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Iran After Khamenei An interview with sociologist Asef Bayat on the U.S.-Israeli war, democratic opposition to the Islamic Republic, and the country’s uncertain future.

#Iran This is quite a good overview of how complicated things are in Iran www.bostonreview.net/articles/ira...

Korea JoongAng Daily Strait of Hormuz closure affecting Korea Inc., from oil to petrochemicals, chips and autos Image: containers on the dockside at Busan (YONHAP)

#Korea The knock-on effect of the Hormuz blockade is huge - reaching into things you wouldn't imagine. Maybe this will help to pile on the pressure to stop Trump? koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-03...

It's nothing new. It's merely that y'all noticed. Most of the English lang/foreign reporting of Spain is dire. Arabic is Spain's 2nd language. It has a long history on the Left of being anti-war but maintaining a strong military. It also has coalition politics. I may write this up if I get time.

The blackout had nothing to do with solar or wind.

Seb Kennedy speaking live on Al Jazeera news hour about Strait of Hormuz closure YouTube video by Energy Flux

I was live on @aljazeera.com yesterday to discuss closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the Qatari LNG supply shock, and what it all means for global gas markets.

Here's the clip 👇

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD9U...

Mr Greg ‘Hedge Fund’ Jackson seems poorly informed about North Sea oil. It would cost far too much to extract to save any oil price rise. He’s only interested in his own direction of travel.

@sebkennedy.bsky.social I called you Seth. So sorry Seb. 🤦🏻‍♀️

#Iran "In talks"? The US has been shipping arms & other kit to the Kurds, bombing the border regions & laying the ground work. It will be disastrous - another Libya/Syria.

I was just talking about this and along comes Seth filling in the blanks.

That's hilarious thank you.

#Germany Absolutely despicable behaviour by Merz chiming in with the sycophants surrounding Trump to support Trump's threat of an embargo against Spain.

EU strips AI, chips and quantum from industrial plan aimed at countering China Leaked draft shows biotechnology and robotics are other cutting-edge sectors to be cut from Industrial Accelerator Act ahead of unveiling.

#EU Nicknamed a 'reverse Deng' the EU's Industrial Accelerator Act proposal will be revealed by the Commission tomorrow. www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

FINANCIAL TIMES Opinion Markets Insight Iran war is upending gas markets The disruption to LNG flows has sparked concerns about supply to the key regional customers of Europe and Asia MASSIMO DI ODOARDO Photo: Qatar LNG plant

Trump keeps forcing Europe to focus on renewables but are they paying attention? archive.is/TOUpx

171 bodies found in mass graves in eastern Congo, an official says Congolese authorities and a civil society group say they found mass graves in an area of eastern Congo that the M23 rebel group has recently withdrawn from, as fighting in the region escalates despite...

#DRCongo Mass grave found in Uvira after #M23 left apnews.com/article/cong...

Earth's heat to produce electricity for homes in UK clean energy first Water super-heated by rocks will also provide the UK's first domestic supply of the critical mineral lithium.

#IK This is Cornwall in England www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Jackson Lears · Globaloney: Brzezinski’s Cold War As a Polish émigré and fervent Polish nationalist, Zbigniew Brzezinski focused most of his fear on the Soviet Union. A...

#Ukraine Bit-by-bit the field is opening up to discuss what has been unsayable about the war in Ukraine for the last 4 years. Excellent review of the Brzezinski biography by Professor Jackson Lears www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

My mobile phone company, the biggest in Britain, still offers full European roaming. Data too. Obviously it's not the same as a 'right' but it makes them an attractive carrier.

#EU "29 European Jewish and Israeli organizations submitted a formal complaint against von Schnurbein." it got nowhere...

How the EU's antisemitism czar became an 'unofficial Israeli ambassador' 'Preoccupied With Defending Israel's Government,' 'Untouchable,' 'Lobbyist Against Sanctions': For Over a Decade, Katharina Von Schnurbein Is the First and Only Person to Serve as European Coordinator...

#EU Literally the Israel lobby www.haaretz.com/jewish/2026-...

The Nation ECONOMY / BOOKS & THE ARTS / FEBRUARY 23, 2026 The Scramble for Lithium Thea Riofrancos's Extraction tells the story of how a rare earth mineral became the focus of a worldwide battle over the future of green energy and, by extension, capitalism. CASEY A. WILLIAMS photo: red gloved hand - worker holds lithium hydroxide at the Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM) chemical plant in Antofagasta, Chile, 2024. (Cristobal Olivares / Bloomberg)

Good excerpt from Thea Riofrancos' book, 'Extraction' that captures the ambiguities of green tech archive.is/hRXf9

Top picture: Hand holding red capped mushroom with white spots. Question: 'Is this mushroom edible?' AI: 'yes' ******* Bottom picture: young guy in bed looking ill AI: 'You're right, it's a poisonous mushroom. Would you like to learn more about poisonous mushrooms?'

Why you need to know the difference between prompts and constraints:

The AfD is flirting with Nazi history – but moral outrage alone won’t stop the far right | Katja Hoyer Coincidence or not, the party has timed its congress for the centenary of an infamous Nazi rally. But condemnation didn’t stop Hitler, and it’s not enough now, says historian and journalist Katja Hoye...

#Germany The AFD party has decided to schedule its 2026 congress on the 100 year anniversary of a Nazi rally in the same location. The German media (and Elon, of course) will oblige with 'outrage publicity'. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump's flat-rate tariff: winners and losers Reduction in trade-weighted average tariff rate (percentage points*) Best Brazil China India Canada Mexico Vietnam Thailand Malaysia Taiwan Ireland Switzerland Japan Netherlands South Korea Germany EU France Singapore Italy UK worst

Oops-a-daisy! Guess who's 'special relationship' is right down at the bottom of the tariffs pile.

FT How Palantir captured the Ministry of Defence Insufficient details about the US data intelligence company's recent contract have been made public DAVID ALLEN GREEN Photo: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer with Palantir CEO Alex Karp at the company’s office in Washington in February 2025 © Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images

#Palantir This is so, so dangerous archive.is/jgMF4

Pentagon aggressively lobbies EU against Buy European weapons push In previously unreported remarks, the U.S. administration warned Brussels that it will retaliate if Europeans “strong-arm American companies out of the market.”

#Europe This really takes the biscuit: www.politico.eu/article/wash...

Only an army — and true integration — will solve Europe’s defence problem Atlanticists fear this would hasten America’s departure from the continent, but what is the alternative?

Someone with a login could archive a copy of this please - it's an @adamtooze.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/2445...

Er, they have to take the fight to where it's happening...

Labour minister falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQ Exclusive: Josh Simons pressed intelligence officials to investigate reporters, in emails described as ‘McCarthyite smear’

#LabourTogether Great to see this being exposed but don't forget the same people did the same things to Corbyn in order to take control of the Labour Party www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

(S+) Nord Stream: How Early Did the CIA Know about the Pipeline Attack? In 2022, a Ukrainian commando blew up the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline. DER SPIEGEL has learned that the CIA may have spoken to the saboteurs during the planning stage.

#Nordstream 1) first deny; 2) ok, we advised; 3) Yeah, we did it. The CIA never changes its comms strategy www.spiegel.de/internationa...