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CAN YOU POLICE THE BAZAAR WITHOUT LOCKING THE GATES?: EUROPE WEIGHS REGULATING CHINA'S E-COMMERCE GIANTS WITHOUT CLOSING ITS MARKET
CAN YOU POLICE THE BAZAAR WITHOUT LOCKING THE GATES?: EUROPE WEIGHS REGULATING CHINA'S E-COMMERCE GIANTS WITHOUT CLOSING ITS MARKET (THE DIPLOMAT)

THE SPIRIT FORCE REPORT
Saturday, November 07, 2026 • Updated 6:09 AM MST (Phoenix)
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"GO YE THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY GHOST... AND, LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAY, EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD." -- MATTHEW 28:19-20


✝ GREAT COMMISSION WATCH ✝

✝ TO THE HEAVENS TOGETHER: A PAKISTANI ASTRONAUT IS SET TO JOIN CHINA'S NEXT SPACE-STATION MISSION (AL JAZEERA)

✝ BRING THEM INTO THE LIGHT: SOUTH AFRICA'S MADLANGA COMMISSION SUMMONS ALLEGED UNDERWORLD FIGURE MATLALA TO TESTIFY ON JUSTICE-SYSTEM CORRUPTION NOV 9-10 (X NEWS)

✝ TEST EVERY CLAIM: LUNA SPOTLIGHTS THE BOOK OF ENOCH... HISTORIANS NOTE NICAEA DIDN'T DROP IT FROM THE CANON; ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX STILL KEEP IT AS SCRIPTURE (X NEWS)

✝ LIGHT AT ROOM TEMPERATURE: ARXIV PAPER REPORTS QUANTUM EMISSION FROM BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES WITHOUT THE DEEP FREEZE (ARXIV QUANT-PH)

✝ THE STONES CRY OUT AT DURUPINAR: MEGALITHOMANIA FLAGS AERIAL FILM AS THE BOAT-SHAPED FORMATION NEAR ARARAT IS BEING EXCAVATED... 157 METERS LONG AND NOW A NATIONAL PARK (X / @MEGALITHOMANIA)

✝ CHARRED WOOD THIRTY FEET DOWN: ADDISON MEDIA ON SAMPLES FROM UNDER DURUPINAR NEAR ARARAT... LAB TESTS WILL SAY WHAT THEY CAN; DISCIPLES WAIT AND WEIGH (X / @ADDISON_MEDIA)



THIS MORNING'S LAUGH

The Babylon Bee reports California will no longer prosecute murderers who kill fewer than 950 people — a punchline that hits harder the same week Newsom moves to spare everyone on death row. (BABYLON BEE)


EDUCATIONAL BREAKTHROUGHS: THE HEAVENS DECLARE

THE HEAVENS DECLARE; THE PYRAMIDS DON'T MAKE THE SCROLL: X THREAD NOTES THE OT FOCUSES ON ISRAEL'S COVENANT, NOT EGYPTIAN LANDMARKS BUILT A MILLENNIUM BEFORE THE EXODUS TIMELINE (X NEWS)

THE CELLS DECLARE: CELLTYPE'S BIOSIMBENCH SCORES WHETHER AI CAN PREDICT REAL LAB BIOLOGY... SPECIALIZED MODELS BEAT GENERIC GIANTS (X NEWS)

SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND (FOR $200K A POP): DISCOVERED MATERIALS PUTS $1M ON THE LINE FOR AI THAT CRACKS HARD MATERIALS-SCIENCE PUZZLES (X NEWS)

READING ALIEN SKIES ON A GPU: BEAR — THE BERN ATMOSPHERIC RETRIEVAL CODE — SPEEDS UP EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERE JOINT RETRIEVALS (ARXIV ASTRO-PH)

PROVING THE THRESHOLD: NEW WORK ON CIRCUIT-LEVEL THRESHOLDS FOR NON-ABELIAN TOPOLOGICAL PHASES (ARXIV QUANT-PH)

TODAY'S HEAVENS DECLARE: NASA'S APOD LOOKS AT THE DE GERLACHE-KOCHER MASSIF — NOVEMBER 7, 2026 (NASA)

 
ISRAEL: PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM

A LIGHT TO THE NATIONS (AND TO THE EYES): ISRAELI-FOUNDED AEYE HEALTH WINS THE 2026 PRIX GALIEN USA FOR AI THAT SPOTS DIABETIC EYE DISEASE IN UNDER A MINUTE
✝ SUNDAY ON HIGHWAY 35: ISRAEL'S DEFENSE MINISTRY TO RUN AN EXERCISE ON THE ROAD THIS AFTERNOON Thin on details so far — basically a schedule notice for a Sunday highway exercise. (JERUSALEM POST)

