World’s Largest Paper Airplane With 66 Meter Wingspan Just Flies Into Record Books ZME Science
The real mystery about Moana: After 1,700 years, why did the Polynesians just sail east? Ars Technica
Foodborne outbreaks Your Local Epidemiologist
Medicine From Calendars to Clocks Eric Topol
Climate/Environment
An even more remarkable map at 4pm local time as more places reach/break all-time heat records in Montana, Wyoming, and Utah. Notably, most areas east of MT are at 110-115F, and 109F breaks Salt Lake City’s all-time record (again). #UTwx #MTwx #WYwx pic.twitter.com/rhuGSmIV3b
— Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) July 12, 2026
A huge fire breaks out in the forest of Fontainebleau near Paris AFP
Europe records more than 10,000 deaths during June heatwave, new data shows Euronews
No government temperature? NYC workers are building their own safety net. Grist
Outlining the causes of heat waves Climate Lab Manual
Catastrophic flooding has hit another large camping site – this time the results seem to be very good Moderate Weather
The Rain Route That Makes China Inside China
China?
Justin Yifu Lin on Pessimism about the Making of the Chinese Economy
EV America Counting Wire China
Hong Kong “Leaps” Towards the Middle East – But Technology and Business Bridges Still Need to be Built George Chen
Southeast Asia
Bar fire in Bangkok’s Chatuchak neighborhood kills at least 27 The Straits Times
Scam Compounds Are a Natural Product of Global Jacobin Capitalism
India
US judge asks Adani to reveal if it has knowledge of ‘deal’ to drop criminal charges
Syracistan
Eight people died including a girl in the Israeli strike in Gaza New Arab
Strikes in Lebanon Continue as Israeli DM Says ‘They’re Using the Rafah Model’ Antiwar
From S-400s to SAMP/T: Turkey’s defense pivot gathers pace after NATO summit Al-Monitor
IRGC destroys US strategic centers in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan Al Mayadeen
Old Blighty
Burnham: the empty man – Counterfire weekly forum
The breakup of Europe
The battle between von der Leyen and Kallas erupts in the open Euractiv
Finland and the Effects of Elite Capture Pascal Lottaz
If Putin invades Finland, nuclear bunkers have pools and football pits The Times
The extension of EU Chat Control is an insult to democracy Thomas Fazi
The Nazification of the West GeoPolitiQ
Are German companies leaving the country? DW
Euroskeptics in France, Germany make sudden electoral gains Responsible Statecraft
The New Cold War
Ukrainian strikes kill at least 3, injure 5 in Moscow region in France24
BLEEDING UNTIL RUSSIA’S OPTION John Helmer
The EU is buying a record amount of gas from Russia’s flagship FT plant
Starlink Blocked. Russian Access Was Not. Roman Khimich
Ukraine’s prime minister resigns as Zelenskyy announces government changes AP
Western Officials Should Heed When Trenin for All People Warns of Russia’s Rise Andrew Korybko
To eliminate certain people Events in Ukraine
Imperial Collapse Watch
Empire Thuds Iran Again Amid Signs of Disaster Simplicius
South of the Border
Who is in charge of Venezuela? Analysis of Venezuela
Trump 2.0
🇺🇸 UAW’s Shawn Fain Says Gaza Ceasefire Stance Prompted DOJ Investigation
The Justice Department has opened a grand jury investigation into allegations that UAW President Shawn Fain abused his authority to benefit his fiancee and retaliated against union official Rich Boyer,…
— Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) July 12, 2026
Pro-Palestine activist and financier Fergie Chambers was arrested by Spanish police on Friday as the Trump administration sought to extradite her to the US on federal charges that could carry a 30-year prison sentence, including “international money laundering … pic.twitter.com/Kia8JOjZsh
— VPol (@VocalPolitics1) July 13, 2026
Donald Trump International Airport Logo Looks Like AI Slop Futurism
The GOP Funhouse
McConnell says ‘he won’t be able to return to the Senate floor to vote yet’ The Hill
Uniparty
‘Nauseous’: Critics Hammer Democratic Senators’ Tribute to ‘Bloodthirsty’ Lindsey Graham Common Dreams
The AI
The web of AI, and we are just mice on the walls Register
Companies are getting AI chatbots to smear their competitors Sherwood
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Terrorism Center for Strategic & International Studies
Ireland’s data centers will use almost as much electricity as all the homes in the country combined by 2025 – server farms consume 23% of national energy despite years of grid constraints Tom’s Hardware
Big Brother is Watching You
The alarm over the introduction of facial recognition in UK shops immediately alerts the police The Guardian
Police State Watch
The FBI Has Outed Local Police as Federal Agents. Communities Resist. The truth
Our Famously Free Press
PEN America Sells. Again. Chris Hedges
Class War
The labor movement is increasingly against US imperialism Struggle La Lucha
Class and war on the shop floor: German auto workers armed with Counterfire
Monopoly Round-Up: Countries To Challenge Paramount-Warner, Billionaire Larry Ellison Takes Out Willy Matt Stoller
A USPS health care technician has been removed from a Minnesota facility over human sanitation claims by WSWS
What I know about: philanthropy Helen Higgins
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