Groundbreaking research revealed that turtles have emotions.
Commonweal’s frailty (AnthonyL)
Climate/environment
Another threat is looming for us after a catastrophic winter loss New York Times
Reconstruct your research to reconstruct 540 million years of ocean level changes.
Russian external fever
Up to 43C in the Rostov region
SOM All Time Records (sinkreds available)
41.7 Kamensk
41.3 Kostantinovsk
41.2 Bokovskaja
41.0 Prohladnaya
40.8 Kazanskaja
40.4 Tihoreck
40.2 Mirerobo
High Tmins:
23.4 Borisoglebsk
22.8 Micurinsk
21.6 Cerepovec pic.twitter.com/2ec6cdlnvw
– Extreme temperatures repeat the world (@extremetemps) July 13, 2025
The fatal fever in East Asia
Today, Mongolia’s 1300m Crazy Minimums 28c
Tropical night at 2500m
China July Record: 41.9C Xinging, 41.0C Zhouzhi
Japanese records: 36.4 Hiroshima, 35.7 Ogata, 36.7 Gohome
Thousands of records the next day:
Warsst heat waves in history at this >50/55c https://t.co/ihxhvdufn1
– Extreme temperatures repeat the world (@extremetemps) July 14, 2025
Flash flood hits NYC and New Jersey declare emergency and storms will immerse in the northeast
Gujarat is upset under majors
China?
China’s economy beats expectations in the face of Trump’s trade war guardian (Kevin W). It’s not a device yet. Many stockpiles and channel fillings in Southeast Asia
As high-tech competitions heat up South China’s morning post, the US-China spy war intensifies under Trump 2.0
Microsoft Project can display the Pentagon at the Chinese Hacker Asia Times (Kevin W).
Taiwanese military prepares for China’s invasion of civilian gateways financial era
India and Pakistan
China’s insertion The conflict between India and Pakistan’s waters adds to further ripples in South Asia.
Africa
Ethiopian militia attack Sudan border village: farmers and activists Ajite France Press
Sudan’s paramilitary RSF accused of killing about 300 people in the village’s attack guardian
European injustice
France’s PM proposes cutting two public holidays as part of budget cuts Lemonde
France’s PM proposes freezing expenditures to discard national holidays and reduce deficit guardians (Kevin W)
Poland faces financial crisis Warsaw business journal
“Air Fryer Retailer”: Two Nantes residents have decided to post an adversary to the Minister of Home Affairs during the Tour de France BMFTV stage via machine translation (Micael T).
Discussion: Six out of 10 people don’t want to protect Swedish Expressen via machine translation (Micael T).
Old man
Are you working hard or not? UK Consumers with Benefits and Cash Guardians (Kevin W)
How many problems are you blessed with? Sam Friedman
Reeves Pleedges extends the city’s deficit purge to the rest of the Financial Times (Kevin W) of the UK economy. Hopium Neoliberal
British dairy farmers are facing a crisis, spending thousands of pounds supplying cow grain to save for the BBC in the winter
“Powder barrels” of annual social tensions from British summer riots, report warns the Guardian
Left without warning: Many Ronnie Covid clinics are closed at the UK’s Sic Times
Israel vs.
Major ultra-Orthodox factions have announced that they will leave Netanyahu’s alliance on the draft of Bill Harletz (Resilc)
Tweets block embedding, but you can click to watch the video.
The lawyer for Dr. Hotsam Absafyya, who is currently in jail by Israel, wrote:
Dr. Hotsam Abu Safiya is not okay.
My last visit to him was on July 9th, 2025.
I lost over 40 kilograms more than a third of his weight.
At the time of his arrest he weighed 100 kg – today he… pic.twitter.com/uelah9ani6
– Ramie Abdu | راميعبده (@ramabdu) July 14, 2025
Sinjil +972 Suffocation (Guurst)
Israeli Minister: “Gaza must be abolished for decades,” and Juan Cole (Resilc) as airstrikes kill children seeking water
Jordan targets Gaza solidarity in its biggest arrest campaign in the Middle Eastern Eye (Resilc) for decades
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Israeli Air Strikes Kill 12 in East Lebanon Evite Cerezfire Aceasefire Aljazeera
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Iran will face stiff sanctions if it doesn’t make a deal by the end of August, and the US and allies agree to Axios. The US has form, so expect a new attack before the deadline.
