Do Dogs Judge Human Character? Science Says Maybe Not Study StudyFinds
One man’s war against Lake Louise’s water lily infestation Cascadia Daily News
How many waterfalls are in the UP? Meet the Michigan man who keeps counting Bridge Michigan
The Mall Rats of Suburbia D Magazine
Climate/Environment
Flash flooding hits DC Metro area on Saturday Balanced Weather
Fields of destruction. Central NC farmers devastated by Chantal. Carolina Public Press
Today’s floods are tomorrow’s warnings Talking Climate
Pandemics
We demanded help for our sick children. We were accused of abuse The Sunday Times. Putting this here because:
Any parent who is concerned that Covid has damaged their child or who actively avoids Covid infection, is at serious risk of igniting CP investigations purely because the data on @LongCovidKids & covid harms is not known by most HCPs & the fallacy that “covid is mild in kids” .
— K8 (@CoastalK8) July 19, 2025
Japan
Japan ruling camp to lose upper house majority in severe blow to PM Kyodo News
How realistic is a “Grand Coalition”? Tokyo Review
Japan and Trump ChinaTalk
China?
U.S. citizen who works for Commerce Dept. ensnared in Chinese exit ban WaPo
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping tipped to meet ahead of or during Apec summit in South Korea South China Morning Post
The US Can’t Debate “Great-Power Competition” with China Un-Diplomatic
How China Became the World’s Biggest Shipbuilder Construction Physics
US Indo-Pacific allies are unhappy about Trump’s defence demands. But they have to comply Chatham House
Signs mount Xi under pressure to cede some power Asia Times
China massively overbuilt high-speed rail, says leading economic geographer Pekingnology
Bevy of Chinese mega listings propel Hong Kong to top global exchange in H1 2025 Business Times
Syraqistan
‘We dream of bread’: Gaza’s streets echo with hunger as bodies collapse from starvation Anadolu Agency
A very alarming spike in deaths from starvation in Gaza.
All the predictable result of Israeli policies: blocking aid, dismantling the international aid distribution apparatus, setting up a fake humanitarian org, murdering Palestinian seeking aid from said fake org, etc, etc. https://t.co/aHl6AillOH
— Colter Louwerse (@ColterL) July 20, 2025
It’s not a food crisis, food is sitting at the border waiting to enter.
“Israel is deliberately starving children to death,” that’s your headline. pic.twitter.com/xq6AaStVIq
— Assal Rad (@AssalRad) July 20, 2025
It’s Clear – Israel Now Has a Plan for the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians From Gaza Haaretz
“He’s a madman”: Trump’s team frets about Netanyahu after Syria strikes Axios. Same schtick as Biden team: leaks like this to Axios and then give Israel everything it needs to finish the job.
Foreign Ministry to Fund Israel Tour for MAGA, America First pro-Trump Influencers Haaretz
Flotilla Ship Heads Towards Gaza With 7 U.S. Nationals Consortium News
Egypt rejects US quid pro quo over Gaza and Ethiopia dam The New Arab
Autel denies selling drones to Israel. So why are they roaming Gaza’s skies? 972 Magazine. Chinese company.
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Will ‘Greater Syria’ and ‘Greater Israel’ Collide or Co-exist under the Al Qaeda Regime? Vanessa Beeley
How a Turkish Radar Base Provided Critical Support For Israel’s Missile Defence Efforts Against Iran Military Watch
European Disunion
The Great Wall Between China and the EU The Diplomat
A story of idiotic servility GeoPolitiQ
Warsaw gloats, Berlin balks as EU budget fight turns national Politico
New Not-So-Cold War
Convergence? Lily Lynch, New Left Review
Out of Options, West Again Floats Flushing Zelensky? Simplicius
Zelenskyy proposes new round of peace talks with Russia Euronews
German general urges Ukraine to strike Russian airfields RT
Defence secretary to call for ‘50-day drive’ to arm Kyiv and force Putin’s hand The Independent
Boris Johnson: I’m sad about lack of British interest in Ukraine The Telegraph
The Other Azov Brigades Azov Lobby Blog
L’affaire Epstein
An Accuser’s Story Suggests How Trump Might Appear in the Epstein Files New York Times
Epstein Won’t Die Ken Klippenstein
Dershowitz casts doubt that grand jury testimony will yield answers on Epstein Politico
Trump 2.0
‘Extra Cruel’: Trump Admin Ends Job Program for Seniors as Work Requirements Loom Common Dreams
Monopoly Round-Up: The Incredible Shrinking Trump Antitrust Enforcers BIG By Matt Stoller
RussiaGate
Tulsi Gabbard details bombshell claims of Obama-era cabal’s ‘treasonous conspiracy’ against Trump Fox News
Barack Obama Now Squarely in Russiagate Crosshairs Matt Taibbi
Democrats en déshabillé
Democrats in Southeast Virginia Endorse “Pro-Trump, Pro-ICE” Sheriff Bolts
Immigration
Republicans Calling for More Deportations Are Quietly Advocating for Immigrants in Their Districts NOTUS
AI
Musk Hints at Kid-Friendly Version of AI Chatbot Grok PYMNTS
Police State Watch
“Darkness descending.” Patrick Lawrence, The Floutist
🚨 Cops were caught on camera beating anti-ICE protesters on the Ohio–Kentucky state line bridge; then dragging them off in zip-ties like it was open season on dissent.
They didn’t de-escalate. They cracked down. And they made sure the cameras saw it.@BreitbartNews pic.twitter.com/vMpJ5QxURY
— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) July 19, 2025
Perhaps we need more of these (backstory.):
I have traveled a decent amount and have never seen anything like this in an airport … until this morning in St. Louis. Am I crazy? Are these normal? pic.twitter.com/YCoJqpXUGv
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) July 20, 2025
Brave New World
The First Humanoid Robot Capable of Changing Its Own Battery Pack Without Any Human Assistance Laughing Squid
AI marks a new chapter for the battery industry The Battery Chronicle
Imperial Collapse Watch
Terminal Phase? Warwick Powell
Accelerationism
When tech CEOs are like grumpy ducklings Programmable Mutter
America in its florentine Medici
Era pic.twitter.com/Vv3VJVGfpP— Albert Pinto (@70sBachchan) July 19, 2025
Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door New York Times
Data centers are encroaching on this Pennsylvania town, so locals are taking action early Allegheny Front
Our Famously Free Press
Child Amputees, Aid Massacres, Mass Starvation—the Israeli War Crimes NYT Covers Less than Mamdani and ‘Globalize the Intifada’ Adam Johnson, The Column
EXPOSING THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Paper of Zionist Record The New York War Crimes
The struggle over AI in journalism is escalating Blood in the Machine
Who’s watching city hall? Nobody—and that should scare you Bleeding Heartland
Zeitgeist Watch
The Astronomer CEO’s Coldplay Concert Fiasco Is Emblematic of Our Social Media Surveillance Dystopia 404 Media
Larq Bottle PureVis 2 Review: Drinking Water as a Video Game Isn’t as Dumb as It Sounds Gizmodo
Class Warfare
Experiments in American Unions Phenomenal World
Revisiting Paul Baran’s The Political Economy of Growth for Today ZZ’s Blog
Crosscurrents Internal Exile
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