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Sunday, June 21, 2026
Links 6/21/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 81 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Harry Tracy, Desperado (1982) Run Time: 1H 39M Plus NDEs!
Harry Tracy, Desperado is a film about love and the end of the Old West.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 2 Comments »
Zelensky’s Ultimatum To Lukashenko Gives Putin The Chance To Finally Restore Deterrence
An argument that Russia risks losing key ally Belarus unless it responds more forcefully to Ukraine and NATO.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Russia
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 34 Comments »
Links 6/20/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 69 Comments »
Iran War: Iran Insists on All “Deal” Sequencing, Above All Israel Exit of Lebanon, as No Date for Talks Set; Israel Immediately Violates New Lebanon Ceasefire; Strait of Hormuz Open or Not?
Today’s Iran war news: The situation is particularly unsettled, so we will limit ourselves to bigger issues.
Topics: Commodities, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Environment, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:57 am | 133 Comments »
Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai: Iran Defeated The US Empire. What Happens Next?
A discussion of the plusses and minuses from the US loss against Iran, including possible major changes in the US.
Topics: China, Currencies, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:41 am | 12 Comments »
The Mathematical Secrets Hidden at the Heart of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família
Is Gaudi’s tremendous Barcelona cathedra, the Sagrada Família. fractal? Or simply mathematically stylized?
Topics: Curiousities, Europe, Guest Post, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:13 am | 24 Comments »
Coffee Break: More on American Science, An NIH Grant Long Overdue, An Experimental Model, and Further Thoughts on AI
Part the First: Back to the Past in Science and Medicine. The future of basic science in the United States looks grim for everyone from the aspiring graduate student to the full professor who has met her potential and has several graduate students, postdocs, and technicians working in her laboratory. The precipitous and arbitrary Big […]
Topics: Coffee Break, Environment, Science and the scientific method, Social policy, Social values
Posted by KLG at 2:00 pm | 13 Comments »
People Are Marrying Holograms and Making Friends with Chatbots. But Can AI Bring True Happiness?
How AI companions enable the junk-food version of happiness sold by materialistic, externally-oriented societies.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 42 Comments »
Links 6/19/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:57 am | 52 Comments »
Iran War: “Deal”Coming Unglued; Iran Suspends Start of Negotiations Due to Israel Attacks in Lebanon; Israel Openly Defying US on “Deal” Lebanon Commitments: Iran Reported to Close Strait of Hormuz
Today’s Iran war news: The “deal” goes pear shaped as Israel continues its attacks in southern Lebanon and Iran halts the talks as a result.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 185 Comments »
Colombia’s Trump-Endorsed Presidential Candidate Just Pledged to Wage All-Out War on Left-Wing “Enemies” If Elected
In a country that has endured decades of civil war and unrest, such a threat should not be taken lightly.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 5 Comments »
Report Details ‘Human Rights Crisis’ Wrought by Trump ICE Surge in Minnesota
Human Rights Watch published a blistering analysis of ICE abuses in its Minneapolis raid in late 2025.
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Social policy, Social values, Surveillance state
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:24 am | 7 Comments »
From Bilderberg to Dialog: How Peter Thiel’s ‘Secret Society’ Signals a New Elite
The Dialog leak reveals an elite network built on historical precedent, signaling a tech oligarchy unafraid of public scrutiny
Topics: Coffee Break, Politics, Surveillance state
Posted by Curro Jimenez at 2:00 pm | 15 Comments »
How Local Communities Are Challenging Big Tech Data Centers’ Noise, Pollution and Rising Electricity Bills
Opposition to data centers and AI is rising, both at the community and the consumer level.
Topics: Energy markets, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Real estate, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, Social values, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:00 am | 8 Comments »



