Campfire Stories May Be The Real Origin Of Spoken Language, Scientists Propose StudyFinds
Traces of nearly 4 million coins reveal how Rome achieved economic integration Agência FAPESP
Maybe the Lettuce Isn’t Worth the Crunch QSR
Climate/Environment
Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find The Guardian
Human Urine and Fuel Are Melting the Glacier Beneath Everest Base Camp ZME Science
Another Chicago bridge gets stuck in sweltering heat hours after DuSable Lake Shore Drive bridge reopens Chicago Sun Times
Extreme Heat Forces Climate Risk Reckoning Bloomberg
Pandemics
Congo’s Ebola outbreak slows at epicentre but widens elsewhere, modelling suggests The Telegraph
The Problem With “Go Inside” Inspired Air
Water
Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England The Guardian
How Maldharis find freshwater using ancient knowledge in arid Banni Mongabay
The Koreas
Korea’s Trillion-Dollar Sovereign AI Investment: Nvidia Wins, Hynix Loses Semi-Analysis
China?
China’s Xi urges new Middle East security framework during rare Egypt visit Al Jazeera
China wants to help Egypt build out a local AI industry. The US isn’t happy. New Arab
Why China Regrets That This G20 Meeting Failed to Issue a Communiqué Bill Bishop
Why Beijing Defends Ancient Greece Inside China
India
Gulf suppliers claw back share in India’s LNG/LPG imports Financial Express
India Eyes Gulf, Israel Trade Deals Once Middle East Stabilizes Bloomberg
Syraqistan
IOF kill Palestinian youth in al-Quds, block entrance to al-Mughayyir Al Mayadeen
‘Sometimes things happen,’ Vance says US investigating reported strike on Iranian wedding Anadolu Agency
Are we asking the right questions about escalation in the Gulf? Yezid Sayigh
Ansar Allah Launches Major Attacks Targeting Saudi-Backed Forces in Yemen Antiwar
Dangerous illusions about force make comeback in Yemen Amwaj
Syria begins destruction of Assad-era chemical materials TRT World
Africa
Secretive U.S. Base in Somalia Signals New Phase of War Drop Site
Notes on the Coup Attempt in Niger Sawahil
European Disunion
Volkswagen to slash half its vehicle lineup and 50,000 jobs in cost-cutting effort CNN
Did China cause Volkswagen to lose 100,000 jobs?
Volkswagen recently announced 50k job cuts on top of another 50k from 2024.
One might quickly point to Chinese EV imports to Europe.
But actually VW’s Europe sales have done fine, even growing 5% from 2024 to 2025…
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— Kyle Chan (@kyleichan) September 4, 2026
Friedrich Merz will lose Sunday’s regional election — whatever the result Politico
A Case Study in Foreign News Coverage: The Economist on Sweden and Russia-Ukraine The Mercenary Diplomat
Why is Ireland neutral? Brian Mcdonald
My whole fucking life I’m listening to this hysterical bollocks: “The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming”. You know who’s not coming because they’re already here? The Americans. Waltzing around Shannon airport like they own it; transporting weapons to the entity to… https://t.co/nPrknk89qZ
— Tehran Tadhg (@TadhgHickey) September 2, 2026
Trump will demand that the EU return the billions Biden spent on aid to Ukraine. Top War
O Canada
Judge orders release of records on Nazi war criminals who settled in Canada Ottawa Citizen. “Government claimed release of documents on CIA operation would harm US-Canada relations.” Wait I thought Carney said the US was ‘throwin shade’ so what’s the problem?
Old Blighty
Farage aides step down after undercover report on Reform UK donations The Guardian
Controversial Jackdaw gas field set to be approved in weeks, sources say BBC
New Not-So-Cold War
Ukraine Attacks Ship Used to Repair Key Black Sea Oil Moorings Bloomberg. Wait, I thought JD told them to knock it off?
The Geopolitical Trap: Structural Incentives Prolonging the War in Ukraine [i] Black Mountain Analysis
German government provokes escalation of Ukraine war WSWS
Nonsense Drones and Novichok Craig Murray
South of the Border
US says it will use regional body to isolate Nicaragua Al Jazeera
L’affaire Epstein
Leon Black defies subpoena to testify in Epstein inquiry and sues House panel NPR
Spook Country
Gloria Steinem, Feminist Icon and Activist, Has Died at 92 Vogue
Trump 2.0
THE COMING TRUMP DEPRESSION Seymour Hersh
Trump calls reports of depleted US munitions ‘treasonous’ amid Iran war TRT World
What Will the US-Israeli Integration Plan Mean for Accountability? Inkstick
Nonbinary Gender Extremism? Ken Klippenstein
GOP Funhouse
As capitalist crisis deepens, US House again votes to condemn socialism WSWS
Democrats Suck
Democratic Voters Say They Want Change, But the Party Just Elevated More Hawks Truthout
33 Dems Help Pass House Bill That Would Strip Funds From Colleges That Boycott Israel Common Dreams
Groves of Academe
US universities get millions to do military research for Israel Responsible Statecraft
Police State Watch
ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, Whistle-Blower Says New York Times
Trump’s DOJ Blocked Serious ICE Shooting Charge Over Federal Prosecutor’s “Strongest Possible” Objections ProPublica
When Your Call Center Is Inside a Prison Governing
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
Man arrested with truck full of Flock cameras in Albuquerque KOB4
Looks like the pro-Flock camera checks have cleared Who Broke It
Economy
Our Tragicomic Parody of a Functional Economy Charles Hugh Smith
Imperial Collapse Watch
‘The Capitalism of Good’: When the West becomes a victim of its own virtue Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
Chokepoints
Panama Canal Implements First Transit Restriction of 2026 Due to Drought TeleSur
War Risk Claims Top $2 Billion as Shipping Attacks Spread Beyond Hormuz gCaptain
Guillotine Watch
He calls himself California’s Luigi Mangione. An arson suspect’s rallying cry sparks furor Los Angeles Times
AI
The Ouroboros Out of the Cage Warwick Powell
AI-assisted mushroom hunting is a recipe for a bad trip The Register
Why office workers are turning against AI Blood in the Machine
The Bezzle
Tesla is asking people if they want to buy and run Cybercab fleets TechCrunch
Class Warfare
Inflation and Profits ZZ’s Blog
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