Dear Patient Readers,
Please excuse my mini-rant. You may have noticed that AI is making search’s misery even worse. Browsers such as Firefox and Safari have a limited selection of default browsers and do not allow fringe browsers such as Yandex or Kagi. Google is currently unavailable. I started regularly getting false negatives when trying to search within the site, a feature that is important to me.
There are positive aspects as well. This will result in you using Orion + Kagi, neither of which will leave any usage history.
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‘Nobody believed it’: How a YouTube video accidentally showed that the Libyan sand cat really existed The Guardian (Rolf A.)
A mountain lion changed everything in this small California preserve Science Daily (Kevin W)
Lost in Translation Nibble (Michael T.)
War and Peace Mauricio Bellman (fk). important.
When the wait is over, Old Star (Michael T.)
Futurists get mad when their iPads are taken away from their children. From last month, there is still a close relationship
#New Coronavirus Infection/Pandemic
Dengue outbreak in Sri Lanka reaches epidemic level with over 50,000 infected people: health authority Anadolu Agency
Climate/Environment
New scientists race to figure out how and when Thwaites Glacier collapses
Warming skies usher in a new era of unpredictable storms Atmos
Ocean warming of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius has caused year-round ocean disruptions around the world, study finds PhysOrg
Record coal production stands in stark contrast to emissions reduction claims Energy Live
‘This is scary’: The Colorado River, a lifeline for seven states, is drying up at its source Los Angeles Times
Cedar Rapids Gazette (Robin K): Iowa’s renewable energy push is paying off
China?
U.S. Navy repair gap could leave the Pacific War to China Asia Times (Kevin W)
China blacklists more Japanese companies as unrest worsens Japan Times
a href=”https://kdwalmsley.substack.com/p/not-even-the-world-cup-can-save-the?” rel=”nofollow”>Not even the World Cup can save America’s travel industry as China steals top spot Kevin Walmsley
Japan
Yen hits 40-year low, historic decline shakes Japan Bloomberg
Japan protests over China’s maritime claims near southern island The Straits Times
India
The thirst behind the AI revolution: India’s data centers and the coming water crisis backlash
Southeast Asia
Why $20 durians are sold for half price or given away for free BBC
How war and poverty are driving Myanmar’s drug crisis UCA News
Africa
Sahel: How the resurgence of El Niño will worsen instability 24ORE
Tanzania suffers nationwide power outage after massive national power grid failure ChannelAfrica
south of the border
Satellite images show destruction from Venezuela earthquake Al Jazeera (Kevin W)
Government eases dollar lending regulations, evoking fallout from 2001 crisis Buenos Aires Herald
Struggle continues in France, the heart of Bolivia’s Morales24
How the Venezuelan earthquake shook Al Jazeera President Delcy Rodríguez
Peru’s Keiko Fujimori wins the presidential election, and recently the Latin American right-wing Guardian (Robin K.)
discord in europe
President Trump threatens to tax 100% of European imports if countries tax digital services Associated Press (Kevin W)
Europe risks starting winter with gas stocks at 15-year low Financial Times
EU faces ‘China shock’ ahead of crucial Brussels trade talks South China Morning Post
Visiting Hussein Dole’s family – readers can see the Nachdenkseiten site for themselves through machine translation (Micael T)
Europe’s heatwave is the worst on record and would not be possible without the climate crisis, scientists have told the Guardian. From last week, we still have a close relationship.
Extraordinary heatwave across Europe raises energy and inflation concerns CGTN
Germany joins push to postpone EU methane ban Politico
Chez les Poules with +1000% mortality rate, Chez les Poules with +200%, Chez les Bovents with +45%.
Plusieurs millions d’animaux d’élevage Sont morts sous l’efet de la canicule. A force majeure catastrophe would re-traumatize him in 2003 for the rest of his life… pic.twitter.com/dxJvW9PFS5
— Dr. Serge Zaka (Dr. Zarge) (@SergeZaka) June 26, 2026
Von der Leyen’s office accused of ‘feudalism’ over air conditioning RT (Kevin W)
I’m an American who lived in Europe during the AC War Revolver (Li)
Europeans should learn to love air conditioning The Economist (Li)
old blighty
A financial curse is undermining Britain’s LFF (Colonel Smithers)
Burnham’s Rise Revives Talk of War Bonds to Fund British Military Wealth
BBC calls for political stability to support agricultural industry
Pea shortage looms after first harvest in 14 years Independent
balkan peninsula
Kushner-related protests reveal depth of anger towards Albanian leaders Japan Times
Serbia: Protests continue after Vucic announces resignation from DW
israel vs resistance
A thread about medical experiments performed on at least 1,000 Yemeni Jewish infants stolen from a hospital by the Israeli government in the early 1950s https://t.co/X57BsqnZOW
— moe tkacik (@moetkacik) June 29, 2026
Report: Israel revives Gaza ethnic cleansing plan, renames it “Free Movement Plan” Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
Bayer is helping Israel use glyphosate and white phosphorus Middle East Eye (Robin K)
I really don’t care who ends this evil, but it has to end. https://t.co/XMjI12o8AN
— Kathleen Tyson (@Kathleen_Tyson_) June 29, 2026
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The Jewish community center I worked for in Birmingham (70% goyim membership due to gym and pool, 1 minute drive from my house) received two bomb threats from this clown and introduced all sorts of new security procedures. The staff seemed quite traumatized.
