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Iran War: Saudi Pipeline Out for at Least a Month, Further Stressing Energy Supplies; Trump + Israel Readying Post-Midterms Big Attack? Iran Weighing NPT Exit | naked capitalism
Today's Iran war news: After Ansar Allah attacks, Saudis seem in denial about the weakness of their position.
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The Long, Lawless Arm in the Fight Against ‘Anti-Capitalist Terrorists’ Reaches Into Europe as Autistici/Inventati Is Debanked, Hacked, and Has Its Domain Shut Down | naked capitalism
The takedown of the digital collective has enormous implications for independent media, pro-privacy advocates, and the EU, which simply accepts it in silence as good vassals should.
‘The Uprising’ Shows How Medieval People Weren’t So Obedient After All | naked capitalism
The fundamental struggle over who wields power, how authority earns legitimacy, and how compliance is enforced remains familiar through the ages.
Policy Briefs 26-15: The Iran war is raising doubts over Trump’s "America First" foreign investment goal
The Iran war has damaged the economies of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, which have made ambitious investment commitments to the United States. The war has weakened their finances, growth prospects, and trust in US se...
Links 9/13/2026 | naked capitalism
Our strategic daily links: perfect form, predicting suicide, hotteset August, flying Chinese trucks, EU industry, Mideast horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigrat...
The Sunday Morning Movie Proudly Presents: Blade Runner Final Cut (2007) Run Time 1H 57M Plus Bonuses! | naked capitalism
Blade Runner is a movie about what it is to be human in a world of artificial humans.
Organizing for Survival in an Era of Climate Chaos | naked capitalism
Systems are failing. What will replace them?
Links 9/12/2026 | naked capitalism
Our testy links: Houthi lighting strike takes key island + most of Bab el Mandeb coast, Saudis close key pipeline, US diesel over $6 and Brent nears $110, El Nino snarls Asia ports, UK bond yields spike, 9/11, Isreal des...
Africa’s Great Lakes: The Perpetual Violence Machine | naked capitalism
Why the war in Africa’s Great Lakes is entering its fourth decade and may never end.
When the Machine Acquires a Self: Conscience, Agency, and the Governance Frontier of Artificial Intelligence | naked capitalism
What happens when an AI values its own survival?
Coffee Break: Climate Denialism and the State of Scientific Literature | naked capitalism
Climate denialists want federal judges to remain in the dark while the state of scientific research continues to decline