The secret to a good night’s rest? Let sleeping dogs lie — next to you NBC News
The radical idea that temperature sets when we sleep BBC
When antibiotics stop working The Ecologist
Yet, Bitter Taste: Why Do We Still Get Excited About the Nobel Peace Prize? Biljana Vankovska
Calling for Satan? Wrong Number. Washington Sun
Climate/Environment
Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in Florida and hammers Gulf coast The Guardian
Isaias Puts 500,000 Barrels a Day of Refining Capacity at Risk gCaptain
Remarkable weather weekend ahead as Tropical Storm Rachel approaches San Diego and early-season trough ends record-breaking autumn heatwave Weather West
The bipartisan energy bill tearing the climate movement apart Grist
Nature’s Deadly Missiles Counterpunch
Terrifying footage of a violent tornado ripping through the city of Marsala in Sicily, Italy earlier this morning. Heavy damage reported in the area. https://t.co/Wg9JNFS9pg
— Nahel Belgherze (@WxNB_) October 9, 2026
China?
China-EU Trade Talks: What Was Actually Agreed? Geopolitechs
Why Is Beijing Issuing a Policy Statement on the RMB Now? Inside China
Does Advocating U.S. Retrenchment Make You Pro-CCP? Pekingnology
India
‘Cockroach’ party rally: leader detained at airport as Delhi faces large youth protest The Guardian
The New Sanctioning Russia Act: Optics for Now, Leverage for Later Center for Strategic & International Studies
Syraqistan
Some of the key findings of the 2025 UN Commission of Inquiry on Gaza, chaired by Navi Pillay, who received the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday. States and entities celebrating Pillay and international law should immediately implement measures to stop the genocide. 1/ https://t.co/YTF996KX5r
— Nicola Perugini (@PeruginiNic) October 10, 2026
US senator demands public hearing into ‘cover-up’ of killings of Americans in West Bank Anadolu Agency
Dozen Iranian forces killed, injured ‘in 24 hours’ in Sistan-Baluchestan, Kerman: Watchdog Rudaw
‘Not limited to Hormuz’: IRGC strikes LPG carrier, warns of wider action against violators Press TV
Global Oil Tanker Shortage is Getting Worse By the Day Bloomberg
French unions block Israel arms shipment to Elbit, warn of Israeli airline El Al’s role New Arab
Africa
Ibrahim Traoré Is Winning the War of Ideas Chris O. Ogunmodede
The fight to uncover the Nigerian president’s FBI files Semafor
Old Blighty
Zack Polanski loses his byelection bid – and the Green party’s Zionism motion has outraged its closest allies in Europe The Conversation
Why Polanski’s by-election defeat may not be a disaster for the Greens Middle East Eye
Two Latvians arrested at RAF base in Cambridgeshire released on bail The Guardian
Episode 130: Radioactive Russian Drones – A Conversation with Vitaly Shevchenko The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
European Disunion
Europe’s student unrest spread from France to 6 other states as rising education costs & fiscal strains fuel protests Organiser
German police ad:
Wie unfassbar geschmacklos ist bitte dieses Instagram-Reel von PolizeiKarriereBayern? Eine junge Frau läuft die Straße entlang, ein Polizeitransporter fährt neben sie, sie wird hineingezerrt und kommt in Polizeiuniform wieder heraus. Was hier offenbar als lustige Nachwuchswerbung gedacht ist, erinnert erschreckend an Bilder aus der Ukraine, wo Männer auf offener Straße von Rekrutierungskräften aufgegriffen und zum Militärdienst eingezogen werden. In einer Zeit, in der Zwangsrekrutierung und Krieg für Menschen bittere Realität sind, inszeniert die bayerische Polizei das Verschleppen eines Menschen als Werbegag. Wie abgestumpft muss man eigentlich sein, um so etwas für eine gute Idee zu halten?
— Nurder Koch (@NurderK) October 9, 2026
SPAIN’S RIGHT LEADS IN POLLS AS VOX SUPPORT SURGES BEFORE NOVEMBER ELECTION Olive Press
US-Israeli war on Iran leaves EU gas storage at record low ahead of winter The Cradle
New Not-So-Cold War
Trump Strikes Diesel Deal With Putin to Lower Fuel Prices Ahead of Midterms gCaptain
Statement by President of Russia Vladimir Putin Kremlin
From a Russian point of view, this is an extremely good deal because it gives Trump a political interest in keeping Russian refineries intact, meaning Zelensky must consider American diesel prices before ordering more strikes on Russian energy infrastructure. Thus, Moscow gains a reason for Ukraine to exercise restraint apparently without committing to any itself.
