Golf’s cruelest second: The physics behind the ‘lip out’ phenomenon PhysOrg. An IgNobel prize contender?
2.7-million-year-old instruments reveal humanity’s first nice innovation ScienceDaily (Kevin W)
Canterbury Cathedral: the concept of a sacred constructing nonetheless issues Hilary White (Micael T)
“Good Heavens what insect can suck it?” Brian Klaas (Micael T)
Retire statistical significance! Lars P. Syll
#COVID-19/Pandemics
Utilizing surveillance information from the CDC for notifiable infectious ailments, researchers in Science have made a complete statistical evaluation of the oblique affect of the COVID-19 pandemic on a spread of infections occurring within the U.S.
Be taught extra: https://t.co/pYyS9Xz3QV pic.twitter.com/lJeHf5BLRQ
— Science Journal (@ScienceMagazine) November 5, 2025
COVID-19 is spreading once more — how critical is it and what are the signs? Nature
Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:
“I am doing a play proper now so I can’t get sick… I’ve had COVID sufficient in my life, I do not want to do this once more. So I am carrying this for well being causes.”
Thanks Tom! Masks are a key a part of public well being. pic.twitter.com/DJhzaRbvPf
— Dr. Fortunate Tran (@luckytran) November 4, 2025
Local weather/Surroundings
Six radical methods to chill the planet The Occasions
Breaking Information!
Code UFB!!!The three-year imply charge of atmospheric CO2 progress simply hit a brand new file excessive, reaching a progress charge of seven.88 ppm per 3 years for October, 2025. This breaks the earlier file excessive of seven.83 ppm per 3 years, from February, 2019.
Web-Zero by 2050? pic.twitter.com/Bv1jf3b7r2
— Prof. Eliot Jacobson (@EliotJacobson) November 1, 2025
Antarctic Glacier Noticed the Quickest Retreat In Fashionable Historical past CNN
Lethal Rivers within the Sky Washington Submit. We’ve had a really moist and lengthy wet season right here. And it’s been weirdly cool.
The extent of anomalies within the Northern Hemisphere is insane, we’re previous the 2023/2024 anomalies and the +1C vs 1991/2020
Be aware specifically the anomalies from 30N to 80N: It is brutal and there may be not a little bit of hype right here.
It’s what it’s: insaneMaps kudos:Tropicaltibit & Ryan Maue pic.twitter.com/iP1iRrHiHt
— Excessive Temperatures Round The World (@extremetemps) November 3, 2025
Storm warning in Brazil and Paraguay: gusts of wind and hail trigger large injury International Imaginative and prescient
How a hotter world is making being pregnant riskier Monetary Occasions
Water
Continental Drying: A Risk to Our Widespread Future World Financial institution
India’s digital thirst: Information centres are rising in water-scarce areas — and locals are paying the worth Right down to Earth
Iraq going through ‘worst drought season’ since its institution: MP New Area
Solely three to 5 years left to avoid wasting Gorgan Gulf, watchdog warns Iran Worldwide
China?
China Fields World’s First Stealth Fighters Geared up For Air Defence Suppression Navy Watch
Why local weather change now threatens China’s future Economist
Indonesia’s China-backed bullet prepare derailed by mounting debt Monetary Occasions
Koreas
US points new North Korea sanctions, pressures UNSC to observe go well with The Cradle (Kevin W)
Africa
Tons of feared lifeless in days of protests after disputed Tanzanian elections Sky
Hunger as a weapon of conflict: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray The Dialog
O Canada
TMX Opens Asia Route As Canadian Crude Reductions Slim OilPrice (resilc)
European Disunion
Germany is arming itself to the tooth to remodel Europe once more Telegraph
FT: How Friedrich Merz is testing Germany’s endurance Worldwide Affairs (Micael T)
Paris’s futile efforts: why is French military-technical cooperation with its allies failing? NEO (Micael T)
Outdated Blighty
Anxious Aston residents put together for Villa’s match towards Maccabi Tel Aviv Guardian
EXCLUSIVE: We are able to reveal the police evaluation behind the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv followers discovered a whole bunch of them in Amsterdam have been “linked to the IDF”.
Dutch police mentioned they have been “skilled fighters”, “extremely organised” and “intent on inflicting critical violence”.
Full story beneath pic.twitter.com/e7323vPR85
— Imran Mulla (@Imran_posts) November 4, 2025
Israel v. The Resistance
The Israeli military has launched raids and intensive artillery shelling whereas finishing up demolitions in southern Gaza amid the continuing ceasefire.
🔴 Observe our LIVE protection ⤵️ https://t.co/0HtlbtBAZX
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) November 5, 2025
Gaza Ceasefire Phantasm: The Artwork of Turning Truces into Tactical Pauses twenty first Century Wire
Cash, mercenaries and mayhem: How Israel and UAE are investing in regional chaos Center East Eye (resilc)
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New Not-So-Chilly Battle
American nazis in Kyiv Occasions in Ukraine
Pentagon Concedes Russian Risk as Trump-Period Coverage Store Faces Revolt in Senate Listening to Kyiv Submit
Imperial Collapse Watch
The New Actuality of Battle – Russian Assume Tank Evaluation Simplicius. A should learn. Implications manner past the Ukraine battle.
