Dear Patient Readers,
I’m sorry if today’s link seems too tweet-heavy. I’ve been on Twitter a little more than usual for updates on Iran, and I’ve found a lot of regular good news.
Man, Ox, Lion, Eagle Sacred Image Project (Michael T)
Fundamental principles of aeronautical engineering are overturned
What anxiety is really trying to tell you Big Think
Carl Jung’s Penultimate Concern Mark Vernon (Michael T.). important.
ebola hemorrhagic fever
U.S. rushes to set up quarantine facility in Kenya for Americans exposed to Ebola The Wall Street Journal
The shadow of Ebola: Scenes from the front lines of the outbreak Reuters
Doctor evacuated from Congo says ‘helpless’ as colleague dies of Ebola The Washington Post
🚨🌍BREAKING: WHO has admitted that the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa is progressing faster than their response.
If containment lags the spread of infection, the math quickly turns ugly.
I’ve heard this before. Still, look at this carefully. pic.twitter.com/CfAp3AM04X
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 26, 2026
@JeremyKonyndyk We probably know more about the impact of USAID cuts on the Ebola response than anyone else in the world https://t.co/PCZGBmzZmT
— Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen) May 26, 2026
Climate/Environment
Don’t throw away your old vapes. New York City’s volunteer recyclers want them THE CITY
Gentoo penguins cope with climate change heat waves by breeding early PhysOrg
Coral reef fish communities are collapsing due to climate stress Earth
Climate change weakens lake purification ability EurekAlert
Few doctors realize a deadly fungal storm is currently hitting the U.S., spreading the disease Science Focus
Climate change threatens global plant species as habitats shrink Reuters
America’s water crisis can no longer be ignored due to oil prices
Extreme heat continues across Morocco, Spain and Portugal
Mug with a minimum temperature of 29.3℃
Hottest May night in Morocco history
Spain exceeds the lowest value in May: both updated again from yesterday
23.2C broken
15.7C Lugo https://t.co/XOyYtDhzyi
— Abnormal temperatures around the world (@extremetemps) May 25, 2026
China?
Despite talks between Trump and Xi, China maintains control over rare earths Oil prices (Kevin W)
China takes over another $5 trillion in industry, Europe is moving money and jobs Kevin Walmsley
China controls 70% of shipbuilding: Can the US catch back? Sal Mercogliano, YouTube
India
Australia, India, Japan and US Quad announce agreement on port construction, critical minerals Reuters
India makes strange $500 billion ‘promise’ in trade deal with US Financial Times
‘The heat makes me dizzy’: Indian gig workers battle fatigue as temperatures soar The Guardian
India’s ‘king of mangoes’ crop hit hard, with farmers reporting 90% losses Independent
Africa
African countries seek security ties with Türkiye through ‘Somalia model’ Middle East Eye
Landslide at Angola illegal gold mine kills 28 Reuters
Uganda launches $1.8 billion water relief plan as climate shocks and disease threaten millions Africa Business
discord in europe
Eurozone issuers look to non-euro bonds for new investors, Financial Times. Further evidence that the euro is not a candidate for a reserve currency. The reason the dollar remains dominant is because international investable assets are overwhelmingly in dollars.
Europe wants its own Starlink. But even after failing 5 times, I’m still on track Euractiv
“The temperature in the classroom was 30 degrees this afternoon”: France experiences its hottest day in May on record in Le Monde. lead story
old blighty
Tony Blair tells Starmer and his rivals to abandon net zero and move closer to Trump Guardian (Kevin W). Why doesn’t he go back to the basement?
Prime Minister Blair: Starmer has no plans for the British Telegraph
israel vs resistance
Hebrew Israeli Media Promotes Congressional Takeover By Kevin Goshtra (Dr. Kevin)
ZOMG, click to read the full tweet:
Arguably the worst pedophilia, rape and sexual abuse scandal in Israeli history has disrupted the West Bank settlement movement.
1) The Kan 11 investigation exposed a horrifying network of systematic, pedophilic and sadistic child abuse within the Gash Etzion settler bloc. 5 women…
— Shayel Ben Ephraim (@academic_la) May 26, 2026
Still German:
‼ ️Shocking: Basque activists on the Freedom Flotilla to Palestine were assaulted and detained by police at Bilbao airport after arriving from Israel, where they had already been kidnapped, humiliated and abused by Israeli forces.
Meanwhile, far-right agitator Dani Esteve… pic.twitter.com/w0GmBvgVOH
— Rami Abdul | और देखें May 23, 2026
Israel attacks BBC, saying new head of Hamas’s military wing was killed in Gaza City
A new war that’s not so cold war
🕯 Starobelisk, LPR. May 22nd.
Terrorist attacks in Ukraine claimed the lives of 21 young people, most of them girls born in 2006-2007, and injured more than 60 others.
different from a coward @BBC & @CNN51 real journalists came to see the scene with their own eyes and talk to witnesses.
