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27 October 2025 14:48

🇷🇺 Putin says Russia successfully tested the 9M730 Burevestnik (SSC-X-9 Skyfall) — a nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable intercontinental cruise missile with theoretical unlimited range and the ability to evade missile defenses.

The missile flew for 15 hours, 14,000 km.

Putin claims it has “no analogues in the world.”

🔗 Clash Report

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27 October 2025 12:59

🦋 A scientist who discovered a new species of butterfly has named it after Iryna Zarutska to ensure "she is never forgotten."

The scientist said, "Her name will be forever immortalized as a butterfly..."

The butterfly is called "Iryna's Azure."

🔗 Matt van Swol

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27 October 2025 10:53

🇯🇲⚡- Hurricane Melissa has achieved near-perfect symmetry to Jamaica’s south, sitting a mere 115 miles southwest of Kingston.

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27 October 2025 08:47

🇷🇺🇻🇪 Russian Aviacon Zitotrans ✈️ Il-76TD Cargo Plane (reg RA-78765) landed in Caracas, Venezuela.

🔗 MenchOSINT

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27 October 2025 07:54

🇺🇸 FEMA validated 33.7 million damages claims in Allegany and Garrett counties, Maryland.

The only thing that’s missing is a decree from Trump to authorise the disaster relief.

Allegany and Garrett voted massively in favor of Donald Trump during the 2024, 2020 and 2016 presidential elections and Trump betrays them.

What the people of Allegany and Garrett counties asked for is chump change compared to what Trump gave to Argentina.

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27 October 2025 07:32

🇺🇸 The 'Armed Services YMCA,' an organization that provides support to American military families, reports a 30%-75% increase in demand at its food banks near military bases since the government shutdown began.

🔗 Mr Lou Rage

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27 October 2025 06:14

🇯🇲🌪 Majority of Jamaica now in the 20-30 inches of rain range

🔗 Lookner

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26 October 2025 16:53

🇫🇷🤝🇺🇦 The Chief of the General Staff of the French Army, Pierre Schill, said that France is ready to deploy troops to Ukraine in 2026.

The French troops in Ukraine are meant to give "security guarantees" to Kiev.

The French contingent will likely not be higher than 7.000 troops.

🔗 https://www.bfmtv.com/international/europe/ukraine/le-chef-d-etat-major-de-l-armee-de-terre-dit-se-tenir-pret-a-deployer-des-forces-au-profit-de-l-ukraine-en-2026_AV-202510240444.html

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26 October 2025 13:01

🇬🇧 Tony Blair's non-profit group is undergoing restructuring after a 4.3 million $ loss in 2024

Blair told FT he is looking to expand his non-profit's consulting contracts while also reduce the number of staffers as he believes he is far too reliant on private donors to keep his Institute for Global Change going.

In 2023, Oracle founder and billionaire, Larry Ellison, accounted for one third of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change's revenue.

The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change advises 50 governments and is lobbying hard for the implementation of AI and "innovation".

🔗 https://archive.ph/u04jh

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26 October 2025 11:58

🇨🇳 Rare images from the packed hold of a PLA Navy landing ship before the deployment of equipment: ZBD-05 infantry fighting vehicles, ZLT-05 tanks, medical vehicles, and Type 89 armored personnel carriers.

🔗 OSINTWarfare

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26 October 2025 11:12

👨‍💻 About 58% of recent Gen Z graduates are still looking for full-time work, compared to 25% of earlier graduates, like millennials, Gen Xers, and baby boomers before them

As millions of students prepare to graduate this spring, their chances of landing that crucial first job—the one that kickstarts a career—appear increasingly uncertain.

Beyond a cooling economy burdened by tariff-related uncertainty, the rise of artificial intelligence is now threatening the entry-level roles that have long functioned as gateways into the workforce, according to Aneesh Raman, LinkedIn’s chief economic opportunity officer. In a recent op-ed for The New York Times, Raman compared the current disruption to the collapse of manufacturing jobs in the 1980s.

“Now it is our office workers who are staring down the same kind of technological and economic disruption,” he wrote. “Breaking first is the bottom rung of the career ladder.”

Many entry-level duties—once handled by junior staff as on-the-job training—are now being performed by AI. For instance, junior software developers once spent time learning through simple coding and debugging; now, those tasks are often handled by AI tools. Similar displacement is occurring in fields like law, retail, and even finance, where Wall Street firms are reportedly slashing entry-level hiring.