✝ HALLELUJAH STILL ECHOES: TEN YEARS AFTER LEONARD COHEN'S PASSING, HIS SONGS THAT WRESTLE WITH FAITH LIVE ON (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM: NETANYAHU'S BLOC LANDS AT 53 SEATS, SHORT OF A MAJORITY... HERZOG NOW CONSULTS ON WHO TRIES TO FORM A GOVERNMENT (X NEWS)

ISRAELI ADTECH ON THE MOVE: INDIA'S AFFLE AGREES TO BUY ISRAEL-BASED PERION NETWORK FOR $420M... AIMING PAST $700M REVENUE BY FY2028 (X NEWS)

A LIGHT TO THE NATIONS (AND TO THE EYES): ISRAELI-FOUNDED AEYE HEALTH WINS THE 2026 PRIX GALIEN USA FOR AI THAT SPOTS DIABETIC EYE DISEASE IN UNDER A MINUTE (X / @JEWISHTWEETS)

THE CODE OF ISRAELINESS: NEHEMIA GORDON TALKS WITH HEBREW U'S GAD YAIR ON THE 'TEN COMMANDMENTS' OF ISRAELI CULTURE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (X / @NGORDON4)

A DEANSHIP FALLS, A STAFF BADGE REMAINS: U OF TORONTO DENTISTRY DEAN STEPS DOWN OVER ANTISEMITIC IMAGES — BUT STAYS ON STAFF (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

WARN THE CITY: JPOST REPORTS THE IDF ISSUED AN EVACUATION ORDER FOR TEHRAN AHEAD OF STRIKES (JERUSALEM POST)

 
ASIA GEOPOLITICS: WATCH THE NATIONS

A NATION ON A KNIFE-EDGE: NEW ZEALAND'S ELECTION SENDS PARTIES INTO COALITION TALKS (NIKKEI ASIA)

A QUIETER BRIDGE TO BEIJING: CHINA-SWITZERLAND TRADE TIES OFFER A MODEL WHILE EU RELATIONS STAY FRAUGHT (SCMP)

TOKYO MOVES EARLY: JAPAN EYES A SWIFT ICC CONTRIBUTION WHILE THE COURT FACES U.S. SANCTIONS (JAPAN TIMES)

TOO CLOSE TO CALL DOWN UNDER THE LONG WHITE CLOUD: BBC ASKS WHO WILL BE NEW ZEALAND'S NEXT PM (BBC ASIA)

GHOSTS OF YALTA IN THE PACIFIC: NIKKEI ON HOW TALK OF A 'MODERN-DAY YALTA' SHAKES ASIA'S POSTWAR ORDER (NIKKEI ASIA)

A BACKLOG AND A PROMISE: CANADA'S PLAN TO CLEAR HONGKONGER MIGRATION CASES DRAWS WELCOME — AND QUESTIONS (SCMP)

NOT EVERY BALLOT IS ABOUT BEIJING: THE DIPLOMAT ARGUES TAIPEI'S MAYOR RACE ISN'T A CHINA PROXY FIGHT (THE DIPLOMAT)


ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES: THE STONES CRY OUT

SWEETER THAN HONEY IN THE ROCK: WHEN SUGAR GREW IN THE HOLY LAND
FEATURED: NOAH'S ARK WATCH
✝ WHERE IS THE ARK TODAY?: SEARCH CONTINUES AT THE BOAT-SHAPED DURUPINAR FORMATION NEAR ARARAT... CLAIMS ABOUND, CONCLUSIVE PROOF STILL PENDING (X / @MRK__313)

✝ BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON, AGAIN: SCHOLARS ON ANCIENT LAMENT OVER THE FALL OF JERUSALEM (BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY)

✝ MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE — BUT HOW?: HOW WERE THE BIBLICAL PSALMS ORIGINALLY PERFORMED? (BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY)

✝ SWEETER THAN HONEY IN THE ROCK: WHEN SUGAR GREW IN THE HOLY LAND (BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY)

THE ROAD STILL LEADS TO DAMASCUS: TRACING PAUL IN THE CITY WHERE SCALES FELL FROM HIS EYES (BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY)

AI WON'T SHOOT A PERFECT PERIOD PIECE — BUT IT MAY HELP ARCHAEOLOGY TELL TRUER STORIES (PHYS.ORG ARCHAEOLOGY)

