In 1989, a pelican started visiting a daycare in Japan every day, where it happily played with the kids pic.twitter.com/yCCvGe9YV4
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) September 4, 2026
Upend the trickle-down Aeon
UN votes to adopt new map that makes our world look very different CNN
Second complete map of a fruit fly brain completed Ars Technica
American Airlines passenger from hell DUCT-TAPED to seat on flight forced to divert over his terrifying tirade Daily Mail
COVID-19/Pandemics
From AIDS to COVID-19 to Measles, Why do Infectious Disease Public Health Crises Keep Occurring? ContagionLive.com
COVID Is BACK! Do You Care? Why Not? The People’s Pharmacy
Climate/Environment
The World’s Oceans Just Hit Their Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded at a Time of Year When They Should Be Cooling ZME Science
United Nations Concedes That Efforts to Arrest Climate Change Have Failed, and the Planet Is Now Spiraling Into Environmental Catastrophe Futurism
South of the Border
Argentine leader threatens to sanction oil firms and reiterates Falklands claim BBC
U.S.-Venezuela Oil Deal Threatens China’s Oil-Backed Loans OILPRICE.com
Brazilian 2026 Election: Lula’s Soft Power Skills Threatened by a Hard-Power World Fair Observer
China?
The beauty of Ruyi Bridge in Taizhou, Zhejiang China.
It’s made up of three bridges across the Shenxianju Valley and it features a glass-bottomed walkway. pic.twitter.com/9dCODDs7P2
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 5, 2026
China overcapacity or Western protectionism? What the numbers say Asia Times
AI, drones, robots reshape farming in Heilongjiang, China’s grain heartland CGTN
China’s Xi seeks to bring large CEO delegation on US visit, sources say Reuters
China’s Civil-Military Drone Fusion RealClear Defense
India
After Gen Z, India’s Gen Alpha rises, demanding education reforms Al Jazeera
A $120,000 heart surgery costs $7,900 in India. Here’s where else that math works Quartz
100 airports in 10 years Trinity Mirror
Africa
Kais Saied’s economic experiment has failed Tunisia Al Jazeera
New Report Examines Environmental Costs of British Colonial Rule in Africa APA News
Boeing: Africa’s Airplane Fleet Will More than Double by 2045 to Meet Rising Air Travel Demand Boeing
European Disunion
Five EU nations inch towards deal on migrant ‘return hubs’ by 2027 Al Jazeera
Sanctioning a Ghost: Europe’s Empty Gesture Against Iran Sonar 21
The fight against the Alternative for Germany demands a fight against capitalism WSWS
EU Enlargement Commissioner cancels planned Serbia visit over war criminal Ratko Mladić glorification European Interest
Old Blighty
The Canary and George Galloway have been debanked without explanation Council Estate Media
Britain’s economy is facing ‘very, very substantial challenges’, Bank of England governor warns Burnham amid spiralling UK debt Daily Mail
Israel v. Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria
Israel just demolished a 120-year-old home in Ni’lin because it didn’t have a building permit.
The house was built around 1906.
The State of Israel was founded in 1948.
The occupation of the West Bank began in 1967.So the paperwork they demanded was issued by an authority that… pic.twitter.com/huodWCwfdx
— Paddystinian (@Paddystinian) September 4, 2026
Israel’s Gaza “Solution” Is to Empty It of Palestinians, Defense Minister Says Truthout
The West Bank Settlements Council is providing settlers with surveillance drones to monitor, pursue, and target Palestinians. pic.twitter.com/HGdbmKCAzN
— Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده (@RamAbdu) September 5, 2026
Months after ceasefire, Israel and Hezbollah battle over a strategic hill in Lebanon AP
Is Israel’s Upcoming Election a Point of No Return from Extremism? Scheerpost
Liberal Zionists Are Evil Shitbags Caitlin Johnstone
Iran War
Trouble in the Pentagon as Leaked Report Paints Iran Conflict as “Unsustainable” Simplicius. Important.
IRGC ballistic missile retaliation forces US aircraft carrier, destroyer to flee PressTV
It turns out Iran didn’t shoot a short-range anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs) at the USS George Washington and an accompanying destroyer escort but rather medium-range hypersonic “carrier killer” Qassem Bassir ASBMs that can reach speeds of Mach 5-8.
