Kudos to @financialtimes.com for uncritically publishing this technofascist wet dream.

My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Over the past few years, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee has become one of the biggest spenders in U.S. elections, while rarely mentioning Israel. It has placed a large financial bet on today’s Michigan Senate primary.

Inside the Spending of AIPAC, One of the U.S.'s Largest Super PACs

The lobbying group has more than doubled its spending on political campaigns, while rarely mentioning Israel. It has placed a large financial bet on today’s Michigan Senate primary.

nyti.ms

Pour les macronistes, les pompiers sont des héros, les soignants sont des héros, les enseignants sont des héros... mais ils sont tous mis au pain sec et à l'eau depuis 9 ans pour payer les cadeaux fiscaux aux plus riches

Pourquoi les pompiers en ont assez d’être qualifiés de héros, notamment par les politiques

Un communiqué de l’intersyndicale des sapeurs-pompiers demande que le qualificatif élogieux ne soit plus employé, estimant qu’il sert à cacher « le délitement de la Sécurité civile ».

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Ce n'est pas une erreur, l'armée russe tente de détruire la totalité des monuments constituant le capital culturel du pays. Histoire de l'acculturer et pouvoir raconter n'importe quoi sur son histoire.

Stephane Siohan@stefsiohan.bsky.social · yesterday

L'armee russe a detruit avec des drones la plus ancienne eglise du sud de l'Ukraine, a Beryslav (region de Kherson), construite en 1784.

Meanwhile, it has spent nearly $113–120 billion fighting a war with Iran on Israel’s behalf.

Hours after meeting Zelenskyy and then Netanyahu, Trump betrayed Ukraine again, ordering $400 million in congressionally approved military aid to be delayed until 2029. Since Trump took office, the US has provided little to no actual aid to Ukraine.

The grandfathers of AI #bookburning #bookshredding

Joyce Carol Oates goes to battle for 'Odyssey,' takes aim at translator Emily Wilson's viral review

Joyce Carol Oates goes to battle for 'Odyssey,' takes aim at translator Emily Wilson’s viral review

Joyce Carol Oates called out translator Emily Wilson’s viral review of Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ comparing her critique to 'the crude language of MAGA folks.'

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“The frightening aspect of Europe’s summer … is that it could appear tame in retrospect. The planet is on course to breach the central goal of the Paris Agreement of 2015: to stop the planet from heating more than two degrees Celsius…”. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/w...

Summer of Heat, Fires and Storms Is a Reckoning for Europe on Climate

The continent is experiencing some of its biggest fires and highest temperatures ever. Residents are fleeing, leaders are struggling to respond and “it will get worse,” one climate expert said.

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⭕ #Cisjordanie : En 48 HEURES, les villages #Palestiniens ont subi plus de 178 RAIDS ET ATTAQUES DE COLONS #ISRAÉLIENS, plongeant la population dans un climat d'insécurité permanente. #Focus

"Yet what we are seeing today sets an extraordinary precedent, one that has the potential of undermining the entire premise of genocide as a crime punishable under post-World War II international law." Chilling from Omer Bartov on genocide with impunity in #Gaza. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/o...

Opinion | The Grim Lessons of Israel’s War in Gaza

Israel has not been held accountable for its actions in Gaza. The nation and the individuals and countries enabling it to escape punishment may only benefit.

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This is funny as hell. The grifters got grifted. 🤣🔄 Businessman who sold land for Kushner resort in Albania suspected of faking the deeds - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Businessman who sold land for Kushner resort in Albania suspected of faking the deeds

Residents of the village ​of Zvernec near the project have been contesting Artur Shehu's claim on the land in court cases that date back more than a decade.

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ICE is reportedly pressuring the three witnesses to Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's murder—his brother and workers—to self-deport. In other words, get the only people who could contradict ICE's version of events out of the country.

Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport

There were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A representative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport...

