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A new element in #gymnastics is named after its performer, 18-year-old #Armenia|n gymnast Hamlet Manukyan. The element is named “Manukyan”. pic.twitter.com/DBQoLe16PP

— Karina Karapetyan (@KarinaKarapety8) September 13, 2025

Your Phone Already Knows Your Age, It Just Isn’t Telling You Technobezz

A New Hope for Life? Webb Telescope Reveals First Clues From Potentially Habitable World SciTech Daily

Project Xanadu – The Internet That Might Have Been Astral Codex Ten

Alcohol Escapes a Government Crackdown—for Now Reason

COVID-19/Pandemics

Bonkers CDC vaccine meeting ends with vote to keep COVID shot access Ars Technica

Internet use during pandemic illuminates urban–rural digital divide Phys Org

Climate/Environment

Report: Two-Thirds of Heat Deaths in Europe This Year Were the Result of Climate Change Mother Jones

Climate Activists Disrupt Fossil Fuel Executive at Harvard University Symposium Inside Climate News

Diet changes in food futures improve Swedish environmental and health outcomes Nature

South of the Border

Argentina’s “anarcho capitalist” goverment is now selling one billion USD every two days to keep the peso artificially appreciated until the midterm elections. Reddit

US touts collaborative plan to tackle Mexico’s drug cartels – but initiative is met with denial and mistrust south of the border The Conversation

Venezuela urges UN investigation of US for ‘crimes against humanity’ Andolu Agency

U.S. Military Buildup in Caribbean Signals Broader Campaign Against Venezuela NY Times

China?

Lots of the anti-China trolls tell me I don’t show cities other than “First tier cities.”

This is Shijiazhuang. It’s a city of 11 million people, larger than New York city, and most westerners have never heard of it. It’s a second tier city and the capital of Hebei province. It… pic.twitter.com/g4ianX5Gzv

— Jason Smith – 上官杰文 (@ShangguanJiewen) September 20, 2025

Green Giant: China’s massive scaling of clean energy pays off for the whole planet.

China limits the use of AI by clergy in efforts to regulate its ‘Temple Economy’ Cryptopolitan

China promotes direct-to-device satellite services with new guidelines and licensing Space News

Lawyers vs. engineers: Dan Wang sees U.S.-China dynamics in a new paradigm NPR

India

The Limits of Rapprochement Between India and China War on the Rocks

India-US airports in turmoil? Flight fares surge after Trump’s surprising H-1B visa move; ‘Extremely bad situation’ Hindustan Times

India’s influence in the Middle East: balancing energy, workers, and Saudi-Pakistan defense pact The Jerusalem Post

Africa

Africa’s future runs on water. So treat it as essential infrastructure Al Jazeera

Stability paves way for Somalia to become Horn of Africa’s new tourism gem Andolu Agency

How Many Countries Fit in Africa? Visualizing the Continent’s True Size Visual Capitalist

European Disunion

Airports across Europe face disruptions due to cyberattack DW

Trump faces challenge in convincing Europe to hit China over Russia The Hill

Europe’s Toxic Air: When the Clean Continent Isn’t So Clean EU Today

Old Blighty

Rachel Reeves warned her tax hikes risk sending UK economy into a ‘doom loop’ Daily Mail

‘It’s Fascism All Over Again’: The UK Is Following the US Down a Dark Path Zeteo

Israel v. Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Iran

Any person or entity that describes Israeli atrocities — Gazan journalists, human rights groups, western doctors and nurses — are instantly maligned as anti-Semitic liars.

