Mathematics is there Aeon
The surprising science behind Dante’s ‘Inferno’ Popular Science
Scientists create a tiny fireball to understand how radioactive dust is born Interesting Engineering
Study Finds Pro Chess Players Make Better Moves When Deciding Quick Study Finds
I Went In Search Of The Origin Of Clothes And Almost Found Hypothermia ZME Science
Climate/Environment
The national drought index and index reach their highest level in more than a decade for Moderate Climate
Heat Dome Update: Europe Prepares for Record-Breaking Late Heatwave Bad Heatwave Europe Weather
Scientists Say Large Dam Blocking Bering Strait Could Reduce Future Climate Change Impacts
Bones in permafrost: Assessing climate-driven heritage loss and occupation at the first modern whale burial site of Likneset, Svalbard PLOS One
Toxic Events in the Air
Why experts, emergency workers could not find a solution to the Garden Grove Register of chemicals in Orange County
Garden Grove chemical crisis: Live evacuation maps, closures and updates Los Angeles Times
Ebola
Attacks on Ebola centers are intensifying in eastern DRC amid fears of an outbreak Al Jazeera
More than 1000 incidents in the past week to be discovered.
It will soon be the second largest Ebola outbreak, and it echoes the mega-outbreak of 2014 in all the worst ways.
A series that outlines the biggest challenge we face, and thoughts on what needs to be done:
— Jeremy Konyndyk (@JeremyKonyndyk) May 24, 2026
Ebola: A disease of compassion, and the price when “we” becomes “me” Your Local Epidemiologist
Hantavirus
Has everyone seen this new NHS UKHSA guidance for ANDV?
***FFP3 RESPIRATORS ***
For EVERYONE in healthcare
Patients and Staff
In connection with suspicious cases
And your contacts
I’m not joking
Hell is tough
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— Barry Hunt (@BarryHunt008) May 24, 2026
China?
War on Iran, China thaws US support for Taiwan WaPo. “US arms sales to Taiwan ‘suspended,’ US military official says…”
Huawei Expresses Chipmaking Success to Close Gap With TSMC Bloomberg
At least 90 dead in China’s worst coal mine disaster in more than 16 years Yomiuri Shimbun
You don’t understand China! Sinocity
Southeast Asia
This is really crazy: the US just tried to literally colonize part of the Philippines.
They did this under a program called “Pax Silica”, the brainchild of – surprise, surprise – a former Palantir guy named Jacob Helberg who is now in charge of American economic “diplomacy” from… pic.twitter.com/RRIT5nvgpO
– Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) May 25, 2026
India
Why has India’s ‘sweet spot’ turned so bitter? India Inside Out by Rohan Venkat
Syracistan
Malaysia prepares to take Israel to ICJ over treatment of Gaza flotilla activists Anadolu Agency
Two Years After Biden Destroyed ICJ Orders, Imperial Israel Violates “Ceasefire” in Gaza, Seizing More Land and International Law for Flouting Sam Husseini.
Outbreak of deadly scabies in Israeli prisons is part of policy of torture and summary executions used on Palestinian political prisoners The Canary
After Netanyahu, the System Remains a Wise Mind
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250,000,000 Reasons Why Trump Is Backing Out of the Iran Deal Larry Johnson
Sen. Lindsey Graham Backs Trump’s Proposal to End Any Iran Deal on Escalating the Abraham Accords War
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GREAT!!
Hezbollah reveals its possession and use of night vision and thermal vision with fpv drones!
This means that the Israeli army attacked South Lebanon, which was thought to be the solution to the daytime fpv dron attack by Hezbollah (Haddatha… pic.twitter.com/c7ztQBXNL0– Hadi Hoteit | Hadi Htt (@HadiHtt) May 24, 2026
Old Blighty
Revealed: Palantir’s NHS technology is 10 times slower than current system Democracy For Sale
Summer cost of living policies reduce to Groupon management The Canary
The breakup of Europe
Major EU countries push for tougher China policy ahead of Brussels debate South China Morning Post
European Gas Storage Can’t Survive 3 More Months of Hormuz OilPrice
The New Cold War
Oreshnik Post-Strike Analysis Simplicius
The increase in the loss of Ukraine Events in Ukraine
There is no EU membership in Ukraine; even a quarter of one percent of GDP from Europe’s rich pie in Ukraine. Besides, Europe is bravely determined to fight the last Ukrainian man (and we are fast approaching that last Ukrainian man)
— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) May 24, 2026
Ukraine’s Secret Al Qaeda Invasion Of Africa Kit Klarenberg
The Arctic & Baltic Fronts of the NATO-Russian New Cold War Accidentally Connect Andrew Korybko
An RAF plane carrying the defense secretary has appeared to crash near the Russian border BBC
South of the Border
Hasan Piker and Medea Benjamin Served Subpoenas on Their Trip to Cuba: Huff Post Report
Bolivia: Working People Take to the Streets to Protest Paz Amid Labor Leadership Lack of Voice on the Left
all socialists should learn from the tactics of the people of Bolivia and the indigenous communities there. they are not just on strike, they are putting up roadblocks in big cities, they are actually shutting down the economy.
— Monte🔻 (@bruegels_muse) May 23, 2026
Remember that the Mexican working class achieved this tangible victory by establishing their own political party more than 10 years ago.
Not being involved in joining a neoliberal party. A reality left behind by the DSA, Hasan Piker refuses to come to terms with
— Nick Cruse 🥋 (@SocialistMMA) May 24, 2026
Backlash Grows as Venezuela Authorizes Overflight of US Military Aircraft for Embassy Drill Orinoco Tribune
Democracies are simple
The AOC is taking a number of steps in the 2028 presidential race Axios
The liberal establishment does not take oppression seriously Alec Karakatsanis
The Accelerationists
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink admits that the billions of dollars being spent on building data centers and power grids will come from private savings accounts and pension funds, and he says it’s a must.
He says America needs billions in AI infrastructure spending,… pic.twitter.com/YFlKK8tVHw
– Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) May 25, 2026
Silicon Valley is taking its AI from Politico
JD Vance’s Great Donor Raises Pope Leo XIV Tool of Antichrist Letters from Leo. Since November, still.
Examination room
At the Cannes Film Festival, We Saw Gravity Shifting Center IndieWire
‘We’re expanding the cinema toolbox’: AI fault lines on display at Cannes The Guardian
The AI
Major flooding in Mason County related to data center construction, residents will be reimbursed for damages WSAZ
Nintendo Completely Ignores AI and Makes for Beautiful Futurism
State media control influences major language models Nature
Our Famously Free Press
The Digital Media Oligarchy: Who Owns the Online News? FAIR
The feed is Fake New York Magazine
Academe qualifications
California State University renews controversial system-wide contract with OpenAI Long Beach Post
The Matthew effect on the AI summary of the London School of Economics
You’ll never guess the university:
I was really shocked by this anecdote. I don’t remember seeing this happen in college in the 1990s. pic.twitter.com/vAfMt5M7FE
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) May 24, 2026
Mr. Market Feasts on Societal Collapse
The Stock Market Has Never Been So Good When People Were So Bad The WSJ
The economy
Despite high gas prices, drivers aren’t expected to hit the brakes on a Memorial Day trip to The Hill
Casino Nation
Prediction Markets and Crypto Steamroller Firms The Watchdog Agency New York Times. Not archived yet.
Class War
Meatpacking Industry Wage Fixing Continues With Cargill Lockout UFCW 7
They just formed the largest tech workers union in the US. The plan is to take over AI and the industry is tearing down the Blood in the Machine
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