Philosopher wants schools to slow down children’s development
American Heart Association reveals health science warning about optimal daily coffee intake
#New Coronavirus Infection/Pandemic
🚨 Africa CDC issues stark warning: The current Ebola outbreak risks becoming the worst on record in world history.
“We are sad to inform you that 900 people have died. It has been 65 days since this outbreak began and there are already more than 2,400 confirmed cases. If we do not stop…
— Volcaholic🌋 (@volcaholic1) July 21, 2026
Daily updates on Ebola:
– Cases: 2,444 (+79)
– Recovery: 488 (+3)
– Number of deaths: 969 (+37) pic.twitter.com/uo1KYWPD0K
— BNO News (@BNOFeed) July 21, 2026
Climate/Environment
Japanese company sells “human refrigerator” to protect against heat waves
Just as prices are rising, the US is regressing in energy efficiency New York Times
Cloudy skies are slowing global warming – but that may be changing New Scientist
The earth has lost its luster. Insurance companies are concerned Insurance Business Magazine
Slowdown in Arctic ice melt ends in largest winter decline on record Guardian
Switzerland plans to deploy snowplows to fight forest fires SwissInfo
Rapid thaw of permafrost is acidifying rivers across North America
Is the Colorado River in danger from climate change? The Washington Post
Heatwave hits Central Asia: Countries’ responses Asia Plus
extraordinary
July records were shattered across the hemisphere, from Namibia, Zambia, Botwana, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and Malawi, and the national record for the highest July temperature was shattered in Tanzania.
33.8C Tabora 1200m asl
The most extreme winter phenomenon in southern Africa pic.twitter.com/rbJAoHQtDl
— Extreme temperatures around the world (@extremetemps) July 20, 2026
China?
Trump softens tone on China’s election interference allegations ahead of meeting between Rubio and Wang South China Morning Post
China is leading the global nuclear race.
China is currently building 39 nuclear reactors, more than the next 12 countries combined.
India and Russia follow in 8th and 7th place, respectively, less than half of China’s total.
There are also younger people in China… pic.twitter.com/wvHGXjxTF3
— Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) July 21, 2026
Nike cuts thousands of online distributors in China, restructures digital footprint CNBC
Japan
Tokyo calls on men to wear shorts to work, but some women claim it’s ‘leg hair harassment’ BBC (Kevin W)
India
UN experts are demanding the release of indigenous activists arrested protesting India’s REDD project for a luxury hotel next to Kaziranga National Park. Michael T.: “So the BRICS will save us from the Western group?”
‘My whole body hurts when I get home’: Extreme heat is taking away the health and wages of India’s poorest workers The Guardian
Africa
Egypt insists Nile issue persists, rejects Ethiopia’s unilateral move Middle East Online
Or Canada
Trump is squeezing Canada. Don’t expect Mr. Carney to overturn the New York Times. There is no archive version yet.
Maine Republicans stand apart over President Trump’s tariffs on Canada Politico
south of the border
The United States collects about $13 billion in Venezuelan oil money. Where is it? financial times
discord in europe
Brussels prepares first digital rulebook fine against Google, angering President Trump: media report Euronews
Counterfeit Empire: How the European Union will occupy Europe Speculum Orientis (Michael T.)
Repeated heatwaves increase environmental anxiety and anger among young people: ‘It feels like we’re living in a dystopia’ Le Monde
old blighty
Burnham approves use of UK bases in some US strikes against Iran Bloomberg
Mr. Burnham said the first person he would call would be Mr. Zelensky.
[Who would you call first? President Trump? President Zelensky? Or someone else?]
That will be my first phone call. And today I clearly tell President Zelensky that nothing will change. I’m with him 100%… pic.twitter.com/2K1AO7BOmi
— 𝕊𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕻𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 (@SprinterPress) July 20, 2026
‘My shirt is getting tighter’: National Express bus driver speaks out over 40 degree temperatures Guardian
israel vs resistance
This is a settler genocide, with extermination and mass expulsion followed by land confiscation and annexation of large parts of Gaza, while Israeli ministers march in support of establishing a colony in areas surrounded by the military. pic.twitter.com/gNWXVtVhTN
— Nicola Perugini (@PeruginiNic) July 21, 2026
Lebanese troops deploy to test zone, soon come under attack from Israeli anti-war sites (Kevin W)
President Trump approves the landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, a huge victory for the Kingdom Wall Street Journal. There is no online version yet.
Of course the Israelis are overjoyed. The Americans are fighting an all-out war for them and the Arab countries are deteriorating. Yes, Americans are dying for Smotrich, Ben Gvir and Netanyahu right now. Smart. https://t.co/HuuPMabWR3
— Sharmin Narwani (@snarwani) July 21, 2026
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US establishment shocked by Iran’s rapid and paradoxical development of ‘lethalness’
You are fighting for the land, not the nation shuka.muz (Cindy W)
The current situation is the best”: Smotrich says Israel has no intention of joining US attack on Iran Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
Rubio says US remains willing to negotiate over Iran crisis Arab News
How Sky News pieced together how an attack on an Iranian elementary school left 120 children dead YouTube (Cindy W) Also see the underlying forensic architecture work.
A new war that’s not so cold war
Kremlin slams US Bloomberg, hardens demands on occupied territories of Ukraine. Wowsers. Anyone who has been watching President Lavrov’s speeches or President Putin’s speeches and question-and-answer sessions has known this for quite some time.