This is what they saw. pic.twitter.com/20sPf8vxdg
— MFA Russia 🇷🇺 (@mfa_russia) May 26, 2026
Mines on LPG tanker point to dangerous new front in Baltic war
Turkiye’s proposed military pipeline to Romania would worsen tensions with Russia, says Andrew Korybko
Czech “Ammunition Coalition” helps against Ukraine losses RT (Kevin W)
Everyone is making a fuss over this post and it’s amazing. https://t.co/GU20iUvHBS
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) May 26, 2026
Relations between Russia and its neighbors will rise and fall Vuzglade (Michael T.)
big brother is watching over you
“Bus Patrol” AI cameras installed on tens of thousands of school buses. They want to give police access to 404 media
California moves to exempt Linux from upcoming age verification law Tom’s Hardward
imperial collapse watch
The Reserve Currency Trap: The Mechanism of U.S. Industrial Erosion Craig Tyndale Important
America and Israel’s war against Iran: Geopolitical conflict in the Middle East and its global impact ChinaAffairs+1
Trump 2.0
Donald Trump’s peace committee fund is empty, Financial Times. lead story. Archived links still don’t work (which is often the case with the FT, which seems to allow archiving after an article has been published a bit). A link to the site can be found here.
Trump administration proposes NDA for all federal employees, The Washington Post. One American expatriate reacted as follows:
Well, now we effectively have a secret police. People in positions of power are uniquely incompetent, reckless, or stupid, creating a strange polarization. We are in extreme times. I continue to hope that this situation, like the McCarthy era, will pass, but countries can sometimes get stuck in a system of bad government for decades.
Trump administration is working on a deal to provide energy companies with weapons-grade plutonium CNN (Kevin W)
Exclusive rendering of Penn Station renovations shows Trump’s name along with presidential seal Gossamist (Kevin W)
Redistricting South Carolina: Senate defies President Trump, passes new map New York Times (Kevin W) For the past 24 hours or so, no new New York Times articles have been found on the archive site. Perhaps the gray lady implemented the block?
immigration
The Trump administration’s massive move to restrict legal immigration The Economist. The reporting on this is generally terrible. 1. This move clearly violates the law. 2. Trump also has not gone through the required public + 60-day comment period.
US plans to suspend entry at ‘sanctuary city’ airports DW
republican clown car
Did Donald Trump just give Texas to the Democrats? Newsweek (Ann)
Paxton defeats Cornyn in Texas Republican Senate runoff
supremes
Judge removed from bench for doing what Mr. and Mrs. John Roberts have been doing for 16 years Christopher Armitage
Thomas, Alito say Supreme Court forced to hear Florida commercial driving battle
economy
Asia’s scorching summer raises the risk of gasoline price hikes Bloomberg
Consumer credit stress rivals the Great Recession Michael Shedlock
A.I.
If many other companies make similar reports, the bubble will burst. gary marcus
Revenge of a Business Idiot Ed Zitron
Google has recently been making serious efforts to make AI functional The Register
Pope Leo: Walls and Machines The 1 Percent Rule
BREAKING: The federal government is targeting anti-AI activists and data center activists. They are formulating a new threat category: anti-technology violent extremism. The full article is in the reply. pic.twitter.com/Qn1TvETXOh
— Daniel Boguslaw (@DRBoguslaw) May 26, 2026
President Trump appoints former Attorney General Bondi to serve on White House AI Commission: Anadolu Agency report
basil
How to Win a Nobel Prize Using Mickey Mouse Numbers Joseph Francis (Michael T.)
I read all 277 pages of SpaceX’s IPO filing, so you don’t need to.
Losses increase by 700%. Revenues are slowing. The price-to-sales multiple is 107x.
It’s a train wreck. The detailed breakdown is as follows 👇 https://t.co/Ta4KNI0DLh
— Ed Elson (@edels0n) May 26, 2026
SpaceX IPO forces index and underwriting rule changes Forbes (Michael T)
Enhanced Games suffers disastrous share price drop as investors flee after first event News.com.au (Micael T)
⚠️AI debt bubble is huge:
U.S. investment grade bond issuance hit a record high of $794 billion since the beginning of the year, an increase of 20% year over year and the best start ever.
Total issuance is currently on track to exceed $2 trillion for the full year, according to Goldman Sachs. pic.twitter.com/eUPpA91Fl0
— Global Market Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) May 26, 2026
These states allow semi-trucks to tow three trailers.
class war
Divorce between Wall Street and Main Street in search of alpha. resilc: “See salary by income graph.”
Two in three Americans are cutting back on spending as U.S. stock market hits new highs, survey finds Associated Press (Kevin W)
Massachusetts Uber and Lyft drivers form America’s first rideshare union Reuters (Kevin W)
Antidote (via):
And bonus:
Sow and piglets rescued from abusive owner go outside for the first time pic.twitter.com/mxezOmWLZv
— Nature Unedited (@NatureUnedited) May 26, 2026
Second bonus:
Elephants protecting caregivers from the rain 🐘❤️ pic.twitter.com/XOyFRxgGHC
— Nature Unedited (@NatureUnedited) May 26, 2026
And third:
Kitty knows where to go to get groomed. pic.twitter.com/dsJWqSN9DC
— Nature Unedited (@NatureUnedited) May 26, 2026
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