2025q2-issue
Record 1 In 16 People Worldwide Now Use Drugs, UN Report Says
“While cannabis remains the most widely used drug, the global cocaine market has reached record levels...”
US & Iran Set For New Talks, Trump Says, Hours After Tehran Denied Plans Due To Days Of Hormuz Attacks
Just a handful of vessels made open transits over the weekend in the strait...
Musk squeezes cash out of Pentagon during Iran war – Reuters
US military has reportedly been forced to accept higher Starlink costs to operate kamikaze drones
Satellite wars: How Russia plans to rival Musk’s Starlink in space
Rassvet has the potential to significantly improve the country’s digital sovereignty and drone warfare prowess
California's $20 Million Attempt To Silence Medical Speech
This is not consumer protection. It is political warfare...
Tehran Retaliates Against Bahrain, Kuwait After US Bombing Campaign Along Iranian Coast
Iran warns the MoU & ongoing negotiations could immediately come to a halt...
Technology
An asshole is a unit of measure, for counting.Sports
Health
Entertainment
Markets & Trading.
The Party Of Algae And 'Our Democracy'
Okay, convince me that gay-Islamic-race-communism is a “progressive” political program America is going to buy like corn flakes...
75% Of US GDP Growth In The First Quarter Was Due To AI
For those curious just how embedded AI is in the fabric of the US economy, here is your answer...
Meta Developing Prediction Market App Called "Arena" To Compete With Polymarket, Kalshi
Unlike traditional prediction market platforms such as Polymarket or Kalshi, users would likely rely on a video game-like points system instead of cash, although the company has not ruled out the eventual use of real-money betting...
Oracle Cuts 21,000 Jobs As AI Adoption Deepens And Credit Risk Flashes GFC-Era Highs
"Our periodic workforce restructurings and reorganizations can be disruptive."
Geopolitics
Ukrainian regiment threatens journalists after report about training camp deaths
Reporters relaying the alleged torture and abuse of recruits by the Skelia unit must be punished, one of the fighters has said
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