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Tourist Hotspot Mauritius Rocked By Worst Riots Since 1999 'Tis the season to riot? Mauritius, the island nation in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar and off Africa's southeastern coast, is experiencing what Bloomberg describes as the worst riots in three decades amid an affordability crisis. "This time again, as in 1999, the police are the main target," Jocelyn Chan Low, a political analyst, told the outlet. "The scale of the violence has multiplied, with police stations and vehicles set ablaze." 🇲🇺 Mauritius closes schools and urges companies to adopt flexible arrangements...

We've Optimized Fragility, Failure, Denial, And... Rage Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, What happens when optimization is itself the point of failure? In today's zeitgeist, everything must be optimized or we'll fail: our time, productivity, fitness, diet, supplements, career, income, wealth--everything must be constantly optimized lest we fall behind or fail. The grand irony is optimization generates fragility which generates failure which generates denial which eventually generates rage. We've optimized global supply chains for efficiency and cost, rendering them exquisitely vulnerable to disruption and collapse. We've optimized the global economy for "growth"...

John Bolton To Plead Guilty In Documents Case, Pay $2M Fine: Report John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors and is expected to plead guilty to one count of illegal retention of sensitive national security documents, according to CNN, citing three sources familiar with the matter. Under the agreement, Bolton will pay a fine of more than $2 million. A single count of illegal retention carries a possible sentence of up to 60 months in prison. A court hearing is currently scheduled for...