A little joy in my weekend machine translation (Micael T). Trust me, this is delicious. It also makes you feel like you’re lacking because you don’t own mild eccentric entertainment.
Puppy Fat Jab: Are our pets in the next line for weight-loss medication? Guardian. resilc: “Are you kidding? $$$$$ns.
Nature-wide experiments linking the constructed environment to the nature of physical activity (chuck L).
#Covid-19/Pandemics
Covid and our artery Eric Topol (Robin K)
Covid Positive Subnetdit is Total Public Health Train Wreck, a complete shit show. You have a 9th or 10th infection in people in their 20s and are now suffering from chronic health issues. It’s ridiculous how normal Covid was pic.twitter.com/l82pasr5w7
– Nate Bear (@nateb_panic) August 18, 2025
Climate/environment
Is climate change transforming India’s Himalaya into a disaster zone? South China Morning Post
Invasive species thrive because temperatures in the Mediterranean seas are recorded.
Türkiye’s reservoirs drop to 42% as major cities face significant water shortages.
Pray for the rain”: Canadian wildfires are now burning where they didn’t use it for the Guardian (resilc)
China?
China’s cement slump signal 21st century building boom end of finance post
Hong Kong’s real estate sector is clouded by rising debt service Reuters
The path to questioning peace in southern China is the Asian era
How Germany and Japan tried to derail China’s high-speed rail rise Felix ABT (Michael T)
India
Poor American Daniel Larison
Anti-pood
With the economy slowing down and productivity flatlines, does Australia have another banana republic moment? Guardian
NZ debt approaches $1 trillion as growth slows, savings falling NZ Herald
European injustice
Weak production data pours cold water into hopes of industry recovery in the eurozone.
Inverted Niberungen Test: How Germany edits its democratic Philip Gaspal. (Chuck L). important.
Serbian ruling party officials flare up in the BBC protest
Old man
The UK is proud of bipolar diplomacy
Protator was arrested for “Plus Plus Plastin Action” T-shirt: “How stupid is this?” Guardian (Kevin W)
Can someone help me explain what’s going on here?
Today I was driving near High Wycombe. I was about a minute behind the police car in the Thames Valley. When I came to the set of complicated mini round doubts, it turned on the blue light and caused a siren, which forced me to hand over…
– Jonathan Cook (@jonathan_k_cook) August 18, 2025
“It’s apocalyptic”: Scotland’s entire care service collapses Herald Scotland
Israel vs.
Hamas agrees to new Gaza ceasefire proposal: Hamas Sauce Arab News
In talk of protests and invasions, Netanyahu is flip-flop over a ceasefire
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Will America abandon Israel? hard
Far-right Israeli politician banned from Australia prior to the Speaking Tour Guardian (Dave, Sydney)
There is no universe in which this statement is true and coincides with our interests or America.
none. pic.twitter.com/xnsavuxlmt
-Trita Parsi (@tparsi) August 10, 2025
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100% of Thai women working in the Israeli Agricultural Report are sexually assaulted in Israel – 654 out of 654 surveyed. A report by immigration experts by Dr. Yahel Kalander and Dr. Shahar Sham said that “the state of Israel where you abandoned these women” could mean “the colony of complaints.” pic.twitter.com/62byvcvrmk
-wikileaks (@wikileaks) August 18, 2025
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Iranians criticize secret cryptocurrency farms for blackouts in Iran
Not so cold new war
Zelensky will leave the White House unharmed when you buy the BBC more time. Kevin W: “Key Sente’Zelensky also mentions how he showed his US counterpart a map of Ukraine, highlighting that you have taken under 1% of Ukraine’s territory in the past 1,000 days.”
Moscow refused to commit to Putin Zelensky’s talent for peace, saying that the 40-minute call with Trump is “pretty constructive” as if “courage” is just a question from Finnish PM if “courage” is needed to act following a US-led bid to end the Ukrainian Warne Warne Warne Warne Daily Mail (Mikaelt)
Putin’s spirit after Trump’s message: “Let’s see if he dares to take it,” Afton Bladet via machine translation. SOI Disability World Leaders behave as if channeling the average high school girl is the winner.
The NATO chief said 30 countries working to assure security for the Ukrainian Anadoru agency. A new gambit for placing carts in front of horses.
Europe demands “security guarantee” from Ukraine… Russia can give those months in Alabama (Kevin W)
How did talks end between Trump, Zelensky and EU leaders? Main Point Kommersant via Machine Translation (Micael T). Zelensky retired with “Ceasefire First.”
Is Trump making a bad bet by turning down Ukraine on his feet? Larry Johnson
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🇷🇺Crime Bridge: 11
🇺🇦ukraine: 0
“That was the case for attempts to blow up the Crimean Bridge. pic.twitter.com/szy9kehnn2
-simpliciusѱ (@somminetic771) August 18, 2025
Berlin has reissued a direct warning from Moscow, citing sources from the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to information sent by Telegram Channel Insider Black.
