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“Donald Trump has single-handedly torched America’s World Cup legacy”
https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/donald-trump-america-world-cup-legacy-4628696
I don’t know this news outlet, but the headline nails it. It also reminds that 2019 Women’s …

Donald Trump has single-handedly torched America’s World Cup legacy
Mauricio Pochettino allowed his team to be co-opted by the MAGA regime after Folarin Balogun's red card saga - now it is all they will be remembered for

US autonomous military vehicle startup Forterra says it deployed 100 Lancer UGVs, based on Polaris ATVs, in Ukraine since 2025, completing 1,100 missions (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/07/the-first-american-…

The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fighting in Ukraine | TechCrunch
Forterra has deployed more than 100

Europe is Done with American Big Tech.
-- Well, sort of.
Since the start of Donald Trump’s chaotic second administration, concerned governments and companies across the continent have accelerated plans to end their near-total reliance on technology from US firms.
https://www.w…

All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology
A WIRED timeline shows how dozens of governments, companies, and other organizations across Europe are moving, or planning to shift, away from US Big Tech.

The three things Democrats must do to regain rural America’s trust | Democrats | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/07/democrats-voters-rural-america

from my link log —
Uber's path of destruction.
https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/05/ubers-path-of-destruction/
saved 2019-09-10

Uber’s Path of Destruction - American Affairs Journal
Since it began operations in 2010, Uber has grown to the point where it now collects over $45 billion in gross passenger revenue, and it has seized a major share of the urban car service market. But the widespread belief that it is a highly innovative and successful company has no basis in economic reality. An examination of Uber’s economics suggests that it has no hope of ever earning sustainable urban car service profits in competitive markets...

NFL, American Football Australia partner on Sporting Schools program https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-american-football-australia-partner-sporting-schools-program

The probability that the upcoming El Niño event will be a strong one is increasing.
Its effects on the weather around the world are complicated, but this map shows typical effects on precipitation. Both droughts and floods can, of course, hurt agriculture.
https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-

How America Gave Up on Its Own History (Yoni Appelbaum/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/07/american-history-common-narrative/687301/?gift=Xg2N2HYq4co-2-uQvP_P53USscDlFiEJ2PpvkcBoZt4
http://www.memeorandum.com/260608/p19#a260608p19

As the country’s population rapidly ages
— with adults over 65 set to outnumber children by 2034
— more Americans will find themselves in need of care.
Many families remain wholly unprepared to shoulder the weight of this demographic shift,
even if they must
https://www.

Opinion | This Is One of the Hardest Jobs in America. Millions Are Doing It Alone.
Behind closed doors, millions of Americans are stepping into one of the hardest roles they’ll ever take on: caring for their aging parents.

All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology (Matt Burgess/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/all-the-ways-europe-is-ditching-american-technology/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260608/p13#a260608p13