Tiny Pieces of Alien Technology Might Be Buried in Moon Dust and Scientists Think They Know How to Look ZME Science
Climate/Environment
The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record The Climate Brink
Dimming Down – How Albedo decline is accelerating warming and driving up climate sensitivity estimates Climate Uncovered
Still talking “heat dome” as we head into the last half of September Balanced Weather
🧊🔥 6 meters !🔥🧊
This is what the largest glacier in the Alps has lost at Konkordiaplatz at 2900 m asl during the insane 2026 summer !
‘No words’ as @matthias_huss (pictured here) said! 😲😱
📷 A. Linsbauer pic.twitter.com/SSffrBUj38
— Melaine Le Roy (@subfossilguy) September 15, 2026
The Vatican has officially declared environmental destruction a ”sin against creation and the Creator” in a major new doctrinal text.
The 29,000-word document, titled Caring for Our Common Home, elevates ecological concern from a merely political or scientific issue into a… pic.twitter.com/jKpVAm3MHJ
— Smart Science (@SmartScience) September 14, 2026
China?
US-China Discuss Cutting Some Tariffs as Leaders Prepare to Meet Bloomberg
Syraqistan
Trump’s planned sale of controversial bombs to Israel is largest in years WaPo. “…which would be purchased with U.S. taxpayer dollars…”
The looming implications of a messianic Israeli army Middle East Reflections
New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks CBS News
Houthi attacks intensify as Turkey-Saudi-Pakistan defense pact remains inactive Turkish Minute
Scoop: U.S., Israeli and Arab military chiefs held secret meeting on Iran Axios
Iranian Wheelchair Basketball Team Withdraws from World Championship in Canada TeleSur. Following Canada’s delay in granting visas to four members of its coaching staff.
Force Majeure
Saudi Aramco Cancels European Crude Cargoes as Key Pipeline Stays Shut Oil Price
Libya halts operations at 3 oil sites after pipeline shutdown Daily Sabah
AWS says it can’t restore service to Bahrain, UAE facilities 6 months after Iran strikes CNBC
Old Blighty
Bank of England expected to leave interest rates on hold on Thursday despite inflation hitting 3.1% The Guardian
People could face an ‘impossible winter’ with energy bills forecast to rise by 25% in January Big Issue
European Disunion
Dutch roads and rail lines blocked as farmers start fires in budget protest Reuters
Merz dismisses talk of coalition break-up as ratings sink again DPA International
US threatens EU with retaliation over European preference in EU budget Euronews
New Not-So-Cold War
Two Democrats cross aisle to help tee up final vote on Russia sanctions bill The Hill
Rabbis and nazis Events in Ukraine
Ukraine’s prosecutor general charges the anti-corruption chief, then leaves the country Intellinews
Nato jets down drone that entered Lithuanian airspace BBC
The Lithuanian Drone Incident Was Likely A Ukrainian False Flag Andrew Korybko
South of the Border
How Israel is expanding its cybersecurity footprint in Latin America Middle East Eye
Are Brazil’s critical minerals next in line for Trump’s quest to commandeer resources? Peterson Institute for International Economics
Trump 2.0
2.3M young adults could lose Medicaid due to Big Beautiful Bill: study Healthcare Dive
Thomas Massie Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against Hegseth American Conservative
U.S. Senate Dems disclose Trump administration operation dug through state voter rolls States Newsroom
GOP Funhouse
GOP senator presses Patel on FBI policy change: ‘Why would you get into bestiality?’ The Hill
Got Oxy? How Michigan’s Mike Rogers Helped Fuel the Opioid Crisis Drop Site
Democrats Suck
SCOOP: AOC Blindsided by Palantir Sponsorship of Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Gala Migrant insider
Gavin Newsom says he will not run for president in 2028 if Kamala Harris does The Guardian
Economy
Winter Heating Costs Projected to Jump 8.7 Percent, Deepening the Nation’s Energy Affordability Crisis National Energy Assistance Directors Association
Costco rations Kirkland motor oil, raises price to $57.99 Quartz
Iran war driving up inflation for Americans, CBO report says NBC News
Healthcare?
The Secret Plan to Hand Your Medicare Over to AI HEALTH CARE un-covered
AI
A Single Firm is Behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta Hacking Scandals Effort
Marx on AI Chris Dillow
Imperial Collapse Watch
Pentagon watchdog confirms munition shortages, says Iran ‘exposed’ resupply bottleneck The Cradle
Spaceballs Ken Klippenstein
Kishore Mahbubani: The West has engineered its own downfall IAI News
After America Muftah
BRICS
Beyond hugs and goodwill, leaders of Russia and Iran return home from Brics empty-handed Business Times
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
EXCLUSIVE: Police Chiefs To Hold Secret Briefing For Congress On Flock Style Cameras Deeper States
Nebraska law enforcement agencies using opioid settlement money on surveillance technology, tools Flatwater Free Press. Not much to surveil in such sparsely populated counties other than potential data centers?
Realignment and Legitimacy
How the US House could overturn the midterm election results States Newsroom
Police State Watch
Serbia shows off Chinese robot dogs at military exercise Intellinews
Our Famously Free Press
We’re Already Living Through Journalism’s Dystopian Future Truthout
MAHA
Kennedy to deliver keynote for anti-vaccine group he once led STAT
Montana’s experimental treatment law hands a VC the keys Business Insider
Class Warfare
The real AI economy is being built by ordinary people Down to Earth
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