 
SCIENCE & MEDICINE: WONDERS OF CREATION

RISE, TAKE UP THY BED: ELON SAYS NEURALINK WILL HELP THE PARALYZED WALK AND USE THEIR HANDS AGAIN... FIRST PATIENT NOLAND ALREADY CONTROLS TECH BY THOUGHT
RISE, TAKE UP THY BED: ELON SAYS NEURALINK WILL HELP THE PARALYZED WALK AND USE THEIR HANDS AGAIN... FIRST PATIENT NOLAND ALREADY CONTROLS TECH BY THOUGHT (X NEWS)

NUMBERING THE HAIRS... AND THE EMBRYOS?: PETER THIEL-BACKED NUCLEUS SCORES IVF EMBRYOS FOR PREDICTED IQ AND TRAITS... MEDICAL GROUPS WARN THE EVIDENCE ISN'T THERE YET (X NEWS)

FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY PROGRAMMABLE?: TOPOL SAYS WE'RE ENTERING AN ERA OF PROGRAMMING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN VIVO... POINTS TO A NEW SCIIMMUNOLOGY REVIEW (X / @ERICTOPOL)

DIAGNOSE BEFORE THE YEARS ARE STOLEN: TOPOL HIGHLIGHTS A NEJM AI STUDY WHERE A PREDICTIVE ALGORITHM HELPED CATCH AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE EARLIER (X / @ERICTOPOL)

NUMBERING OUR DAYS WITH CARE: TOPOL FLAGS A STUDY LINKING GREATER LIFETIME ESTROGEN EXPOSURE TO LESS CEREBROVASCULAR DAMAGE... AND THICKER CORTEX IN APOE-E4 CARRIERS (X / @ERICTOPOL)

A LIGHT IN PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH: REVOLUTION MEDICINES' RASONQUE HITS $198M IN FIVE WEEKS... ONE OF THE STRONGEST ONCOLOGY LAUNCHES ON RECORD (X NEWS)

FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY REWIRED: SCIENCE MAGAZINE MAPS HOW GLP-1 DRUGS REACH FAT, BRAIN REWARD CIRCUITS, ADDICTION AND EVEN CANCER RISK (X NEWS)

 
EXPOSING CORRUPTION: LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS

JUSTICE DELAYED INTO LIFE TERMS: VAN SWOL SAYS NEWSOM IS SPARING ALL 548 ON CALIFORNIA'S DEATH ROW... INCLUDING SERIAL KILLERS AND CHILD MURDERERS (X / @MATTVANSWOL)

A NEW STEWARD IN THE HOUSE: VAN SWOL REPORTS STEPHEN MILLER REPLACING SUSIE WILES AS WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF EFFECTIVE MONDAY NOV 9 (X / @MATTVANSWOL)

WHO PROTECTED THE CHEMICAL?: CHIEF NERD SHARES CALLEY MEANS TELLING ROGAN THAT SUSIE WILES PUSHED LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR GLYPHOSATE... ROGAN ASKED HOW CANCER-LINKED STUFF GETS THAT SHIELD (X / @THECHIEFNERD)

DRAW THE LINE: SHIRLEY WARNS 'DON'T LET AMERICA BECOME A LEARNING CENTER'... AMERICA FIRST, AMERICA ONLY (X / @NICKSHIRLEYY)

LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS: UKRAINE'S NABU SAYS A CRIME RING OF SCAM CALL CENTERS RAN UNDER SBU PROTECTION... MAJOR GENERAL DETAINED AFTER ALLEGEDLY THREATENING DETECTIVES (X NEWS)

WHAT IS DONE IN SECRET: NIGERIA'S CODE OF CONDUCT BUREAU REOPENS PROBES OF SEVEN EX-OFFICIALS OVER PANAMA AND PANDORA PAPERS HOLDINGS... NO GUILT FOUND YET (X NEWS)

AFTER THE WRECK, THE BOOKS: SPAIN'S RAIL AUTHORITIES FACE A EUROPEAN FRAUD PROBE TIED TO THE URDA DISASTER (BBC)


HUMOR & SATIRE (NOT NEWS!)

Satire / humor columns -- not real news

[SATIRE] SATIRE: BABYLON BEE SAYS CALIFORNIA WILL ONLY BOTHER WITH MURDERERS WHO HIT THE 950-VICTIM THRESHOLD (BABYLON BEE)

[SATIRE] DAVE BARRY'S WISDOM: ASK MISTER LANGUAGE PERSON (BRING YOUR CONFUSED GRAMMAR) (DAVE BARRY)

[SATIRE] SATIRE: THE BEE SAYS DESPERATE REPUBLICANS JUST FIRED UP THE JEB! SIGNAL (BABYLON BEE)

[SATIRE] DAVE BARRY'S WISDOM ON WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS (DAVE BARRY)

[SATIRE] SATIRE: DANTE CONFIRMS THE FIRST CIRCLE OF HELL IS... IOWA (BABYLON BEE)

