Sea Otter on the Lam Steals Hella Surfboards and Looks Cool Doing It Gizmodo
This new fire-proof material is made from fungus and could save your home Interesting Engineering
Climate/Environment
Florida ocean water just hit a ‘boiling’ 97 degrees. That’s bad for several reasons. The Week
Study: The ocean’s color is changing as a consequence of climate change EurekAlert!
Toxic Train Bombs
EPA Contradicts Itself AGAIN on East Palestine Air Contamination 5 Months After Toxic Detonation of Vinyl Chloride Status Coup
Water
Are water filtration systems an effective way to get rid of PFAS? Here’s what a new study says USA Today
#COVID-19
‘Pandemic within the pandemic’: Long COVID affects a third of COVID-19 survivors, study says Daily Herald
Biden administration asks Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax for ‘reasonable’ prices on updated Covid vaccines CNBC
GAO’s New COVID-19 Report Highlights Recommendations Critical to Preparing for Future Public Health Emergencies U.S. Government Accountability Office
Bird Flu
Ongoing avian influenza outbreaks in animals pose risk to humans World Health Organization
Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships skyrocket to highest levels in a decade: CDC data New York Post
Old Blighty
Boris Johnson ‘has forgotten’ passcode for phone wanted by Covid inquiry The Guardian
La belle France
France to deploy 130,000 law enforcement officers on July 14 Bastille Day Anadolu Agency
India
Modi’s Bastille Day visit stirs controversy in France Deutsche Welle
How India views China’s diplomacy in the Middle East Middle East Institute
China?
The World China Is Building NOEMA
Did Russia just “bow to Beijing” in “opening” Vladivostok? Pekingnology
China’s exports fall most in three years as global economy falters Reuters
China’s debt offloaded by foreign investors for sixth straight month in June, emerging Asia enjoys strong inflows South China Morning Post
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PATRICK LAWRENCE: A Yellen in the China Shop Consortium News
China conducted an exercise with a squadron of minesweeper drones Bulgarian Military
China promises ‘resolute response’ to any NATO expansion in Asia Al Jazeera
New Not-So-Cold War
The Jig Is Up William Schryver, imetatronink
Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty Whitehouse.gov
Biden’s corruption led to Ukraine’s destruction: fmr. Kiev diplomat Aaron Mate
FEAR AND LOATHING ON AIR FORCE ONE Seymour Hersh
Rep. Massie Promises Vote to Establish Audit Overseeing Ukraine War Money Lee Fang
Why Dems should support Rep. Greene’s more narrow cluster weapons ban Responsible Statecraft
Why did Stanford students host a group of neo-Nazis? Forward
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Timofey Bordachev: Here’s why the US will almost certainly never allow Ukraine to join NATO RT
Transfer of F-16s to Ukraine to be considered ‘nuclear threat,’ says Russian FM Lavrov The New Voice of Ukraine
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Germany creates equity in Western Ukraine Indian Punchline
Moscow warns Berlin to stop stealing cars RT
MACRO ADVISORY: Russia’s economy posts the highest rate of expansion since early 2022 Intellinews
Ukraine warns key Russian gas supply to Europe will be cut Politico EU
IN KOSOVO, NATO ALLIES BLAME DEPLETED URANIUM FOR CANCER CASES Declassified UK
South of the Border
Peru’s Black Misleadership Class Complicit with Coup Regime and International Far Right Black Agenda Report
Haiti – CARICOM caves in to US pressure Caribbean Empowerment Blog
Spook Country
How US Department of Homeland Security Became Global Thought Police Kit Klarenberg, Kit’s Newsletter
Political Strategy To Paint Republicans As Terrorists Behind FBI’s Fueling Of Domestic Extremism Public
Biden Administration
Secret Service concludes cocaine investigation, no suspect identified CNN
BIDEN IS INVESTING IN GREEN ENERGY ACROSS THE SOUTH — THROWING SWING STATE UNION WORKERS UNDER THE BUS The Intercept
Healthcare
First OTC Birth Control Pill Approved MedPage Today
Overuse of antibiotics leading to dangerous ‘superbugs’ examined by U.S. Senate panel Iowa Capital Dispatch
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Google’s healthcare AI on par with humans but not ready to see patients Becker’s Hospital Review
World’s first mass-produced humanoid robot aims to solve China’s aging population problem ZME Science
Police State Watch
Unrest and Repetition New Left Review
You’re Detained as a Spectator at an Event Like the Dolores ‘Hill Bomb.’ What Are Your Legal Rights? KQED
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
Why new facial-recognition airport screenings are raising concerns CU Boulder Today
How an “AI-tocracy” emerges MIT News. Focused on China, but findings would seem to apply elsewhere as well.
Digital Watch
AP strikes news-sharing and tech deal with OpenAI Axios
FTC is investigating ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for potential harm to consumers CNN
Elon Musk Announces New Company xAI as He Seeks to Build ChatGPT Alternative Data Center Knowledge
Google’s ChatGPT rival Bard launches in Europe and Brazil BBC
Ohio Plastic Surgeon Loses Medical License After TikTok Livestreams New York Times
Groves of Academe
Public Trust in Higher Ed Has Plummeted. Yes, Again. The Chronicle of Higher Education
Imperial Collapse Watch
Babylon Makes The Rules-Based International Order Forever Wars by Spencer Ackerman
Supply Chain
FDA clears more chemotherapy imports from China’s Qilu amid shortage of key cancer meds Fierce Pharma
Record olive oil prices keep climbing after Spanish drought FT
Class Warfare
Americans turning to installment apps Klarna, Affirm to buy groceries The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Congratulations! The US Is 32nd Worldwide On Broadband Affordability Techdirt
160,000 SAG-AFTRA Members to Strike with 11,000 of the Writers Guild for 1st Time in 60 Years Payday Report
We’re All Mice Trying to Chew Through a Trillion Dollar Tree How Things Work
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Remote work to wipe out $800 billion from office values, McKinsey says Crain’s Chicago Business
The fight over working from home goes global The Economist
Libertarian Squillionaire Titanic Submersible Darwin Award Winner
OCEANGATE CEO USED LEGAL THREATS TO SILENCE HIS CRITICS BEFORE DYING IN SUB Futurism
The Bezzle
Ripple’s open market sales of XRP cryptocurrency aren’t securities, court rules in landmark decision Fortune
Founder of crypto lender Celsius Network arrested, charged with fraud Reuters
Frank founder Charlie Javice gave JP Morgan millions of names and emails for college students she said were customers, but ‘it was all fake,’ prosecutor says Business Insider
REMEMBER BORED APES? THEY’RE ALMOST WORTHLESS NOW Futurism
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