Raman also pointed to the recent trend of rising unemployment among college graduates—outpacing that of other demographics—as a sign of weakening job prospects, though he cautioned that there’s not yet definitive evidence linking the trend directly to AI.

Still, Raman emphasized that entry-level work isn’t vanishing entirely. Executives continue to value fresh perspectives from younger workers, and in some cases, AI is freeing up junior staff to take on more meaningful and challenging tasks earlier in their careers.

But the shift underway in sectors like tech is likely to ripple across other industries. Office jobs, in particular, could soon feel the brunt of AI’s impact, Raman warned.

https://unusualwhales.com/news/about-58-of-recent-gen-z-graduates-are-still-looking-for-full-time-work-compared-to-25-of-earlier-graduates-like-millennials-gen-xers-and-baby-boomers-before-them

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25 October 2025 21:48

🇺🇸 The biggest demographic to be hit by the loss of SNAP benefits are young, rural White Americans.

Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) cut 186 billion $ from SNAP benefits.

The USDA decided to not use its emergency funds to finance SNAP benefits meaning that, as soon as November 1st, 40 million Americans will lose their safety net.

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25 October 2025 16:55

🇬🇧🔌 Periodic reminder that the UK is rapidly declining in per capita electricity generation since 2003, converging with South Africa. Household consumption is still higher than in China but at these prices… not for long.

No such thing as a developed energy-poor country.

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25 October 2025 15:28

🤖 AI eats leisure time, makes employees work more, study finds

AI services like OpenAI's ChatGPT have been pitched for potential productivity gains, but their effect has been to make people work more while benefiting less from their labor.

"When...ChatGPT came along, we were all very mesmerized by how powerful it is, how much work it does," said Wei Jiang, professor of finance at Emory University, in a phone interview with The Register. "So we, like other people, anticipated if AI is doing our work, we can work less. And I just find myself actually working longer. So I checked with a few friends, and every one of them says, 'Hey, we're actually working longer.'"

"Workers in occupations with higher exposure to generative AI experienced a significant increase in work hours and a decrease in leisure time following the introduction of ChatGPT," the paper says.

Based on data from 2022 and 2023 (when ChatGPT saw widespread use), an interquartile increase in generative AI exposure corresponded to an additional 3.15 hours of work and a reduction of 3.20 hours in leisure per week.

Jiang takes it as a given that AI increases productivity, although there have been several studies suggesting the opposite.

"I don't think there's much controversy to say that AI brings productivity gains," she said. But the problem is, workers may not be reaping the benefits. "I think the disagreement is about who enjoys the gains."

"I think generally people tend to agree that the AI technology seems most gains are going to the consumers and the firms, and not much to the large population of workers," said Jiang.

The longer hours, the authors say, also follow from AI's role in surveilling workers to enforce greater productivity. "Remote workers with greater exposure to AI surveillance technologies work longer hours post-pandemic," the paper says, noting this effect is not observed among the self-employed.

🔗 https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/21/ai_eats_leisure_time/

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25 October 2025 15:24

🇺🇸 Friendly Reminder:

If your income has not risen by at least 26% since Covid hit, you are now poorer.

And that is using the government’s own data. The real number is likely 40% plus.

🔗 Geiger Capital

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27 October 2025 14:03

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💎 Archaeologists find 2000 year-old 'Gemstones' in drain beneath a Roman Bathhouse, Carlisle, England

Down a drain beneath the murky waters of an ancient Roman bathhouse in Carlisle, England, near Hadrian’s Wall, archaeologists have discovered a trove of gemstones lost by bathers 2000 years ago. More than 30 gems, including amethyst, jasper and  carnelian have been found so far during excavations at the site. Wealthy bathers likely dropped them back in opulent bathhouse’s heyday in 2nd-3rd Century CE.

“It’s incredible,” says archaeologist Frank Giecco, who led the excavation, to Observer’s Dalya Alberge. “It’s caught everyone’s imagination. They were just falling out of people’s rings who were using the baths. They were set with a vegetable glue and, in the hot and sweaty bathhouse, they fell out of the ring settings.”

