Skier black flips while there’s an ongoing avalanche 🤯 pic.twitter.com/h4AQaM1lND
— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) December 23, 2024
How the Government Built the American Dream House The New Atlantis
What Counts as Work? Plough
Webb Telescope Spots Oldest Black Hole, Shattering Cosmic Records SciTech Daily
Making Backpacks for Tiny Fish Nautilus
COVID-19/Pandemics
COVID Pandemic Linked to Faster Brain Aging Tovima.com
US sees decline in women’s workforce participation after pandemic highs Newson6
Climate/Environment
Why Biodigesters Fall Short as a Climate Fix Sentient
In cramped, sweaty Hong Kong, climate change is making things worse for the poorest CNN
Can Humanity Stem the Plastic Tide? Nautilus
Global EV Sales Up 27% In 2025 Despite Anti-Electrification Policies In The US Clean Technica
China?
Chongqing in Southwest China has a monorail system with automated track-changing capabilities
Watch it change here
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) August 16, 2025
China kicks off 1st global humanoid games in Beijing Andolu Agency
Trump says Xi told him China will not invade Taiwan while he is in office The Guardian
Groundhog steals tourist’s car keys in China, villagers rally to retrieve them SCMP
South of the Border
Can Congress Stop Trump From Starting a War in Mexico? The Intercept
CODEPINK Condemns Trump’s Dangerous Military Escalation in Latin America CODEPINK
Brazil’s Lula, China’s Xi discuss BRICS, bilateral opportunities Reuters
Africa
What It Will Really Take to Electrify All of Africa IEEE Spectrum
Africa’s richest country on track to extend GDP growth streak for third quarter Business Insider Africa
Africa Travel Boom: How to Explore the Continent the Right Way Travel and Tour World
European Disunion
Growth fades in Europe: Is the recovery already running out of steam? euro news
The coming days will show whether major EU players will support the peace process – Fico UNN
A Vassal’s Bargain: How Europe Signed Away Its Autonomy The European Conservative
Old Blighty
Why the UK public sector still creaks along on COBOL The Register
Could a wealth tax work in the UK? A visual guide The Guardian
Israel v. Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Iran
تعاني الطفلة رتال، مثل أكثر من مليوني فلسطيني في غزة، من سوء التغذية نتيجة المجاعة القاسية الناجمة عن الحصار الإسرائيلي والعربي المفروض على القطاع منذ 167 يومًا. pic.twitter.com/NnODj8jJ5Z
— حسام شبات (@HossamShabat) August 16, 2025
What is ‘Greater Israel’? Middle East Eye
Israeli minister announces plans for new West Bank settlement to ‘bury’ idea of Palestinian state sky news
No. 2 House Democrat Katherine Clark calls Gaza war a “genocide” Axios
New Not-So-Cold War
How Decades of Folly Led to War in Ukraine Compact
Summing up the Summit East’s substack
Trump says he and Putin ‘largely agreed’ on land swaps, security guarantees for Ukraine Kyiv Independent
Russian Forces Advance in Pokrovsk, Vuhledar, Kostiantynivka Military Affairs
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
Your Smart Mirror Might Be Watching—Here’s What It Could Know About You Lifewire
Brain implants that decode a person’s inner voice may threaten privacy NPR
Imperial Collapse Watch
Trump’s plan to hide, not help, the homeless is a national disgrace The Hill
Scary new Narcan-resistant ‘purple fentanyl’ discovered in Nebraska NY Post
Trump 2.0
‘Feeding a narcissist:’ Ukraine reflects on Trump-Putin summit Al Jazeera
Trump’s aggressive push to take over DC policing may be a template for an approach in other cities AP
Farmers in US midwest squeezed by Trump tariffs and climate crisis The Guardian
Trump’s Orwellian revisionist history rewrites America’s reality The Hill
Musk Matters
Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s AI Feud Gets Nasty Time
Elon Musk says Tesla will be worth $30 trillion one day — but investors think otherwise The Cool Down
Democrat Death Watch
Grousing Democrats fail to find direction at top Times Observer
Democrats torn between voters and donors on Palestine Mondoweiss
Immigration
Judge denies Trump administration request to end a policy protecting immigrant children in custody CNN
Trump’s DHS touts massive number of illegal immigrants deported as Dems lash out at ICE Fox News
Our No Longer Free Press
‘Unprecedented’: FCC Official Slams Trump’s Media Impact Raleigh News and Observer
Google Caught in Censorship, Election Interference That NLPC Slammed in 2022 and 2023 National Legal and Policy Center
Mr. Market Is Moody
Dollar struggles as Fed rate-cut bets build; bitcoin soars to record high Reuters
Job market gloom hasn’t been this bad since the Great Recession Axios
Treasuries See Further Downside Following Mixed Economic Data RTT News
AI
Nvidia says H20 export controls didn’t stop China’s AI progress — claims ‘they only stifled U.S. economic and technology leadership’ Tom’s Hardware
AI helps assemble ‘brain’ of future quantum computer Nature
China unveils newest AI technology at World Robot Conference Al Jazeera
Why a classical education may be the key to humanity’s future in the AI era Fox News
The Bezzle
Everett man indicted in $200 million water machine Ponzi scheme My Northwest
Guillotine Watch
Here’s why this wine costs $16,000 per bottle pic.twitter.com/BpsYR7OxB1
— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) October 8, 2017
The most expensive whisky sold at auction in the first half of 2025 is the Yamazaki 55yo (2nd Release). It fetched €215k, its lowest result ever.
For more top trades of the past six months, see our 2025 H1 report: https://t.co/LdZLaqif8o pic.twitter.com/xkgKVXV45h
— Whiskystats (@whiskystats) August 13, 2025
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