This is the first time… https://t.co/aKRqOD4yn6
— David Pyne 🇺🇸 (@AmericaFirstCon) September 5, 2026
Live: US says it hit three Iranian tankers after missile attacks Middle East Eye
Iran shifting military doctrine toward preemptive attack: Army spokesman Andolu Agency
🛢️ Kpler’s latest data show a seven-day average of roughly 8–9 million barrels per day in Gulf and Gulf of Oman exports. The newest figures are incomplete and subject to upward revision and is a broader measure than direct Strait of Hormuz traffic alone.
➤ The regional total… pic.twitter.com/cQfOPwhK0o
— Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) September 6, 2026
New Not-So-Cold War
Schrödinger’s Russia and the Last Ukrainian The Peacemonger substack
Trump negotiators Witkoff, Kushner arrive in Moscow as US pushes for end to Russia-Ukraine war Fox News
The overlooked Russia-Ukraine war grows its outsized impact on energy as U.S. diesel prices hit all-time high Fortune
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
Connected-car data raises new privacy concerns for dealers and consumers CBT News
Big Brother is going to college: The federal plan to track students for life The Washington Examiner
Imperial Collapse Watch
How 9/11 Brought The Neo-Cons Into The Driving Seat Of U.S. Foreign Policy. The Dissident substack
San Francisco Democrats spent MILLIONS on $100K cabins for the homeless. A year later and they’re empty Daily Mail
Trump 2.0
Trump keeps heralding an economic boom, but even a solid jobs report is causing problems for him AP
Donald Trump Has No Idea of the Tidal Wave That’s Coming for Him Unless He Ends the Iran War National Security Journal
Trump signs order to remove endangered species protection for grey wolves BBC
Trump Is Expanding Executive Power. Democrats Are Already Eyeing the New Tools. Reason
Musk Matters
Elon Musk unleashes first wave of spending on key races in the midterms Politico
Musk pushes regulatory limits with Tesla’s Cybercab robotaxi service Reuters
TSLA Stock Weakens As Elon Musk’s Optimus Faces New Challengers stocktwits
Democrat Death Watch
Does DSA Belong in the Democratic Party? Rahm Emanuel Draws a Hard Line Egberto Off the Record substack
Democrats are promising a big agenda. Their unity is already being tested Chicago Tribune
Immigration
‘Hidden tribunals’: Immigration court due process in tumult with new locations NPR
Curran: ICE deaths betray American values Dallas Morning News
Our No Longer Free Press
Nick Shirley Sues California for Squelching Freedom of the Press Daily Citizen
Judge refuses to block Pentagon from firing Stars and Stripes staffers over CBS interview AP
Mr. Market Is Moody
Private equity faces existential crisis in US as unsold companies pile up The Guardian
California gas prices ‘to set record at the pump’ for Labor Day. What you’ll pay Sacramento Bee
Stock market falls as strong jobs report reignites rate hike fears ECIKS.org
AI
Filmmakers tout AI’s use in Hollywood at the other film festival in Venice Semafor
Warner Bros and Netflix executives just froze a $100,000,000 historical epic production after seeing this 48-second clip.
A 20-year-old solo creator generated a hyper-realistic scene of a time-traveling travel vlogger interviewing King Leonidas at Thermopylae in 480 BC with zero… pic.twitter.com/MrEzD4W9oh
— NOVA (@TechWith_Nova) September 5, 2026
Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist’s editor-in-chief, interviews Yuval Noah Harari 3 Quarks Daily
People Are Telling Their Darkest Thoughts to AI Without Realizing They Can Easily Become Public Futurism
Robotaxis enter their villain era The Verge
WeatherNext: AI model achieves breakthrough in forecasting cyclones Deepmind.google
The Bezzle
Tarrant County authorities arrest alleged leader in $250 million senior fraud scheme CBS News
US seeks four suspects over alleged $703 million Medicare fraud involving Pakistani call center Arab News
Guillotine Watch
Unboxing a luxury $40,000 bottle of Hennessy 8, one of the most expensive cognacs in the world
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) April 12, 2025
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