Links 4/6/2025 | naked capitalism

Real climate change activists👏pic.twitter.com/faiWVHez0p

— Out of Context Human Race (@NoContextHumans) April 5, 2025

Editorial: Mammoth de-extinction is bad conservation Ars Technica

Welcome to the Worst Allergy Season Ever Wired

China?

China has officially entered the era of “flying taxis”.

2 Chinese companies have obtained the commercial operation certificate for autonomous passenger drones from CAAC.

China is at the forefront of the world’s 4th Industrial Revolution. pic.twitter.com/POFiLTs3I1

— Li Zexin (@XH_Lee23) March 31, 2025

PLA puts US military on notice over ‘dangerous’ activities near China SCMP

Taiwan’s national security adviser in US for ‘secret’ talks: Report Andolu Adjansi

China says ‘market has spoken’ after Trump tariffs spark global stocks rout CNBC

China Delays Approval of TikTok’s US Asset Spin-Off Due to New US Tariffs Sputnik

South of the Border

Mexico announces $4b plan to boost food self-sufficiency amid US tariffs China Daily

The frenzied 24 hours when Venezuelan migrants in the US were shipped to an El Salvador prison AP

A closer look at the hell-hole Trump is sending immigrants to.

CECOT—El Salvador’s infamous mega-prison built for mass incarceration. The U.S. is snatching immigrants and sending them there—no trial, no proof, just suspected gang ties.

Something needs to be done about this… pic.twitter.com/6dska7Lla0

— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) March 30, 2025

Haiti protests turn violent as gunmen open fire on police Euro News

Sec Hegseth to visit Panama after Trump’s demands for canal’s return Fox News

European Disunion

GLEICHAUF: Alternative für Deutschland in historic first pulls dead even with CDU/CSU in latest INSA poll Eugyppius

Serbia and Hungary move towards military alliance amid regional tensions Intellinews

Le Pen furore reignites Europe’s clash with its judiciaries Euractive

Protesters rallying against Italy’s new security bill clash with police PressTV

Old Blighty

Rats ‘bigger than cats’ are roaming Britain’s second-biggest city CNN

Were Still More UK Postmasters Also Wrongly Prosecuted Over Accounting Bug? Computer Weekly

Jaguar Land Rover stops exporting to USA as Trump Tariffs come into force Bristol Live

UK POLICE STATE: Met Police to install 2 permanent live facial recognition cameras in Croydon.
This undermines the freedom and privacy of innocent men, women and children who should not be surveilled, identified and data-mined without their knowledge or permission. pic.twitter.com/vzB5s1mwjt

— David Kurten (@davidkurten) April 2, 2025

Israel v. The Resistance

THIS IS WHAT GAZA LOOKS LIKE!

ZIONISM IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY! pic.twitter.com/4Ijg3rRNsL

— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) April 4, 2025

It has now been 30 days with NO humanitarian aid getting into Gaza.

No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.

That is barbaric. The U.S. must end our complicity in these atrocities. pic.twitter.com/Ix3IVrDHNg

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 3, 2025

https://t.co/rFnpjZ3YOL

— 🇬🇧Israel🇮🇱latest From Gaza & Sana’a Yemen (@JerusalemDiary) April 5, 2025

Criminal

Over the course of the past three years, I have viewed graphic scenes of warfare from around the world.

But I have never been more outraged than I am about this American strike against a typical civilian gathering of men in a village in Yemen.

It is CRIMINAL. pic.twitter.com/dTRB9AXysi

— Will Schryver (@imetatronink) April 5, 2025

New Not-So-Cold War

Russia Lost More Than 4,000 Tanks in Ukraine War: US General Defense Post

NATO not involved in talks to end Ukraine-Russia war – Rutte Ukrinform

View from Poland: American soldiers died because they were drunk International Affairs

🚨 Russian President Putin has inaugurated Arkhangelsk, Russia’s new nuclear submarine, a fourth-generation submarine with stealth capabilities and the ability to carry nuclear missiles. But more importantly, it has a fine Finnish sauna inside.

AAE pic.twitter.com/XU1Tik2LWC

— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) March 28, 2025

Zelensky hits out at US over ‘weak’ reaction to Russian attack on his hometown The Independent

Big Brother is Watching You Watch

Breaking News:

Canada updates travel advice to warn of U.S. border officers’ power to search electronic devices.

