American horses are obese, too STAT
Newfound ‘whale necropolis’ reveals 5.3 million years of seafloor life Phys.org
Biological Evolution and Information Acquisition Construction Physics
When Bigfoot Finds You Points North
Climate/Environment
It’s Official: NOAA Declares El Niño Is Here, With 63 Percent Chances Of It Being A Big One IFL Science
Updated 2026 Hurricane Outlook Trends Down as El Niño is Officially Declared Eye on the Tropics
“Crossover” storm may bring the first Atlantic system of the season! A little #science for u.The National Hurricane Center has highlighted the SW Gulf for a chance of development. If it happens, it will be in a “somewhat” unique way. The remnant spin of Pacific Storm #Cristina… pic.twitter.com/IV6V4RsYTb
— Jeff Berardelli (@WeatherProf) June 10, 2026
Scientists Found Bacteria Thriving Inside Fog and Eating Air Pollution ZME Science
Ebola
Ebola outbreak map: Cases hit 600 in Africa, drawing US attention USA Today
State Department memo says US Ebola response beats China’s Semafor
Pandemics
Long-Term Outcomes of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children up to 4.5 Years After COVID-19
🚨IMPORTANT new study just dropped: MIS-C in kids is NOT a temporary illness!!
🚨It raises cardiovascular disease risk 14×, hypertension 9×, and gut/lung/brain problems for up to… pic.twitter.com/6lrtiTsO17
— Harry Spoelstra (@HarrySpoelstra) June 11, 2026
Water
Climate change disrupts freshwater faster than nature can adapt Climate & Capitalism
Half the world’s reservoirs could be clogged up with dirt by 2060 New Scientist
LAST YEAR, A CORPUS CHRISTI CRYPTOMINE GUZZLED OVER 11 MILLION GALLONS. NOW, ITS WATER USAGE IS BEING KEPT SECRET. Texas Observer
Japan
LDP adopts plan to ‘transform’ defenses, invest in drones, AI Asahi Shimbun
US tungsten scrap exports to Japan soar on Chinese curbs Nikkei Asia
Japan, Malaysia agree to boost energy, maritime security cooperation Kyodo News
China?
Asia Pacific Reshaped: China and Australia after Hormuz Warwick Powell
A key idea in Chinese statecraft since ancient times is that the state has a responsibility to stabilize inherently unstable markets for essential commodities (see How China Escaped Shock Therapy). Public stockholdings like the ever normal granary participated in the market… pic.twitter.com/NJZWE5UpBa
— Isabella M Weber (@IsabellaMWeber) June 11, 2026
India
US ‘specifically’ asked India to buy Russian oil in 2022, says EAM Jaishankar Economic Times
Opendoor’s India exit is fueling a bigger conversation about AI and outsourcing TechCrunch
Syraqistan
Israeli government mulling huge funding to expand West Bank settlement: NGO Al Jazeera
Gaza is not an aberration – Israel planned this genocide decades ago Middle East Eye
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Israeli firm BlackCore meddled in New York, Scotland, Angola, Togo elections, says France TRT World
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Trump Backs Down Again After Blustery Raid of Little Consequence Simplicius
Trump has applied the Israeli model of the “ceasefire” in Gaza and Lebanon to Iran GeoPolitiQ
What’s in the Iran deal Trump says he’s ready to sign Axios. Ravid at it again.
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11 killed in Israeli airstrikes on eastern, southern Lebanon Anadolu Agency
Saudi Arabia lifts 5-year ban on Lebanon imports: What to know Al-Monitor
European Disunion
EXCLUSIVE: Kallas’ Israel ‘apartheid’ remarks deepen EU foreign policy crisis Euractiv
The EU’s budgetary coup Thomas Fazi
“America is great,” says Albanian opposition leader after US lifts sanctions Intellinews
Albania’s Protests Against Jared And Ivanka’s Resort Plans Are Getting Bigger Forbes
Old Blighty
UK defence chief steps down, accuses Starmer of making Britain ‘less safe’ France24
Britain’s Garden Habits Are Making Their Homes Harder to Insure Bloomberg
New Not-So-Cold War
Higher losses for defenders Events in Ukraine
Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time New Scientist
Ukraine hits fuel supplies to Crimea, sparking a fuel crisis on the Russian-held peninsula AP
Ukraine is transplanting its industrial heart to the west The Economist
Imperial Collapse Watch
Why Anti-Liberalism Fails Landmarks: A Journal of International Dialogue
Trump 2.0
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO DOGE? THE “OMBIFICATION” OF THE TRUMP-MUSK PAYMENTS CRISIS Notes on the Crises
Congress Fails to Reauthorize America’s Most Powerful Surveillance Law, Which Expires at Midnight Friday Gizmodo. Dems block with help of some GOPers not because of spying on Americans but because of opposition to the nomination of Bill Pulte for Director of National Intelligence.
Trump nominates ex-SEC Chair Jay Clayton as intelligence chief The Hill
Trump Moves to Deeply Censor the Entire Internet Futurism
Our Famously Free Press
EXCLUSIVE: Will the U.S. Deport Trita Parsi? The Free Press
Economy
Trump’s Iran War Slowing Global Economic Growth to Lowest Level Since Pandemic: World Bank Common Dreams
America’s emergency oil reserve is about to hit lowest level since Reagan era The Independent
These are my calculations of crude oil prices based on published flow and elasticity data. They are consistent with where oil prices are today, and forecast a large increase when temporary buffers go.I am drafting a full article to explain the rationale.Flow calculation table… pic.twitter.com/FvWOhyi46Y
— Nick W (@Hattusilis_III) June 11, 2026
Mr. Market
Hedge Funds Are Hiring Climate Scientists to Profit Off Extreme Weather Risks Gizmodo
AI
What Would It Look Like If the AI Bubble Popped? Matt Stoller
How much does it cost to be AI-pilled? Ramp Economics Lab
OpenAI Considers Drastic Price Cuts, Anticipating War for Users With Anthropic WSJ
Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized The Atlantic
Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Lighthouse Keeper ‘Elias Thorne’. We Might Know Why 404 Media
Screening Room
Nothing new here: Another sequel, another lighthouse Not-Ship
Antitrust
Paramount-Warner Deal Leaves Working People On the Cutting Room Floor The Economic Populist
Agriculture
H5N1 Bird Flu Confirmed in Poultry Across 12 States — Dallas’s Egg and Poultry Supply Chain Faces Disruption and Food Price Pressure as Summer Heats Up Medical Daily
Vacant congressional seat complicates response to screwworm cases KVUE
Screwworm Can Infect People, Pets And Livestock—What To Watch For Forbes
Healthcare?
Nearly Half of Working-Age Adults Struggled to Afford Healthcare in 2025 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Can’t Pay Medical Bills? Trump Officials Suggest Getting a Loan New York Times
Class Warfare
The Entire Human Species Has Been Turned Into A Profit-Generating Machine Caitlin Johnstone
NYC Amazon Driver Fired Over Pro-Union Social Media Posts The City Reporter
Whither Writing Workers? Ramble
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