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Laura Millan, Alastair Marsh, Olivia Rudgard, Kyle Stock @ Guardian:
Banks Start Reviewing Clients’ Loan Terms as El Niño Builds
The powerful droughts and floods arising from a developing turbo-charged El Niño are damaging crops, leaders lenders to assess the credit risk.
Also vulnerable to the flooding that’s becoming more frequent with climate change are the UK’s prisons, according to findings from public auditors — part of their examination of the country’s financial exposure to extreme weather.
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Concerns among banks follow warnings from money managers that the intensity of the current El Niño cycle will leave investors nowhere to hide, as the weather phenomenon disrupts commodities supplies, drives inflation and widens trade deficits.
And on a positive note, the latest episode of Bloomberg Originals’ Primer video series takes us to Ethiopia, which is transitioning to electric vehicles faster than any other country in the world.
(Laura Millan, Alastair Marsh, Olivia Rudgard, Kyle Stock @ Guardian more…)
Allison Marsh @ IEEE Spectrum:
When Electric Cars Were for WomenSara Braun @ Guardian:
You can go your own way: US diverges from world on emergency preparednessAs governments urge public to prepare for cyber-attacks and natural disasters, US focuses on military preparation
James Eagle:
Anthropic’s $40 trillion market opportunity
(James Eagle more…)Devrim @ Medium:
We Promoted the Engineer Who Shipped 47 Features. The Woman Who Fixed His Code Quit Without Saying Goodbye
Heather Cox Richardson:
Letters from an American – November 2, 2026Tomorrow is Election Day.
Trump made his closing argument for the midterm elections in a speech today at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. …
Highlighting the reflecting pool in the last hours before Election Day recalled the Greek myth of Narcissus, the young hunter who falls in love with his own reflection in a pool and is unable to tear himself away. …
(Heather Cox Richardson more…)
Anne Applebaum:
The Trump administration is trying to build a nationalist, pro-Russian, insecure and divided Europe
Paul Offit:
RFK Jr.’s keynote address at a recent meeting of anti-vaccine activists revealed the depths of his paranoia
Vittoria Elliott @ Wired:
A Right-Wing Think Tank Has a Plan to Prevent Democrats From Being Seated in Congress
Marc Elias :
DOJ has filed 35 election-related lawsuits. It has lost 29 and won one; five are still awaiting a ruling
Natasha Lennard @ Intercept:
Radical Centrists Like Haley Stevens Are the Real Extremists in the Democratic PartyChristopher Hale:
“Man of Faith” — Abdul El-Sayed Could Make History in Michigan on Tuesday
Michael Fanone:
A Cop Killed a 1-Year-Old. Mississippi Says the Shooting Was “JUSTIFIED.”
Marcy Wheeler @ Crooks & Liars:
NYT Can’t Justify Peltola Hit Job As Journalism
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Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, Ximena Bustillo, Jasmine Garsd @ NPR: Deaths of migrants in ICE custody hit record high under Trump
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