Blood in the Water, Blood on the Beach: History of Naval Warfare, Part 11 Big Serge
How SpaceX is blocking astronomers’ view of space Musk Watch
Why don’t we trust technology in sport? BBC. resilc: “You can’t spell shIT without IT.”
Hundreds of thousands of children have type 1 diabetes. Now, there’s a Barbie who has it, too CNN (Micael T)
Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria, research shows Guardian
#COVID-19/Pandemics
Experts call new Canadian Long COVID guidelines “contradictory” and “deeply concerning” Sick Times
united states cumulative measles cases in 2025: 1,277 (at least)
highest count in 33 yearsreally can’t stand the anti-science trend in the united states right now pic.twitter.com/c1IJFHPuaD
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) July 8, 2025
Climate/Environment
INCREDIBLE HEAT IN KARAKORAM! 🥵🔥
8,000ers of that region are drier than ever: no snow on K2 Camp 2 at 6200 m asl! 😧
All time temp. record broken in Gilgit-Baltitstan with 40°C at 2300 m and 49°C at 1200 m asl ! 😱https://t.co/uO7ksEyUgp
📷lukasz Supergan / IG (K2 C2) pic.twitter.com/6GZwov1jJN
— Melaine Le Roy (@subfossilguy) July 7, 2025
The science behind Texas’ catastrophic floods Grist
Conspiracy Theories About the Texas Floods Lead to Death Threats Wired (resilc)
A third of global chip supply threatened by climate change and drought by 2035: PwC South China Morning Post
Melting glaciers and ice caps could unleash wave of volcanic eruptions, study says Guardian
The Mediterranean Sea’s marine heatwave is literally off the charts.
Sea surface temperatures off the coast of Italy are as warm as those in Miami, exceeding 30°C (87°F).
Water temperature anomalies are up to 7°C (13°F) above normal.
Expect devastating consequences for marine… pic.twitter.com/x7BPOaToP4
— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) July 8, 2025
China?
China producer price deflation deepens as US trade war bites Financial Times
China’s CPI edges up 0.1% in June, bolstered by the government’s pro-growth stimulus package: NBS Global Times. More proof of deflationary pressures. Here in Southeast Asia, I see close to nada in the way of price increases (eggs are an interesting exception) and even some declines (markedly for ride-hail fares, which suggests a very weak labor market). So China looks to be exporting deflation in the region.
China Cements Leadership in Wind and Solar OilPrice
Dependence on China’s minerals blocks Indian ‘strategic autonomy’ Asia Times (Kevin W)
China is boycotting American farms. So why are farmers so optimistic? Kevin Walmsley
🚨🇩🇪🇨🇳 BREAKING: Germany demands Apple & Google remove China’s DeepSeek AI from their app stores.
— William Huo (@wmhuo168) July 9, 2025
From last week, still germane:
China’s Art of War – Civilized Warfare with Chinese Characteristics thanks to the superstar China’s reconnaissance ship 815A
China has already won the war at China’s doorsteps.
It’s not me saying it. It’s the US defense secretary.
The statement was made by U.S. Defense… pic.twitter.com/OyPWzJfBGH
— America-China Watcher (@PandemicTruther) July 2, 2025
Africa
Death toll in Kenya from anti-government protests rises to 31 Anadolu Agency
Creative Ethiopian Diplomacy Might Deter An Egyptian-Backed Eritrean-TPLF Offensive Andrew Korybko
O Canada
Canada Shipping Natural Gas to Asia as It Looks Beyond the US for Trade New York Times (resilc)
South of the Border
Mexico opens investigation against former President Peña Nieto for alleged bribery from Israeli software company Aurora Israel
European Disunion
The European Green Deal Has Failed Thomas Fazi, Compact
Old Blighty
Millions of tonnes of toxic sewage sludge spread on UK farmland every year Guardian (Kevin W)
British Government: “We Accept Of Course That It Is Draconian: And Deliberately So” Sam Husseini
To fight ban on Palestine Action, we must learn from university protesters openDemocracy
In England, Parents Are Moving Their Children Into a Doomsday Cult—With a Man Calling Himself ‘the New Pope’ Vice (resilc)
Israel v. The Resistance
10 soldiers took turns to rape their victim on camera until they exploded his intestines & raptured his rectum. Gov leaders, MPs, religious leaders… all praised the rapists. National TVs hosted the rapists. The public overwhelmingly supported the rapists.
They now pretend this…
— Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) July 7, 2025
Israel has been blocking fuel from entering Gaza and Tareq Abu Azzoum reports that Nasser hospital is going to run out in 24 hours. Thats means they’ll be no electricity for the ICU, for operations, or to keep babies alive in incubators. pic.twitter.com/ecH7oZld4I
— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) July 9, 2025
🟩 NEW: Scahill and Elmer on How Palestinian Armed Resistance Outsmarted Israel’s Surveillance Trap
Jeremy Scahill shares a leaked internal memo from Palestinian resistance groups revealing how Israel used the January ceasefire to quietly plant tens of thousands of surveillance… pic.twitter.com/zWfnmSNjPJ
— Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) July 8, 2025
* * * Spain probes Netanyahu over Gaza ship Madleen attack BAHA
* * * The National Education Association just voted to cut all ties to the Anti-Defamation League Mondoweiss. Wow.
