America is a Way to See The Empty Cup
How English abolished time travel Kaimataara
What Cars Are You Sick Of Seeing On The Road? Jalopnik
Ferrari and BMW join Tesla, China in switch from copper to cheaper aluminum Reuters
Hobbit-like humans may have scavenged Komodo dragons’ leftovers to survive CNN
Climate/Environment
Wildfires rage in Portugal, Greece and Spain while Greek authorities warn of toxic smoke NBC News
Heatwaves are killing tens of thousands in India. Officials are barely counting them Euronews
Severe storms impact many areas on the Fourth, leaving more than 1M without power Balanced Weather
Severe flooding leaves a trail of death and destruction in West Africa RFI
Some of the most terrifying and violent storm conditions that are possible on this planet are occurring right now on the Pacific island of Rota.
At 180 MPH (290 kph) and with eyewall mesovortex gusts potentially as high as ~220 MPH (355 kph), Category 5 Super Typhoon Bavi is… pic.twitter.com/zUluGM3Zib
— Backpirch Weather (@BackpirchCrew) July 5, 2026
There are growing indications that large, intense, & perhaps record-breaking mid-atmospheric high pressure system (aka a “heat dome”) will develop somewhere between Rockies & Central Plains by mid-Jul. This could bring a widespread & severe heatwave across much of the U.S. pic.twitter.com/U4bLH89XQx
— Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) July 5, 2026
Breaking News!
Code: y-axis alert!Global sea-surface temperatures are at 21.00°C, and have now set a new daily record high for the 33rd day in a row, more than 0.08°C above the previous record high, set in 2024.
The Climate 8-ball is drunk again. pic.twitter.com/TP0WanLNhn
— Prof. Eliot Jacobson (@EliotJacobson) July 5, 2026
The World Has an Anchovy Problem Bloomberg
Those in Charge Have No Plan Surviving Leviathan with Peter Gelderloos
China?
CHINA KEEPS THE U.S. AND JAPAN COOL. And most other places. The Chinese make more than 80% of the world’s air-conditioners. And they could… stop.
The world’s biggest fan clubs for air-conditioning are the United States, and two Asian allies/ vassals, Japan and South Korea. In… pic.twitter.com/ACta89Fyqj
— Nury Vittachi (@NuryVittachi) July 6, 2026
China test fires missile into Pacific, alarming regional powers Channel News Asia
American Decline, Chinese Exposure Sinocism
Top-Tier Cities Overtake Regional Hubs to Drive China Property Sales Caixin Global
This is brilliant and should be studied by central bankers everywhere! Peoples Bank of China was the first to deflate a massive, leveraged housing bubble without a single quarter of economic contraction or loss of growth momentum in the real economy.
A success for the history… https://t.co/zr5yvnCw3o— Kathleen Tyson (@Kathleen_Tyson_) July 5, 2026
India
GoDaddy Sounds Alarm Over How India Law Would Upend Internet Privacy Everywhere Gizmodo
Syraqistan
Netanyahu says no reconstruction in Gaza before Hamas disarmament, as two killed in latest strikes New Arab
Hamas is dead and finished. But Israel continues to pretend it is alive to continue the genocide. A brilliant article in Foreign Affairs by Jaser AbuMousa lays out the case:
1) Israel has killed nearly the entire pre-October 7 leadership. Sinwar, Haniyeh, Deif, Mohammed Sinwar,…
— Shaiel Ben-Ephraim (@academic_la) July 5, 2026
Calls for killing of Trump at funeral of Iran supreme leader Ali Khamenei The Guardian
EGS 47 / 26 – No Qatari LNG Until September | OPEC+ Retakes Market Shares? | Canada’s West Coast Oil Megadeal | Heat Dome Melts the US Grid Energy Geopolitics & Statecraft
Africa
Why the Giant of Africa Loves Israel The Key
Mali and Syria: Similarities, Differences, and the War on Terror Muftah Magazine
Turkiye builds ‘spaceport’ in Somalia setting off alarms in Israel The Cradle
Old Blighty
Cops probe claims of ‘missing £1.5m’ from Indy campaign group with close links to SNP Daily Record
Private Capital in UK Defence The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Fancy spending a heatwave in a former office block? That’s the reality for thousands of families Big Issue
UK Cuts Infrastructure Spending to Fund Nukes; Germany’s Railways Collapse Alex Christoforou
European Disunion
Germany bolsters ballistic missile defense with expanded Arrow-3 coverage Interesting Engineering
Germany’s Dangerous Return to Strategic Overconfidence Kautilya The Contemplator
The US is fuelling the growth of an ISIS-style terrorist group in Europe: in Albania, the MEK is recruiting child soldiers Alireza Niknam (translation via GeoPolitiQ)
Thousands swarm the streets of Tirana in major ‘Pink Flamingo’ anti-government protests Euronews
🚨‼️🇷🇺🇪🇺 TRUTH DOES NOT MATTER ANYMORE?!
The EU is punishing 3 individuals for reposting Russia Today Germany on their blog and has ruled that reposting content from sanctioned Russian media is forbidden and can result in criminal prosecution. Importantly it does not matter if a… pic.twitter.com/pWbJbGKDBT
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) July 5, 2026
New Not-So-Cold War
Russian MOD lists targets in latest Ukraine barrage RT
Finnish Line The Duran. “The EU Cool Kids Ongoing Wish For A War With Russia May Finally Come Through Finland.”
Lithuania Aims to Be ‘Part of Nuclear Deterrence’ Against Russia: President The Defense Post
Robot race Events in Ukraine
Why’d Putin & Lavrov Send Such Pleasant Greetings On The US’ 250th Independence Day? Andrew Korybko
Why Can’t the Russian’s Defeat Ukraine? Larry Johnson
Imperial Collapse Watch
If Non-Offensive Defense Ended the Cold War… Un-Diplomatic
South of the Border
The White Helmets Invade Venezuela Kit Klarenberg
Trump 2.0
Trump to host opening bell ceremony Monday to celebrate Trump Accounts The Hill
Trump memecoin investors lost $3.8 billion, analysis finds TechCrunch
Democrats Suck
McMorrow suspends campaign for Michigan Senate seat The Hill
How Hakeem Jeffries is handling the most divisive issue in Democratic politics Politico
Sorry, Democrats: Your Midterm Hopes Are Probably Overblown NOTUS
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
The Accelerationists
The Room at Aspen Notes from the Circus
Sports Desk
Sources: President Trump, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, and White House task force head Andrew Giuliani put together a team of elite lawyers — from outside the government — to challenge the Flo Balogun red card. Specifically they challenged the use of slow motion instant…
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 5, 2026
Tour de France stage to go ahead with changes as fires ravage southern Europe France24
Our Famously Free Press
The Triumphalism Trap: How Anti-Imperialist Media Manufactures Its Own Consent BettBeat
CNBC Helps SpaceX Pull Off Trillion-Dollar Pump-and-Dump FAIR
Healthcare?
Climate Change Is Already at the Bedside. Why Aren’t We Learning About It? MedPage Today
Casino Nation
“Morally reprehensible”: Prediction Markets Offer Bets on Wildfires Mother Jones
AI
On the Production and Dissemination of Knowledge in the AI Era The Archimedean Point
New Google commercial imagines a Declaration of Independence written with help from AI TechCrunch
How and why to de-Google your life Blood in the Machine
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