How I Learned to Read Way, Way More John Paul Brammer
Aliens Might Exist, But These 3 Reasons Explain Why They’re Not Visiting Us StudyFinds
Earth’s Underground Fungus Network Is So Gigantic That If You Stretched It Out, It Would Reach to Other Star Systems Futurism
Climate/Environment
El Niño development is firing on all cylinders.
Sea temperatures in the central equatorial Pacific have now broken records for five days in a row.
A locally record-breaking westerly wind burst is currently causing yet more warming there. pic.twitter.com/vv1mldruAd
— Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) June 14, 2026
A Big El Niño Event is Likely in 2026. But What’s the Context Behind the Headlines, and What are the Global Implications? Daniel Swain, Inigo Insights
Phytoplankton decline hints trouble for north Atlantic food webs Oceanographic
Absolutely extraordinary heat in GALICIA
A Coruña Airport final max. yesterday was 37.7C which ties its ALL TIME RECORD highest Temperature in history. https://t.co/QXSYbxOvKr
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) June 14, 2026
Rethinking forest restoration beyond tree cover Mongabay
Ebola
DR Congo sees Ebola cases spiraling rapidly Anadolu Agency
Pandemics
Ebola, hantavirus, diphtheria: how distrust in health care is fuelling multiple outbreaks across the globe The Conversation
New Study Explores Potential Cross-Species Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease Morning Ag Clips
Water
Glen Canyon Dam dances with deadpool High Country News
China?
Shanghai Lifeline to Wall Street Wall: How China Saved Elon Musk, Yet Was Shut Out of SpaceX IPO George Chen
China may have fewer people living in poverty than the US Global Currents
India
India signals rethink over West Asia Indian Punchline
An Empirical Look at Indo-Russian Energy Trade Asia Cable
Syraqistan
Iran deputy FM says MoU with US to be signed in Geneva on Friday Press TV
Israel Fails to Sabotage Islamabad Accord… At Least for Now Larry Johnson
US military begins construction of ‘huge base’ outside Gaza to oversee Trump’s colonization plan The Cradle
False. The fact is that Israel wants US military bases everywhere EXCEPT Israel. The US, having effectively destroyed its own basing capabilities in the region bc of its ill-conceived Iran war, wants to re-station in Israel. Tel Aviv will come up with every excuse to prevent… https://t.co/K5ppCdBdsq
— Sharmine Narwani (@snarwani) June 14, 2026
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Israel expands military control in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria by 1,000sq km Al Jazeera
The cry the algorithm cannot hear: “It matters to me”, the sentiment that will prevail over the annihilation of the future Patrizia Pisino (translation via GeoPolitiQ)
Old Blighty
UK Boards Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker in First Direct Interdiction Operation gCaptain
NHS patients can’t opt out of Palantir’s data platform – but their hospital can The Register
European Disunion
Ukraine and Moldova to enter first phase of EU membership negotiations The Guardian
Albania’s Civic Revolt Demands the Government’s Resignation Tirana Times
A heartbroken elderly Albanian man says Jared Kushner has taken everything he spent a lifetime building, including his land, his home, and the future he hoped to leave behind for his children.
He says he returned home one day only to find his property sealed off behind barbed… pic.twitter.com/4uyhAbNzd7
— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) June 14, 2026
New Not-So-Cold War
Politics: reality or simulation? Events in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Naval Drone Program: Origins, Development, and the Organizations Behind It Black Mountain Analysis
How Russia is Responding to New Ukrainian ‘Drone Threat’ to Cut Crimean Corridor Simplicius
The Future of Warfare is Coming Faster Than Most Think Karl Sanchez
Tulsi’s US-Funded Ukrainian Biolabs Disclosure Is Incredibly Important To The National Debate Andrew Korybko
Onward to War Kathleen McCroskey
Imperial Collapse Watch
De-Blob-ification: A User’s Guide Un-Diplomatic
The myth of the belly of the beast Anti-Empire Project
New Military Recruitment Ad’s Hidden Message Ken Klippenstein
US business group says some critical minerals are ‘nearly unobtainable’ from China Reuters
Everything is fine:
Hegseth: Nobody makes better or more munitions than the US.
Brennan: But there is a crisis with those stockpiles right now.
Hegseth: That is a manufactured story that the media wants to peddle.
Brennan: You testified under oath that it would take years to rebuild those… pic.twitter.com/i6FpUesKys
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 14, 2026
L’affaire Epstein
Model scout who sent young women to Epstein: ‘I trusted him’ CNN
Kathy Ruemmler’s Rewrite of History The Epstein Files by Julie K. Brown
South of the Border
Specter of US intervention runs through Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia El Pais
Trump 2.0
Everything about the UFC Freedom 250 opening ceremony at the White House is peak America, from President Trump’s walkout with Dana White to the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds flyover during the Zac Brown Band’s performance of the National Anthem 🇺🇸
(📽️: UFC on Paramount+ YouTube) pic.twitter.com/s6cypoQoXD
— Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) June 15, 2026
Trumpian State Capitalism Phenomenal World
Global HIV prevention declined drastically after Trump aid cuts, U.N. finds WaPo
Scoop: Trump aides fear Haberman and Swan obtained Situation Room tapes for “Regime Change” Axios
Democrats Suck
Democrats Vow ‘Day One’ Epstein Hearings if They Flip House NOTUS
Obama Legacy
A look inside new Obama museum ahead of its Juneteenth official opening AP
The Obama Center is a Monument to the More Effective Evil Black Agenda Report
Sports Desk
Sporting with Steroids Savage Minds. I hate to admit I missed the ‘Enhanced Games’ in Las Vegas last month.
Groves of Academe
Stanford Students Protest Google CEO’s Speech Over The Company’s Contract With Israel Huff Post
Mr. Market
Markets cheer U.S.-Iran agreement, but some investors caution deal is yet to be signed CNBC
Wall Street Is Gaining Access to New Catastrophe Models to Help Predict Wars Bloomberg
Economy
Our Troubles Are Over: The Average Price Of A New Car Was Closer To $49,000 Than $50,000 In May Jalopnik
Guillotine Watch
Trillionaire Elon Musk’s Destruction of USAID Takes Food Aid From Millions Facing Deadly Hunger Common Dreams
I Hope The Trillionaires Die in Their Bunkers The Sentinel-Intelligence
🇨🇭 No, this isn’t fans celebrating a football or basketball win, it’s “No G7” protesters turning up the heat in Geneva, Switzerland.
They’re torching the place and clashing with police over inequality, wars, climate policy failures, and Trump.
This is getting intense.…
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 15, 2026
The Bezzle
As AI companies race to go public, who else is along for the ride? TechCrunch
Crypto Platforms Sold Users on SpaceX IPO Access. The Tokenized Stocks Never Arrived Gizmodo
Bitcoin’s latest plunge revives the debate over owning it—and whether it’s just ‘crypto being crypto’ CNBC
AI
Amazon CEO’s Talks With U.S. Officials Triggered Crackdown on Anthropic Models WSJ
What Washington must do Gary Marcus
From Manhattan to Genesis Communications of the ACM. “The U.S. Department of Energy wants to build a single national platform for doing science with AI.”
Monopoly Round-Up: The Pope and a Silicon Valley Trillionaire Fight Over God Matt Stoller
AI is saving office workers hours — and stealing much of that time back in ‘botsitting’ Los Angeles Times
Class Warfare
The opposite of oppression is not freedom, but time. Kaimataara
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