Top EU officials head to Moldova for summit ahead of pivotal parliamentary election
BUCHAREST, Romania -- The European Union’s top officials will travel to Moldova’s capital on Friday for a key bilateral summit to strengthen ties monthsBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
The 20-day Safeway strike is over as "a fully recommended tentative agreement” was reached between the union and Safeway, said the union as picketing was expected to end on Saturday.
The agreement includes fully-funded pension and healthcare benefits and improvements to dental and vision benefits, said the union.
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Theda Skocpol suggests that the torrent of money being pumped into ICE is about building a Federal Gestapo to be sent to war against non-MAGA states and cities and instiitutions and populations:
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Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy
TPM Reader TS (Harvard sociologist/political scientist Theda Skocpol) and I often compared notes on the news of the day and I am always particularly attentive…Josh Marshall (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
Ex-Toronto Raptors Big Man Jonas Valančiūnas Considering Move to Greece
Former Toronto Raptors center Jonas Valančiūnas may be headed back to Europe.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Investigating rumor US denied Norwegian tourist entry over Vance meme
U.S. Customs and Border Protection insist the traveler was refused entry to the United States due to “admitted drug use.”
Putin keeps bombing Ukraine, but today the Danish Minister of Business Development Morten Bødskov signed a deal with his Ukrainian counterpart Herman Smetanin, which means Ukraine will now open weapons factories in Denmark.
And yes, Denmark is a NATO country, so good luck bombing those factories, Putin.
Source (in Danish):
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Danmark og Ukraine styrker samarbejde om ukrainsk forsvarsindustri på dansk jord
Danmark og Ukraine tager nu endnu et skridt i det tætte samarbejde om udviklingen af både dansk, men også ukrainske forsvarsvirksomheder. Det betyder, at ukrainske forsvarsvirksomheder kan komme til Danmark og starte produktion på dansk jord.www.em.dk
Belarus Independence Day marked in Minsk-Xinhua
A children's choir performs to mark Belarus Independence Day in Minsk, Belarus, on July 3, 2025. Belarus celebrated its most important national holiday onBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
In Sumy, Ukraine, the front line is drawing near – but we refuse to leave | Russia-Ukraine war
When you live in war for so long, you have to take comfort in whatever little control you have over your decisions. My city in northwest Ukraine is now justBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Court in Bosnia and Herzegovina canceled the arrest warrant for Republika Srpska leader Milorad Dodik
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has canceled the arrest warrant for the leader of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik. This was reported by the BalkanBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
My #Arctic sea-ice thickness and volume graphics are now updated for June 2025. This month was the 2nd lowest June volume on record. zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-vo…
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Arctic: Sea-Ice Thickness/Volume
My visualizations: Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentration Arctic Sea Ice Volume and Thickness Arctic Temperatures Antarctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentrat…Zachary Labe
Save America EBook Sale
I think for the past decade, every Fourth of July I’ve had a sale for some of my ebooks. Which ones vary over the years, but Political Pie...oneoveralpha.blogspot.com
Nationwide Protest in Serbia: Belgrade, Novi Sad, Nis Brought to Standstill – Novinite.com
A full blockade of several major Serbian cities was launched on the morning of July 4 in protest against police violence. The action, initiated by students,BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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By Allan Little
How Trump is using the 'Madman Theory' to try to change the world
Political scientists have a term for the tactic, that has been used by some leaders including Nixon, to persuade adversaries that they are temperamentally capable of anything, to extract concessions. But can it work in the long term?Allan Little (BBC News)
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Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder, or SSMIS, rides on a series of satellites and allows forecasters to see a storm’s structure,
which might otherwise be invisible.
The Hurricane Hunter planes that fly into storms can be used to generate three-dimensional storm images, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which is responsible for hurricane forecasting, has only two of those aircraft.
They can’t be everywhere at once.
✅ With the SSMIS, forecasters had an autonomous, powerful eye in the sky.
🆘 But now the Department of Defense says it will cease processing and distributing the crucial imagery from this sensor at the end of this month.
Losing these views threatens the National Hurricane Center’s ability to forecast severe storms
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Hurricane Science Was Great While It Lasted
The U.S. is hacking away at support for state-of-the-art forecasting.Zoë Schlanger (The Atlantic)
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Most students are using AI to write, but not necessarily to cheat. They’re brainstorming, revising and thinking critically with tools like ChatGPT.
A writing professor says this isn’t a threat – it’s an opportunity, rather than a loss.
theconversation.com/ai-isnt-re…
AI isn’t replacing student writing – but it is reshaping it
If AI allows students to automate routine cognitive tasks, it doesn’t mean they’re thinking less. It means their thinking is changing.The Conversation
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