Improving Species Recovery Act, Explained

Source: Property and Environment Research Center
by McLean Albritton

“More than 50 years after the ESA’s passage, the statute has succeeded in one important respect—99 percent of listed species have avoided extinction. But recovery, the ESA’s ultimate goal, has lagged far behind. Just 3 percent of listed species have recovered. And, according to PERC research, 96% of the recoveries federal agencies predicted have not happened. The sobering recovery numbers are a call to action for reforms to make the law work better.” (09/30/26)

https://www.perc.org/2026/09/30/improving-species-recovery-act-explained/

Thomas L. Knapp

10-year US Treasury yield hits highest level since 2002 as global bond rout gathers pace

Source: CNBC

“U.S. Treasury yields hit their highest level in more than two decades on Thursday as a global bond sell-off deepened. The 10-year Treasury yield breached a level last seen in April 2002, rising 4 basis points to 5.3338%, according to LSEG data. The figure is key to rates for mortgage borrowing, auto loans and credit card debt. … Government borrowing costs rose around the world on Thursday, continuing a months-long trend as investors express concerns over a lack of political action to tackle fiscal deficits, while inflation remains sticky and interest rates rise.” (10/01/26)

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/01/us-treasury-bond-yield.html

Thomas L. Knapp

Being Forcefully Pro-Palestine Weeds The Terrible People Out Of Your Life

Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone

“Being forcefully pro-Palestine is the most efficient way to weed all the worst people out of your life. It takes care of them all. Zionists. Islamophobes. Apathetic narcissists. Unthinking herd-minded right wing ideologues. Abuser-enabling ‘both sides’ moral cowards. Emotionally stunted man-babies who turn every challenging conversation into an ‘allow me to play devil’s advocate’ mental exercise to avoid feeling normal human feelings. Leaned-back, too-cool-for-the-current-thing victims of western meta-irony brain rot. It’s like spraying yourself with asshole repellant. Supporting Palestine doesn’t automatically make you a good person; opposing genocide and apartheid is just the basic bare-minimum position we’re all morally obligated to take. But supporting Israel against the Palestinians absolutely does automatically make you a bad person.” (10/01/26)

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/10/01/being-forcefully-pro-palestine-weeds-the-terrible-people-out-of-your-life/

Steve Trinward

AZ: SCOTUS denies state’s bid to delay start of takeover of healthcare in state prisons

Source: SFGate

“The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an eleventh-hour bid by the state of Arizona to block the upcoming start of a court-ordered takeover of healthcare operations in its prisons after the state was found to have provided constitutionally inadequate care to incarcerated people and dragged its feet for over a decade in making required improvements. The state’s request to delay the start date was denied Thursday by Justice Elena Kagan, leaving an outside corrections professional to take over healthcare management for 25,000 incarcerated people on Oct. 19. Arizona had asked the courts to delay the start date while it appealed both the takeover decision and the appointment of former Ohio corrections director Annette Chambers-Smith as the leader of the effort.” (10/01/26)

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/supreme-court-denies-arizona-s-bid-to-delay-22458254.php

Steve Trinward

OpenAI ‘reviewing’ report of failed hacking attempt against Canadian regime

Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]

“OpenAI has confirmed that it is reviewing a report of a failed hacking attempt against a Canadian government body in the latest incident to highlight cybersecurity concerns about artificial intelligence. The AI giant said on Wednesday that it was reviewing the alleged cyberattack against Canada’s national archives agency and had provided an initial briefing to Canadian officials. … The attempted hacking, if confirmed, would be the first publicly known case of an AI-led cyberattack against Canada’s government, following a series of incidents of rogue agents targeting agencies in the United States and Australia.” (10/01/26)

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/1/openai-reviewing-report-of-failed-hacking-attempt-against-canadas-govt

Thomas L. Knapp