The pieces feature deities dedicated to war, sun, commerce,  luck and fertility. The largest were around 0.6 inches and smallest were just under 0.2 inches. Their small size would have made the carvings particularly difficult, requiring the expertise of an advanced craftsman. 

“You don’t find such gems on low-status Roman sites,” Giecco tells Observer. “So they’re not something that would have been worn by the poor.” Still, Carlisle site isn’t entirely unique: In the past, similar gemstones have been found in the drains of other bathhouses during archaeological excavations. 

The small, semiprecious engraved gems are known as intaglios, which were first produced some 5000 years ago in Mesopotamia. Owners would press their intaglios into clay or wax to create a seal, which they used to authenticate documents (similar to a modern-day signature). “Their material, size and color would reflect the wealth and taste of the patron,” writes G. Max Bernheimer, Christie’s international head of antiquities, on auction house’s website. At one point, he adds, it was in fashion for Romans to wear intaglios featuring the likenesses of their favorite philosophers.

“The intaglios can be seen on many levels,” Giecco tells Artnet’s Min Chen, “from pieces of art to connections to the individuals who owned them.”

In addition to the gemstones, the team at the Carlisle bathhouse found over 40 women’s hairpins and 35 glass beads in drain. Hundreds of other artifacts, including pottery, weapons and coins have also been uncovered at the site. Eventually, discoveries will most likely go on view at Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery.

“Carlisle was very much at the center of the Roman frontier,” Giecco tells BBC News, “and we are very excited to go back … for more amazing finds, as it is the site that just keeps giving.”

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27 October 2025 11:20

🇺🇸🌎 America's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), departed Split, Croatia, en route to SOUTHCOM. After the carrier strike group crosses the Atlantic, ~19-23% of the deployed US Navy fleet will be in theater.

🔗 Ian Ellis

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27 October 2025 09:29

🇪🇺⚔️🇷🇺 Brussels feels like a city preparing for war

Though it is outlandish even to type the words, Brussels the international capital—the home of the European Union and seat of the nato alliance—feels like a city bracing for combat. “Europe is in a fight,” declared Ursula von der Leyen.

To be sure, the old flaws of pan-European governance—vapid oratory, bureaucratic turf wars and expensive something-for-everyone compromises—persist. For all that, in the headquarters of the eu and of nato, very different institutions at opposite ends of the city, recent months have seen a stark change of mood.

Europeans “only start organising ourselves when we are threatened”, says an official. The threats are clear now. The most urgent involve three strongmen who view Europe with either disdain or hostility: Presidents Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. Brussels has come to a grim realisation. War is raging on the European continent, in Ukraine, and none of those strongmen is guided by anything resembling European values.

Few EU citizens must worry about the bottom tier, dealing with such basics as food and shelter for survival. Above that comes “safety and security”, whether that means an absence of war, a clean environment or freedom from acute want. As governments built welfare states and controlled pollution, progressives called for Europe to tackle problems that align with Maslow’s higher needs. Those include “love and belonging”, “esteem” and “self-actualisation”, or the pursuit of a life of purpose and joy.

European voters seem focused on more basic needs. They have elected a string of conservative national governments, who have sent correspondingly flinty politicians to run EU institutions. After years spent passing onerous environmental and social regulations, the bloc now spends much of its time repealing job-killing rules. New Euro-laws that can secure a majority, whether in the European Commission or European Parliament, often involve get-tough policies, like the removal of asylum-seekers.

There is painful clarity about Europe’s defence alliance with America. In the wake of Mr Trump’s latest about-turn on Ukraine, there is exasperation over the time and energy European leaders spend on Trump “damage control”. But grief and denial about America’s unreliability have given way to resignation. It is now a planning assumption that America will give no more aid to Ukraine, and that even its willingness to sell advanced weapons to Europeans for donation to Ukraine will not last.

As for the broader defence of Europe, Plan a is to work with America for as long as possible. Europe still relies on America for “critical enablers” including intelligence from satellites, long-range weapons, air defences, heavy transport planes and the digital systems that glue different weapons together.

There is much talk of building up Europe’s arms industry, but also agreement that it cannot entirely replace America as a supplier for ten years or more, which is too slow for a continent rearming to deter Russia from attacking it. Fear of Russia makes officials wary of even engaging with the most sensitive question of all, whether Europe needs a Plan b for its security, if America walks away one day. Some fear that to discuss American abandonment is to invite a Russian attack. Others seek to identify investments that work with both Plan a and Plan b: either making Europe a better partner for America, or helping it go alone.