Beyond the ceasefire, Iran-Israel cyber war still rages at Al Majara (Chuck L).
The Delusions and Lies of the Administration Changer Daniel Larison
Sirakistan
Israeli bomb Syrian army enters Druze city after the sectarian classification BBC
Desmith, Syrian overseas, talks about normalization with Israel: “We are afraid of imagination, especially for the Palestinians.”
Not so cold new war
Trump asks Zelensky if Ukraine can attack Moscow, FT reports Straits Times (resilc)
Trump delivers nothing next to Ukraine Moon, Alabama (Kevin W)
Markets call Trump’s bluff on Russian oil sanctions in increasingly dangerous Game Reuters
The redheaded step-sister goes to William Schriver (Chuck L) to the ball. Are Ukraine and the US (or the UK) still aiming for the Kerch Bridge????
Russia continues its attack on US investors in Odeck Support Larry Johnson
Moldova denies claiming that the soldier was killed in the Ukrainian conflict RT (Kevin W).
My brother sees you watching
Cybersecurity failure leaves us with social security data in risky biometric updates
Imperial Collapse Watch
New Left Review of Reconstructional Hegemony (Alan S)
Why is the new Centcom Chief Blood Cooper as wrong as the old responsible statecraft (Resilc)?
Pentagon wants to build a drone without the Chinese part. I’m off to a bad start. Kevin Walmsley
The US has more copper than China, but there’s no way to refine all of Bloomberg.
Yellow Brick Road American Conservatives (Resilc)
Playing cards 2.0
Dimon defends the Fed independent app Trump Attack Wall Street Journal
It’s not just Epstein. Maga is upset about a lot of wired things. Resilc: “You’re a Baba Played”
Doge
The White House is for all foreign food aid dodges cut.
When an expert advisor is packing the scene, who picks up the slack? Shirilight (Dr. Kevin)
Customs
Another victim of the trade war: No Transformers now Kevin Walmsley
Another victim in the tariff war: The Tomato New York Times in the Always Season. Resilc: “Hey, I won’t miss the pinkish drywall taste.”
Immigrants
The IRS is building a vast system to share data from millions of taxpayers with Ice Procublic (Randy K, Robin K). The good news is that they are likely to become manufacturers for good matching across different databases. The bad thing is that the ice doesn’t give the integrity of the rat Asbee, so it runs with a false connection.
No Ice Age Mercy / No Malicious (resilc)
What were federal agents doing at the Puerto Rico Museum in Chicago? Low allergy. Resilc: “Itza USA asition you morons”
Illegal boundary intersections go down decades below the Trump bullet shaft
Democrats’ wish for death
Mam Danitet records fundraising, while Adams and Cuomo will strike in a city matching fund.
Bwahaha!
Police State Watch
US military robot Coyotes Core77 (Resilc)
Has Trump’s “personal Gestapo” transformed America into a police state? The US President’s massive armed shock force behind the attack on illegal immigrants will soon outperform the FBI Daily Mail (RESILC). When you lose your Daily Mail…
Mr. Market is moody
Bond traders will boost bets as they have a 30-year yield in the US at 5%. Bloomberg
health care
Even serious errors at rehabilitation hospitals will make the New York Times (RESILC) unreleased private
ai
AI sneaks into the risk register of America’s largest companies
Class battle
Killing Ambition: Ethical Leadership Call Sound 21 (Mark G)
Antoidal dot dujour (via):
bonus:
The reaction when a dog sees a new friend. pic.twitter.com/apy8iowywg
– Ninadia (@longdepzai_n) July 14, 2025
Second bonus:
Being a mother is difficult. pic.twitter.com/ahqpnbqzyv
– Sergeant Johnson (@colonel_myway) July 16, 2025
And thirdly:
When your family wants to chill in your pool, you let them! 😅🐻🥰 pic.twitter.com/buaizibl2
-James Pleickhardt (@jamespleickhar2) July 15th, 2025
Check out yesterday’s link and the antidote Du Jour.
