An island mysteriously appeared — then disappeared — on B.C.’s largest reservoir CBC
The everything theory of mass transit Works in Progress
Wallace, Idaho Held A Funeral For The I-90 Highway’s Last Stoplight Jalopnik
Climate and Environment
NPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll NPR
El Niño Strengthens, Raising New Concerns for Panama Canal gCaptain
Climate change, trade, and the fragility we chose to ignore Seatrade Maritime
Pandemics
CDC Director Fails First Test of Independence From RFK Jr. MedPage Today
Water Resources
Water economics Ken Neubecker
Japan
Takaichi’s False Solution To Real Problems Japan Economy Watch
China
Li Qiang Meets US-China Business Council Board Delegation Sinocism
Chinese Shipper COSCO Collects Intel for Beijing With Concealed Equipment Reuters. “…two senior Trump administration officials said.”
Xi’s 2026 SCO Agenda Inside China
A Breakthrough in Copper? Warwick Powell
China’s Rare Earths Duopoly ChinaTalk
Meanwhile:
Drone wars deepen West’s critical minerals squeeze Mining.com
India
India rejects court order to uphold decades-old water-sharing treaty with Pakistan CNBC
Middle East
Destroyed desalination plant worsens Gaza’s drinking water crisis Al Jazeera
Israel’s Restrictions on Engine Oil Threaten Gaza’s Ability to Generate Electricity Drop Site
Is Huckabee doing anything about dead Americans in West Bank? Responsible Statecraft
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US attack on wedding in Iran leaves four martyred, including children Al Mayadeen
‘Large number of US forces killed’ as Iran’s Armed Forces launch wholesale retaliation: IRGC Press TV
New U.S. munition has damage radius of at least 170 metres, Airwars finds Airwars
Russia secretly helping Iran develop supersonic cruise missiles FT
Africa
Tunisia faces severe bottled water shortage after scorching August Le Monde
Darfur gold flows fuel Sudan war economy through regional smuggling routes Sudan Tribune
European Disunion
A single signature by Trump can remove you from the internet Il Fatto Quotidiano. Yesterday the Trump administration hit Autistici/Inventati, a European technology collective whose main activity is providing digital infrastructure, with a banking blockade with PayPal and Banca Etica closing its accounts.
The two of spades against the European Union Il Petulante
German Catechism Versus Memory Culture Hauntologies by Elia Ayoub
European winter stockpiling lifts US LNG exports in August Reuters
Canada
Carney Says Trade Talks Can Resume If US Stops ‘Throwing Shade’ Bloomberg
United Kingdom
Food Inflation Jumps as Higher Energy Costs Hit UK Retailers City A.M.
Privatisation of water firms ‘difficult to reverse’, Burnham admits The Independent
New Not-So-Cold War
Trump faces huge backlash for inviting Russian finance minister to G20 talks after years of exile The Independent
Is Trump wooing Russia again – and why? Al Jazeera
US steps up purchases of key Russian commodity – trade official RT
Russia Has the West Outgunned Policy Tensor
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Zelensky threatens to shut down civilian aviation in Russia (even as he claims it doesn’t presume targeting specific aircraft). Must be a welcome move for Ukrainians currently experiencing round-the-clock Russian missile and drone terror. For some of them anyway.
Otherwise,… https://t.co/sigJQhxioK
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) September 1, 2026
Germany blames Russia for attempted airport drone attack DW. Russia denies.
The Leipzig Incident Has All The Hallmarks Of A False Flag Andrew Korybko
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Farhad Ibragimov: Türkiye is one missile deal away from crossing Russia’s red line RT
Erdoğan signals more Russian-built nuclear plants in Putin talks Turkish Minute
Caucasus
🔴Powerful explosions hit ammunition depot in Azerbaijan
A series of powerful blasts struck an ammunition depot near Nizami village in Azerbaijan’s Goranboy district overnight, triggering a major fire at the site.
Local residents were evacuated from the surrounding area as… pic.twitter.com/9mhRJBgcuw
— The Caspian Post (@thecaspianpost) September 2, 2026
South of the Border
Ecuador under US imperial rule has become a failed state run by drug cartels.
The Ecuadorian journalist who helped expose how police are working closely with organized crime has just been murdered.
Any Ecuadorian journalist who exposes the crimes of the drug-trafficking… https://t.co/cpgfybI2da pic.twitter.com/UlW7odQhWd
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) September 1, 2026
Trump 2.0
US Postal Service whistleblower warns new system could disrupt midterm election voting France24
Political meddling at the Census Bureau damages the entire US statistical system Peterson Institute for International Economics
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The devastation of NSA Bahrain is a national security warning Capt. John Cordle (ret.), Military Times
NEW: Rep. Brian Mast, known for controversially wearing an IDF uniform on Capitol Hill, is reportedly now being considered to replace Dan Driscoll as Secretary of the Army according to US officials. pic.twitter.com/3B0INW9BgF
— Dominic Michael Tripi (@DMichaelTripi) September 2, 2026
Democratic Dilemmas
Is Socialism the New Identity Politics? Les Leopold
What the Hasan Piker Freakout Is Really About Ken Klippenstein
Surveillance Trends
This ‘Digital Camouflage’ Shirt Confuses AI-Powered Surveillance Cameras 404 Media
Economic Issues
Trump Ramps Up Pressure on Squeezed Refiners to Ease Pump Prices Bloomberg
AI and the profits boom Michael Roberts
Signs of Decline
So Tired Of All The Lying Ian Welsh
Gary’s Two-Week Blackout Is a Warning for America OilPrice
The Road Not Taken. Aurelien
AI Developments
Red Alert: OpenAI is poised to cross an AI safety redline Gary Marcus
On the Loose Hyperdimensional. ‘I have met people, some of them quite well-resourced, who have told me that it is their intention to deliberately release swarms of self-sovereign agents into the world, either as a kind of performance art or out of a fanatical commitment to the notion that it is impossible for digital computation—mere mathematics, they would have you know—to ever be “unsafe.”’
Yuyuan Tantian: Anthropic Has Caught America’s Disease Geopolitechs
The Future Is Not Tech-Forward Enward Ongweso Jr
Housing Inequality
After a Fatal Fire, a Shaky Recovery at Housing Complex New York Times. “The Nob Hill apartments in Syracuse, N.Y., went downhill after the complex was bought by a private equity group.”
Class Struggles
HUD FUNDING NOTICE UPENDS HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE Shelterforce
THE REMARKABLE STARBUCKS UPRISING: HAS THE LABOR MOVEMENT LEARNED ANYTHING? Chris Townshend
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