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A Russian ship sank in mysterious circumstances. It may have been carrying submarine nuclear reactors to North Korea
The ship set sail just two months after Kim Jong Un had sent troops to assist with Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, end 2024.
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A Russian ship sank in mysterious circumstances. It may have been carrying submarine nuclear reactors to North Korea
A Russian ship with an unusual cargo suffered a series of explosions and sank in unexplained circumstances off the coast of Spain, a CNN investigation has found.

“I am not impressed by cars.”
https://evilgeniuschronicles.org/posts/2026/07/17/evil-genius-chronicles-podcast-for-july-17-2026-you-can-be-disappointed-but-dont-be-surprised/
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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 17 2026 - You Can Be Disappointed But Don't Be Surprised
Who are these maniacs who are DoorDashing McDonalds?

"It's actually that men tend to decrease their concern about climate change as countries become wealthier," Clayton said. "The growing gender gap is actually men's growing skepticism."
https://www.dw.com/en/who-says-caring-abou

Is caring about the climate unmanly?
The answer is complex — and says a lot about how masculinity works in the modern world.

China's National Data Administration says the country's daily AI token consumption hit 140T in March 2026, up from 100T in December 2025 and 100B in early 2024 (Minxiao Chang/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/arti

Insert token: how China’s surging AI use is turning compute into currency
As the cost of running AI models continues to drop, the token economy is reshaping ecosystems far beyond corporate cubicles.

Ryanair CFO warns weaker European carriers may not survive jet fuel crunch
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/18/ryanair-earnings-fy-jet-fuel-crunch-airlines.html

Construction equipment multinationals may be aiding Israeli war crimes, experts say (William Christou/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/17/construction-equipment-multinationals-may-aiding-israeli-war-crimes-experts
http://www.memeorandum.com/260617/p113#a260617p113

Party like it’s Friday night!
Cornish Bagpipe Sextet. There are only 3 human players, but they count their pipes as members of the ensemble. I dunno if that’s a piper thing, a Cornish piper thing, or a joke.
Hey! https://youtu.be/4jEo_KOrMTw?is=LioYHHyZmPkqQjE6

Suppose a government created a new fiat currency paid only as a universal #BasicIncome to all residents, and levied highly progressive taxes on property which must be paid in this new currency.
Would this work to redistribute wealth, or would it merely drive up rents?

The right wing think tank "Manhattan Institute", is in the midst of a yearlong campaign to pass state-level legislation
reclassifying minor crimes like vandalism, blocking a roadway, or trespassing during a protest as felonies that would carry 18-month prison sentences as punishment.
The push to criminalize forms of nonviolent disobedience as a form of terrorism comes amid a broader Trump administration effort to crack down on leftist organizations, causes, and social m…

The Manhattan Institute Helped Kill DEI. Now It’s Coming for Protests
The right-wing think tank is actively pushing “civil terrorism”—increasing penalties for minor crimes committed while people engage in constitutionally protected free speech.

Chinese chipmaker CXMT reports Q1 revenue up 719% YoY to ~$7.5B, net profit up 1,688% to $3.6B, and says Omdia ranks it No. 4 in DRAM with a 7.67% global share (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech/

China chipmaker CXMT logs 1,688% profit surge amid global memory crunch
DRAM maker plans to list on STAR Market in win for Beijing's chip localization push