Travellers have to decide ‘how much privacy intrusion they can tolerate,’ lawyer says. pic.twitter.com/vf1M0P0k5B

— Evans (@TrueNorthEvans) April 5, 2025

Imperial Collapse Watch

Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers Military.com

IF U.S. incomes spiked 69%, we’d return to pre-pandemic housing affordability levels

IF U.S. home prices fell 41%, we’d return to pre-pandemic affordability

IF mortgage rates fell 4.3 percentage points, we’d return to pre-pandemic affordability pic.twitter.com/p9SBMxzJ5F

— Lance Lambert (@NewsLambert) April 1, 2025

US recession probability in 2025 in the voting market. pic.twitter.com/QcCRuqZpjy

— يحيى (@IraqiWithNoAK47) April 5, 2025

Trump 2.0

Why Trump May Get Away With His Tariff Trauma Politico

Ted Cruz warns of midterm ‘bloodbath’ if Trump tariffs cause a recession The Guardian

Bessent seeks tax cut as big summer win Axios

Protesters tee off against Trump and Musk in “Hands Off!” rallies across the U.S. Politico

I Went to the Anti-Trump Protest Ken Klippenstein

DOGE

DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data Wired

DOGE arrives at Peace Corps HQ, signaling possible cuts on the horizon Fox News

DOGE drive didn’t just affect federal workers; Deloitte, Accenture, among hardest hit Mint

Democrat Death Watch

Young men are leaving the Democratic Party:

– 2016: 51% of young men identified or leaned Democrat
– 2023: This number dropped to 39% pic.twitter.com/RMBaQwLUnW

— The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole84) April 5, 2025

It’s really pathetic what the Democratic party has become. pic.twitter.com/hB0ATkhtXW

— suzy (@Suzy_1776) March 29, 2025

Amie Parnes: Democrats Are Telling Me They Need To Burn The House Down, Accept Accountability pic.twitter.com/VxR8brAn0r

— RCP Video (@rcpvideo) April 4, 2025

Immigration

Trump’s ICE disappeared a 52-year-old mother from Westminster, Maryland.

Agents refused to show her a warrant—smashing the driver’s side window & yanking her out of the car with no explanation.

She has no criminal record & is legally in U.S. due to a pending immigration case.… pic.twitter.com/GG2a5uXWWD

— LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 (@LongTimeHistory) April 4, 2025

NOW: Thousands Pro-Palestine protesters march to Washington DC Immigration ICE facility to demand release of Mahmoud Khalil pic.twitter.com/qlUSInfXMW

— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) April 5, 2025

Letters warn nearly 200 GE Appliances workers to leave U.S. Courier Journal

Our No Longer Free Press

CNN chooses to let Israel censor every piece of their media about Israel and Palestine before they publish

This has been happening for years

What does this say about free press and fair reporting? pic.twitter.com/G313bc7kbC

— YourFavoriteGuy (@guychristensen_) January 20, 2024

Mr. Market Is Moody

The US would need 5 years of the income from tariffs at this new level to equal the $2 trillion wiped out in today’s stock market loss.

US only has $4.1 trillion in annual imports. pic.twitter.com/OqqdbLiCOx

— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) April 2, 2025

Stock Market Loses $3.1 Trillion in Value, Worst One-Day Drop Since Covid, — WSJ pic.twitter.com/fwwDtxQ1jn

— 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐎𝐌𝐒𝐀 | 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇵🇱🇺🇦 (@tweet4Anna_NAFO) April 4, 2025

Trump’s Trade War Looks Brutal for Finance, Too Deccan Herald

AI

OpenAI’s Motion to Dismiss Copyright Claims Rejected by Judge ars technica

How crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects Wikimedia

AI 2027 AI 2027

Intelligence Explosion: AI 2027 Model — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo

AI proves that human fingerprints are not unique earth.com

Is AI a Treasure Chest or Pandora’s Box? Psychology Today

The Bezzle

Another young female founder has been found guilty of fraud. This time, it’s Charlie Javice, who sold her startup Frank to JPMorgan for $175M—only to be convicted for fabricating user data. I love that fiat King Jamie Dimon got popped for being an idiot, but wrong is wrong. pic.twitter.com/R8OOD71f9o

— Dr Jack Kruse (@drjackkruse_btc) April 2, 2025

Beverly Hills man gets lengthy sentence for fraud Beverly Pess

Guillotine Watch

This is a real definition of wealth. See crazy mansion!!! I will never be poor 😂🙏 pic.twitter.com/wtpfTJeFL1

— OLAMIDE 🌸💖 (@Olamide0fficial) February 11, 2025

This is crazy

The Top 0.1% of U.S. households now have more wealth than the entire bottom 50%! pic.twitter.com/5KxIWQb9lD

— Market Sentiment (@mkt_sentiment) April 3, 2025

Class Warfare

Makers of Rent-Setting Software Sue California City Over Ban Associated Press

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