Study finds bottlenose dolphins depend on fishing trawlers in the Adriatic Sea
37 years of soil experiments reveal hidden climate threats Science Daily (Kevin W)
Aging is interesting, isn’t it? Old Star (Michael T.). Hmm.
New coronavirus infection/pandemic
I’ve been writing a very long thread about the long study on dopamine in coronavirus, and it’s incredibly long and complicated and boring and depressing, and even I’m tired of it. So here are five versions of the tweet.
— tern (@1goodtern) July 14, 2026
Climate/Environment
Beyond Oppenheimer Jackson Damien
Historical daytime temperatures of 53°C and night temperatures of 38°C
52.7℃ Omidyeh Iran’s all-time record
2026 world record
Minimums! 38.3 Derhoran Iran
33.1 Ushkuduk Uzbekistan
Even worse the next day
53/54c Middle East
49/50C Former Soviet Union
50/52C China
Up to 40℃ at night
The most severe heatwave in world history pic.twitter.com/sTpiY7BQHM
— Extreme temperatures around the world (@extremetemps) July 14, 2026
The world’s water supplies are heading for irreversible decline, the UN’s Guterres National News warns. We warned from the beginning of this site that under catastrophic pressures, drinking water would be the first critical resource.
Scientists propose ‘less sunlight’ cloud plan to reduce Super El Niño impact NDTV
Melting icebergs can weaken large, distant ocean current systems
51 dead, more than 1 million stranded in Bangladesh floods Global Times
” rel=”nofollow”>Changes in jet stream are behind Europe’s long heat wave, new scientist says
Lake Powell has reached extremely low elevation and is approaching a ‘dead power pool’, experts tell ABC
Hello from outside: Heat dome jams radio and other signals in Midwest US The Guardian
China?
China’s economic growth rate plummeted, failing to meet BBC targets. Similar to post-bubble Japan, the export sector is doing well, but domestic activity is sluggish.
China’s credit expansion was disappointing as new loans fell short of Bloomberg’s forecasts. There is no archive version yet.
China has detained a US nuclear seismology expert starting in 2024, his family tells the Guardian
We were wrong about DeepSeek. Chinese AI companies are now exporting trillions of AI tokens Kevin Walmsley (Kevin W)
Africa
Egypt-Ethiopia water dispute has been overshadowed by rising tensions in the Horn of Africa, experts say on national news
Khartoum faces drinking water crisis as Nile river level plummets Sudan Tribune
south of the border
Heatwave puts Brazil’s coffee harvest at risk Ynet
discord in europe
EU suggests emergency import restrictions as China trade gap widens South China Morning Post (Ghast)
Heatwave depletes Germany’s Rhine chokepoint, tightening fuel supplies Bloomberg
old blighty
Jonathan Cook: Burnham’s empty repentance over Gaza Consortium News
israel vs resistance
🇺🇬 NEW: Uganda is preparing to send troops to Gaza at the request of US President Donald Trump, state newspaper New Vision reported on Monday.
According to the newspaper, President Trump has requested President Yoweri Museveni, through his peace committee, to provide troops to international peacekeeping operations.
— DropSite (@DropSiteNews) July 14, 2026
Al-Aqsa may be about to change forever.
Al-Aqsa Mosque has been managed by the Islamic Waqf under Jordanian control for decades. Reported US and Israeli proposals could change that.
The plan would officially replace the Waqf with a new Israeli-created organization… pic.twitter.com/Ytov9fUCJu
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) July 13, 2026
Do Hamas’s concessions amount to a true transfer of power in Gaza? arab news
Grenade attacks across Israel, sushi chain targets, feud between crime families intensifies Times of Israel (Kevin W)
President Trump tells Iran that power plants and bridges will be targeted if no deal is reached – Middle East Crisis Live Guardian
July 14, 2026 — US blockade of Iranian ports goes into effect CNN
President Trump brings US-Iran war back to square one Asia Times (Kevin W)
Exclusive article: Israeli intelligence agents contact ‘influenced figures’ in Syria to lay foundations for normalization in Syria Opposition (Robin K.)