[SATIRE] DAVE BARRY ON BERNICE AND MY FRIENDS (DAVE BARRY)

[SATIRE] SATIRE: THE BEE HAS KAREN BASS PROTESTING THAT ONE LITTLE CITYWIDE FIRE SHOULDN'T COUNT (BABYLON BEE)

[SATIRE] DAVE BARRY SURVIVES ELECTION SEASON (BARELY) (DAVE BARRY)

 
AI WATCH: FAST AI NEWS FROM X

POWER, WATER, AND THE TOWER OF BABEL: AI DATA CENTERS DRAW HUGE ENERGY AND WATER WHILE NATIONS RACE FOR CAPACITY... STEWARDS ARGUE OVER HOW FAST IS TOO FAST
THE WORKERS MULTIPLY THEMSELVES AGAIN: METR SAYS ANTHROPIC'S AI IS ABOUT DOUBLING THE PACE OF AI PROGRESS... CONGRESSMAN CALLS FOR AN RSI BAN WHILE BUILDERS CALL IT ROUTINE AUTOMATION (X NEWS)

POWER, WATER, AND THE TOWER OF BABEL: AI DATA CENTERS DRAW HUGE ENERGY AND WATER WHILE NATIONS RACE FOR CAPACITY... STEWARDS ARGUE OVER HOW FAST IS TOO FAST (X NEWS)

CHANGE ONE NAME AND THE GIANT STUMBLES: APPLE'S GSM-SYMBOLIC SHOWS TOP MODELS DROP SHARPLY WHEN MATH PROBLEMS GET TWEAKED... PATTERN MATCHING IS NOT WISDOM (X NEWS)

WAITING FOR THE TRUMPET THAT WON'T BLOW: OPENAI AND ANTHROPIC EACH HOLD THE NEXT FLAGSHIP... USERS REFRESH, ANALYSTS CALL IT A STANDOFF (X NEWS)

TEST THE SPIRITS (AND THE GELS): OPENAI'S BIOBASICSBENCH PUTS AI ON MESSY WET-LAB TASKS... GPT-6 ASTRA LEADS, BUT MODELS STILL TRIP ON BASICS (X NEWS)

NEW SONGS IN THE LAND: CHIEF NERD FLAGS DR. DRE SAYING HE'S EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT AI MUSIC... 'GET USED TO IT OR YOU'RE GONNA BE LEFT BEHIND' (X / @THECHIEFNERD)

FROM THE ASHES OF A TRILLION-DOLLAR FIRE: BBC SAYS AI STOCKS ARE CLIMBING AGAIN AFTER THE MARKET WIPED TRILLIONS (BBC TECH)

WHEN BALLOTS SHAKE THE SERVERS: BBC EXPLAINS WHY THE U.S. MIDTERMS HELPED SPARK AN AI STOCK SELLOFF (BBC TECH)

 
WHOLESOME & ENTERTAINING: ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

GREATER LOVE HATH NO TEEN: VAN SWOL SAYS TWO FLORIDA BROTHERS RESCUED A MOM, BOY AND THREE DOGS TRAPPED ON A KITCHEN COUNTER AFTER 911 COULDN'T COME (X / @MATTVANSWOL)

NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF ON THE WATER: FIVE TENNESSEE FISHERMEN RAMMED A SINKING CAR, BUSTED THE WINDOW, AND PULLED A WOMAN OUT ALIVE SECONDS BEFORE IT WENT UNDER (X / @MATTVANSWOL)

ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL (AND FEISTY): A DECK CAT STARES DOWN A COYOTE, SWATS, AND CLIMBS TO SAFETY... VIEWERS CHEER, EXPERTS SAY KEEP CATS INDOORS AT NIGHT (X NEWS)

A SOFT ANSWER FOR A HARD WEEK: CAT PHOTOS KEEP FLOODING FEEDS... RESEARCH STILL SAYS CUTE ANIMALS CAN CUT ANXIETY ABOUT IN HALF (X NEWS)

ADOPT THE LEAST OF THESE: TXT'S HUENING KAI CRADLES RESCUE KITTEN POPO FOR ELLE KOREA... A SHOOT THAT POINTS FANS TOWARD ADOPTION (X NEWS)

FEED THE MULTITUDE ON A BUDGET: BLACK BEANS AND RICE — SIMPLE, CHEAP, AND GOOD (BUDGET BYTES (COOKING))

GIFTS FOR THE COOKS WHO FEED YOU: 35 WILLIAMS SONOMA PICKS STARTING AT TEN BUCKS (THE KITCHN (COOKING))

COMFORT IN A BOWL: CHEESEBURGER SOUP FOR A COLD SATURDAY (BUDGET BYTES (COOKING))


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