West African coral reef long thought dead discovered Yale Environment 360
Deadly snail venom may provide pain relief without opioids, study finds
FDA investigates second small cyclosporiasis outbreak USA Today
Climate/Environment
Thousands of tourists forced to evacuate as fire rages in southwestern France FRANCE 24
Demand for “coolcation” FT in Northern Europe increases due to intense heat
Extreme drought hits Europe as heat from climate crisis ‘depletes the soil’ The Guardian
Super El Niño forecast pushes towards record strength as signs of severe weather emerge for Europe in winter 2026/2027. Short version:
People always ask how the effects of El Niño are felt this time of year. Well, the biggest impacts often occur in the southern hemisphere. But it’s important to note that this is what El Niño looks like in the Northern Hemisphere (subtropical) jet stream in late fall/winter/spring… https://t.co/DjjjzEuf50
— Jeff Berardelli (@WeatherProf) July 22, 2026
Beware of media hype. It’s not an El Niño phenomenon! climate uncensored
Austerity turns out to be ineffective in fighting wildfires…
From the Ottawa Citizen: “About 50 of the approximately 100 government positions are [of Canada’s Wildfire] The government says the operations center has been abolished due to the federal government’s Comprehensive Spending Review… https://t.co/zTA6GcYe6L
— Professor Ryan Katz-Rosene (@ryankatzrosene) July 22, 2026
⛈️ Video of a local team showing the solar panels of the solar park in Chiaret, Teramo region.
The area has been badly affected by large-scale violence, with thin chichis up to 15 centimeters in diameter falling. pic.twitter.com/dygCVWEgo4
— Italy 24 Hours Live 🔴 – Notizie dall’Italia (@Italia24HLive) July 22, 2026
8 Ways to Protect Your Solar Panels from Hail Storm Damage Ecoflow
Weather disasters offer lessons that can help reduce future impacts – but that doesn’t mean we’re looking for balanced weather
pandemic
Dramatic measles outbreak among children and youth in California Los Angeles Times
HHS changes two vaccine committee charters MedPage Today
toilet
Egypt, Sudan brace for water crisis as Ethiopia intensifies influx of GERD cases New Arab
Water levels are rising in Africa’s Sahel-Yale environment after decades of drought 360
South Korea
South Korea seizes cargo ship on suspicion of violating UN sanctions against North Korea Yonhap News
Japan
Japan’s energy policy in Southeast Asia to “make China great again” Japan Economy Watch
China?
Pentagon expands blacklist to include China’s top private universities South China Morning Post
As Xi-Trump meeting approaches, Gurrer says US is not getting enough critical minerals from China South China Morning Post
China rejects US tariff enforcement, counters EU sanctions Al Mayadeen
How long will China be able to defy history and logic on the grounds of imbalance? F.T.
Problems with the “China Shock 2.0” story Global Currents
syrakistan
Ben Gvir takes part in large-scale raid on Al-Aqsa compound during Tisha Bab under protection of Israeli police New Arab
Two-thirds of Gazans could face severe hunger by year-end despite improvements, world food watchdog says Reuters
Trump links Saudi nuclear deal to normalization with Israel The Cradle
IRGC shuts down Amazon data center, US death toll in hundreds, al-Mayadeen
discord in europe
Brussels imposes €890m fine on Google despite new US tariffs looming Euronews
Albanian police use water cannons as anti-government protesters clash in Tirana Intellinews
Energy is the exposed side of Europe’s rearmament semaphore
EU companies: “rent capitalism”? michael roberts
A new war that’s not so cold war
Lavrov turns against the blonde. Ships on the west side avoided the collapse of Odessa-Belitskoye Falls and Dobropilya. Kill Duran with EU sanctions
5 takeaways from the Russo-German secret talks in Baku Andrew Korybko
Ukraine inexplicably battles warehouse chain as Russia closes Odessa-Simplicius port
European capitals approve sale of seized Russian oil Euractic
Kremlin rhetoric tips on escalating Jamestown Foundation
As the war drags on, Ukraine’s population is collapsing Responsible State Strategy
Laura Loomer becomes new influencer of Ukrainian government opposition
Humanoid robots “Robert” and “Matilda” wed in Russia’s first robot wedding The Bridge Chronicle
south of the border
Prosecutors investigating US boat strike and suspected torture of killed at Ecuadorian drop-off site
CIA official boasts about intervention in Nicaragua. dissident
Lafaire Epstein
Savage Minds, the network that unravels Nolan Higdon
Trump 2.0
President Trump imposes ‘drastic’ new tariffs on 60 trading partners as international tariffs expire CNBC
Conspiracy against interim talks Seymour Hersh
Suspicions and doubts about the National Civic Contest NOTUS
Trump administration aims to hold world’s first deep-sea mine lease sale Inside Climate News
republican funhouse
Republicans seek to heat up OSHA standards for confined spaces
Democrats are the worst
House Democrats voted to end Iran war after abandoning the best means to actually stop it Capital and Empire
Post-Trump Iran controversy Sawahir
Do you entertain Nazis to gain influence? who broke it
imperial collapse watch
Army is running out of AI tokens Wired
A.I.
How American AI companies are colonizing world cultural heritage Muftah Magazine
Oracle signs 10-year software deal with Department of Defense worth up to $7 billion CNBC
Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with your selfie. Ars Technica. What is this scraping sound?
Mr. Market
Goldman offers a way to trade $250 million in AI junk bonds at once Bloomberg
All is not well in the oil market right now. finance
economy
More Americans are shoplifting because of inflation and the economy TNND
sports desk
Young elite runners are becoming abnormally fast. Welcome to “Truckflation” Wired
our famous free news agency
NYT’s embarrassing anti-DSA meltdown fair
health care?
Man sues OpenAI for unlicensed medical practice Becker’s Hospital Review
Insurers are denying more prescriptions than ever before, new study reveals in healthcare
immigration
Texas has built floating walls and one-ton buoys studded with blades to harm people trying to cross the Rio Grande. And this week, that same brutality came roaring back to bite the state that built it, unleashing more than 100 of them in a flood that crashed straight into Laredo. … pic.twitter.com/odgah9ntr5
— Socialist planning beyond capitalism (@beyond_capital) July 22, 2026
guillotine watch
How America’s Corporate Class Became Legally Unaccountable (co-authored with Marie Gottschalk) Chris Hedges Report
class war
SNAP Tracker: People are losing food assistance as the harmful Republican Reconciliation Act of 2025 takes effect Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The mummification of today’s AFL-CIOML
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