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Why Do Dogs Tilt Their Heads When You Talk? Researchers Have A Few Answers StudyFinds
How The Barcode Was Invented World of Systems
you can eat for free if you eat wild Counteroffer
Seeking Simple Solutions to Complex Problems Ken Neubecker
Climate/Environment
Planetary Health Check: Mounting pressure on life support systems Climate & Capitalism
A parade of East Pacific hurricanes will miss CA (but soak the interior Southwest) before major, long-duration autumn heatwave builds Weather West
The Louisiana Fishermen Refusing To Go Down With the Ship Atmos
The Monkey Puzzle Tree Faces More Threats than a Barrel of Monkeys The Revelator
‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys The Guardian
China?
Trump asked China’s president if he wants to buy U.S. arms, ambassador says AP
US, China release product lists for US$30 billion tariff deal Business Times
Can the US build a DJI? Arena Physica
Chartbook 476 Walled-in wealth #2: US-China oligarchic divergence. Adam Tooze
The Politics of Inheriting China New China Literacy by Yaqi Li
what’s Beijing’s new property model? CHINA POLICY leads
India
Trump family-tied drone maker woos Pakistan at India’s expense Asia Times
Syraqistan
Israeli finance minister calls for genocidal war on West Bank, annexation of south Lebanon The Cradle
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U.S. Marines injured in recent Iranian attack NBC News
Iran thwarted enemy’s naval blockade calculations, says Judiciary chief IRNA
Bessent: Iran Will Have “Nothing Left to Trade” Within Two Weeks Fox News
IRGC Navy Seizes Second US Military Underwater Drone Tasnim
Trump expects new Iran talks despite rejecting deal offer New Arab
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Houthis promise not to target European ships FT
The Mocha monopoly: how Yemen’s dominance of the global coffee trade birthed the Houthi rebels The Conversation
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Iraq oil exports recover amid sales of discounted oil to Israel-linked firm The Cradle
Africa
Ethiopia accuses Eritrea, Sudan of backing Tigray rebels amid clashes France24
NIGER’S DEEPENING CRISIS: MUTINY, DISTRUST AND THE UNRAVELING OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN WEST AFRICA David Asante-Darko
European Disunion
EU faces winter tug of war with Asia as gas stores hit lowest for date since 2011 Intellinews
Europe’s Diesel Vulnerability to US Export Restrictions Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
ASML says it sold ‘absolutely nothing’ in Europe in 2026 — lithography giant calls on EU to help create demand Tom’s Hardware
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France’s far-right National Rally gains ground in Senate, forms group for first time France24
Locked out: Why young Europeans can’t afford to buy homes Euronews
German Students Strike Against Conscription Ana Vracar
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Arms cooperation with Israel German Foreign Policy
Finland bound to defense cooperation with Israel ‘whether we like it or not’: Defense minister Anadolu Agency
The US ambassador to Greece openly threatened to organize a coup if its government didn’t do what Washington wanted.
US ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle is a top Trump ally who was previously engaged to Donald Trump Jr.
Guilfoyle had a fight with Greece’s energy minister, and she… pic.twitter.com/D6GdmzbL08
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) September 28, 2026
Old Blighty
Security incident at US airbase in Gloucestershire; several arrested Al Mayadeen
Counter-terror police investigate Iran link to suspected RAF base bomb plot The Telegraph. Russia came in a close second.
Meet the real AI “rogue agent”: Lord Tom Watson How to Survive the Broligarchy
Tony Blair Institute’s $25,000 corporate network “smells like cash for access” Democracy for Sale
New Not-So-Cold War
Moscow Closes the Door: How Putin and Lavrov Hardened Russia’s Line on Ukraine in Ten Days Larry Johnson
Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski thinks the Nazi who led massacre of tens of thousands of Poles was just “flawed.” He lies about how Ukraine war began. Lucy Komisar
Russia turns its drones on Ukraine’s data centres as Kyiv builds an AI-driven army Intellinews
Kremlin pressures Russian businesses to pay for drone defences FT
EU countries consider Nato-style joint responses to Russian hybrid attacks Irish Times
South of the Border
Chile’s Road from Revolt to Reaction: An Autopsy of the Boric Government Daniel’s Journal
Trump 2.0
OMB Director Russ Vought: With Trump 2.0, We’re Nixon-Maxxing the Federal Bureaucracy RealClearPolitics
Unions Against Voughtism Can We Still Govern?
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thank you Melania for defending the honor of Yugoslav socialism 🫡 pic.twitter.com/6DQXdLgFCQ
— virgo’s groove 🍉 (@kimjisoothought) September 26, 2026
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park WaPo
After Trump opened Bears Ears land to business, prospectors swooped in Grist
Midterms 2026
ICE operations are making it hard for vulnerable Republicans fighting for their political survival Politico
Cook Political Report founder: House is a ‘done deal’ for Democrats, reclaiming Senate ‘very realistic’ The Hill
The Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the Midterms The Atlantic
Groves of Academe
Mold and heat closed Pittsburgh‑area schools – an expert explains the risks to kids The Conversation
The Ivy League’s Surrender to AI Is Insane The Point
Antitrust
Monopoly Round-Up: Paramount-WB Isn’t Just a Loss, It’s a Prelude Matt Stoller
Economy
The post-Enron auditor reforms are being rolled back FT
United in debt: America has become a nation of fake rich people The Hill
How Teen ‘After-Prom’ Kings in LA Monetized the High School Rager Wired
With no heirs to leave it to, this billionaire is pouring his fortune into a Texas ghost town of about 25 people Fortune
Imperial Collapse Watch
SIT REP SEPT 27/26: Destroying the global economy The Anti-Empire Project
A history of colour revolutions Decline and Fall
AI
Financing the AI buildout Brookings
AI: the biggest economic bet in US history Michael Roberts
Oracle (ORCL) Reports a $664 Billion Backlog. Can AI Growth Outpace its Cash Burn? Insider Monkey
Debt-hungry AI companies face increased risk as bond yields spike CNBC
Class Warfare
AI and the Fall? of the Creative Class Apricitas Economics
The Left Is Speaking a Dead Language Anti-Capitalist Musings
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