— Brian McDonald (@BrianMcDonaldIE) October 9, 2026
Frustrstion and anger in Kyiv tonight over Trump’s diesel deal with Putin. Zelenskyy blasts Trump, calling the move “weak.” A senior Ukrainian official tells me Kyiv will continue its long-range drone strikes on Russia’s energy facilities “We will burn their refineries.”
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) October 9, 2026
To give some necessary context, and assuming the President means US Tons of already refined diesel:
One US Short Ton is 2,000 pounds. 300,000 US Short Tons is 600,000,000 pounds. One gallon of diesel fuel is around 7 pounds. Meaning 300,000 US Short Tons is a little over 85M gallons of diesel.
These are approximate numbers since diesel usage is measured in volume, not mass, since density can change based on things like temperature.
For reference, the United States uses about 160M gallons of diesel fuel per day. Globally, that number exceeds 1B gallons of diesel per day.
Even if Russia supplied all 4,800,000 Tons of diesel as claimed, that would be just 1.37B gallons of diesel reaching market. Or, roughly, one day of global use when you factor how much diesel is burned just to deliver that diesel.
Not that Russia can even supply that much diesel with close to 50% of its refining capacity destroyed or disabled.
— Matt Burnell (@mdburnell) October 9, 2026
The US now argues that no one can trade with Russia except the US, no one can trade with China except the US, etc: a version of the French imperial exclusif
— Bruno Maçães (@MacaesBruno) October 10, 2026
US talks on Ukraine address European security architecture — media APA
NATO BASES MAKE ESTONIA A TARGET Ian Proud
The world needs Ukraine’s grain. Its farmers are running out of reasons to plant CNBC
The Caucasus
Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan reach project agreements: Araghchi Al Mayadeen
Trump 2.0
After Former ICC Judge Wins Nobel Peace Prize, US Hits Court With New Sanctions Common Dreams
Trump forms committee to investigate mortgage fraud allegations against Fed governor Lisa Cook Yahoo! Finance
Soldiers Are Already Looking for a Way Out of Hegseth’s Livestreamed Firing Squad Washington Sun
Trump Bought Millions in SpaceX Bonds, Then Eased Space Travel Regulations Truthout
SpaceX wants to become a ‘major mobile carrier’ with low-band spectrum acquisition Engadget
Democrats Suck
Senate report slams $100mln cost of migrant detention at Guantánamo Al Mayadeen.
Realignment and Legitimacy
The MAGA realignment realigns The Argument
Imperial Collapse Watch
Public executions. Net energy exporter. Gilded palaces. Humiliation at the hands of the Houthis. We’ve finally done it. We’re Saudi Arabia.
— willy 🌜💧 (@willystaley) October 8, 2026
Eurosclerosis or US Decline? Phenomenal World
Economy
Why Record Crude Output Can’t Solve America’s Diesel Crisis Oil Price
Americans’ debt problems are flashing a warning not seen since the Great Recession CNBC
Consumer prices would have fallen if not for Trump’s tariffs, New York Fed says Business Insider
U.S. consumer sentiment nears historic low; frustration over cost of living grows CNN
MAHA
Americans’ Confidence in Food Safety Drops to New Low Gallup
MAHA loyalists accuse Trump administration of ‘broken promises’ NBC News
Healthcare?
No Doctor Needed: In Utah, AI Can Help You Zap Your Zits Bloomberg
Conversational diagnostic artificial intelligence in ambulatory primary care: a prospective feasibility study The Lancet
AI
We must recall open-ended AI agents with internet access from the market, now Gary Marcus
100+ reactions to 100+ solutions Proofs and Prompts
Amazon and others are done keeping data center deals secret. Is it enough to build trust? TechCrunch
Class Warfare
Affluent and Older Americans Got Much Richer in Postpandemic Years WSJ
Workers behind Dungeons & Dragons vote to unionize AV Club
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