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China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months.
The rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) saw CO2 emissions from transport fuel drop by 5% year-on-year, while there were also declines from cement and steel production.
While emissions from the power sector were flat year-on-year, a big rise in the chemical industry’s CO2 output offset reductions elsewhere.

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were unchanged from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2025, extending a flat or falling trend that started in March 2024.

Trump has been briefed in recent days on new options for
military strikes in Iran
as he considers following through on his threat to attack the country for cracking down on protesters,
according to multiple U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Trump has not made a final decision,
but the officials said he was seriously considering authorizing a strike
in response to the Iranian regime’s efforts to suppress demonstrations
set off by widespread eco…

Trump Is Briefed on Options for Striking Iran as Protests Continue
The president has said he will be “hitting them very hard” if Iranian leaders kill protesters amid widespread demonstrations calling for wholesale changes in the country.

A profile of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, whose estimated 11% stake is now worth $1B following ICE's $2B investment, as its rivalry with Kalshi intensifies (Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciap…

Crypto’s Fastest-Growing Startup Mints World’s Youngest Self-Made Billionaire
A $2 billion investment from NYSE parent ICE vaults Polymarket’s 27 year-old founder Shayne Coplan into the three-comma club and intensifies its rivalry with prediction market competitor Kalshi.

#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 05 - The Harvest of Kairos
VILA: Tell that to Servalan. They don't take kindly to scrumping on Kairos.
ZEN: The planet has an orbital revolution of fifteen Earth years. The fertile zone is small, and noted for the suborganic growth of Kairopan, a highly prized crystal, which is gathered during the first week following the vernal equinox. This is know…

"Do your own research" is counter productive when you don't know how to research...
https://www.vice.com/en/article/scientists-explain-why-doing-your-own-research-leads-to-buying-conspiracies/

Scientists Explain Why ‘Doing Your Own Research’ Leads to Believing Conspiracies
Researchers found that people searching misinformation online risk falling into “data voids” that increase belief in conspiracies.

Trump has been briefed in recent days on new 🔥options for #military #strikes in #Iran
as he considers following through on his threat to attack the country for cracking down on protesters, according to multiple U.S. officials famil…

Trump Is Briefed on Options for Striking Iran as Protests Continue
The president has said he will be “hitting them very hard” if Iranian leaders kill protesters amid widespread demonstrations calling for wholesale changes in the country.

After some time in preparation, and following an initial attempt to prioritise the allocation of network capacity, the Dutch NRA has now taken a (and this time: own) decision.
Priority for 'congestion softeners', safety, healthcare, housing etc.
https://www.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stc<…

Federal immigration officers have started using Renee Good’s death to threaten more U.S. citizens.
A video posted to Reddit showed a screaming ICE agent repeatedly threatening to kill a man who was sitting in his car, asking how he didn’t “learn from what just happened.”
In the two-minute clip, a masked agent wearing a Minnesota Timberwolves hat approached the vehicle already furious, while the driver rolled down his window.
“Stop fucking following us, you are impeding opera…

“You Did Not Learn?”: ICE Uses Renee Good’s Death as Threat
One protester said an agent told her, “That is why we killed that lesbian b*tch.”

One baby Jesus lies in a manger in the snow, wrapped in a silver emergency blanket with his wrists zip-tied.
Mary stands nearby outside the Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, wearing a plastic gas mask and flanked by Roman soldiers in tactical vests labeled “ICE.”
In another Chicago suburb, not far from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility that has drawn protests over detentions, a sign at the manger outside the Urban Village Church says
“Due to ICE activit…

Church nativity displays on immigration draw praise, outrage in Illinois and Massachusetts
Nativity scenes at some churches are sparking fierce debates. At Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, the baby Jesus lies with zip-tied wrists in the kind of emergency blankets given ICE detainees. At St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Massachusetts, the manger sits empty, beneath a sign reading “ICE was here.” Supporters say Jesus, Mary and Joseph were refugees, comparing them to immigrant communities facing federal raids. Critics call the displays political and sacrilegious. The controver…

A labor-led coalition plans a protest outside the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building Thursday to "demand an end to the bloodshed and inhumane treatment of immigrants by" Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.
The coalition gathers outside the federal building every Thursday, but the protest comes one day after the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an ICE officer in an immigration-related operation in Minneapolis.
"Protesters in San Diego are calling for an end…

Protest planned at downtown federal building following Minneapolis ICE shooting
A labor-led coalition plans a protest outside the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building today to "demand an end to the bloodshed and inhumane treatment of immigrants by" Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.