Tehran Claims US Faces Escalating Economic Fallout From 'War Of Choice' As Hardship Mounts Inside Iran

"Russian Bots", Burning Data-Centers, & Partitioning The Internet Authored by Kit Knightly via OffGuardian, The Ukrainian military used their surfeit of drones to destroy Yandex data centres in Russia, and as a result, "hostile" Russian bot activity dropped to almost zero. That's the story. There's no evidence it's true, of course, but since when did that make any difference? What were these alleged bots supposedly talking about? Well, that depends who you are. If you're a Covid-era pro-vaccine nut job, they were talking about Fauci and ivermectin and vaccines harms. If you're a Zionist, they were supporting...

Coal Nears Breakout As Gulf Energy Shock Drives Utilities Back To Dirty Fuel Ahead Of Winter Newcastle thermal coal futures are approaching the $150-a-ton breakout level as the global energy shock, most acute in industrial fuels, encourages utilities to shift toward coal ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter while electrification trends and all things AI expand electricity demand.  UBS metals and mining analyst Myles Allsop wrote in a note this week that thermal coal prices face a number of factors colliding at once that could push prices higher over the next few months:  We...