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The world celebrates the 100th anniversary of photography.
100 years ago today, on October 6, 1826, Nicéphore Niépce took the earliest surviving photograph, “View from the Window at Le Gras.” https://t.co/Om3peqnvNV
— 1926 Live (@100YearsAgoLive) October 6, 2026
Hunting cosmic ghosts: Why neutrino detection won the Nobel Prize in Physics Space.com
‘A Mustang Full of Testosterone’: Man Describes Meeting Jesus After 18 Days in a Coma News.am
Climate/Environment
The Dead Sea Is Creating Its Own Extreme Climate As It Dies Science Alert
Tropical Depression #NINE has formed & on track to become Hurricane #Isaias in coming days
Spinning over unusually warm Gulf waters up to 3.5°F above average. Nearly impossible warmth w/o heat-trapping pollution
As it intensifies, it’ll stay over waters made warmer by the same https://t.co/rJnaMcn1Iw
— Shel Winkley (@shelwinkleywx) October 6, 2026
Bangkok braces itself for floods before global finance chiefs gather Straits Times
Pandemics
Trump offers U.S. help to Russia after plague death; WHO assesses the situation as low risk CNBC
Russia ready to help US combat outbreaks of infectious diseases — sanitary watchdog TASS
Water
Water Bills Surged More Than Other Costs in US Homes Over 10 Years, a ‘Striking’ New Report Shows Inside Climate News
Japan
US military orders alcohol ban, monthlong curfew amid Okinawa homicide investigation Stars & Stripes
US Marine Corps anti-ship weaponry to see exercise action on remote Japan island near Taiwan Military Times
China?
Chinese Perspectives on the EU–China Trade Conflict Sinification
Putin to Hold Bilateral Meeting With Xi on Sidelines of APEC Summit – Kremlin Aide Sputnik. No Trump.
India
India detains opposition leader Rahul Gandhi during massive election protest TRT World
Syraqistan
Israeli Politician With Clear Path To Knesset Says It’s ‘Moral’ To Kill Babies in Gaza Antiwar
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US Claims Iran Has “Lost” as Pre-War Oil Flows Reportedly Return Simplicius
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Why Bagram Air Base Remains a Target Five Years After U.S. Exited Afghanistan Drop Site
Violence escalates in Iran’s restive southeast Amwaj
Turkey to turn Iraq’s Development Road into multi-fuel energy corridor Iraqi News
ISIS militants launched a second attack on Iraqi forces in the Hawija area, a predominantly Sunni Arab district in southwestern Kirkuk province.
The latest attack targeted the PMF’s 61st Brigade, less than 24 hours after ISIS attacked a Federal Police position in the same broader area, killing one officer and wounding four others.
In both attacks, ISIS militants targeted thermal surveillance cameras used by Iraqi forces. An ISIS sniper reportedly disabled another camera during Tuesday night’s attack.
A similar attack near Hawija in September also resulted in the destruction of an Iraqi Army thermal camera, suggesting ISIS cells have repeatedly targeted surveillance capabilities in the area.
The Federal Police earlier announced a nightly 6 p.m.–6 a.m. curfew in Hawija following the first attack, although subsequent reporting gave conflicting accounts over whether a formal curfew remained in force.
Hawija was one of ISIS’s main strongholds in Kirkuk province after 2014 before Iraqi forces retook the district in 2017.
— Kurdistan Watch (@KurdistanWatch) October 6, 2026
Africa
Ethiopian PM Abiy demands Red Sea access as tensions with neighbours rise Al Jazeera
Old Blighty
My message to UK intelligence was received loud and clear Ian Proud
Chancellor plans major intervention to help poorer UK households with rising energy bills The Guardian
UK weighs China tariffs to stay in EU Made in Europe plan Automotive World
European Disunion
In August Hanning Treason Case- All Signs Point To Tel Aviv. The Dissident
Germany’s AfD weighs shift from anti-EU roots, strategy paper shows Reuters. And so it begins.
Quarter million protesters rally across France over school conditions TRT World
Le Pen vows drastic budget cuts to prevent French ‘default’ on debt Le Monde
À bord de la frégate multi-missions Auvergne, j’ai assisté au premier tir du nouveau missile balistique M51.3 depuis le sous-marin nucléaire lanceur d’engins Le Vigilant.
Très peu de nations disposent d’un tel savoir-faire.
Félicitations à tous les acteurs de cette réussite exceptionnelle : DGA, CEA, Ariane Group, Naval Group et Marine nationale. Votre professionnalisme, votre rigueur et votre maîtrise technique sont la fierté de la France.
Ce succès technique est une nouvelle démonstration de la crédibilité de notre dissuasion, dont la pérennité est assurée.
Pour être libre, il faut être craint. Et pour être craint, il faut être puissant.
Pour protéger les Français dans la durée face aux menaces, j’ai engagé dès 2017 le renouvellement de nos moyens pour les décennies à venir. En dix ans, le budget de nos armées aura doublé. Nos futurs sous-marins stratégiques sont actuellement en chantier. Le programme de missiles stratégiques hypersoniques et manœuvrants, qui équiperont notre composante aérienne de dissuasion, a été lancé cette année.
