Climate/Environment
Climate change’s hidden cost: Mental health crisis among Montana’s farmers and ranchers Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Early ‘Forever Chemicals’ Exposure Could Impact Economic Success in Adulthood, Study Says Guardian
Japan EV Sales Plummet 33% in 2024, First Decline in Four Years Nikkei
South Korean Battery Giants Face Steep Losses Amid Global EV Slowdown Korea Bizwire
China?
China to keep tapping coal to meet its energy security needs Mining Weekly
India
India’s Payments Push is Cutting Out Visa and Mastercard Techcrunch
Africa
Mozambique’s default risk rises as unrest persists Semafor
Zambia’s currency stuck at record low as drought persists Reuters
The Zambian Debt Default: A Structuralist Perspective Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
South of the Border
A Sinkhole Is Threatening to Consume Ecuador’s Main Source of Power Bloomberg
European Disunion
Germany records highest company insolvencies since financial crisis Reuters
Israel v. The Resistance
Loss of Syria and financial stress preclude Iranian strike on Israel, generals say Iran International. Note this differs from what other experts have said. Disinfo? Internal debates?
New Not-So-Cold War
European imports of liquefied natural gas from Russia at ‘record levels’ Guardian
Imperial Collapse Watch
Crippling Conditions: The IMF and Global Inequality Harvard International Review
False-flagging surges as global conflicts stoke shipping fraud Tradewinds News
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked To Spy On Your Location 404media
Trump 2.0
Trump sentencing: Judge gives Trump ‘unconditional discharge’ to respect presidency ABC. Lambert covered in Water Cooler…
Why does Trump want Greenland? Resource-rich country has a key place due to climate change EuroNews
Our No Longer Free Press
What happens when someone subpoenas Cloudflare to unmask a blogger? This… The Register
AI
Biden to further limit Nvidia AI chip exports in final push Bloomberg
Wall Street Job Losses May Top 200,000 as AI Replaces Roles Bloomberg
The Bezzle
DOJ Cleared To Sell $6.5 Billion In Bitcoin Seized From Silk Road Cryptobriefing
I’ve been wanting to time travel recently…
I’ve been doing it recently, but haven’t managed much more than about 60 mins/hour. I can’t really recommend it.
I’ve been doing it in the future, and now i’m here.
200,000 job losses on Wall Street?
I am finding it extremely difficult to feel the slightest sympathy.