Let’s get ready to RUBBLE!!!🚘
This is better than any fair derby hands down.
Glacier View Car Launch, Alaska. Every 4th of July🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/vkPs2XDlZk— Bobbi (@kittenaround_51) April 24, 2026
20 things your phone knows about you that you never told Quartz
Rare Diseases and Platform Biotech Renaissance Contrary Research substack
Scientists Say We May Need to Nuke Asteroids—But Not the Way You Think ZME Science
The World Cup takes surveillance to a higher level Discussion
COVID-19/Pandemics
‘The next pandemic is not a matter of if, but when,’ an Oxford professor told Euronews
Brain Scans Reveal Dopamine Damage in Long-Term COVID-19, Pointing to New Treatments in Psychotherapy
Climate/Environment
Climate Scientists Are Shocked at How Bad Things Are, and How Fast the Future Is
Scientists Find Scary Current Climate Models Missing Every Day SciTech
South of the Border
Cuba faces second blackout on island in week amid Trump’s fuel ban Al Jazeera
The death toll from the twin earthquakes in Venezuela exceeds 4,000 Andolu Agency
Colombia’s Petro accuses Israeli company BlackCore of election meddling Middle East Monitor
China?
Breaking! China has recently made a major breakthrough in reusable rockets. For the first time, China successfully achieved the controlled recovery of the first stage of a sea-launched rocket.
The Long March-10B rocket was launched in Wenchang, China. 6 minutes behind the scenes… pic.twitter.com/a1qxYEyq5V
— Li Zexin 李泽欣 (@XH_Lee23) July 10, 2026
China’s climate plan is pushing for industrial renewal, data centers Los Angeles Times
China’s Tianwen-2 Space Probe has rejoined the Earth Quasi-Moon Wired
China is becoming the innovation lab of The Street car industry
China’s visa-free policies limit travel without China Daily
India
India becomes a force to shape Al Jazeera
The End of Communism in India? Scheerpost
The Great Nicobar Project: India’s Indian Ocean Power Play Geopolitical Monitor
Africa
South Africa once hailed as the ‘Rainbow Nation’ – now torn apart by ‘Afrophobia’ as black South Africans rise up against illegal immigrants from other African countries who fear they will take their jobs Daily Mail
How World Bank and IMF loans are reshaping policymaking in Africa Al Jazeera
After the Great Wall of China, Africa is building an 8,000 km Tree Wall to fight climate change, restore the earth and feed millions
The breakup of Europe
Why the EU’s decision on the traffic application could have a big impact on the big tech companies Discussion
The EU agrees to open a new phase of membership negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova Euronews
EU drafts ‘electrification’ plan to curb oil and gas consumption, after Iran war disrupts Reuters
Old Blighty
How England’s class divide made Andy Burnham, the likely next UK prime minister NPR
The UK at a crossroads: Between multiculturalism, extremism, and the loss of governance – an opinion Jerusalem Post
Israel v. Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Iran
GAZA is still being bombed 😡
– Hanane Rebelle (@hanane80951160) July 11, 2026
Israel Arrests Jerusalem’s Grand Mufti Inside Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli police arrested Sheikh Muhammad Hussein after delivering a Friday sermon.
The sermon reportedly criticized Israel’s policy of starvation in Gaza. At the same time, the Israeli police again raided the office of… pic.twitter.com/Wwtr8sIwNJ
— Ryan Rozbiani (@RyanRozbiani) July 10, 2026
Israel launches new airstrikes in southern Lebanon despite the US agreement on Andolu Agency
US President Ro Khanna was arrested by Israeli settlers during a visit to the West Bank by Reuters
Israel’s Last Hope Times of Israel
The New Cold War
‘You are playing with fire,’ the editor-in-chief of RT warns Europe RT
Ukraine Can’t Produce Patriot Missiles at Home Despite US Military Watch Magazine.
Russia, Ukraine reported many casualties following Andolu Agency night strikes
Russia Suspends Shipping Through Kerch Strait After Ukrainian Drone Strikes On Allied Facilities 24 Media
Big Brother is Watching You
Meta has added a privacy safety feature to its AI glasses but is reportedly testing a ‘super-sensing’ prototype Fortune.
LAPD finalizes deal with license plate camera company ABC 7 Eyewitness News
Imperial Collapse Watch
NYC refuses to demolish trash-filled encampments without Intrepid – gets Mamdani rave review from NY Post homeless.
Inside ‘Narnia’: Homeless camp on Wichita’s south side seeking legal recognition, kake.com executives
Trump 2.0
Trump lost his war with Iran – now he’s locked in MS Now
Trump trades threats with Iran’s leader as mediators struggle to save talks Al Jazeera
Former White House aide: Trump ‘stacks all the cards in the deck’ before The Hill
The Trump administration is rolling back important NPR protections for endangered wildlife
Musk Matters
China gets Elon Musk’s reusable rockets TechCrunch
Elon Musk Confirms Starlink Can Deliver Reliable 10 Gigabit-a-Second Upload and Download Speeds Anywhere in the World Benzinga
6% APY, 3% Unlimited Cashback and Free ATM Withdrawals: Everything You Need to Know About Elon Musk’s ‘Bank Killer’ X Money App barchart
Watching Death of a Democrat
Editorial: Centrist Democrats must not let ‘democratic socialists’ take over their party without a fight Chicago Tribune
Democrats fear that their chances of winning the Senate may slip away from The Hill
Immigration to another country
The Houston shooting marks at least the 8th death for immigrants in the US sweeps AP
House report details how DHS used FEMA to tighten immigration crackdown Federal News Network
Ours is No Longer Free
Trump administration subpoenas NY Times reporters in leak investigation of Air Force One judge Fox News reports
A NJ court is doubling down on one of the worst censorship orders we’ve ever seen against the Freedom of the Press Foundation
Mr. Market Is Moody
US Debt Just Hits WWII-Era Record While Economy Is Booming: The Trap Nobody’s Talking About 24/7 Wall Street
US Bucks Trend Despite Rising Prices, But Oil Demand Slows: When to Expect a Recovery in International Business Times
US stock market becomes ‘too big to fail’ MarketWatch
The AI
AI Pushes Aging Workers Into Workforce, New Report Finds Futurism
AI Finds Hidden Warning Signs Before Major Earthquakes SciTech Daily
Robinhood expands independent trading with AI crypto brokers Cryptopolitan
Apple is suing Open AI, accusing it of stealing Semafor trade secrets
America’s AI revolution could end in disaster The Hill
Bezzle
Block reaches $45M in payments to 46 states over Cash App fraud probe TechCrunch
INTERPOL seized $293 million, arrested 5,811 Cryptopolitans around the world.
Guillotine Watch
Top 5 most expensive bees in the world
📹 Top 5 is expensive
— Science Girl (@sciencegirl) April 2, 2025
The five most expensive restaurants in the world. pic.twitter.com/7xxyEAnv6K
— BILLIONAIRE COLLECTION ® (@BillionMagazine) January 29, 2026
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