Notre dissuasion nucléaire nous protège et continuera à nous protéger.
Vive la République et vive la France.
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) October 6, 2026
Ukraine Rejects Permanent EU Limits on Its Farm Exports After Accession Kyiv Post
EU quietly braces for nightmare scenario of multiple-casualty hybrid attack Politico
New Not-So-Cold War
The War Moves to the Arteries The Duran
Drones hit 2 Turkish-owned ships off Bulgaria, 11 Turkish crew among those rescued Turkish Minute
Bulgarian minister refers to Russia-Ukraine war as hybrid and says he is unsure whose drones struck vessels Ukrainska Pravda
Here is what’s known so far about the attack on the Aframax Rio oil tanker in the Black Sea, per various Russian media outlets.
The tanker is Liberian-registered (carrying a cargo of oil) and it was attacked by sea drones near Sochi’s Sirius region, according to Russia’s Transport Ministry. The attack caused a major fire, with oil currently burning on the surface of the sea.
All 23 crew members, who are Indian citizens, have been rescued, and preliminary reports indicate there were no injuries.
Beaches in Sochi have been temporarily closed and authorities say monitoring has so far found pollutant concentrations in the air well below permitted limits. The area is well known as a location for Dolphins.
Emergency crews say they can’t yet approach the tanker safely and will begin tackling the burning oil once the intensity of the fire subsides.
— Brian McDonald (@BrianMcDonaldIE) October 6, 2026
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Lithuania takes further step towards lifting nuclear weapons ban Euronews
Poland to deploy Patriots near Ukrainian border, announces $26 billion civil defense plan Kyiv Independent
Sweden to deploy Patriot air defence systems to Poland Notes from Poland
NATO Drafts Plan to Defeat a Russian Attack With Drones and AI Bloomberg
South of the Border
Fire and explosions forced the shutdown of Venezuela’s second-largest refinery, the 310,000-barrel-per-day Cardón facility.
Follow: https://t.co/9uNLaX91ie https://t.co/pSp339wHhp
— PressTV Extra (@PresstvExtra) October 6, 2026
Mexico says US-backed police academy lacks federal approval Anadolu Agency
The Washington Post Vindicated SVR’s Warnings Of Ukrainian-Connected Cartel Threats To The US Andrew Korybko
Spook Country
Former CIA officer pleads guilty in gold bars case, admits to defrauding government of nearly $200M ABC News
Trump 2.0
Final ‘grandmother’ cottonwood toppled in Lochiel to clear a path for a new border wall Arizona Mirror
Trump Wants to Give $90 to Seniors and $76 Billion to Health Insurers HEALTH CARE un-covered
Excluding “Liberation Day” Tariff Distortions, Trade Deficit Biggest in History Mish Talk
Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines Democracy Docket
Midterms 2026
Cook Political Report moves three Senate races in Democrats’ favor The Hill
Democrats Suck
Democratic Party runs more than 60 military-intelligence candidates for Congress WSWS
Will Progressive Populists Bloom in the Red Political Desert? Les Leopold
Police State Watch
DOJ to strip citizenship in large-scale ‘denaturalization effort’ USA Today
An Army Study Showed Shock Gloves Caused ‘Intense Pain’ and Terrified Victims—Then ICE Ordered 6,000 Pairs of Them Common Dreams
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage Ars Technica
Mr. Market’s Premonitions
IMF warns hedge fund growth could amplify financial market stress Turkiye Today
Wall Street bonuses poised to hit record as annual profits forecast to top US$90 billion Business Times
The Bond Market’s Premonition: High Rates, Defaults, Slump & War Ann Pettifor
Economy
Deeply Distressed US Loans Rise to Highest Level Since Pandemic, JPMorgan Says Bloomberg
Trump Says He’s Considering Gas Tax Suspension to Ease Costs Bloomberg
The world has nearly burned through its oil stockpile buffer, executives say Reuters
Supply-driven inflation is rampant: Logistics Management Index Lori Ann Larocco
Imperial Collapse Watch
Trump announces $3.7B Anduril investment in new US shipyard Anadolu Agency. Rewarded for failure:
🇺🇸/IRAN – Iran Captures “High Tech” US Navy Undersea Drone Built by US-based “Anduril”
▪️Like Anduril’s highly touted but useless drones in Ukraine Ukrainians themselves refuse to even use, the US Navy’s newest undersea drone from Anduril, the “Dive LD, ” has already been captured intact by Iran;
▪️Whatever technology that would have made it effective, if it even was in any way effective, is now in the hands of not only Iran, but also by extension of alliances, Russia and China;
▪️Similar instances have taken place where “advanced” US systems have been captured by Iran and their specifications reverse engineered not only into equivalent weapon systems, but also into effective measures used against these systems and related platforms;
— Brian Berletic (@BrianJBerletic) September 10, 2026
Old Dog, Same Tricks Andrew Cockburn
Cometh the Hour…. Aurelien
AI
SpaceX seeks to raise $40 bln to buy Nvidia chips- FT Investing.com
Google Accused of Illegally Killing a Massive Forest for Its New Data Center Project Futurism (Kevin W)
Class Warfare
While Facing Iranian Attacks, US Merchant Marines Face Unionbusting PayDay Report
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