The stupidity simply doesn’t end

Time to worry?

If they can do it, so can everybody else

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Heat kills Germany registered more than 5,000 “excess deaths” during a record heatwave in late June, according to a Bloomberg report It continues: “In the last full week of June, 5,486 more deaths were recorded” according to data from the office www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Heat kills 2700 dead in France, more in Europe www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-f...

Another murderer An ICE officer shot and killed a Mexican national while he attempted to evade arrest in Houston on Tuesday, the agency said. In a statement to CNN, an ICE spokesperson said agents tried to conduct a traffic stop and arrest the man, who was living in the US without legal permission

Following an exchange of strikes overnight, Trump said the memorandum of understanding with Iran “is over.” Iran launched attacks on US military targets across Bahrain and Kuwait in response to a wave of strikes the US had initiated as “punishment” for attacks on ships near the Strait of Hormuz

The UAE’s oil and gas shipments are just starting to flow again — a reality that could remain tenuous as fighting renews in the Strait of Hormuz Abu Dhabi’s crude production is now unleashed. Since quitting the OPEC oil cartel in April, the UAE’s output of oil topped 3.8 million barrels per day,

Germany may have infamously abandoned nuclear fission, sending electricity prices soaring and making the country more reliant on coal and Russian gas imports. But Berlin wants fusion.

Weather and more Sandusky, Ohio, just saw 17 in of rain in one day, smashing the previous state record of just under 11 in and blowing past the 1-in-1,000-year threshold of less than 9 in An extremely rare tornado touched down in Alaska’s Susitna Valley, one of just 11 recorded since 1950.

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Perhaps the victory lap for getting rid of RCP8.5 was a bit premature. My latest on The Climate Brink. www.theclimatebrink.com/p/deadly-hea...

At least 25 people died as a “heat dome” smothered the eastern half of the US, reported the Guardian, with more than 20 states under “stifling temperatures more than 100F (38C)”.

In this case, the lack of news is the news Mitch McConnell “has been hospitalized for three weeks, and aides won’t say why.” His team refuses to provide new information about his treatment, his condition, or whether he will ever be able to return to work after he was hospitalized on June 14.”

Bombs Iran - pays Iran $300B Sells memecoin for $75 - now worth $2 Endorses candidate - candidate loses "Fixes" reflecting pool - algae blooms, paint peels Goes to Knicks game - Knicks lose Hijacks 250th birthday - no one attends Meddles in World Cup - US loses It's like there's a pattern #ETTD

the USA are the last of the World Cup co-hosts to be eliminated after failing to qualify for the quarter-finals. The 4-1 defeat at the hands of Belgium is the team's worst loss since 1990.

The offshore wind industry may be in retreat in the U.S., but it’s just picking up in Europe. On Monday offshoreWIND.biz reported that the Netherlands’ 760-megawatt Hollandse Kust West VI offshore wind farm has officially connected to the grid.

Weather and more Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are carrying out damage assessments after Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday as the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane A wildfire has scorched more than 11,000 acres in the French Pyrenees, forcing thousands to evacuate

Good news Harry, a former prince, and six others have lost a high-stakes case against the publisher of the Daily Mail over allegations of unlawful information gathering.

Another moronic graphic from a “news” network

If this is true then why is nothing being done?

What a great idea Anybody think it’s got a chance?

They are all criminals of one kind or another

Good question, but is it true?

"Trump has done the most American thing possible: assert undue, unwelcome, unasked-for influence and power to get his way," writes @mlsist.bsky.social. "The US have done tremendously at this World Cup... but a win on Monday may well be perceived as one engineered by Fifa."

Microsoft is laying off 4,800 workers today. Its CEO made $96.5M in 2025, a 22% increase from the previous year. Microsoft made $101B in net income last year — and raked in up to $12.5B in tax breaks from Trump's Big Ugly Bill. This is what a rigged system looks like.

Without doubt, a great read with a potentially disastrous outcome Unless the voters really do something about it No republican should be elected to office this November, or the next time too mitchthelawyer.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

Global warming is starting to move faster. The energy imbalance “suggests that the models may also be under-predicting future warming" Great reporting here: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Record-shattering heat and the rapid pace of warming Great article by @eroston.bsky.social @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... The article reproduces a figure from our recent paper illustrating how heat records have changed in recent decades: rdcu.be/fskRF

Want to know what to expect? It’s all here

Is this true?

Why does a decent society permit this? I’d really like to know

Want to know what’s coming?

Rule Britannia England saw off an immense challenge from Mexico, beating one of the tournament co-hosts in their home stadium after seeing one player sent off in a game that will go down as one of the best of the 2026 World Cup. Score: 3-2

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There is widespread media coverage of the extreme heat affecting large areas of North America. The Guardian reports that “at least about two dozen people have died amid the perilous climate crisis-driven heatwave that has scorched swaths of the US with record temperatures”.

The soccer world is up in arms over FIFA’s decision to allow Team USA’s Folarin Balogun to be eligible to play against Belgium today despite being sent off in the previous match Trump spoke with FIFA President Gianni Infantino this week after Balogun’s red card and asked him to review the call

America’s next nuclear reactor is coming to life via resurrection. For the past two years, Holtec International has been working to bring the single reactor at the decommissioned Palisades nuclear plant in western Michigan back into service.

Weather and more The record-shattering heat dome over the central and eastern United States is easing and shifting westward until mid-July In Europe, however, the heat is continuing, with temperatures hitting 108 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Spain over the weekend.

Let’s pollute the air How stupid are we?

Time to start worrying yet?

The corruption continues

All bad news Anybody care?

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When Jeff Bezos (who is 100 times richer than Taylor Swift) was married, he essentially took over the city of Venice, pushed locals aside, and provided nothing lasting in return. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce personally donated over $26 million to charities to commemorate their wedding.

The insanity is there for all to see

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Says it all