How I Learned How to Learn, Especially John Paul Brammer
Aliens May Exist, But These 3 Reasons Explain Why They Couldn’t Visit Study Finds
Earth’s Underground Fungus Network Is So Big That If You Stretched It, It Could Reach Other Star Systems Futurism.
Climate/Environment
El Niño development is firing on all cylinders.
Ocean temperatures in the central Pacific have now broken records for five days in a row.
A record westerly blast in the area is currently causing more warming there. pic.twitter.com/vv1mldruAd
— Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) June 14, 2026
Major El Niño Event Around 2026. But What Is The Context Behind The Headlines, And What Are The Global Implications? Daniel Swain, Inigo Insights
Phytoplankton declines point to a crisis in North Atlantic Oceanographic food webs
Totally unusual heat in GALICIA
Coruña’s main airport. yesterday it was 37.7C which is the highest temperature on all TIME RECORD in history.
— Extreme Temperatures Around the World (@extremetemps) June 14, 2026
Rethinking forest restoration beyond tree cover Mongabay
Ebola
DR Congo is seeing rapidly increasing Ebola cases in Anadolu Agency
An epidemic
Ebola, hantavirus, diphtheria: lack of trust in health care causes many outbreaks around the world
New Study Examines Prevalence of Different Types of Chronic Diseases Morning Ag Clips
Water
Glen Canyon Dam dances with the deadpool High Country News
China?
Shanghai Lifeline to Wall Street Wall: How China Saved Elon Musk, Yet Was Shut Down Without SpaceX IPO George Chen
China may have fewer poor people than the US Global Currents
India
India shows that it is rethinking the West Asia Indian Punchline
A Critical Look at the Indo-Russian Energy Trade Asia Cable
Syracistan
The Deputy of Iran FM says that the MoU with the US will be signed in Geneva on Friday Press TV
Israel Has Failed to Destroy the Islamabad Agreement… At Least So Far Larry Johnson
US military begins building ‘massive base’ outside Gaza to target Trump’s Cradle colonization plan
Lies. The truth is that Israel wants US military bases everywhere EXCEPT Israel. The US, having destroyed its self-sustainability in the region before its ill-conceived war with Iran, wants to reposition Israel. Tel Aviv will come up with every excuse to prevent…
— Sharmine Narwani (@snarwani) June 14, 2026
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Israel expands military control over Gaza, Lebanon and Syria by 1,000sq km Al Jazeera
The cry that the algorithm cannot hear: “It is important to me”, the feeling that will prevail in the destruction of Patrizia Pisino’s future (translation by GeoPolitiQ)
Old Blighty
UK Board Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker in First Direct Interdiction Operation gCaptain
NHS patients cannot opt out of Palantir’s data platform – but their hospital can sign up
The breakup of Europe
Ukraine and Moldova to enter first phase of EU membership talks The Guardian
Albanian Civic Revolt Demands Government Dismissal The Tirana Times
A grieving Albanian old man says Jared Kushner took everything he spent his life building, including his land, his home, and the future he hoped to leave for his children.
He said he came home one day and found his belongings locked… pic.twitter.com/4uyhAbNzd7
— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) June 14, 2026
The New Cold War
Politics: reality or simulation? Events in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Naval Drone Program: Origins, Development, and Organizations Behind It Black Mountain Analysis
How Russia reacts to Ukraine’s new ‘Drone Threat’ to cut the Crimean Corridor Simplicius
The Future Of War Is Coming Sooner Than Most Think Karl Sanchez
Disclosure of Tulsi-funded Ukrainian Biolabs Is Incredibly Important in the National Debate Andrew Korybko
Continue to War Kathleen McCroskey
Imperial Collapse Watch
De-Blob-ification: A Non-Diplomatic User’s Guide
The myth of the belly of the beast is the Anti-Empire Project
The Hidden Message of Ken Klippenstein’s New Military Recruiting Ad
A US business group says some key minerals are ‘virtually unavailable’ from China Reuters
All is well:
Hegseth: No one makes better or more weapons than the US.
Brennan: But there’s a problem with those stocks right now.
Hegseth: That’s a manufactured story that the media wants to sell.
Brennan: You testified under oath that it would take years to rebuild those… pic.twitter.com/i6FpUesKys
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 14, 2026
Epstein’s story
Model scout who sent young women to Epstein: ‘I trusted him’ CNN
Rewriting History by Kathy Ruemmler The Epstein Files by Julie K. Brown
South of the Border
The specter of US intervention looms over Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia’s El Pais
Trump 2.0
Everything about the UFC Freedom 250 opening ceremony at the White House is America’s top, from President Trump’s walk with Dana White to the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds flyover while the Zac Brown Band sings the national anthem 🇺🇸
(📽️: UFC on Paramount+ YouTube) pic.twitter.com/s6cypoQoXD
— Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) June 15, 2026
Trumpian State Capitalism Phenomenal World
Global HIV prevention drops sharply after Trump aid cuts, UN finds WaPo
Scoop: Trump aides fear Haberman and Swan access to Situation Room tapes for “Regime Change” Axios
Democracies are simple
Democrats Vow ‘Day One’ Epstein Hearings to Flip House NOTUS
Obama’s legacy
A look inside the new Obama museum before the Juneteenth AP official opening
The Obama Center is a reminder of the Evil Black Agenda’s Most Effective Report
Sports Desk
Sports on Steroids Savage Minds. I hate to admit that I missed ‘Advanced Gaming’ in Las Vegas last month.
Academe qualifications
Stanford Students Protest Google CEO’s Speech About Company’s Contract With Israel Huff Post
Mr. Market
Markets cheer US-Iran deal, but other deals warn investors yet to be signed CNBC
Wall Street Gets Access to New Crisis Model to Help Predict Wars Bloomberg
The economy
Our Troubles Are Over: Median New Car Price Was Closer to $49,000 Than $50,000 in May Jalopnik
Guillotine Watch
Trillionaire Elon Musk’s Destruction of USAID Takes Food Aid From Millions Facing Deadly Hunger Common Dreams
I Hope Trillionaires Die In Their Buildings Sentinel-Intelligence
🇨🇭 No, these are not fans celebrating the success of football or basketball, the “No G7” protesters are turning up the heat in Geneva, Switzerland.
They are burning the place and arguing with the police about inequality, wars, climate policy failures and Trump.
This is getting intense.…
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 15, 2026
Bezzle
As AI companies race to go public, who else will get on board? TechCrunch
Crypto Platforms Users Sold in SpaceX IPO Access. Tokenized Stocks didn’t make it to Gizmodo
Bitcoin’s recent decline reignites the debate over whether it belongs—and whether it’s just ‘crypto being crypto’ CNBC
The AI
Amazon CEO’s Talks With US Officials Cause Crack in Anthropic Models WSJ
What Washington should do is Gary Marcus
From Manhattan to ACM’s Genesis Communications. “The US Department of Energy wants to create a single national platform for doing science with AI.”
Monopoly Round-Up: The Pope and a Silicon Valley Trillionaire Fight for God Matt Stoller
AI saves office workers hours – and steals a lot of time back from ‘botsitting’ Los Angeles Times
Class War
The opposite of oppression is not freedom, but time. Kaimataara
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