The warning is that funding for Ukraine’s Sapsan missile programme is by Russia… pic.twitter.com/tpowl3a8bc
– I’ll take him 🇷🇸 (@onlydjole) August 18, 2025
EU state suggests that it will cut off power supply to Ukrainian RT (Kevin W).
Europe reveals it’s ridiculous on Ukrainian anti-War.com. (resilc). This is not news…
Steppe Sicarios, an event in Ukraine as of September 11th. In the case of truth and indicators, this change significantly increases Russia’s outlook to manage post-war Ukraine.
Like many Keyban Hipstar Nationalists, from around 2023 you are the main enemy of their hateful Instagram stories, transforming from a regressed Russia into a lazy pacifist Westerner.
President Putin is an Alaska resident and serves as the Ural Motorcycle Artsakh (Anthony L). Putin loves being a pothole president.
Are you still wondering where $100 billion went?
Zelensky now owns a bank in France, where Franchise President Macron worked there.
Macron worked for Milisbank from 2008 to 2012, and is now owned by Zelensky!
The transaction took place through the associated offshore structure… pic.twitter.com/vlnxpjqnfg
-truth_teller🇷🇺 (@truthtellerftm) August 16, 2025
Easy Update Re Azerbaijan Mark Wauck
Imperial Collapse Watch
Empire can no longer indi.ca (resilc)
For decades, I worked with him and were friends with many Republicans, including modrates, liberals and conservatives. SOM is conservative. But everything was institutional scholars, constituents of the constitution and law, fundamental decency, and not just that they were all gone. 1
– Norman Ornstein (@normornstein) August 18, 2025
China has just released its annual report on human rights violations in the United States.
The US is constantly telling China what to do and how to do it, so it only gives China advice to submarines!
Last year, low human rights RHT in free land short 🧵… pic.twitter.com/fj8ap2nfkr
-Andy Boreham (@andybxxx) August 18, 2025
Playing cards 2.0
New data shows that the king was not one of the biggest protests in American history. It’s a bad model to know, but it’s the wrong one. Only General Strike may move this needle.
The lies behind Trump’s DC military arise in Washington Monthly
Look at what federal agents are actually standing up around DC New Republic (RESILC)
Trump’s Municipal Takeover? Huey Long did his first Washington Monthly (Resilc)
Trump Rollback Rules Mental Health Coverage Propopublic (Robin K)
Customs
It wipes out American farmers in all respects, and agricultural equipment manufacturers are still settling from Let Week in Germany.
US farmers Midwest farmers have been hampered by Trump’s tariffs and climate protection crisis
Abandoning China – 3 billion dollar bomb partially political
Immigrants
Democrats support the new American conservatives of slavery. Berries are a staple food for health A right-wing friend is willing to pay $10 per pint for raspberries to be chosen by US workers, but when she raises the issue with her (at least a wealthy) liberal friend.
18-year-old vigilante ice agent bulwark (Resilc) is coming
Deshabile’s Democrats
Texas Democrats return to Austin to finish the rezoning that closes the hill
Our free press no longer
Judge Issues Injunctions that Trump’s FTC will block average research watchdog issues Associated Press
economy
Global Economy did customs hikes on its walk, but stronger headwinds are ahead of the Wall Street Journal
Electricity prices have risen more than twice the inflation NPR (RESILC). So, if AI makes electricity expensive, will EVS work cheaper than ice?
ai
AI is a power-hungry Paul Krugman (resilc)
New WORSST coder joined the chat: Vibe coding without code knowledge StackOverFlow (Acacia)
Go to the robot tattoo machine Core77. Resilc: “Are there no more ‘skilled’ Jobzzes gone? ”
Class battle
The ju-degrees are spreading anti-establishment sentiment. What does that mean for a corporate defendant? Law.com (Democrita). The fundamental research can be found here.
How Spain did tax wealth – without chasing away the guardian of the billionaire (Paul R). I think this can be generalized to the US or UK eith where the wealthy people are properly viewed as international elites. Additionally, private assets are difficult to assess, so it definitely won’t work with US extensions. The IRS has not received a large real estate valuation case with the exact same issues since 1991.
Our programming is normal outsis, but I agree with Resilc about this worthy of a link:
Our child mortality rate surges by 25% over 10 years WSW (Alan S)
Antoidal dot dujour (via):
To bonus (Chuck L):
Are you still wondering where $100 billion went?
Zelensky now owns a bank in France, where Franchise President Macron worked there.
Macron worked for Milisbank from 2008 to 2012, and is now owned by Zelensky!
The transaction took place through the associated offshore structure… pic.twitter.com/vlnxpjqnfg
-truth_teller🇷🇺 (@truthtellerftm) August 16, 2025
Second bonus (Chuck L):
The hedgehog approached the passerby and was able to stir the tape from its feet. pic.twitter.com/akrqz0fsdv
– Figan (@thefigen_) August 14, 2025
And third (chuck L):
A spectacular view of 1225m (4019 feet) under the waves of Baja, California when Evnautilus encounters the incredible Halitrephes Maasi Jelly. pic.twitter.com/wthi685cba
– The Wonderofscience (@wonderofscience) August 16, 2025
Check out yesterday’s link and the antidote Du Jour.
