Pollinators send out good vibrations \u2014 and plants respond sweetly<\/a> Science News (Dr. Kevin)<\/p>\n Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day?<\/a> BBC (Robin K). Lordie. I heard decades ago from the professional sports mafia that this issue had been largely settled. A high quality study had participants eat only one meal, the same # of calories adjusted for body weight, either when they got up or at dinner time. The ones that ate only at dinner gained weight relative to the other group. The explanation was that the body, being asked to function with no food, downregulated its metabolism on the assumption that it was in starvation conditions. So my guys recommended eating 100 calories within an hour or so of getting up so as to prevent your body from thinking you might be starving it. <\/p>\n Climate\/Environment<\/p>\n Nanoplastic concentrations across the North Atlantic<\/a> Nature (resilc)<\/p>\n NASA won\u2019t publish key climate change report online, citing \u2018no legal obligation\u2019 to do so<\/a> Space (Dr. Kevin)<\/p>\n Drought Spreads in England After Driest Start to Year Since 1976<\/a> Bloomberg<\/p>\n Romania among countries projected to see sharp GDP, labor productivity decline due to heat<\/a> Romania Insider<\/p>\n US farmers scramble as heavy rains devastate key crops: \u2018It\u2019s going to be rough\u2019<\/a> TC<\/p>\n INSANE HEAT IN MIDDLE EAST<\/p>\n Mind blowing MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 38.3C Tuz IRAQ<\/p>\n Dozens of stations allover Middle East (Iran,Iraq,Kuwait,Emirates) with Minimums >35C<\/p>\n Max. temperatures expected up to 52C \u2014 Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) July 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n During the last decades of the Classic Lowland Maya civilization, the ahauob or \u201cdivine lords\u201d who ruled the Mayan city-states did nothing constructive to deal with the subsistence crisis that was spiraling out of control around them, as the swidden agriculture system that\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 John Michael Greer (@JMGreerWriter) July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n China?<\/p>\n A 93.5% levy on Chinese battery inputs signals that the U.S. is no longer trying to compete within China\u2019s cost structure, but rather to dismantle its dominance altogether. This move will reverberate across EVs, grid storage, defense tech, and the broader clean energy transition.\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/I3HbXAg5e0<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 EndGame Macro (@onechancefreedm) July 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Robots are taking the subway on their own to deliver goods in Shenzhen, southern China. World\u2019s first! \ud83e\udd16<\/p>\n By using the metro during off-peak hours, this approach reduces carbon emissions caused by ground transportation. pic.twitter.com\/UfoilCYybB<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Mao Ning \u6bdb\u5b81 (@SpoxCHN_MaoNing) July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Helen Thompson: Rare earths \u2013 the next war?<\/a> Unherd, YouTube (Robin K)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Africa<\/p>\n France withdraws troops from Senegal, ending military presence in West Africa<\/a> EuroNews<\/p>\n Sudan\u2019s war is an economic disaster: here\u2019s how bad it could get<\/a> The Conversation<\/p>\n A look at Eritrea\u2019s role as new Tigray war looms in Ethiopia<\/a> DW<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n European Disunion<\/p>\n France\u2019s budget bombshell is a wake-up call for Europe as it veers toward bankruptcy<\/a> Politico<\/p>\n US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee stereotypes the Irish <\/a>Irish Journal (resilc)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Old Blighty<\/p>\n Stagflation fears fuel interest rate conundrum at the Bank of England amid jobs bloodbath<\/a> This is Money<\/p>\n Climate groups call for UK wealth tax to make super-rich fund sustainable economy <\/a>Guardian\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Israel v. The Resistance<\/p>\n Israel kills 25 starving Palestinians near aid distribution center in southern Gaza<\/a> Anadolu Agency<\/p>\n Marjorie Taylor Greene: Israel B0MBED the Catholic Church in Gaza with American weapons!pic.twitter.com\/x26aJagIjG<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jackson Hinkle \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@jacksonhinklle) July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Yes. But the real question is: why would Israel commit PR suicide by bombing the only Catholic church in Gaza \u2014 one that Pope Francis used to call daily? To answer that, we must understand how Israel operates. Regardless of official statements, nothing Israel does is accidental.