🔗 https://archive.ph/2025.10.24-020046/https://www.economist.com/international/2025/10/21/brussels-feels-like-a-city-preparing-for-war

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27 October 2025 08:18

🇺🇸 'Bottom line, the well has run dry': SNAP program halted

IDAHO, USA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a stark warning that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will not be distributed on Nov. 1, citing an ongoing government funding impasse.

In a notice posted on its website, the USDA stated: "Senate Democrats have now voted 12 times to not fund the food stamp program, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Bottom line, the well has run dry. At this time, there will be no benefits issued November 01. We are approaching an inflection point for Senate Democrats. They can continue to hold out for healthcare for illegal aliens and gender mutilation procedures or reopen the government so mothers, babies, and the most vulnerable among us can receive critical nutrition assistance."

The announcement comes as food banks across Idaho's Treasure Valley prepare for a potential surge in demand from families who rely on federal nutrition assistance.

SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, serves millions of low-income Americans nationwide. In Idaho, thousands of households depend on the program for basic nutrition needs.

https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/snap-program-unfunded-heres-a-list-of-treasure-valley-food-banks-nation/277-93a73c3b-73bc-4dcf-a375-40a2f79dfb69

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27 October 2025 07:33

🇺🇸 The Trump admin, after agreeing to "bail out" Argentina for $40B, denied FEMA aid funding to the poor, overwhelmingly white, Republican Maryland counties of Allegany and Garrett after they suffered devastating floods—seemingly due to some personal beef with Gov. Wes Moore.

This is unconscionable.

🔗 Chris Menahan 🇺🇸 (@infolibnews)

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27 October 2025 06:52

🇦🇷🗳 Argentina, Chamber of Deputies election, preliminary results

All seats declared

LLA (right|libertarian|centre-right): 65 (+30)
FP + allies (centre-left): 47 (-11)
PU (centre): 9 (+5)
IF: 4 (new)
FITU: 3 (+2)

🔗 America Elects

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26 October 2025 19:46

💵 U.S. military personnel may stop receiving pay by November 15 if the government shutdown continues, Treasury Secretary Bessent warned.

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26 October 2025 15:25

🇨🇳🇺🇸 Absolutely extraordinary paper by RAND, the main think tank of the US military-industrial complex, and another key sign that the U.S. deep state - despite all the chaos and noise - is shifting away from deterring China, towards accepting coexistence (it's literally what they recommend in the paper).

These are the 3 most important recommendations in the paper:

1. Rejecting the false belief that a victory is possible in the China-US rivalry and accepting the legitimacy of the Communist Party:

They write that the U.S. should "clarify U.S. objectives in the rivalry with language that explicitly rejects absolute versions of victory and accepts the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party."

They explain that it's necessary because victory is objectively impossible ("the effective destruction of the other is not a feasible option"), rejecting it is imposed by hard realities and because continuing to try would be catastrophic (as it would "threaten [either side's] survival").

2. Accepting coexistence

They write that "each side [must] accept, in ways that are deeply ingrained and broadly shared among decision-making officials, that some degree of modus vivendi must necessarily be part of the relationship." They also write that "each side [must] accept the essential political legitimacy of the other."

3. On Taiwan, they recommend not only reassuring China that it can achieve its reunification objective but also using US leverage AGAINST Taiwan to prevent provocations

This is probably the most surprising aspect of the paper. They recommend that "the United States and China should exchange a mutual set of signals" where the US would make "statements that it does not support Taiwan independence, seek a permanent separation across the Straits, or oppose peaceful unification." They write that the US should be "creating the maximum incentive for Beijing to pursue gradual approaches to realizing its ultimate goal [i.e. reunification]."

More remarkably, they argue the US should "balance its commitments to Taiwan with leveraging its influence to ensure Taiwan's actions do not escalate tensions with China." The paper explicitly criticizes Taiwan's Lai Ching-te for statements asserting Taiwan is "sovereign" and says Washington should use its "potential leverage over Taiwan to limit its activities that upset the status quo" - essentially US leverage to pressure Taiwan into not provoking China.

