Kawasaki Shows off Concept for Rideable Horse Robot Futurism
US abandoned nuclear plant finds surprising second life as world’s quietest sound lab Interesting Engineering
Yes, Canada geese are annoying. But should they be gassed to death in Michigan? Bridge Michigan
Inflation eased in March but Trump’s tariffs could still bite despite 90-day pause USA Today
US egg prices increase to record high, dashing hopes of cheap eggs by Easter The Canadian Press
Climate/Environment
Siberian permafrost melt acceleration could release two times more CO₂ into the atmosphere than all of humanity since the dawn of history Bne Intellinews
Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters ProPublica
LARGEST NATURAL GAS POWER PLANT IN THE COUNTRY, DATA CENTER COMING TO FORMER HOMER CITY COAL PLANT Allegheny Front
Why the climate promises of AI sound a lot like carbon offsets MIT Technology Review
Data centres will use twice as much energy by 2030 — driven by AI Nature
The Bleak, Defeatist Rise of “Climate Realism” The New Republic
Water
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas SourceMaterial
Pandemics
WHO: SEAR Epidemiological Update On H5N1 In India Avian Flu Diary
Source: Workers key to bird flu response taking USDA buyouts, may strain agency’s efforts Des Moines Register
Indiana reports measles outbreak as cases rise in Ohio and Michigan CIDRAP
‘The Great Educator, Sadly, Is Going to Be These Viruses’ FAIR
China?
Trump tariffs live updates: China hits back, hikes tariffs on US goods to 125% from 84% yahoo! Finance
Trump Tariffs on China Now at Least 145% as Trade War Ramps Up Bloomberg
Beijing bites back at US tariffs by curbing Hollywood imports Channel News Asia
China can win an energy trade war with the US Semafor
US targets China oil storage terminal in new Iran-related sanctions CNBC
European Disunion
EU, China will look into setting minimum prices on electric vehicles, EU says Reuters
EU leaders plan trip to Beijing in July for summit with Xi Jinping SCMP
EU pauses retaliatory tariffs against US to ‘give negotiations a chance’ Euronews
The Brief – Give the world what it so craves, Eurobonds Euractiv
Syraqistan
Top Houthi Official Tells Drop Site Yemen Will Cease Attacks on U.S. Ships if Trump Halts Bombing Drop Site
Israel and Turkiye in Syria: No clash, just a division of spoils The Cradle
Hundreds of Air Force reservists face expulsion after opposing Gaza war Jerusalem Post
Microsoft fires engineers over protesting AI supply to Israeli military Anadolu Agency
Africa
Three Americans jailed over failed DR Congo coup returned home BBC
New Not-So-Cold War
New Syrsky Interview Sheds Light on Upcoming Russian Operations + Recruitment Figures Simplicius
Russia-US talks in Istanbul conclude after more than 5 hours Anadolu Agency
Western ‘coalition of the willing’ stumbles on reassurance force troop numbers, timeline Breaking Defense
Kremlin sets the conditions for foreign companies to return to Russian market Bne Intellinews
South of the Border
Argentina General Strike Demands End to Milei’s ‘Chainsaw’ Austerity Policies Common Dreams
US Nixes Venezuela-Trinidad Natural Gas Licenses as Maduro Declares Economic Emergency Venezuelanalysis
“Liberation Day”
Trump advisor reveals tariff strategy: Force countries to pay tribute to maintain US empire Geopolitical Economy Report
This chart explains why Trump backflipped on tariffs. The economic damage would have been huge The Conversation
The market drops partly reflect powerful corporate/financial interests not wanting change. But it’s also from tariff MALPRACTICE. I unpack why April 2 moves have been all downside/no upside. But, now, most critical is maximum TRANSPARENCY in negotiations during pause. 2/ pic.twitter.com/xofu5JBtvI
— Lori Wallach (@WallachLori) April 10, 2025
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Stunned by Trump’s tariffs, world clothing suppliers are preparing to squeeze workers France24
Turning the little screws Blood in the Machine
A ‘US-Made iPhone’ Is Pure Fantasy 404 Media
Apple airlifts over 500 tonnes of iPhones from India ‘to beat’ Trump tariffs: Sources Channel News Asia
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New Order? New Left Review
Trump channeling the Yeltsin Mindset Nefarious Russians
JUST ANOTHER AMERICAN PRESIDENT Seymour Hersh
DOGE
US bank regulator begins work with DOGE staff, email says Reuters
DOGE Arrives at FDIC but Doesn’t Have Access to Bank Data Bloomberg
Coal miners’ health care hit hard in job cuts to CDC NPR
Government shuts CDC office focused on alcohol-related harms and prevention STAT
Democrats en déshabillé
Cory Booker, Confused Liberals, Obama’s Reappearance, and the Dangers of a Fake Movement Black Agenda Report
Obama Legacy
Cash-strapped states panic over end of Obamacare subsidies Politico
After skipping Trump inauguration, Michelle Obama says ‘I chose to do what was best for me’ The Hill
Immigration
Supreme Court orders Trump to free Maryland father from El Salvador prison Courthouse News
Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs AP
ICE director envisions Amazon-like mass deportation system: ‘Prime, but with human beings’ Michigan Advance
Police State Watch
Trump Team Prepping New Strategy for Domestic Terrorism Ken Klippenstein
As summer nears, Angola Farm Line workers again demand more protections against heat The Lens
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
Cofertility raises a $7M Series A to make egg freezing free TechCrunch
Groves of Academe
Protesters face felony charges for taking over Stanford building Palo Alto Online
Trump Administration Subpoenas UC Faculty Information in Antisemitism Investigation KQED
Trump Administration Wants to Install Federal Oversight of Columbia University WSJ
Trump administration freezes $1 billion in funding for Cornell University, $790 million for Northwestern University CNN
Student Loans Update: Government May Garnish Millions of Borrowers’ Wages Newsweek
The US is a wealthy country and could afford to offer everyone who wants it an open-admissions high quality liberal arts university education – for free – if we wanted to
— Benjamin Balthaser (@BL_Balthaser) April 2, 2025
The Friendly Skies
NYC Hudson River helicopter crash victims are identified as tech boss, his wife and three children Daily Mail
Plane with at least 6 House members clipped by aircraft on taxiway at Reagan National Airport near D.C. NBC News
US to unleash robot swarms to build smart aircraft with speed, precision, safety Interesting Engineering
AI
Bank of England says AI software could create market crisis for profit The Guardian
AI Crawlers Are Harming Wikimedia, Bringing Open Source Sites To Their Knees, And Putting The Open Web At Risk TechDirt
Meta’s AI, built on ill-gotten content, can probably build a digital you The Register
Healthcare?
Public Health Org Calls for RFK Jr. to ‘Resign or Be Fired’ MedPage Today
Our Famously Free Press
NYT Covers Up for Cuomo FAIR
Antitrust
Zuckerberg on the Stand: The Trial to Break Up Facebook Starts Monday BIG by Matt Stoller
Imperial Collapse Watch
It Took 73 C-17 Loads To Move Patriot Battalion From Pacific To Middle East The War Zone
U.S. Commanders Worry Yemen Campaign Will Drain Arms Needed to Deter China New York Times
The Bezzle
Fintech founder charged with fraud after ‘AI’ shopping app found to be powered by humans in the Philippines TechCrunch
Class Warfare
IU grad workers union says several members had visas revoked Indiana Public Media
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