\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/EofkGo4KZ0<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Thomas Fazi (@battleforeurope) July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n What we\u2019re witnessing in Syria isn\u2019t just the collapse of a state\u2014it\u2019s the deliberate dismemberment of a society that once housed multiple ethnicities, sects, and identities under one national roof. <\/p>\n What\u2019s heartbreaking isn\u2019t just the carnage, but the clarity that came too late\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/AYkPBQShlm<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Kevork Almassian (@KevorkAlmassian) July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Ports Are Shutting Down for Gaza \u2013 And Israel is Panicking<\/a> KernowDamo, YouTube. Dockworkers taking up BDS. <\/p>\n VIDEO REPORT: Israel Imposes No-Build Zone in Southern Lebanon, Terrorizing Locals With Surveillance and Shelling<\/a> DropSite<\/p>\n Israel Is Preparing To Bomb Iran\u2026Again<\/a> National Security Journal (resilc)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n Uncivilization?<\/a> Julian Macfarlane. High level discussion of force disposition. <\/p>\n \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa\ud83d\udde3Moscow believes that it is entitled to use weapons against the military facilities of countries that will allow Kiev to strike with its weapons deep inside Russia, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova at a briefing on current foreign policy issues.<\/p>\n “In\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/rEqeCOOinX<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Peacemaker (@peacemaket71) July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n France and Italy refuse to join Trump\u2019s Ukraine weapons fund<\/a> Telegraph. Not new news but important to keep tabs. <\/p>\n \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83d\ude21The mayor of Lvov has proposed exchanging the exhumed bodies of Soviet (!) soldiers from the Hill of Glory for the remains of captured (that is, living) Ukrainian soldiers.<\/p>\n Sadovyi announced on his TG channel that the “Hill of Glory” in Lvov no longer exists \u2013 today, July\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/uixnBzggtg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) July 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Russia says Trump\u2019s new weapons pledge a signal for Ukraine to abandon peace efforts<\/a> Reuters<\/p>\n TRUMP\u2019S SECONDARY SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN OIL ARE SPITTING IN THE WIND<\/a> John Helmer<\/p>\n Risk of undersea cable attacks backed by Russia and China likely to rise, report warns<\/a> Guardian<\/p>\n \u201cWe will destroy it, and quickly\u201d: NATO Ground Forces Commander Donahue announced that the alliance has a plan to \u201csuppress\u201d the Kaliningrad region <\/a>TopWar. Micael T: \u201cUS plan for destroying its vassals.\u201d<\/p>\n General Donahue, who failed upwards to command US Army \u2013 Europe after overseeing one of the worst days in the entire War on Terror during the Kabul Airlift, decided to run his mouth today about NATO being able to quickly conquer Kaliningrad.<\/p>\n Let’s do the work his staff didn’t.\u2b07\ufe0f\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/eJcIUkgosU<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Armchair Warlord (@ArmchairW) July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n See also John Helmer on Russia-Azeri relations starting at 42:55: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X1CLU29YbUA<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa\u203c\ufe0fRussia brutally punished Azerbaijan: A key refinery blew up \u2013 Moscow just showed Baku where it belongs \u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n In a series of precision strikes, Russian forces hit the Kremenchuk refinery, the Drohobych oil plant and a facility in Odessa, which for years served as a logistics\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/AkGX5QaNII<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Peacemaker (@peacemaket71) July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n Syraqistan<\/p>\n A 77-year-old country is bombing a 5000-year-old city <\/a>Council Estate (resilc). That\u2019s the sort of thing barbarians do. <\/p>\n By bombing Damascus, Israel imposes red lines on Syria\u2019s new government<\/a> LeMonde<\/p>\n Israel and Syria agree to ceasefire, US ambassador to Turkey says<\/a> CNN (rasperberry jam). So Syria has not gotten the memo that Israel does not adhere to ceasefires?<\/p>\n Battle in Suwayda: Where Israel and Turkiye clash over Syria\u2019s trade routes<\/a> The Cradle<\/p>\n Taliban Clash with Pakistani Border Guards in Eastern Afghanistan<\/a> Kabul Now<\/p>\n Afghan data leak: SAS and UK spies named in Afghan data breach<\/a> BBC<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Big Brother is Watching You Watch<\/p>\n NYPD Bypassed Facial Recognition Ban to ID Pro-Palestinian Student Protester<\/a> THE CITY<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Imperial Collapse Watch<\/p>\n The Number Go Up Rule: Why America Refuses to Fix Anything<\/a> Matt Stoller<\/p>\n The YF-23 \u2018Stealth Fighter\u2019 Summed Up In 4 Words<\/a> National Security Journal <\/p>\n The Righteous Community<\/a> London Review of Books (resilc). On the neverending-by-design war on terror. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump 2.0<\/p>\n Check out this big, beautiful billboard depicting Trump as \u201cSwamp King\u201d<\/a> Boing Boing<\/p>\n Trump is threatening to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Working people would pay the price. <\/a>Economic Policy Institute<\/p>\n The State Department Guts Its Office Combating Human Trafficking<\/a> Mother Jones (resilc)<\/p>\n \u2018An insult\u2019: Malaysians slam nomination of \u2018alpha-male\u2019 Nick Adams as US ambassador<\/a> Guardian (resilc). Go Malaysia!<\/p>\n In the Trump Administration, Watchdogs Are Watching Their Backs<\/a> New York Times. resilc: \u201cIGs were feared back in the day\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Russiagate Redux<\/p>\n Note on New Trump-Russia Disclosures<\/a> Matt Taibbi (Chuck L)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Tariffs<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s Arbitrary Trade War Declarations<\/a> Daniel Larison<\/p>\n The (Muted) Impact of Tariffs on Inflation<\/a> Barry Ritholtz. resilc: \u201cAssuming CPI is now real number is a stretch tho.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Immigration<\/p>\n ICE Unmasked!<\/a> Mike Flugennock<\/p>\n Farmworkers\u2019 Lives Matter: Standing Up for Jaime<\/a> Work-Bites<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Democrat Death Wish<\/p>\n Someone got to Sanders (again). He\u2019d been pointedly critical of Israel:<\/p>\n Bernie Sanders told Zohran Mamdani he is creating the appearance that he is “minimizing the fear of Jews” and he “needs to be careful” about how he talks about Israel. His sole function now is to force the entire US left to adopt his laundering of the Israeli death-cult and\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/haVEuY19pc<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u2600\ufe0f\ud83d\udc40 (@zei_squirrel) July 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n L\u2019affaire<\/em> Jeffrey Epstein<\/p>\n Pam Bondi, the Trump loyalist swallowed up by the Epstein affair<\/a> Financial Times<\/p>\n Trump sues after Wall Street Journal\u2019s Epstein story <\/a> The Hill. I may be proven wrong, but the Journal (as its parent Dow Jones) does not have broadcast licenses in the US and so can\u2019t be intimidated by FCC threats. They could try threatening another Murdoch holding, Fox News, which had nothing to do with the Journal story\u2026and would further rile up Trump\u2019s base. So the odds of it folding are much lower than we saw with ABC and CBS. And the Journal would get to do discovery on Trump to substantiate the accuracy of its reporting\u2026.which could be great fun. But with motions practice (see Kentucky Retirement Systems for an example), the Trump team could easily drag out the timetable until after Trump has (presumably) left office. <\/p>\n Ron Wyden, a Democrat, Won\u2019t Let Go of the Jeffrey Epstein Case, Either<\/a> New York Times<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Mr. Market is Moody<\/p>\n Exclusive: Bank of England scrutinizes lenders for dollar risk amid Trump worries, sources say<\/a> Reuters\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n AI<\/p>\n Musk launches AI Grok girlfriend available to 12-year-olds <\/a>Telegraph (resilc)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Bezzle<\/p>\n US House passes stablecoin legislation, sending bill to Trump<\/a> Reuters<\/p>\n Central banks face dilemma over rise of dollar-backed stablecoins<\/a> Financial Times<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Guillotine Watch<\/p>\n The Worst Performer in Billionaires\u2019 Portfolios? Trophy Art<\/a>. Wall Street Journal <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Class Warfare<\/p>\n Why Gen Z goes mad for Dostoyevsky Young people crave an anti-capitalist prophet<\/a> Unherd Micael T: \u201cBecause there are no real anti-capitalists in real life?<\/p>\n Private Equity and Workers: Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud <\/a>Eileen Appelbaum, CEPR<\/p>\n US \u2013 Percent of Balance 90+ Days Delinquent by Loan Type<\/a> MacroMicro (resilc)<\/p>\n US Firms Passing Some Cost Hikes To Consumers: Fed Survey<\/a> Barron\u2019s<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antidote du jour (via<\/a>):<\/p>\n And a bonus:<\/p>\n He used 100% of his brain \u2014 Puppies \ud83d\udc36 (@PuppiesIover) July 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n A second bonus:<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude02 pic.twitter.com\/eoP9gs0kPX<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) July 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n And a third:<\/p>\n Awesome landing \ud83d\ude02 pic.twitter.com\/GaLabJ4cdx<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The Best (@Thebestfigen) July 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n See yesterday\u2019s Links and Antidote du Jour here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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