* * * Israeli economist and politician Yaron Zelekha, in a video posted on June 3rd, ten days before Israel launched the war on Iran: “We need to bomb the hell out of them and at the same time run a campaign to dismantle their economy from within”
Zelekha, head of the New Economic… pic.twitter.com/w647SHy93A
— B.M. (@ireallyhateyou) July 8, 2025
This is one of the most damning strategic deconstructions from within the Iranian command sphere. Rezaei speaks not from triumph, but from precision, mapping the fault lines of a system that once called itself untouchable.
The Fordow retaliation triggering direct IRGC strikes on… pic.twitter.com/QONhcjePx6
— Thomas Keith (@iwasnevrhere_) July 8, 2025
U.S. Spent 8 Years’ Worth of THAAD Interceptors in Under Two Weeks Haaretz (Robin K)
Saudi crown prince meets Iranian foreign minister amid regional diplomacy push Arab News
The meeting above looks to be more than a courtesy: Riyadh realigns: Tehran over Tel Aviv The Cradle
New Not-So-Cold War
Ukraine – Drone Mass Production Lets Russia Gain Upper Hand Moon of Alabama
IN BRIEF: Drone attacks kill three on Kursk beach, leave civilians injured in Rylsk and Western-supplied weapons used for killing children — diplomat about attack on Kursk beach TASS
Russia attacks Ukraine’s draft offices in effort to undermine armed forces Financial Times. Get a load of the subhead.
Conman: The Story of William Browder Lucy Komisar
Imperial Collapse Watch
Martin Wolf on the Coming Fall of the U.S. Economy Yascha Mounk
Trump’s Schizophrenia Cannot Hide the US Lack of Strategic Depth Larry Johnson
Trump 2.0
Military operation in Los Angeles signals escalation of fascist methods WSWS
* * * …. regard for individual differences, indicated to him a complete gutting of White House or trade office personnel capable of handling such overtures, professionals canned and replaced by political hack incompetents. He said it reflects serious staffing problems in the White…
— Thomas P (TOM) Logan 🇯🇵 🇺🇸 (@TokyoTom2020) July 8, 2025
Japan now taking apart this idiotic, disrespectful 極道っぽいWhite House letter to Tokyo (which Karoline held up and dropped) on national TV tonight: pic.twitter.com/uFkk9Djnco
— Thomas P (TOM) Logan 🇯🇵 🇺🇸 (@TokyoTom2020) July 8, 2025
BRICS Are No Threat to US Dollar Dominance, But Trump Is Michael Shedlock
* * * Inside the staff exodus and tanking morale that threaten Makary’s FDA STAT
FDA Cuts Will Limit Scrutiny of Troubled Foreign Drug Factories, Inspectors Say ProPublica (Robin K)
Inside the Collapse of the F.D.A. New York Times (Kevin W). Radithor futures.
How We Made Trump Back Down Offensive with Kris Goldsmith (Tom H)
* * * The “Big Beautiful Bill” & Law-School Student Loan Debt Credit Slips
Tariffs
Trump says August 1 tariff deadline is firm, hours after saying it wasn’t Axios
Trump delays tariffs as the rest of the world plays hardball BBC
I love how Trump ends his threatening letter to South Korea with an Orwellian “you will never be disappointed with the United States of America”, when this very letter is the US unilaterally breaking the 2007 KORUS free trade agreement that they have with South Korea.
Which… https://t.co/kyzcMHqWn3
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) July 8, 2025
Supremes
Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce Associated Press (Kevin W)
Mamdani
What I Learned Working for Zohran Mamdani Harper O’Connor, YouTube. Timotheus: “I canvassed for Mamdani and found this young guy’s take on the campaign pretty much spot on, including his comments on cold-calling voters. As a grandpa among the 20-something’s, it was an encouraging and inspiring experience.”
Why I stopped reading the NYT Angry Bear
AI
Imposter used AI to pose as Marco Rubio and contact foreign ministers BBC. Perhaps this will lead to laws against faking voices?
Massive study detects AI fingerprints in millions of scientific papers PhysOrg
Microsoft, OpenAI, and a US Teachers’ Union Are Hatching a Plan to ‘Bring AI Into the Classroom’ Wired (Kevin W). So union leaders are throwing their members into a wood chipper. What sexual favors were exchanged for this to happen?
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot is suddenly posting antisemitic tropes CNN (Kevin W)
Georgia Court Throws Out Earlier Ruling That Relied on Fake Cases Made Up By AI The Register
Class Warfare
This July 4, Where is America’s Land of Opportunity? Washington Monthly (resilc)
Where is the Resistance? Jonah Faulkner (guurst)
Antidote du jour (via):
And a bonus:
dog’s cry for help pic.twitter.com/bFQluV46d4
— Enezator (@Enezator) July 7, 2025
A second bonus:
Pupper made friends with dolphins..🐕🐾🐬😍 pic.twitter.com/sZIxorgOdV
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) July 8, 2025
And a third:
Thanks for your help, cats 🤲 pic.twitter.com/7joJC9PJ7p
— cats with threatening auras (@catshealdeprsn) July 8, 2025
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
