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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Links 10/21/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 46 Comments »
Western Media Finally Admit That Trump’s Mobilisation of Forces Against Venezuela Is All About Regime Change
CNN has even published an article highlighting the “dark history of the CIA and regime change”, not just in Latin America but around the world.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 24 Comments »
Who’s Delusional, Who’s Drugged, Who’s Disinformed? It’s Hard to Tell
From Trump on down to the voters, it’s almost impossible to figure out who is deluded, who’s drugged, and who’s been disinformed.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 6:20 am | 41 Comments »
Not the Fix—The Tell: The Meaning of a $100,000 H-1B Fee
The new $100,000 H-1B fee tacitly acknowledges what early policy architects signaled: expanding temporary tech visas can depress domestic wages. By bringing the fully loaded cost of a new H1B hire closer to what the local market would require to recruit and retain comparable talent, it narrows the wedge between visa-enabled staffing and hiring Americans at market rates.
Topics: Globalization, India, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 5 Comments »
Putting a Pause on the Practice of Surrogacy
Surrogacy’s health risks raise ethical issues over whether the practice is exploitative and should be banned.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Income disparity, Social values, Technology and innovation
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 2:00 am | 3 Comments »
Coffee Break: Pyrrhic Victory Drives Dystopian High Tech Drive for Control
After claiming a pyrrhic victory in Gaza, Israel and its allies in Silicon Valley make a dystopian grab for control.
Topics: Coffee Break
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 2:00 pm | 50 Comments »
AI Is Coming For Your Doctor
Medical systems using Epic are planning to turn most patient care decisions over to AI.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Health care, Ridiculously obvious scams, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 36 Comments »
Links 10/20/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 182 Comments »
Who’s Profiting off of the Criminalization of Homelessness?
Private equity, for one, which cashes in at nearly every stage of the American homelessness crisis.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Health care, Private equity, Privatization, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 9 Comments »
FEMA Buyouts vs. Risky Real Estate: New Maps Reveal Post-flood Migration Patterns Across the US
Selling may be good for homeowners who can find buyers, but it doesn’t make the community more resilient.
Topics: Environment, Global warming, Market inefficiencies, Real estate
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 4 Comments »
Commodities: Why They Are a Challenge for Investors
Uncertainty is pushing investors to consider commodities but playing them is not as easy as you think!
Topics: Commodities, Guest Post, Investment outlook, Risk and risk management
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:36 am | 5 Comments »
Links 10/19/2025
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 172 Comments »
The Sunday Movie Presents: Charade (1963) Run Time: 1H 56M
Charade is a romantic comedy-drama movie about thieves, money, and love in 1960’s Paris.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 20 Comments »
How a Bush-Era ‘Green’ Solution Made Climate Change Worse
Journalist Michael Grunwald digs into uncomfortable truths about food and agriculture in his new book, ‘We Are Eating the Earth.’
Topics: Carbon credits, Commodities, Environment, Global warming, Globalization, Market inefficiencies, Social policy
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 26 Comments »
Links 10/18/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 143 Comments »