Here are two very courageous Australian physicians in Gaza, describing the reality of the IDF. Listen: https://t.co/OOUfqwipzW

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 20, 2025

Israel’s Gaza City demolitions fan fears of permanent removal of Palestinians Reuters

Democrats rapidly shift on Israel amid Gaza assault, evidence of famine Washington Post

Over 50 Gazans Reportedly Killed by IDF, Including Family of Al-Shifa Hospital Director Haaretz

Israel’s attack on Yemeni newspaper complex kills 31 media workers The Guardian

New Not-So-Cold War

Zelensky plans to meet with Trump on sidelines of UN assembly as Russian strikes persist The Hill

Moscow launches large-scale attack on Ukraine as Kyiv continues attacks on Russian oil refineries Euro News

UK to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine war effort as world condemns Putin over Estonia incursion The Independent

Big Brother Is Watching You Watch

Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man The Guardian

Kmart broke privacy laws by scanning customers’ faces. What did it do wrong, and why? The New Daily

Imperial Collapse Watch

Woman struck in mass shooting at Minneapolis homeless encampment dies of her injuries CBS News

Santa Fe County sees 104% spike in overdose deaths as fentanyl potency increases Santa Fe Reporter

A record number of students lack basic reading skills. Can this approach help? WGBH.org

Trump 2.0

Trump basks in pageantry and praise – then leaves allies twisting in the wind Daily Mail

U.S. conducts fourth strike against vessel transferring drugs, Trump says Axios

A vengeful Trump props up the unproductive as his economy falls apart The Hill

‘Tidal wave of problems’: With harvest here, Trump’s trade war pushes some US farmers to the brink CNN

Charlie Kirk

Max Blumenthal: Charlie Kirk’s Story FALLS APART Dialogue Works, YouTube. If you are pressed for time, please at least listen to the section starting at 7:55.

Musk Matters

Elon Musk’s Neuralink plans a brain speech trial in October Engadget

Who is going to buy Elon Musk’s cars? Daily Press

Did Elon Musk Just Say “Checkmate” to Nvidia? The Motley Fool

SpaceX Files for 15,000 New Starlink Satellites to Boost Cell Connectivity WebPro News

Democrat Death Watch

NY Democrats hesitate to back Mamdani over Israel stance, Biden snub Jerusalem Post

From Biden to Buttigieg: All the Democrats Kamala Harris slams in her new memoir Politico

Immigration

Immigrant rights activists braced for crackdown as Trump threatens to target ‘leftwing’ groups The Guardian

Tear gas used on protesters at Chicago-area ICE site as immigration crackdown escalates NBC News

Our No Longer Free Press

In battles over free speech, comedians are often center stage AP

Trump’s New Restrictions on Pentagon Reporters ‘Should Alarm Every American’ Common Dreams

Mr. Market Is Moody

President Trump Owes His Base Strong Words About the Weak Dollar RealClear Markets

The Fed cut its interest rate, but long-term rates — including those on mortgages — went higher CNBC

Real estate stocks decline despite interest rate cut Seeking Alpha

Microsoft AI CEO, Mustafa Suleyman:

By the end of 2025, models will move from one-shot answers to continuous planning

With persistent memory and long-horizon planning, models will become deeply human-like

no new algorithm, mostly compute and scale pic.twitter.com/yPrvYvgtUh

— Haider. (@slow_developer) September 20, 2025

The Problem Isn’t AI Therapy. It’s That Most Therapy Is Trash. Pirate Wires

‘We should kill him’: AI chatbot encourages Australian man to murder his father ABC Australia

Why AI Safety Officials Keep Quitting Their Jobs Technobezz

It’s not just Sam Altman warning about an AI bubble. Now Mark Zuckerberg says a ‘collapse’ is ‘definitely a possibility’ Fortune

World’s first AI-designed viruses a step towards AI-generated life Nature

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The Bezzle

Congress Presses for Answers on Financial Fraud Mitigation ACA International

Social Media Tax Scam Epidemic Newswise

Guillotine Watch

Sky Pool is a swimming pool in Houston, Texas. Constructed on top of the Market Square Tower apartment complex, it’s 150 meter high with a glass floor

[📹 marketsquaretower]pic.twitter.com/W42XCh9NpR

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 18, 2024

Even if you don’t have a fear of heights, you probably won’t be able to try out the 82-foot-long, see-through swimming pool in London that sits more than 10 stories above the ground. Pool access is limited to select residents at a luxury apartment complex. https://t.co/9p4Q0JCba9 pic.twitter.com/BBCRnvehYW

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 2, 2021

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