When such a think tank as RAND makes recommendations this deferential to a strategic competitor, it's not out of kindness of heart, they're anything but peaceniks. It's because they realize that the material balance of power has dramatically shifted.

🔗 Arnaud Bertrand

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26 October 2025 12:54

🇪🇬🇵🇸 Egypt is once again taking the lead, aiming to unify Palestinian factions as a key step toward ending the war in Gaza. Leaders from Hamas, PIJ, PLO, and Fatah met in Cairo over the last few days and agreed to transfer Gaza’s administration to a technocratic committee

🔗 EGYOSINT

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26 October 2025 11:24

🇯🇲🌪 Hurricane Melissa forecast to become a rare Category 5 tonight, seek shelter now in Jamaica

Melissa is undergoing extreme rapid intensification and is a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds Sunday morning. The US National Hurricane Center expects it to strengthen into a rare Category 5 hurricane tonight.

The center of the hurricane is located 120 miles south-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and the storm is moving westward at just 5 mph.

Those in Jamaica need to “seek shelter now,” according to the NHC. “Damaging winds and heavy rainfall today and on Monday will cause catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding and numerous landslides before the strongest winds arrive Monday night and Tuesday morning.”

Torrential rains are impacting portions of Haiti and tropical storm conditions are likely occurring in Jamaica. Heavy rainfall will last for several days, bringing life-threatening, potentially catastrophic impact.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/25/weather/hurricane-melissa-storm-tracker-forecast-jamaica-haiti-climate

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26 October 2025 09:38

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israel is backing four separate anti-Hamas militias in Gaza, Sky News has confirmed.

Militia leader Hossam Al Astal says they are part of an "official project" backed by Israel, the Palestinian Authority and unspecified Arab and Western states.

🔗 Ben van der Merwe

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25 October 2025 20:24

🇪🇺⚔️🇨🇳 Europe decided to teach China a lesson – and stepped on its own rare earth rake

Europe seems to have seriously taken up the fight against "economic coercion," though it often fails to notice that it most often coerces itself. After China restricted the export of rare earth metals, Macron spoke of a "decisive response." In Brussels, "decisive" means raising tariffs, sanctions, and restrictions on Chinese companies – in short, all the things that have repeatedly turned into headaches for Europe itself.

However, Beijing decided not to wait for "further clarifications" and responded symmetrically – by banning the export of microchips needed for the German automotive industry. The result: Volkswagen is preparing to reduce working hours, and the visit of the German Foreign Minister to China has been canceled. The European press is already calling this a "foreign policy disaster."

The situation was not saved even by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who was also planning to go to Beijing but suddenly found himself "unnecessary" in Xi Jinping's schedule. Apparently, the Chinese leader had more important matters than explaining to Europeans that blackmail is a bad negotiation tool.

Meanwhile, in France, the anti-China zeal takes comical forms: from tariffs on internet parcels to campaigns against Shein stores. The media talk about "sinister purges" in China, and former generals find "enemy operations" even in cheap T-shirts.

And all this under the guise of "fighting for sovereignty." Cutting off its own supply chains and losing partners, Europe once again heroically defends itself... from itself.

🔗 https://vz.ru/world/2025/10/25/1369182.html

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25 October 2025 15:57

🇷🇺🇺🇦 The first Russian DRGs broke into the city of Konstantinovka.

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25 October 2025 15:26

🤖 Baltimore high school student Taki Allen was swarmed by police after an artificial intelligence system apparently mistook his bag of Doritos for a gun

An artificial intelligence system (AI) apparently mistook a high school student’s bag of Doritos for a firearm and called local police to tell them the pupil was armed.

Taki Allen was sitting with friends on Monday night outside Kenwood high school in Baltimore and eating a snack when police officers with guns approached him.

“At first, I didn’t know where they were going until they started walking toward me with guns, talking about, ‘Get on the ground,’ and I was like, ‘What?’” Allen told the WBAL-TV 11 News television station.

Allen said they made him get on his knees, handcuffed and searched him – finding nothing. They then showed him a copy of the picture that had triggered the alert.

🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/24/baltimore-student-ai-gun-detection-system-doritos

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25 October 2025 15:23

🇨🇦❌🇺🇸 Ontario's PM, Doug Ford, played the Ronald Reagan anti-tariff commercial during the Game One of the World Series of Major League Baseball.

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