Breathtaking cycling featspic.twitter.com/3YL1zyvvXG
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 5, 2025
Neoliberalism Comes for the Warfare State Compact
Against Re-Enchantment Plough
A Single, ‘Naked’ Black Hole Rewrites the History of the Universe Quanta Magazine
Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence The Conversation
COVID-19/Pandemics
New global collaboration uses UC Davis experts and AI to spot the next pandemic UC Davis Health
School closures during COVID created massive long-term costs with limited health benefits News-Medical.net
Climate/Environment
Weakening Gulf Stream System Could Unleash Global Chaos SciTech Daily
Can Bipartisan Support in Congress Save NOAA From White House Cuts? Inside Climate News
China?
Chinese researchers on Tuesday unveiled their self-developed world’s first “bone glue” material capable of securely bonding fractured bone fragments within 2-3 minutes in a blood-rich environment.
Inspired by oysters, this new biomaterial, with a maximum adhesion strength of over… pic.twitter.com/7ozvRrQBP0— China Science (@ChinaScience) September 10, 2025
US condemns Beijing’s South China Sea ‘nature reserve’ plan Al Jazeera
China massively overbuilt high-speed rail, says leading economic geographer Pekingnology
Chart Shows China Winning Global Clean Energy Race Newsweek
Is China’s stock rally a bubble or just the start of more gains? Investing.com
India
India’s opportune moment to break out of its global value chain conundrum East Asia Forum
Nepal
Nepal appoints first woman prime minister on interim basis as calm restored following Gen-Z protests Euro news
Sushila Karki: How Gen Z protestors chose Nepal’s first woman prime minister on Discord The Independent
South of the Border
Mexico acting ‘under coercion to constrain’ China with 50% tariff on cars, says Beijing The Guardian
Mexico touts progress in fight against cartels along northern border Border Report
For the first time in its history, Brazil sentences military officers and a former president for attempting a coup d’état Global Voices
The end of Milei’s single-issue government Buenos Aires Times
Africa
Prospects for democratic resilience in Africa during uncertain times Brookings
African leaders unveil $150 billion green plan to make the continent a climate powerhouse Business Insider
European Disunion
The U.S.-Europe Divide on How to Hurt Moscow Foreign Policy
Europe Faces Four Self-Inflicted Crises RealClear Politics
European genuflection to America Press TV
Europe’s future depends on dismantling the EU — part two Thomas Fazi substack
Old Blighty
Why a decline in the UK’s university sector is a threat to GDP Euro News
London protests live: Over 100,000 gather for Tommy Robinson ‘Unite the kingdom’ march The Independent
Israel v. Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Iran
Peak hypocrisy is showing concern for Israeli hostages, yet ignoring the fact that Israel is running the world’s largest hostage-taking operation. This is in the West Bank, not Gaza.
Netanyahu kills his own and kidnaps ours. pic.twitter.com/5aPyp74kLZ
— Dr. Omar Suleiman (@omarsuleiman) September 12, 2025
350,000 civilians forcibly displaced in latest Israeli assault on Gaza City Andolu Agency
Israeli soldiers, and their mothers, increasingly reject calls to return to Gaza AP
Houthis Announce Death Toll from Israeli Strikes in Yemen: 46 Killed, 165 Wounded Yemen Online
Doha attack tests Qatar’s DC machine Politico
Mamdani, if Elected Mayor, Pledges to Order N.Y.P.D. to Arrest Netanyahu NY Times
New Not-So-Cold War
Ukraine: Trump tells NATO allies to stop buying Russian oil DW
Hopes for Ukraine peace falter as Russian drones and joint drills fuel unease RFI
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
LA County Moves to Protect SNAP Recipients’ Privacy from USDA Demand My RCNS
Imperial Collapse Watch
Los Angeles residents’ fury over massive homeless encampment stealing their electricity Daily Mail
Trump 2.0
Trump’s criticizing Dem governors with 2028 in mind Axios
Trump Can Have Booming Growth or Deportations, Not Both RealClear Markets
The Standard for ‘Vicious’ Speech Trump Laid Out After Kirk’s Murder Would Implicate Trump Himself Reason
Trump eyes federal takeover of blue city with highest violent crime rate in US: ‘Deeply troubled’ Fox News
Musk Matters
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick says Elon Musk got DOGE ‘backward’ Business Insider
Tesla shifts focus to robotics amid investor scrutiny Cryptopolitan
Tesla Chair Defends Musk’s SpaceX, xAI Ventures Amid Sales Slump Fears WebPro News
Democrat Death Watch
Some hard truths for Democrats amidst the despair Colorado Politics
Battenfeld: Democrats want hearts of voters, but party has lost its heart Boston Herald
Immigration
Families in crisis after massive immigration raid at Hyundai plant in Georgia AP
Immigration Agents Held a U.S. Citizen—and Veteran—for 3 Days Without Checking His ID Reason
Our No Longer Free Press
Republicans pledge censorship crackdown to avenge Charlie Kirk’s death The Verge
USA: IFJ joins call against visas restrictions for foreign journalists International Federation of Journalists
Mr. Market Is Moody
Analysis-US dollar bears think record slide may resume after recent pause Reuters
Fed unwind and US Treasury buildup drive up short-term borrowing costs Cryptopolitan
AI
“GPT-5 moves from human-comparable to above human-expert performance”
GPT-5 outperforms licensed human experts by 25-30% and achieves SOTA results on the US medical licensing exam and the MedQA benchmark.
I sound like a broken record, but AI models are better than most doctors. pic.twitter.com/ftId4TjWQd
— Deedy (@deedydas) August 27, 2025
World’s first AI minister will eliminate corruption, says Albania’s PM BBC
Could humans and AI become a new evolutionary individual? PNAS
AI is opening a MAGA-Trump split Politico
How AI is disrupting the photography business Axios
Lila Sciences Secures $235M Funding, Hits Unicorn Status in AI Biotech WebPro News
The Bezzle
4 arrested in Miami-Dade for allegedly staging car accidents to collect insurance payouts CBS News
Victims in S’pore lost a total of $126.5m to this scam type in 6 months The Straights Times
Guillotine Watch
Cartier ”Eternity” Emerald and Diamond Snake necklace.
This gorgeous piece needed 6000 hours to be crafted and was made from 26 emeralds, two emeralds of 206 and 205 karats (the largest ones in the world) and 3957 diamonds, it’s value goes up to an approximate of $12 million. pic.twitter.com/uTjayNbph4— K (@imthespecialk) January 16, 2024
SANA sporting a $46 million necklace at a Graff event, holding the record for the most expensive celebrity jewelry on a red carpet. pic.twitter.com/XhiardYgsI
— Twice Fashion Data (@twoisefansi) June 5, 2025
This is the most valuable necklace in the world.
The full name of the necklace is Mouawad “L’Incomparable” and contains the largest flawless diamond in the world (407.48 carats), also know as the Incomparable. It also contains a further 102 diamonds cut into various shapes.
It… pic.twitter.com/zJH9Yw7XNH
— Guinness World Records (@GWR) January 9, 2024
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