President Zelenskiy sacked Sirsky’s military commander after several days of Eurasiv protests. Events in Ukraine called it “Shirsky Kaput?”
Mr. Shirschiky resigns, Mr. Drapati takes over: Mr. Fedorov welcomes change while his own role remains unclear Kyiv Post
Russia’s long-range attack campaign in Kiev/Political crisis in Kiev Mark Sleboda
Tensions remain high in Kiev. Russia’s attacks on Olivier Boyd Barrett intensify
Wildberry warehouse strike leaves sellers facing more than $1 billion in losses at BNE
Brief Frontline Report – July 21, 2026 Marat Khairullin
big brother is watching over you
US police to deploy Israeli spy vans mimicking cell phone towers Cyber News Note that cell phone triangulation has been found in court to not be accurate enough to be used as location evidence. But what happens when you combine it with other data? The lesson is that airplane mode and Faraday bags are friends.
imperial collapse watch
And It Goes On Aurelian
The glorious death of the American conservative. resilc: “Oh, I remember the great days of World War I and the Civil War.”
Nested Machines: Symbolic Culture and the Viability of Empire Steven Newbury
‘War criminals are not welcome’: Protesters rally in Manila over Rubio’s visit to Al Jazeera (live feed entry)
Anti-American protesters clash with police during Rubio’s visit. Two journalists nearly arrested ABS-CBN
A structural engineer talks on YouTube about the column failure at the former Pfizer building in New York City. resilc: “Lawyers win.”
Trump 2.0
Trump’s unpopularity, low trust in ICE, socialism, etc. YouTube
5 takeaways from the Hegseth-Kaine hearing on emergency funding for Iran The Hill
Hegseth says the Iran war cost $37.5 billion. Sources say the total could be much higher for CBS (Kevin W.)
Iran is becoming the kind of ‘forever war’ that President Donald Trump promised to avoid The Conversation (Kevin W)
America first? President Trump’s overseas income will explode in 2025 New Republic (resilc)
The FDA said it did not apologize to the supplier involved in the diarrhea outbreak, which was actually wired. resilc: “Trump and Team Trump are never wrong.”
immigration
US appeals court overturns release order for pro-Palestinian advocate Mahdawi Reuters
House passes stopgap measure to fund federal government
AIPAC
The Collapse of Bipartisan Agreement on U.S.-Israel Relations Juan Cole. resilc: “And all it took was millions of deaths and trillions of dollars.”
Nancy Pelosi’s nomination for SF House seat intercepted with anti-AIPAC pledge
New York sculptor bet $100,000 on a statue of Charlie Kirk, but now no one wants to buy it ArtNews (Micael T)
mamdani
Mamdani acknowledged that New York City does not have the authority to execute an ICC arrest warrant.
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. pic.twitter.com/YRezmW6YVx
— Mayor Zoran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) July 22, 2026
Mamdani leaves Palestine in Trump’s hands Sam Husseini. Since when does New York City have a foreign policy? FFS, Mandami was asked in a debate during the campaign when he would visit Israel, and he replied that New York was for work and that he would not visit. It will not be easy for Mandami to use his bully pulpit to raise the issue of the ICC arrest warrant against Prime Minister Netanyahu. He could sever ties between the NYPD and Israel, but despite being nominally under civilian control, the NYPD is close to an independent power center and difficult to influence.
Our press is no longer free
Trump administration searches phone records of New York Times reporter and his relatives, Guardian (Kevin W)
economy
Financially strapped Asian countries forced to buy expensive LNG due to Iran war Economic Times
US prepares new tariffs as President Trump’s 10% global tax expires Channel News Asia
President Trump’s 100% generic drug tariffs threaten low-cost U.S. supplies Bloomberg:
But it’s unclear how forcing companies to make more drugs in the U.S. will lead to lower prices, given lower labor and manufacturing costs in established locations like India. Unlike innovative drug manufacturers, which are protected by patents, generic drug manufacturers compete on lower prices, making it much harder to absorb tariffs.
Manufacturing in the U.S. will eliminate the cost advantage that foreign generic drug manufacturers have over branded drug manufacturers, forcing manufacturers to raise prices or exit the market…
What is 2%? Redefining inflation is not the way to achieve price stability. Claudia Sahm (resilc)
A.I.
AI investment competition BIS working paper (resilc). Modeling confirmed what was widely feared and then confirmed some concerns as well.
America is losing hard in the AI race Ian Welsh
Google is building an AI fence around the internet that once defended the New York Times
OpenAI admits AI ‘agent’ caused massive cyber breach on its own Financial Times
Is AI abusing a simple tap on the wrist? credit slip
AI companies aren’t using AI Slop 404 media, so they’re buying tons of old books (Dr. Kevin)
class war
There are eight political tribes in America. Which side do you belong to?New York Times (resilc)
Home prices are falling, but the problem of restrictive zoning isn’t solved Dean Baker
Antidote (via):
And bonus:
This is a dog having the best day of his life. pic.twitter.com/mYKZrXCnOJ
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 20, 2026
Second bonus:
man rescuing horse from flood pic.twitter.com/17vUYJ2DY4
— Antidepressant Content (@depressionlesss) July 19, 2026
Third:
When you call your dog…without calling. pic.twitter.com/iHvt7YkTjo
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 18, 2026
And another type of bonus:
this. more than this. pic.twitter.com/iItjXdE3Kd
— Positive Side of X🌞 (@positivityofx) July 15, 2026
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