In Patagonia, a Frog Makes a Comeback The Revelator
Identify The Brown, Streaky, Juvenile Songbirds Of Summer With These Tips All About Birds
Climate/Environment
Unknown Knowns Earth Island Journal
Marine heatwaves may have driven the world’s oceans to a critical tipping point, scientists warn Euronews
Governments Fail to ‘Rise to the Moment’ as Seabed Meeting Ends Without Mining Pause Common Dreams
50° “edge of survival” heat hits Turkey for first time in recorded history Intellinews
Wildfires grip Southern Europe as heat wave intensifies Anadolu Agency
Santa feels the heat as Lapland buckles in Finland’s record-breaking heatwave BBC
Flash flooding and heat continue to dominate the summer Balanced Weather
Pandemics
All the memories I won’t be making M (Is) Living With Long Covid
Chokepoints
Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison seeks mainland Chinese strategic investor as talks deadline ends South China Morning Post
Investors Bet Li Ka-Shing Will Clinch Controversial Ports Deal Bloomberg
China?
Effort to oust China-friendly lawmakers from office in Taiwan fails Semafor
Bureaucratic Lapse, Not Bioterror: The Overblown Fungus Smuggling Case Pekingnology
Thailand- Cambodia Conflict
Cambodia, Thailand agree to immediate and unconditional ceasefire Channel News Asia
Rubio says US officials are in Malaysia to help in Cambodia-Thailand talks Straits Times
Ink denies clash with Cambodia, not a battle between two families, vows to move forward, reveals grudge over extortion of benefits from call center gang Matichon (Machine translation)
Syraqistan
As Gaza starves, Trump tells Israel to ‘finish the job’ Aaron Mate
EXCLUSIVE: Internal Documents Detail Hamas Proposals That Preceded Trump’s Belligerent Rant Drop Site
‘A Cruel and Transparent Farce’: Israeli Attacks Kill 62 in Gaza Amid ‘Tactical Pause’ Common Dreams
The latest child to starve to death in Gaza weighed less than when she was born AP
Kids by the thousands are starving to death. This is what that looks like. Air drops with spaghetti and canned beef won’t save them – allowing all foods in, allowing more doctors in with medical grade nutritional supplements will. All else=theatre. 10,000 trucks must enter now! pic.twitter.com/hakDsFrVhu
— Fadi Quran (@fadiquran) July 27, 2025
We have turned the Nagasaki 80th into a celebration of Israeli genocide Pearls & irritations
To Restore Our Humanity We Must De-Zionise The World Do Not Panic!
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Israeli defense minister threatens to assassinate Iran’s supreme leader, attacks Tehran Middle East Monitor
Old Blighty
Resident doctors speak from picket lines in England as five-day strike begins WSWS
European Disunion
Germany train derailment: At least 3 killed, several injured DW
Why is everything falling apart? The Berliner. From May, still germane.
Germany Wants American Tomahawk Cruise Missile Launchers Capable of Striking Moscow: Can Russia Stop Them? Military Watch
O Canada
‘The clock is ticking’: Report calls out media’s flawed coverage of MAID Canadian Affairs
New Not-So-Cold War
Kyiv claims Russian Su-27UB fighter jet destroyed at airfield in Krasnodar region Anadolu Agency
Ukrainian Drones Target St Petersburg As Putin Attends Scaled-Down Navy Day Reuters
❗An approximate map of the movement of “Geran” and rockets tonight is published by enemy TG channels pic.twitter.com/P93IypyIN9
— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) July 28, 2025
NATO Rhetoric Reaches New Levels of Hostility with Threats of ‘Swift’ Kaliningrad Invasion Simplicius
The Caucasus
Zangezur Corridor US project targeting Iran, Russia Mehr
In the Caucasus, Donald Trump Has an Opportunity The National Interest
The Roots of Baku’s Financial and Economic Dependence on London East’s Substack
L’affaire Epstein
Exclusive: Private Probe of Alleged Epstein—Mossad Links SpyTalk
Spook Country
Who owns your dreams? Julian MacFarlane
I see more stars online than in the sky The Etymology Nerd
“Liberation Day”
Wow, didnt think it was gonna happen but trump announces trade DEAL with EU.
-15% tariffs on most goods (just like Japan)
– EU buys $750 BILLION of US energy (how much LNG?)
– EU Invests $600 BILLION in strategic areas (vaporware?)
– Purchases US weapons https://t.co/tzHkB6k2sj https://t.co/s010Wq1bVM— Albert Pinto (@70sBachchan) July 27, 2025
How the EU succumbed to Trump’s tariff steamroller FT
The Great Entanglement Warwick Powell
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Donald Trump freezes export controls to secure trade deal with China FT
Democrats en déshabillé
Kamala’s husband is taking home millions from a law firm that explicitly promised to do Trump’s bidding in return for political favors. He never resigned! She’s literally profiting from Trump’s corruption! Openly! https://t.co/bob7HgLNi2
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) July 27, 2025
Obama Legacy
Two years into genocide, the Nobel Peace Prize winner rouses himself:
While a lasting resolution to the crisis in Gaza must involve a return of all hostages and a cessation of Israel’s military operations, these articles underscore the immediate need for action to be taken to prevent the travesty of innocent people dying of preventable starvation.…
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 27, 2025
Antitrust
Monopoly Round-Up: The War Among Democrats Over Market Power, Housing and Capital BIG by Matt Stoller
Turmoil at the DOJ as two very senior enforcers from the Antitrust Division were put on paid administrative leave following disagreements with higher ups over a recent merger settlement in HPE-Juniper. #antitrust @mlexclusive https://t.co/5TwVmOS1fm pic.twitter.com/sjUCCRGsmB
— Khushita Vasant (@KhushitaVasant) July 27, 2025
AI
Zionist spies innovate AI sexual blackmail tech Kit Klarenberg
Groves of Academe
Is math erotic? Archedelia
The Professors Who Supported the Student Deportation Frenzy Drop Site
Accelerationists
Researchers quietly planned a test to dim sunlight. They wanted to ‘avoid scaring’ the public. Politico
Imperial Collapse Watch
America’s Military Is in Big Trouble The American Conservative
Sports Desk
‘More Bark Than Bite’: What Trump’s Executive Order Means for College Sports Front Office Sports
The Friendly Skies
HUGE. The MOSAIC rule is out. https://t.co/Vd3iUwAZLt
Biggest bombshell is the stall speed limit for airplanes moves from 54 knots clean to 61 knots with flaps down.
This covers MANY more aircraft. It is a huge deregulation of general aviation.
/ht @starsandrobots https://t.co/wzwg17vaO0
— Eli Dourado (@elidourado) July 22, 2025
Guillotine Watch
Elon Musk is now officially worth $405.6 billion, projected to become the world’s first trillionaire by 2027. pic.twitter.com/ZLFxgEPzex
— Globe Eye News (@GlobeEyeNews) July 27, 2025
Class Warfare
Private Equity and Insurance? You Bet Your Life… and Maybe Your Pension! Racket News
The Bezzle
AI: bubbling up Michael Roberts
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