carbon, karma, and ocean reversals

Thursday, October 29, 2026

I ran into the Caledonian Forest and did not come back.

1. The Amazon has flipped — now a net carbon source
2. A key Southern Ocean layer abruptly reversed direction in 2016
3. AI decompilation turned the tables on game publishers who used AI to scrape artists
4. Private equity owns a third of US methadone clinics — and hasn’t expanded access
5. Why bar-headed geese can do what no human can at 29,000 feet
6. 144 years under construction — and Gaudí’s church still isn’t done