SpaceX launches rescue mission to return stranded astronauts Phys.org

The lonely Lake Superior caribou and a lesson in limits The Narwhal

Climate/Environment

At least 64 dead and millions without power after Helene’s deadly march across the Southeast AP

Four ways climate change likely made Hurricane Helene worse Yale Climate Connections

Pandemics

A “Biosafety” Organization Partnering With Dr. Jay Bhattacharya To Guard Against Viruses Is Like A Zebra Teaming Up With A Lion To Promote Vegetarianism Science-Based Medicine

Africa

The Lobito Corridor: Washington’s Answer to Belt and Road in Africa Geopolitical Monitor

Japan

Japan’s new PM may have a bone to pick with the US Responsible Statecraft

Ishiba: Asian NATO Must Consider Introduction of N-Weapons, Japan-U.S. Treaty Should Be Pact Between ‘Ordinary Nations’ The Japan News

China?

Tian Xuan on Beijing’s dramatic week of econ policy intervention Pekingnology

EU Plans Oct. 4 Vote on Tariffs on Electric Vehicles from China Bloomberg

Unveiling the Remote-Poaching Model: Taiwan’s Strategy to Limit China’s AI Chip Progress The Diplomat

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Troops from Taiwan training at Michigan base: Former U.S. diplomat Focus Taiwan

Harpoon land-based anti-ship missile systems arrive in Taiwan Taiwan News

Syraqistan

Israel ‘on the verge’ of Lebanon ground invasion, says US diplomat Middle East Eye

Hezbollah Strike Destroys Israeli David’s Sling Air Defence Battery as War Enters New Phase – Reports Military Watch

Lebanon locked down to prevent Hezbollah from rearming, IDF says Ynet News

Is Lebanon part of Israel’s promised territory? The Jerusalem Post

Who is Hashem Safieddine, the new Hezbollah leader? BNE Intellinews

In Lebanon carnage, Biden deepens US ‘obligation’ to Israeli aggression Aaron Mate

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IGRC general died in Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah leader, reports say New Arab

Iran calls for emergency UN Security Council meeting after Nasrallah killing AFP

Pentagon chief Austin tells Gallant US committed to deterring Iran Times of Israel

Exclusive: Iran’s supreme leader taken to secure location, sources say Reuters

Israel Has Called Iran’s Bluff The Atlantic

Is Iran’s Khamenei Dead Man Walking? Is Erdoğan? Michael Rubin, Middle East Forum

Israel’s Short-Lived Glory Celebrated by Kneejerk Polemicists, + Ukraine War Updates Simplicius the Thinker

Israeli economy in ‘serious danger’: Washington Post Al Mayadeen

Old Blighty

Labour: the resignations begin Funding the Future

European Disunion

The EU as an existential threat to Europe Thomas Fazi

Thuringia Parliament: Opening Session Descends Into Chaos The European Conservative. The deck: “Mainstream parties are threatening to ban the AfD for adhering to parliamentary rules.”

Germany: Thuringia lawmakers pick CDU speaker, rejecting AfD Deutsche Welle

Austria: stuck in the middle The Next Recession

UniCredit’s pursuit of Commerzbank reflects a watershed moment for Europe — and its banking union CNBC

Norway to end automatic asylum for Ukrainian refugees AFP

EU Approach to Russian LNG Remains Fractured as Dutch Imports Increase High North News

New Not-So-Cold War

Russian Forces Hit Base of Western Foreign Fighters in Odessa Military Watch

Zelensky’s Trump meeting reveals futility of ‘victory plan’ Anatol Lieven, Unherd

The fog of war is lifting in Ukraine Indian Punchline

Blinken says China’s talk of Ukraine peace ‘doesn’t add up’ Deutsche Welle

Russia on track to set new military spending records The Bell

2024

Just Follow the Money Dollars & Sense

Project 2025: The Quickest Way to Decimate Medicare HEALTH CARE un-covered

Hillary Clinton defends ‘deplorables’ comment: ‘Too kind a word’ for some Trump supporters Fox News

Changing demographics and the political calculus of anti-immigrant rhetoric in swing states Arizona Mirror

Kamala

Kamala Harris stays quiet as California voters threaten to roll back sentencing reforms Semafor

Campaigning in Arizona, Kamala Harris pledges to “work across the aisle” to expand border police WSWS

Trump

Trump pounds immigration message after Harris’ border visit Axios

Immigration

JBS accused of abusing immigrant workers at Colorado beef plant Agriculture Dive

America’s largest corn company, Corteva Agriscience, pledges no supply chain abuses. It’s hired a repeat offender in Iowa for years. Investigate Midwest

AI

AUTHORS SUING OPENAI WILL GET TO SEE ITS SECRET TRAINING DATA IN HEAVILY LOCKED DOWN ROOM Futurism

TSMC execs allegedly dismissed Sam Altman as ‘podcasting bro’ — OpenAI CEO made absurd requests for 36 fabs for $7 trillion Tom’s Hardware

Why Taiwan and Its Tech Industry Are Facing an Energy Crisis Yale Environment 360

Imperial Collapse Watch

Why the U.S. Can’t Build Icebreaking Ships Construction Physics

Supply Chain

The Scourge of the Long Train Boondoggle

Our Famously Free Press

My Twitter Ban Is Political Ken Klippenstein

Groves of Academe

Cornell Under Fire as Suspended Pro-Palestinian Student at Risk of Deportation Common Dreams

Class Warfare

The California Ballot Measure That Could End Forced Prison Labor Bolts Mag

Sports Desk

White Sox Are Officially The Worst Team In Baseball History After 121st Loss Block Club Chicago

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