Earth’s Seasons Are Out of Sync, Scientists Discover From Space Science Alert
A Rare Condition Made a Woman See Dragons Instead of Human Faces ZME Science
A Shocking Number of Kids Don’t Play Outside Gizmodo
Pandemics
State Plans to End School Vax Mandates, First to Do So MedPage Today
Up to 1.2 million Americans a week are currently developing Long Covid
Many will recover
At least partially
Many will not
At least not fully
Some ppl’s lives will be changed forever
Some ppl’s lives will end prematurely
Because of the infection they caught this week
— Barry Hunt (@BarryHunt008) September 3, 2025
Climate/Environment
Earth’s capacity to store carbon could max out surprisingly soon Nature
Snowfall decrease in recent years undermines glacier health and meltwater resources in the Northwestern Pamirs Communications Earth and Environment
Catastrophic rains, floods to trigger food shortages in Pakistan, warns UN Dawn
Drought in East Africa: “If the rains do not come, none of us will survive” Oxfam
Wildfire devastates historic California gold mining town, homes burn in blaze caused by lightning AP
U.S. Threatens Nations with Tariffs Over Support for IMO Net-Zero Shipping Deal Reuters
China?
America’s Wind Crusade Hands an Industry to China Bloomberg
China’s Military Is Now Leading Foreign Policy
There’s no ambiguity about it, “strategic” or otherwise: The US Navy ain’t going to war for Taiwan. The whole gazillion-dollar floating boondoggle would be on the sea floor in a matter of minutes.https://t.co/ITIZtpYsQI
— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) September 3, 2025
Bill to sanction Chinese officials who avoid action on fentanyl passes US House South China Morning Post
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Global Governance Initiative=UN Charter 2.0 Karl Sanchez
Tianjin: Back to the Future Julian MacFarlane
Vietnam’s bamboo diplomacy bends under US trade pressure East Asia Forum
ADB to fund Pakistan’s core Belt and Road project as China steps aside Nikkei Asia
Africa
BBC Media Action Exposed: Leaked Docs Reveal UK Government Funded Radio Drama ‘Story Story’ To Influence Nigerian Voters West Africa Weekly
Old Blighty
The UK Earns Status as a Censorship State Racket News
How the Zionist Shadow State is taking over the UK Vanessa Beeley
Syraqistan
Construction intensifies at site linked to Israel’s suspected nuclear program, satellite photos show AP
UN nuclear chief demands Iran resume uranium enrichment inspections ‘without delay’ The Cradle
Army Radio reports the occupation military has finally admitted what Gaza’s Resistance has made clear for nearly two years, its war machine is burning out. Manpower is exhausted, engineering capacity is at 60–70%, and much of its armored backbone has been shredded by anti-tank…
— Thomas Keith (@iwasnevrhere_) September 3, 2025
Israeli Lawmakers Demanded Better PR to Conceal Gaza Famine. Google Obliged. Lee Fang
UAE warns White House that Israeli annexations could unravel Abraham Accords Axios. “Two Israeli officials claim Secretary of State Marco Rubio has signaled in private meetings that he doesn’t oppose West Bank annexations and the Trump administration won’t stand in the way.”
Retail giant Lush closes all UK stores in Gaza tax protest The National
76 prominent figures in Turkey reject ‘cosmetic’ Gaza resolution, urge sanctions on Israel Turkish Minute
European Disunion
EU sets military spending record, expects more growth in 2025 Defense News
NATO Warns of European Recruitment Crisis Despite Record Military Spending European Conservative
How France invented the censorship-industrial complex Thomas Fazi
New Not-So-Cold War
Putin said a lot at the press conference in Beijing. The most important things I would sum up as follows (I am not quoting directly):
– Legally, Zelensky is a nobody, talking to him is pointless. The Kiev political scene has degraded so much that it’s nearly impossible to find a…
— Russians With Attitude (@RWApodcast) September 3, 2025
Ukraine’s Best Security Guarantee Is Finlandization Moon of Alabama
🚨🇷🇺🇺🇦Russia’s Night Strike Decimates Ukrainian Military Infrastructure
Last night, Russian forces launched one of the largest coordinated strikes of the conflict. Over 500+ drones and missiles hit critical targets of arms production and rail logistics.