How Many Extra Cloud Scares Does Europe Want? Venture Syndicate
Our $100,000 GMC is Whole Rubbish YouTube (resilc)
Operating it again with higher requirements! These firms have some explaining to do! YouTube (resilc)
Trump 2.0
An Anarchist’s Conviction Provides a Grim Foreshadowing of Trump’s Battle on the ‘Left’ Wired (resilc)
Why the Hell Did JD Vance and Erika Kirk Hug Like That? New Republic
Dick Cheney, Good Riddance
Cheney, architect of limitless conflict, helped kill our religion in leaders Accountable Statecraft (resilc)
Dick Cheney Proves Outdated Proverb is True Larry Johnson
Shutdown
Military charity affords grants to troopers lacking SNAP funds Process & Function. resilc: “When does the fragging begin?”
Democrat Loss of life Want
Zohran Mamdani wins New York as Democratic US electoral sweep offers blow to Donald Trump Monetary Occasions. Lead story. No archived model but. Trump is managing to rescue the Democrats from themselves, at the least to this point. Given Trump’s propensity to violence to reassert his manhood, this end result just about ensures extra home thuggery and will increase the chances of some kind of motion versus Venezuela.
Democrats Dent Trump’s Coalition With Three Huge Election Wins Wall Road Journal. Lead story. No archived model but.
Trump blames shutdown for Republicans’ election losses to Democrats Axios
The Democratic Institution’s Rip-off: Fake Populism Corbin Trent (resilc)
Bernie Sanders: ‘There Ain’t A lot of a Democratic Occasion’ New York Occasions (resilc)
Democrats brace for Nancy Pelosi’s potential retirement NBC
California voters approve new US Home map to spice up Democrats in 2026 Related Press (Kevin W). A uncommon and efficient present of muscle.
Hakeem Jeffries Says Trump Is Operating “Pedophile Safety Program” New Republic. resilc: “we are going to see how Hakeem sings when Billy Clinton is on the listing…..”
Mamdani. Secret is that he obtained 50.3% of the vote. Despite the fact that a naked majority, it’s a majority, so he can’t be depicted as probably not representing the need of NYC voters. And this regardless of billionaire and Zionist opposition and the Democrats starting from not supporting him to opposing him. Please make sure you take a look at right now’s Espresso Break, since I’m extremely assured that Nat will cowl it, having been nearly alone in highlighting the significance of the NYC mayor’s race earlier than Mamdani turned a critical contender.
Mamdani seals outstanding victory – however actual challenges await BBC. Dependence on New York State and Federal funding, which can be utilized to jerk Mamdani round, is one:
Zohran Mamdani is elected NYC mayor, defeating Andrew Cuomo in historic win Gothamist
Mamdani wins: How a democratic socialist toppled the Empire State machine Salon
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed methods of the Democratic get together Guardian (Kevin W)
Our No Longer Free Press
A low-stakes important considering train for on-line media Libre Options Community (Micael T)
The Battle Occasion Is Out of Ideological Ammunition Antiwar (resilc). Extra on the Zionists hating on Tucker
A Journalist Requested Why Israel Isn’t Paying to Rebuild Gaza. It Value Him His Job. Intercept
Mr. Market is Moody
Tech and chip shares tumble throughout Asia as traders rethink the AI growth Enterprise Insider
Repo Market Liquidity Pressures Made Worse by Authorities Shutdown, however the Fed’s SRF Did its Job and Went Again to Sleep Wolf Richter
Banking System Vulnerability: 2025 Replace Liberty Road Economics
Economic system
Why the Administration Is Glad To not See the October Employment Numbers Menzie Chinn
Mapped: GDP Development by U.S. State (1990-2024) Visible Capitalist (resilc)
AI
Right here’s How the AI Crash Occurs The Atlantic (Paul R)
‘Godfather of AI’ says tech giants can’t revenue from their astronomical investments except human labor is changed Fortune (resilc)
The police’s new software: AI-generated youngster porn Aftonbladet by way of machine translation (Micael T)
Amazon sues Perplexity over ‘agentic’ procuring software Reuters
Coca-Cola’s New AI Vacation Advert Is a Sloppy Eyesore The Verge
The Bezzle
They survived the hurricane. Their insurance coverage firm didn’t. Grist
Waymo To Increase Robotaxi Service To Las Vegas, San Diego and Detroit Subsequent 12 months Reuters
Class Warfare
Prime 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in previous yr – report Guardian (resilc)
Non-public fairness corporations are snapping up cell dwelling parks − and driving out the residents who can least afford to lose them The Dialog
Kraft Heinz Says Customers CUTTING Staples From Grocery Cart Breaking Factors. We posted on Kraft Heinz’s woes earlier than. It’s not simply rising shopper stress but additionally those that have the price range room selecting more healthy choices. However this section has different factoids that reveal how widespread belt-tightening is.
Antidote du jour (by way of):
And a bonus:
The aged canine is pressured to do water aerobics and is preventing a sedentary way of life towards the treadmill.
— The Greatest (@Thebestfigen) October 8, 2025
A second bonus:
This man is bottle-feeding child deer fawnspic.twitter.com/O85KAY6XPy
— Wolf of X (@tradingMaxiSL) November 4, 2025
And a 3rd:
This Snow Leopard caught on a path cam pic.twitter.com/XFAQbYsMqJ
— Nature is Wonderful ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) November 3, 2025
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here
