of the dice Conflicts Forum
Iranian missiles will reach Europe in case of new US-Israeli aggression, lawmaker warns PressTV
As RBN said : “They-don’t-fucking-know!!!”
Rewards for Justice is offering a reward of up to $20 million and possible relocation for information about Iran’s nuclear program, including its facilities, equipment, and associated personnel, such as those in the scientific community, or the movement of any of the above.
Submit a tip: https://t.co/A8uRQJSosj
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) November 7, 2026
Erm, if they are to be put to use immediately, this transfer would seem to require Russians to operate them:
BREAKING: Russia and Iran are in direct talks over the transfer of advanced S-400 air-defense systems to Tehran, alongside ongoing Russian shipments of drone components and MANPADS, per The Telegraph.
SNSC Secretary Mohsen Rezaei reportedly delivered the S-400 request directly to Putin during Thursday’s Kremlin meeting, carrying a personal letter from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
The broader package includes ongoing shipments of fiber-optic drone components and Verba MANPADS—part of a €495 million arms contract signed in December 2025 for 500 launchers and 2,500 missiles. The report directly contradicts Trump’s public claim that Russia is providing “no help” to Iran.
— The Hormuz Report (@HormuzReport) November 6, 2026
New Not-So-Cold War
Zelensky wants another $175bn for 2027: Europe doesn’t have it Ian Proud
Russia, Ukraine escalate mutual strikes in Black Sea Bastille Post
Zelenskyy says Russia has damaged ‘every power plant’ as he seeks Latin American help Guardian
Mafia state Events in Ukraine
Imperial Collapse Watch
Hospitals Are So Crowded Patients Spend 24 Hours in the E.R. Hallways Wall Street Journal
Trump 2.0
What Trump picking Stephen Miller for chief of staff signals about his agenda PBS
Susie Wiles and her close aide were screamed at and kicked out of the Oval Office by President Trump last night, according to Real America’s Voice correspondent Neil McCabe. This was after the President became aware of Susie’s efforts to scapegoat Pete Hegseth for the midterm catastrophe and her leaking info about him to the media.
Presidential Personnel Office (PPO) Deputy Director Morgan DeWitt-Snow was also shouted at by Trump and followed Susie Wiles out of the Oval. Morgan controls staffing for the Trump administration.
Morgan DeWitt-Snow is a Susie Wiles loyalist and donated to Mike Pence’s failed 2024 presidential campaign.
Follow: @AFpost
— AF Post (@AFpost) November 7, 2026
Hegseth expands National Guard presence in DC Politico
NUREMBERG V2.0: THE FUCKENING I Fucking Love Australia
Judge blocks Trump arch hours after federal panel approval ABC
Top prosecutor in office that housed Trump’s ‘grand conspiracy’ probe resigns from DOJ The Hill
Can Hegseth Survive His Own War Policies? /Lt Col Daniel Davis YouTube
Midterms Post Mortem
Turnout among Black voters surged in the Deep South G. Elliott Morris
America’s Backlash Against Oligarchy Paul Krugman
Elections Have Consequences, 2026 Edition
Elizabeth Warren’s Power in New Senate Is a Wall Street Nightmare Wall Street Journal. No archived version
Schumer, Jeffries ON THE ROPES After Mass Defections w/ David Sirota Breaking Points
How to investigate Jared Kushner Popular Information
National health experts dissect election wins, effects on healthcare policy Kansas Reflector (Robin K)
How Democrats’ midterm wins reshape Farm Bill politics New Lede
Michigan’s Common-Sense Rebuke of Middle East Warmongers American Conservative (resilc)
What El-Sayed’s Win Really Means Daniel Larison
Don’t Read The Mandate Down Brian Beutler (resilc)
Our No Longer Free Press
‘RIP Salon’: After 31 Years, Independent News Outlet Goes Dark Common Dreams
Political Journalists in Disarray Columbia Journalism Review
Mr. Market Calls the Waaambulance
China puts IPOs on hold as stock market sell-off deepens amid AI bubble burst International Finance
The AI sell-off compared to well-known stock market crashes Company Tracker (Paul R)
Economy
US inflation is still too high Bloomberg
Banks are turning cautious on lending, according to the Fed. What it means for the US economy CNBC
Trump diesel deal with Russia falters as US fuel supplies hit 20-year low Financial Times
U.S. Refineries Make Dramatic Shift Away From Gasoline OilPrice
Full Refineries, Empty Tanks Larry Johnson
AI
A delivery robot caused a crash that injured nine. Then it fled Futurism
Activists across Europe prepare two days of protests against datacentres Guardian
AI is barely boosting productivity, says Bank of England Telegraph
Hedge funds dump AI-debt in massive sell-off Bloomberg
Around 100 Protesters Break Into Microsoft Data Centre Site as Amsterdam Protest Escalates | AC1B YouTube (resilc)
Per Bloomberg, Microsoft is winding down its deal with Oracle to rent AI cloud compute, saying that «the computing Microsoft was renting became less useful because it no longer fit the company’s specifications.» https://t.co/d0IKhUSnph
— Ed Zitron (@edzitron) November 6, 2026
The Bezzle
SpaceX Default Risk Hits Fresh Peak as Tech-Led Selloff Builds Bloomberg
RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly Absurd Wired (resilc)
Guillotine Watch
The great disaster divide: How the super-rich are profiting from global climate suffering Climate Change News
How Texas Can Put Elon Musk in Prison Chris Armitage
Elon Musk’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day Caleb Ecarma
Class Warfare
The inexorable rise of NIMBY psychosis M.F. Robbins
Antidote du jour (via):
And a bonus:
This is Mutobo, the Silverback Gorilla. He is dismantling a poachers snare.
Gorillas have not only learned to recognize traps, but have begun to disarm them as well to keep others safe. https://t.co/4UwjxeSVRs
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 4, 2026
A second bonus:
At a zoo in Germany, a lion cub fell into a pond. Its mother immediately rushed in to rescue it, but the father seemed to have other ideas.
The fury of the lioness… https://t.co/kVzfuLuC5D
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 4, 2026
And a third:
Ever since I got a cat, personal space has completely vanished from my dictionary 🐾😂 https://t.co/3KT4umQMfz
— Snowy ❄️ Eyes That Steal Hearts 💙 (@Mrsnowyycat) November 2, 2026
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