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The Army Took Down Its Page Commemorating a Civil Rights Icon – Mother Jones A piece honoring Black veteran Sarah Keys Evans has been axed to “align with current guidance.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Army took down its page commemorating a civil rights icon

A piece honoring Black veteran Sarah Keys Evans has been axed to "align with current guidance."

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Brewing El Niño and roasting oceans push planet into 'uncharted territory' for heat

Brewing El Niño and roasting oceans push planet into 'uncharted territory' for heat

Scientists are raising alarms over the planet's warming oceans, which — coupled with a strong El Niño — could increase temperatures for land dwellers.

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Tierra Walker knew that abortion was illegal in Texas, but she thought that hospitals could make an exception for patients like her, whose health was clearly on the line. At 20 weeks pregnant, she died of preeclampsia. (Published January)

Women With High-Risk Pregnancies Have Limited Options Under Abortion Bans

Our reporting has found that abortion bans generally don’t include exceptions that cover health concerns pregnant women with chronic conditions can face — or if they do, doctors aren’t using them.

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🚨BREAKING: Federal court REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit to gain access to Pennsylvania voter records. Another victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. Another defeat for DOJ. DOJ is now 0-10. 👀 ELG remains undefeated! 🗳️⚖️💪 www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...

🚨 United States of America v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Learn more.

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Sen. Chris Murphy: "Right now the biggest threat to this country are not a handful of House candidates in New York, it is the president of the United States who is trying to destroy American democracy."

Yes. Transcripts of their discussions with Kirill Dmitriev and others and which occurred on insecure WhatsApp lines have been circulating among NATO intel services (excluding US) for months now.

L’usage des pesticides repart à la hausse en France, en particulier les substances de la famille des PFAS

L’usage des pesticides repart à la hausse en France, en particulier les substances de la famille des PFAS

Devant l’absence de mise à jour récente de l’indicateur historique par l’Etat, l’association Générations futures publie, jeudi, son propre calcul, à partir des données de ventes de produits et en se fondant sur la méthodologie officielle.

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Even sweltering, not sure I’d jump into the Canal Saint Martin. Saw police pull a body out once. Have seen the piles of bicycles, supermarket carts and other stuff they pull out when they clean it from time to time. A cold shower at home?

The New York Times@nytimes.com · last mo.

Crowds are filling the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, as temperatures soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Forty people drowned while swimming in other waterways.

Crowds are filling the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, as temperatures soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Forty people drowned while swimming in other waterways.

To Escape the Heat, Parisians Jump into an Old Industrial Canal

Crowds are filling the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, as temperatures soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Forty people drowned while swimming in other waterways.

nyti.ms

Mardi a été "la plus chaude jamais enregistrée en France" depuis le début des mesures en 1947 et de nombreux records absolus de température ont été battus dans l'Ouest du pays, selon Météo-France ⤵️

* LEBANESE PRESIDENT AOUN SAYS WILL ACCEPT NOTHING LESS THAN END OF 'ISRAELI OCCUPATION' OF SOUTHERN LEBANON @reuters.com

And it just so happens that DOJ dropped the charges against Adani a few months later.

Some of the SpaceX investors in the records are easy to identify: the Indian politician Abhishek Singhvi; Betsy DeVos, the former U.S. secretary of education. But others on the list are shell companies whose ultimate owners remain hidden.

Before SpaceX IPO, Investors in China Secretly Acquired Stakes

One previously unreported SpaceX investor has ties to Chinese military contractors. The information was revealed only after ProPublica went to court to obtain it.

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While you're cooking in the heat this week, do bear this in mind.

The Trump DOJ is now arguing in federal court that Elon Musk’s AI company should be allowed to run dozens of unpermitted gas turbines polluting a Black community in Mississippi. They also argued the federal government should have the power to shut down citizen lawsuits like this one entirely.

Trump is attempting to undo the republic to retain personal power. No one in DOJ or FBI should be assisting him in this essentially criminal and anti-American undertaking. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Experts alarmed as Trump launches broad-front attack on US voting rights

With election denialists installed in key positions, officials using series of measures to change voting rules

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