Reino Ruusu
@rruusu.bsky.social
Computational software developer. News addict. Husband. Father of two.
Critical Latitude breaks down El Niño: tilted thermoclines, Kelvin waves, and atmospheric teleconnections bending the jet stream. After 1982's hidden event, the 70-buoy TAO array transformed real-time ocean forecasting. NOAA gives the 2026 event an 83% chance of topping all records since 1950.
El Niño: The Last Video You Need to Watch About It
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A century of records across Europe shows wild bees and hoverflies in widespread decline, with species loss persistent across Continental and Atlantic regions. As Cop17 opens in Armenia, researchers warn that a resilient few cannot sustain crops and wildflowers facing mounting climate stress.
‘Crucial opportunity to act’ as study finds most of Europe’s wild bee species in decline
As Cop17 kicks off, records since 1921 show more bee species declining than increasing in all parts of Europe except the Alps
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Record king tides and warm Kelvin waves driven by an intensifying super El Niño are wiping out Southern California beaches and undermining coastal homes months before the storm season peaks. In Long Beach, over a dozen residences were damaged or condemned as 17-foot swells breached seawalls.
California residents are waking up to their homes sliding into the ocean. And the worst is yet to come.
Sandy beaches gone. Boardwalks demolished. Homes flooded. Southern California’s dreamscape is being devastated, and the worst of El Niño is still months away.
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Trump cuts to NOAA's GeoXO satellite program will set back US weather prediction by a decade, a GAO report warns. Slicing lifecycle funds from $19.6B to $13B slashes the fleet from six to four, strips lightning and air quality sensors, and risks a critical data gap when GOES-R retires in 2032.
Trump admin cuts to satellites will set back US weather forecasting by a decade | CNN
The Trump administration reduced the number of planned US weather satellites and removed key tools. Experts say it will set our weather forecasts back nearly a decade, especially for extreme weather e...
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Vaush critiques Tesla's Rocket Roadster demonstration, arguing the prototype relies on decades-old compressed air thrusters and ground suction rather than genuine automotive innovation. He highlights severe collision explosion hazards and unviable road legality behind the investor spectacle.
This Is The Most Idiotic Tech Demo I Have Ever Seen
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New archaeological and paleoclimate research challenges the long-held theory that megadroughts alone destroyed the ancient Maya. Studies reveal abandoned cities with ample rainfall, showing how climate shocks triggered multi-stressor cascades of political conflict, migration, and trade breakdown.
The Maya collapse was blamed on drought. The full story is more complicated.
Researchers are still puzzling through what happened to the ancient Maya civilization, which mysteriously dwindled. New answers have parallels in the present.
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Isaac Chotiner interviews documentarian Jasper Nathaniel on the violent settler attack against Palestinian farmers and Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine in Khirbet Abu Falah. Nathaniel details state backing, military coordination, and a rush to seize West Bank land ahead of the election.
Behind the Settler Attack on Palestinians and a Washington Post Journalist
Jasper Nathaniel, an independent journalist who filmed the attack, describes the significant increase in West Bank violence on the eve of the Israeli election.
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Pulitzer-winning historian Liaquat Ahamed joins Ed Elson on Prof G Markets to compare AI data center buildouts to the 1873 railroad bubble. He warns that debt-fueled overbuilding, falling token margins, and monetary policy constraints threaten to amplify an AI correction into a broader crisis.
Will The AI Boom End Like The Railroad Crash Of 1873?
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In Longyearbyen, Svalbard, tap water is no longer drinkable as climate warming thaws permafrost, exposing pyrite-rich bedrock that leaches heavy metals into the reservoir. Manganese, nickel, and sulphate contamination forces residents to collect purified water as the town weighs costly remediation.
Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian town as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals
Warning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the fastest-warming places in the world
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Patrick Boyle breaks down why Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex data centers—while causing significant economic damage and disruption—did not actually take down Russian bot farms. While Yandex search crawlers fell 94%, influence ops rely on residential proxies, SIM farms, and hijacked TV boxes.
The Russian Bot Apocalypse
YouTube video by Patrick Boyle
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Historian Timothy Snyder warns the US is committing superpower suicide by dismantling alliances, military modernization, and democratic institutions. He argues extreme wealth and fossil fuels fuel modern oligarchy, where leaders treat the nation as a junkyard to loot rather than protect.
How America Is Committing “Superpower Suicide” ft. Timothy Snyder | Shane Smith Has Questions
YouTube video by VICE News
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Russia's regional budget deficit surged five-fold to 1.5 trillion rubles as 73 regions faced deficits. Squeezed by war bonuses, commercial borrowing rates up to 30%, and falling profit taxes, local authorities are cutting services while overdue wages jumped 95% year-on-year.
Russia Stops Paying
YouTube video by Joe Blogs
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In ABC's If You're Listening, Matt Bevan examines how the unpredicted 1982 super El Niño revolutionized weather forecasting via the Southern Oscillation Index. As climate change warms baseline ocean temperatures, forecasters face new hurdles as traditional indices diverge from rainfall patterns.
How we know this year’s El Niño is going to be big | If You're Listening
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Johnny Harris investigates global untracked fishing with Global Fishing Watch and Ian Urbina. Around 75% of industrial fishing vessels go dark by disabling AIS transponders. Multi-sensor radar, nightlight optical, and machine learning expose incursions into protected waters, often with forced labor.
What’s really happening in the ocean’s “dark zones”
YouTube video by Johnny Harris
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France's 10-year borrowing costs touched 4.9%, trading at wider yields than Greece, Italy, and 38% of French corporate bonds. With a 2.9% primary deficit and 44% tax burden, Prime Minister Lecornu's 43 billion euro budget faces student strikes and opposition deadlocks ahead of 2027 elections.
