How I Learned to Read More John Paul Brummer
Aliens may exist, but three reasons explain why they don’t visit us.
Earth’s underground fungal network is so large that it could reach other star systems if extended
Climate/Environment
We have an El Niño situation and fires are firing on all cylinders.
Sea temperatures in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean have now broken records for five consecutive days.
Record-setting westerly winds are blowing locally, and the temperature is currently warming further. pic.twitter.com/vv1mldruAd
— Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) June 14, 2026
A major El Niño event is likely to occur in 2026. But what’s the context behind this headline? And what will be the global impact? Daniel Swain, Inigo Insights
Phytoplankton declines suggest problems in the North Atlantic food web
Extreme heat in Galicia
Final maximum fare at La Coruña Airport Yesterday’s temperature was 37.7°C, tying the record for the highest temperature ever recorded. https://t.co/QXSYbxOvKr
— Extreme temperatures around the world (@extremetemps) June 14, 2026
Rethinking forest regeneration beyond tree cover Mongabay
ebola hemorrhagic fever
Democratic Republic of Congo sees rapid rise in Ebola cases – Anadolu Agency
pandemic
Ebola, hantavirus, and diphtheria: How mistrust in medicine is driving multiple epidemics around the world The Conversation
A new study investigates the possibility of interspecies spread of chronic wasting disease.
toilet
Glen Canyon Dam dances with Deadpool High Country News
China?
From Shanghai Lifeline to Wall Street Wall: How China Saved Elon Musk and Still Was Shut Out of SpaceX’s IPO George Chen
China may have fewer people living in poverty than the US Global Currents
India
India hints at rethinking West Asia: India’s punchline
Empirical study on energy trade between India and Russia Asia Cable
syrakistan
Iranian FM Deputy Minister announces on Friday Press TV that memorandum of understanding with US will be signed in Geneva
Israel fails to sabotage Islamabad deal…at least for now Larry Johnson
US military begins construction of ‘giant base’ on the outskirts of Gaza to oversee President Trump’s colonization plan
error. The fact is that Israel wants US military bases everywhere except Israel. The US has effectively destroyed its base capability in the B.C. region in its reckless war with Iran and wants to re-locate it in Israel. Tel Aviv will come up with every excuse to stop… https://t.co/K5ppCdBdsq
— Sharmin Narwani (@snarwani) June 14, 2026
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Israel expands military control of Gaza, Lebanon, Syria by 1,000 square kilometers Al Jazeera
A cry that the algorithm can’t hear: “It’s important to me”, an emotion that takes precedence over the future extinction of Patrizia Pisino (translation by GeoPolitiQ)
old blighty
UK embarks on Russian shadow fleet tanker in first direct interdiction operation
NHS patients cannot opt out of Palantir’s data platform, but hospitals can.
discord in europe
Ukraine and Moldova enter first stage of EU accession talks The Guardian
Albania’s civil uprising calls for government resignation Tirana Times
A heartbroken elderly Albanian man says Jared Kushner has robbed him of everything he spent his life building, including his land, his home and the future he hoped to leave for his children.
He said he returned home one day to find his property cordoned off with barbed wire… pic.twitter.com/4uyhAbNzd7
— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) June 14, 2026
A new war that’s not so cold war
Politics: reality or simulation? Events in Ukraine
The Ukrainian Navy Drone Program: Origins, Development, and the Organization Behind It Black Mountain Analysis
How Russia is responding to Ukraine’s new ‘drone threat’ to cut off Crimea Corridor Simplicius
The future of war is coming sooner than most think Carl Sanchez
Tulsi’s US-funded Ukrainian biolab disclosure is critical to national debate Andrew Korybko
To War Kathleen McCloskey
imperial collapse watch
Deblobbing: An Undiplomatic User’s Guide
The Myth of the Belly of the Beast: Anti-Empire Project
The Hidden Message in the New Military Recruitment Ad by Ken Klippenstein
U.S. business group says some critical minerals are ‘nearly impossible to obtain’ from China Reuters
Everything is fine:
Hegseth: No country makes better ammunition than the United States.
BRENNAN: But those reserves are now in jeopardy.
Hegseth: That’s a story made up because the media wants to hear it.
BRENNAN: You testified under oath that it would take years to rebuild them… pic.twitter.com/i6FpUesKys
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 14, 2026
Lafaire Epstein
Model scout who sent young women to Epstein: ‘I trusted him’ CNN
Kathy Remler’s rewriting of history, The Epstein Files, by Julie K. Brown
south of the border
Fears of US intervention spread to Mexico, Brazil, and El Pais, Colombia
Trump 2.0
UFC Freedom 250 Opening Ceremony at the White House was all about the best of America, from President Trump and Dana White’s walkout to Zac Brown Band’s flyover of the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds during the national anthem 🇺🇸
(📽️: UFC on Paramount+ YouTube) pic.twitter.com/s6cypoQoXD
— Julia🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) June 15, 2026
The astonishing world of Trumpian state capitalism
Global HIV prevention plummets after Trump aid cuts, UN finds WaPo
Scoop: Trump aides obtain horrified Haberman, Swann, ‘regime change’ Axios situation room tapes
Democrats are the worst
Democrats vow ‘first day’ of Epstein hearings if they flip the House NOTUS
obama’s legacy
Take a peek inside the new Obama Museum before its official opening on June 10th AP
The Obama Center is a monument to a more effective evil black agenda report
sports desk
Sporting a steroid savage mind. I hate to admit that I missed the Enhanced Game in Las Vegas last month.
academy glove
Stanford University Students Protest Google CEO’s Speech Over Israel Contract HuffPost
Mr. Market
Markets welcome US-Iran deal, but some investors warn deal not yet signed CNBC
Wall Street Gains Access to New Catastrophe Model to Help Predict War Bloomberg
economy
The problem is over: The average price of a new car is now closer to $49,000, up from $50,000 in May.
guillotine watch
Billionaire Elon Musk’s destruction of USAID could provide food aid to millions facing deadly hunger A common dream
I hope the trillionaire dies in the bunker The Sentinel-Intelligence
🇨🇭 No, these are not fans celebrating a soccer or basketball victory, but anti-G7 protesters in Geneva, Switzerland.
They are setting fires to places and clashing with police over inequality, war, failed climate policies, and Trump.
This is getting intense.
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 15, 2026
basil
As AI companies race to go public, who else will get in on the action? TechCrunch
Crypto Platform Sells Users with SpaceX IPO Access. Tokenized stocks never arrived Gizmodo
Bitcoin’s recent plunge reignites debate over bitcoin ownership, and is it just ‘crypto is crypto’ CNBC
A.I.
Amazon CEO meets with US officials to crack down on human models WSJ
What Washington Must Do Gary Marcus
From Manhattan to ACM’s Genesis Communications. “The U.S. Department of Energy wants to build a single national platform for doing science with AI.”
Monopoly Recap: The Pope and the Silicon Valley Billionaires Fight Over God by Matt Stoller
AI saves office workers time, much of which is stolen by Los Angeles Times’ ‘bot sitters’
class war
The opposite of oppression is not freedom but time. Kaimatara
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