Michael Kadar, a dual U.S. and Israeli citizen, was charged Monday in Florida with making bomb threats against Jewish facilities in 2016 and 2017.
The ADL included Kadar’s incident in its 2017 Inflated Anti-Semitism Report, which accounts for 9% of all incidents.
Racially motivated hate crime… https://t.co/NWmeScL5k3 pic.twitter.com/G1cstQLGKB
— GenXGirl (@GenXGirl1994) June 28, 2026
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In the shadow of Minab: Inside the US ‘new missile’ test against Iran’s Ramad Middle East Eye (Kevin W)
By the way, this is where to go. Trump has made us vulnerable to this reality with his stupid wars. And the Iranians have no interest in actually finishing anything because they know they can win this competition. We are about to fall off a cliff. God help us all. https://t.co/Wuk5ulGpbK
— Brandon Weichert (@WeTheBrandon) June 29, 2026
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Iraq arrests protesters as power outage sparks unrest New Arab
syrakistan
Iraqi officials arrested in massive corruption crackdown Associated Press (Robin K)
I cannot stress enough how wrong this tweet is.
First, Prime Minister Al Zaidi was not the one who started this campaign. At best, he oversees its implementation in his capacity as commander-in-chief. The most likely driving force lies within the Iraqi judiciary… https://t.co/pN34s97qZY
— Harith Hasan (@harith_hasan) June 28, 2026
Israel’s army kills militants in southern Syria, vows to continue military presence in Kurdistan 24
A new war that’s not so cold war
One reason to think that the situation in Russia is not so bad is that the median real wage has increased by 25% since the start of the war, the inflation rate has fallen to single digits, and the unemployment rate is 2.5%. Macroeconomically, Russia is faring better than anywhere else in the geopolitical West. https://t.co/oSQR1ulVP3
— Policy Tensor (@policytensor) June 28, 2026
Breaking News: Merchant of Death warns that Russia is preparing a devastating attack on Western Europe Tucker Carlson (Michael T.)
Russia has begun loading weapons on tankers, the Times reported.
Two 12.7mm Utes machine guns were found on the bridge of the Marshal Vasilevsky, one of Russia’s main LNG carriers, apparently to protect against drones and boarding attempts. pic.twitter.com/wmTa7Wt8dX
— Victor vicktop55 commentary (@vick55top) June 29, 2026
Ukraine flexes regional power with tough stance on Belarus The Times
According to a report by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, the Kiev regime is increasing cooperation with Mexican drug cartels, increasing trafficking through the port of Odessa and providing the infrastructure to flow more drugs to Europe.
This was quite successful… pic.twitter.com/89t9vMpKHn
— Russians with Attitude (@RWApodcast) June 29, 2026
imperial collapse watch
Trends for 2026: Geopolitics and Escalation Events in Ukraine
US explores McDonald’s model of missile production Financial Times
Steven Spielberg’s “War and the Undiplomatic Moral Equivalent”
Trump 2.0
The Supreme Court rules that Trump cannot fire Federal Reserve Director Lisa Cook. Give him more authority over another independent agency, NBC.
Supreme Court rejects Trump-led challenge, rules states can count late-arriving mail-in ballots Associated Press
MAHA feels betrayed after Supreme Court ruling on Monsanto’s glyphosate The Hill (Kevin W)
Our press is no longer free
When saving journalism is better than doing journalism amphibian (ma)
economy
Can energy be turned into money? Doug Casey (Michael T.)
Water shortages could prevent the U.S. from mining more lithium, making it more dependent on foreign imports.
Mr. Market needs a therapist
$1 trillion borrowing spree lifts stock market to dangerous heights Wall Street Journal
Oil markets are pricing in a surge in supply that is not guaranteed Crude oil prices
Big oil companies’ clandestine trading departments are having an unusual year The Economist
basil
Zepbound craze fuels $1.3 billion windfall for religious movement Bloomberg (fk)
class war
College is unaffordable for many Americans — but don’t blame rising tuition costs alone Kansas Reflector (Robin K.)
Millions will lose ACA coverage after Trump and Republicans allow subsidies to expire
Why are record numbers of American adults living with their parents? RT (Robin K)
An immediate antidote. mgl: “Canada geese and baby geese, Potter Marsh, Anchorage, Alaska. It’s spring!”
And perks:
Sammy the seal was always begging for food at the Irish restaurant, so staff began feeding him every day at 9am, 1pm and 4pm. Now he jumps out of the water, looks both ways, crosses the road, and waits for his prize at that time every day. He is never late. pic.twitter.com/0qkpwR81i7
— Wolf of X (@WolfofX) June 28, 2026
Second bonus:
Kitty desperately teaching her owner how to retract her claws (lol)
Too cute haha pic.twitter.com/AehXspln3Y
— A cat with a strong impression🐾 (@catshealdeprsn) June 28, 2026
And another kind of antidote. I previously introduced resilc’s metal art. I love windmills and this one spins. If I were in America and had a garden, I would commission one and find a way to get it delivered.
See yesterday’s link and antidote here
