Why curly hair evolved: an unexpected hero for the brains of early humans ZME Science
This company plans to transplant gene-edited pig hearts into babies next year MIT Technology Review
This butterfly-shaped solar power space station could provide electricity to future Moon settlements Interesting Engineering
Gambusia: This solution could actually be an invasive problem Down to Earth
Climate/Environment
Europe heatwave – live: Holidaymakers evacuated in Greece wildfires as extreme heat set to last until August The Independent
The heat wave scorching the US is a self-perpetuating monster Ars Technica
Following ‘Catastrophic Hurricane Season,’ Insurers Continue to Exit Florida The Deep Dive
Cap top 20% of energy users to reduce carbon emissions EurekAlert
Toxic Train Bombs
Homes evacuated after train carrying hazardous materials derails in Pennsylvania New York Post
#COVID-19
Another NYC doctor told me something similar. They were pushed to stop masking by their medical center so patients thought COVID was no longer issue. They thought it’d increase patients coming in. Yet another reason those of us who want to #KeepMasksInHealthcare need to BE LOUD! https://t.co/bNOJLv1xlJ
— Myra #KeepMasksInHealthCare (@myrabatchelder) July 15, 2023
“Public-health …ignores other considerations, including enjoyment.”
Non-smoking areas. Speed limits. Seatbelts. Safe gun storage. Those all technically take away individual-level enjoyment too.
Pitting enjoyment against public health is the wrong brand. And just makes me sad https://t.co/Vq5O9APUQl
— Katelyn Jetelina (@dr_kkjetelina) July 14, 2023
Russia tightens health protocols on flights from Egypt after reports of unidentified disease Ahram Online
Old Blighty
More UK Amazon fulfilment centre workers set to strike The Loadstar
A National Treasure, Tarnished: Can Britain Fix Its Health Service? New York Times According to plan
China?
Zhang Jun: low wages threaten China’s ecoomic transition, govt needs to subsidize familes. Pekingnology
China’s GDP Grew 6.3% in Second Quarter, Missing Market Expectations Caixin Global
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China to ‘fill the gap’ in Solomon Islands budget as PM blasts ‘unneighbourly’ Australia and US The Guardian
New Not-So-Cold War
Grain deal suspension is ‘final’, no more talks: Russia Al Mayadeen
As Russia exits grain deal, which countries will be affected? Al Jazeera
At 17:00 MSK, not a single vessel was recorded off the coast of Ukraine and in the water areas nearby.
Russia closed the grain deal.
Ukraine has effectively lost access to the Black Sea. pic.twitter.com/rt2pQBPAed
— Trollstoy (@Trollstoy88) July 17, 2023
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🇺🇦 Ukraine is empty. Many do not return, this is a disaster – Italians from Corriere della Sera describe the demographic collapse of Ukraine
📝 “There are no children, middle-class women with good education have left. And most importantly, more than half of them are not going to… pic.twitter.com/qpdCNkccVR
— Zlatti71 (@djuric_zlatko) July 17, 2023
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🚨Rumor:Ukrainian Office of the President received a draft from the Biden Administration on the future funding of Ukraine.
Military assistance will be reduced by 7 times, and financial assistance by 5 times, but the Americans assured Ukraine that the EU will continue to… pic.twitter.com/t8OaIpj8Ju
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) July 17, 2023
Europeans Are Becoming Poorer. ‘Yes, We’re All Worse Off.’ Wall Street Journal
Europe faces winter gas crisis if Russia halts supplies, IEA warns Financial Times
The irony of US-led multilateral institutions – WTO, World Bank, etc – is even dominance isn’t enough! It’s the “rules-based international order,” folks! They make the rules and we all just follow orders, thank you very much. It’s their world, and we’re just lucky to live in it. pic.twitter.com/6mwbXbZ4Fc
— Clare Daly (@ClareDalyMEP) July 17, 2023
Syraqistan
US sending F-35s and more F-16s to Middle East in a message to Iran: Pentagon Al Arabiya
Israel Moves toward “Dictatorship” and Polarization, as one Likud Activist lauds the Targeting of Ashkenazi Jews in the Holocaust Informed Comment
Biden Invites Netanyahu to U.S., Easing Tensions New York Times
Spook Country
According to Nature, ex-CIA spooks who have run dark money disinfo campaigns for the Democratic Party and now scour the internet for disfavored opinions to censor are “scientists.” https://t.co/6cUzdDk57S pic.twitter.com/Qay61NRal0
— Leighton 明 Woodhouse (@lwoodhouse) July 17, 2023
Biden Administration
Vertical Merger Scrutiny Needs an Upgrade After Microsoft-Activision The Sling
FTC Sues to Block IQVIA’s Acquisition of Propel Media to Prevent Increased Concentration in Health Care Programmatic Advertising Federal Trade Commission
The Supremes
How Harlan Crow Slashed his Tax Bill by Taking Clarence Thomas on Superyacht Cruises ProPublica
When John Roberts Tried To Take Power From The Courts The Lever
Democrats en déshabillé
How AOC Went From Influencer to Influenced Current Affairs
AI
Google Is Sending Users Straight to Nonconsensual Deepfake Porn. Futurism
AI’s “tech tsunami” is coming for call center workers Rest of World
Thousands of authors urge AI companies to stop using work without permission NPR
SEC is worried chatbots could fuel a market panic The Verge
Police State Watch
Life Under the Gun: An Analysis of Shootings by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Knock LA
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encryption, requires online companies to report drug activity The Record
House Intel chairman to hold classified briefings for Republicans on FISA Washingto
Imperial Collapse Watch
The Zombie Foreign Policy Consensus Shambles On Daniel Larison, Eunomia
Sensitive US military info exposed in accidental emails to Mali Military Times
Our Famously Free Press
Who Pays For Right-Wing Media? Important Context
Book Nook
Let the Kids Get Weird: The Adult Problem With Children’s Books Literary Hub
Class Warfare
IN HEAT AND SMOKE, WORKERS FIGHT NEGLIGENT BOSSES The Real News Network
Curing America’s loneliness epidemic would make us healthier, fitter and less likely to abuse drugs The Conversation
Key words: Alienation: Daniel Newman explains Marx’s concept of alienation and the experience of labour under capitalism Red Pepper
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