Here’s the impact🧵 pic.twitter.com/wTXHarQQ5B
— NewRulesGeopolitics (@NewRulesGeo) September 3, 2025
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Russia and China sign MoU on 50 bcm/year Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline Enerdata
Power of Siberia 2: the EU’s greatest self-own Brian McDonald
L’affaire Epstein
Epstein victims say they will compile their own “client list,” demand accountability Miami Herald
military flyovers disrupt the Epstein victim press conference pic.twitter.com/aFcI8yrmXY
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 3, 2025
South of the Border
Hegseth Doesn’t Rule Out Regime Change in Venezuela, Suggests More US Strikes on Boats Are Coming Antiwar
After meeting President Sheinbaum in Mexico, Rubio warned that the U.S. will launch more attacks against Venezuelan drug cartels Tren de Aragua and the Cártel de los Soles (Maduro’s regime).
The Mexican cartels also better watch out
🇺🇸🇲🇽🇻🇪 pic.twitter.com/8RZiqf73QB
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 3, 2025
Experts Decry US ‘Summary Execution’ of Alleged Drug Runners Off Venezuelan Coast Common Dreams
Bush’s so-called “war on terror” designated entire regions & groups of people as “killable.” This is the function of the word “terrorist”—a hollow word which means only “killable.” Obama’s expansion of the drone program made the killing more nimble/diffuse—this is the outcome https://t.co/i5JOZmBwAF
— Jake Romm (@jake_romm) September 2, 2025
Narcoterrorist is a startling new term for me and a sign of extremely bad things to come. https://t.co/nyI1rD9qsW
— Most Popular Teen on TikTok (@TaylorLessThan3) September 3, 2025
Trump 2.0
Did Donald Trump Authorize Murder?… and Why is He Disrespecting China’s Role in Defeating Japan? Larry Johnson
Trump’s DOJ seeks election equipment in red state ahead of 2026 election WaPo
Exclusive: Leak Confirms Chicago Military Action Ken Klippenstein
Trump regime may launch military occupation of New Orleans NOLA
Weather Service, patent office unions sue Trump over order ending collective bargaining The Hill
Trump’s oldest sons’ American Bitcoin stake worth $1.5 billion in stock debut Reuters
“Liberation Day”
Trump appeals to the Supreme Court to preserve his sweeping tariffs NBC News
Police State Watch
A 22-Year-Old Palestinian Has Been Locked Up in ‘High-Security’ ICE Detention for 16 Months Zeteo
Democrats en déshabillé
Lina Khan? Chelsea Clinton? Who Might Run for Nadler’s Seat. New York Mag
Mamdani
Adams Campaign Denies Reports He’d Take a Job With Trump, Drop Out of Mayoral Race The City
Trump’s intervention here makes him the at least tenth ally, donor, friend (or all three) of Cuomo’s who is connected to Jeffrey Epstein (see link in next tweet). Not aware of any other candidate in the mayor’s race – not Adams or Sliwa for instance – who has this distinction. https://t.co/pYhV1RaPXd
— Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) September 3, 2025
Imperial Collapse Watch
Why does peace cost a trillion dollars? Responsible Statecraft
‼️ F-35 Combat Capability Is <10% After Four Years of Age ‼️
The 2024 CBO report shows that combat-capability rates of F-35Bs and F-35Cs older than four years plummets to less than 10%.
The US does not have a credible 5th generation fighter.https://t.co/zHMqVpyRPZ pic.twitter.com/ELah9GFP6t
— Will Schryver (@imetatronink) September 3, 2025
Microsoft rewarded for security failures with another US government contract The Register
Accelerationists
OMB director says Government Accountability Office “shouldn’t exist” Axios
Your government is breaking: EPA edition Can We Still Govern?
AI
AI Generated ‘Boring History’ Videos Are Flooding YouTube and Drowning Out Real History 404 Media
Our Famously Free Press
Paramount to buy Bari Weiss’ Free Press for up to $200M, give her senior editorial role at CBS News New York Post
Most of the videos of The Free Press — including Bari’s podcast — barely break 10k views on YouTube. On a scale of 1-10 for online impact, this might be a 3.
Whatever the $200m is for, it’s not for the real value of her blog, but for Bari’s role in spouting Israel propaganda. pic.twitter.com/if6tEKxAZB
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 3, 2025
Malcolm Gladwell Conquers Mt. Suck Matt Taibbi
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
Automated Sextortion Spyware Takes Webcam Pics of Victims Watching Porn Wired
Guillotine Watch
All the Things That You Need a Billion Dollars to Buy Are Bad Hamilton Nolan
Mr. Market
Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack on the Risks Markets Are Missing Right Now Kyla Scanlon
US labor market softening as job openings hit 10-month low, hiring remains tepid Reuters
Class Warfare
Americans still haven’t recovered from the pandemic Stephen Semler
Why Do Americans Work So Many Hours? Conversable Economist
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