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The marine insurance section at the end is where the Houthi analysis is. Insurance rates for ships transiting the Suez Canal have increased drastically, but those insurance companies have seen that Chinese and Russian-flagged ships are allowed through without Houthi attacks. That has made for variable rates between western-flagged and BRICS-flagged ships, with a 50% increase in how much they charge ships from countries that have been attacked. The host brings up the point that this sets up a massive incentive for a complete repolarisation of world trade in terms of how ships flag themselves. https://youtu.be/93Beuc6YzEk?t=2251

We all know the Hubble Deep Field as one of the most important astronomy images of all time. But when will we get a similar attempt from Webb? What will we be able to get from it and what are the limits of JWST? Finding out with Dr Viraj Pandya from NASA.

https://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Katalin_Novák

Married to economist István Veres, director of the Financial Market and Foreign Exchange Market Directorate at the Hungarian National Bank (MNB)

The US MIC thanks you for your $1 billion attack helicopter purchase.

Was watching Attack of the Killer Tomatoes on https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies and came across this weird segment.

FYI in 1917 Lenin stormed the ice palace and took it from the snow queen

Everest climbing-guide services — often provided by people of the Sherpa ethnic group — can cost $10,000 per expedition. At this price, the guide takes responsibility for climbers' lives as well as their own. They lead mountaineers to the top of the world, carrying heavy loads and providing emergency services. This is one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet. Of the 332 people who died climbing Everest between 1921 and spring 2023, over a third were mountain guides.

If someone tells you they've climbed Mount Everest, mock them for it.

Video is about 50 minutes long.

You can listen to it while you're doing other things.

Glad they touched on the AFL-CIO and the recent developments in the labor movement, especially vis a vis the South.