The Bond Market Has Singled Out France
YouTube video by Patrick Boyle
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Max Fisher details how Israel's governing triumvirate seeks an undefined "Total Victory" across Gaza, the West Bank, and southern Lebanon. State-backed settler violence, infrastructure razing, and forced displacement reveal it constituting an orchestrated campaign of ethnic cleansing.
Israel isn’t stopping at Gaza
YouTube video by Max Fisher
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See those two measurements at the blue highlight? They are known as "Super El Niños." I don't know what this one is supposed to be called. We are in uncharted waters (literally).
The Trump administration is gutting institutional expertise, firing over 1,300 State Department officials and dismantling tech and Asia bureaus countering China. Meanwhile, chasing debunked conspiracies backfires as official reviews on Epstein and Social Security uncover zero evidence of fraud.
Surviving Trump's Age Of Stupid
YouTube video by Mallen Baker
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Global trade is quietly realigning as allies move to "acceptance" on US tariffs. With Trump slapping 35% on Canada and 30% on the EU, Brussels signed a zero-tariff pact with Indonesia, while Brazil and India expand trade by 70%—deliberately building alternative networks to bypass Washington.
Trump Broke the World Order — He Won't Like What Comes Next
YouTube video by Mallen Baker
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UK 30-year gilt yields breached 6% for the first time since 1998 as 10-year yields topped 5.5%. With 750,000 households facing mortgage hikes averaging £170/month in 2026 and house prices slipping, PM Andy Burnham moved to curtail the pension triple lock by 2030 to fund a National Care Service.
UK in Deep Trouble
YouTube video by Joe Blogs
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Donald Trump threatened to halt trade with all deficit partners, claiming the US would gain $1.5T a year by ending trade deficits, while demanding the Fed slash interest rates to 0.5%–1% to achieve 20% GDP growth. Economists warn the moves would spark severe inflation and factory shutdowns.
Trump’s recent statements on the economy are even more bonkers than usual | Steven Greenhouse
Our ‘genius’ president is revealing his ignorance of economics, fueling concerns about the threat he poses to the world
theguardian.com
Global food prices hit a 4-year high in September, with the FAO index at 136 points. Vegetable oils rose 18%, cereals 17%, and sugar 15% over last year. Compounding conflicts in the Black Sea and Hormuz, soaring fertilizer costs, and El Niño weather shocks threaten severe food inflation worldwide.
Global Food & Inflation Crisis Is Brewing
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Ian Bremmer joins Ezra Klein to argue that America is succumbing to the ‘Gracchi Trap’—internal decay and norm-shattering rather than external conquest. As the Hormuz blockade squeezes Asian energy and China wields mineral export controls, US unilateralism drives global instability.
Ian Bremmer on the Risks America Poses to the World | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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Makers of the documentary NAZA and The Guardian pushed back against Israeli military attempts to discredit their film, revealing they interviewed over 100 sources including senior IDF commanders involved in strike authorisations, backed by leaked classified targeting documents.
NAZA film-makers say they spoke to more than 100 sources about Israeli actions in Gaza
Team behind documentary push back against IDF attempt to discredit its exposure of military systems
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Mallen Baker doesn’t hold back his sarcasm taking a look at Pete Hegseth's concrete steps towards theocratic lead in the DoD, Trump administration attempts to rule NATO with divide and conquer strategies under threats of a diesel export ban. Allies are elevating stockpile decisions to the IEA.
Trump Just Used NATO To Punish Britain and France — Here's The Strategy
YouTube video by Mallen Baker
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Donald Trump downplayed North Korea's nuclear weapons program, claiming Kim Jong Un's arsenal is fine because the dictator likes and respects him. Trump differentiated Pyongyang from Iran, pushed for a 2026 summit at APEC, and defended curtailing joint military exercises with South Korea.
Trump says it’s fine for Kim Jong Un to have nuclear weapons because ‘he likes me’
US president claims he’s ‘about the only person in the entire world’ the North Korean leader likes
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told an industry-backed MAHA summit that AI is better informed than any doctor in the US and can free patients from medical tyranny, citing Sam Altman on checking AI for diagnoses. The corporate-sponsored event drew backlash from grassroots MAHA activists.
A.I. Is ‘Better Informed’ Than Doctors, Kennedy Tells Industry-Backed MAHA Summit (Gift Article)
The health secretary, Vice President JD Vance and other top officials addressed a conference sponsored by corporations, including A.I. companies and others with business before the government.
nytimes.com
Netanyahu made a secret trip to Abu Dhabi to ask UAE President MBZ to deny giving him a pre-Oct 7 warning about Hamas, per AP sources. The PMO dismissed the report as fake news while Shin Bet demanded a censor probe after Israeli TV leaked the visit. Netanyahu also met regional officials on Iran.
Netanyahu flew to UAE to ask MBZ to deny giving him pre-Oct. 7 warning of Hamas attack – sources
Both sides confirm trip one day later, but PMO denies it had anything to do with trying to quash report about Emirati leader's alert; Shin Bet files complaint to military censor, claiming network that...
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The CDC has lost 30% of its staff and 10 of 11 center directors under the Trump administration and Health Secretary RFK Jr. Operating under acting heads and political minders, the hollowed agency faces severe backlogs responding to measles at home, Ebola in DR Congo, and seasonal vaccines.
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Economist Jeffrey Sachs warns Trump's bilateral tariff formula breaks the global division of labor established over 80 years. Trade deficits reflect national spending exceeding income, not foreign cheating. Halting trade destroys wealth, as shown by $10 trillion wiped from markets in two days.
Jeffrey Sachs Slams Trump’s Tariffs: ‘The Whole World System’ Is Being Broken Apart | US NEWS
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