Tolkier
10 years since the Turkish military coup attempt targeting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan WSWS (Alan S.)
syrakistan
Ongoing Pakistan-Afghanistan War Communist (Robin K.)
A new war that’s not so cold war
EU finds loophole in its warship Vuzglade in the Black Sea using machine translation (guurst)
Ukrainian drone sinks FSB patrol boat near Putin’s Palace
President Trump supports anti-Russia sanctions bill — CNN TASS (guurst)
Olympic funding, Russian re-entry questioned by nine EU countries over Al Jazeera (Kevin W)
Ukraine’s prime minister resigns after just one year in office Reuters
big brother is watching over you
Controversial swarm cameras tracking every car — complete breakdown Dave Plummer, YouTube (BC)
imperial collapse watch
No Direction Home Aurelian. Even by Aurelien’s high standards, this is an excellent essay that is a must-read.
Level 3/5: State Terrorism in the United States WA Lawrence
The ICC was also established to investigate atrocity crimes, but the US government is now boasting that it will dismantle the court to protect Israeli authorities from ongoing investigations. https://t.co/0baFuJUteG
— Nicola Perugini (@PeruginiNic) July 14, 2026
Making the world safe for war criminals Daniel Larison
This AI exposed the largest legal insider trading operation in America.
The platform, called GovGreed, has built a seven-layer machine learning system that cross-references every stock trade published by every sitting politician with the bills their committees control. pic.twitter.com/Gvjn3KvL0A
— Teddy – PolyBackTest.com (@Bitcoin_Teddy) July 6, 2026
Defense watchdog finds new 155mm gun factory unable to produce parts for two years after construction, hindering production goals CBS (Kevin W)
Trump 2.0
Trump’s slow-motion salon dismantling the election
House passes Trump-backed bill to make Daylight Savings Time permanent NBC (Kevin W)
immigration
Lessons from ICE murders in Maine and Texas and the Minneapolis WSWS
ICE shootings prompt calls for reform as critics claim law enforcement is ‘stalking Latinos’ The Hill
Mahmoud Khalil sues Trump administration officials and pro-Israel groups for ‘conspiracy’ Middle East Eye
Our press is no longer free
Why 55% of Americans have stopped posting on social media PC Magazine
antitrust law
State ignores Justice Department report and sues to block Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Mr. Market needs a therapist
Behind the AI rally lies a dangerous leverage cycle Real Clear Markets
A.I.
Breaking news: Demis Hassabis supports pre-flight safety testing of AI Gary Marcus
Unchecked reliance on AI will fundamentally change corporate workflows TMTPost (guurst)
Someone created a “ghost font” that humans can read but AI can’t read — I had to try it myself Tom’s Guide (Micael T)
Data centers hit by heatwave: Demand on power grids stretched by climate crisis soars Irish Times
IBM stock plummets after serious warning about AI Fast
class war
Conservatism: America’s Personality Disorder Chris Armitage
Medicare reaches age 61. Why it should be extended to all Americans Juan Cole (FDS)
The End of the Management Era Richard Vigilante
I was genuinely worried that DSA and its candidates would put the brakes on genocide, MAGA ICE thugs killing people in the streets, and the destruction of free and fair elections.
But thanks to cooperation between the oligarch-friendly Democratic Party and the oligarch-friendly Democratic Party…
— Gregory Travis (@greg_travis) July 14, 2026
An immediate antidote. Tracy H: “Female (Lithobates catesbeianus) American Bullfrog – The sex is only a guess, but the female is larger than the male and the ears (black circles at the waterline) are the same size as the eyes, but the male’s ears are larger.”
And bonus:
Meanwhile, in Florida, a beagle protects his family from alligators pic.twitter.com/sHzfLU9qwD
— Science Girl (@sciencegirl) July 14, 2026
Second bonus:
A female mountain lion named Dania walks past a group of photographers while staring at a nearby guanaco. pic.twitter.com/XGxd8UktP3
— Nature Unedited (@NatureUnedited) July 13, 2026
And third:
He chose to befriend fish rather than hunt them. 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/FC3cnQ8cXA
— The Best (@TheBestqueenx) July 15, 2026
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