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Trump’s venal persona and his war on Iran will do untold damage to America’s ability to make a positive difference in the world
Trump’s hardline authoritarianism is devastating to American soft power.
He is a one-man wrecking crew for values that presidents of each party tried to promote.
America the generous? He eviscerated USAID, America’s foreign aid agency.
America the democratic beacon? He pardoned the January 6 rioters and sent ICE to Minnesota.
America …

A profile of TP-Link, whose share of the US consumer router market grew from 10% to 60% between 2019 and 2025, as it seeks to rebut national security concerns (Noah Berman/The Wire China)
https://www.thewirechina.com/2026/05/17/tp-links-american-dream/

TP-Link's American Dream - The Wire China
A Chinese success story wants to make it in America. But Jeffrey Chao and TP-Link must first rebut the national security concerns of China hawks in Washington, led by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.

Plastic Poisons Primates: One Focus of 2026 American Society of Primatologists Conference https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/blog/2026/6/17/plastic-poisons-primates-one-focus-of-2026-american-s…

Plastic Poisons Primates: One Focus of 2026 American Society of Primatologists Conference
Plastic pollution is among the topics of discussion at the American Society of Primatologist's 2026 Conference.

And there we are. Trump is already blackmailing Europe with 'his' LNG. We urgently need to reduce our natural gas consumption by speeding up the energy transition: focus on energy efficiency, electrification, and scaling up EU production of biomethane, developing way too slow to meet its 2030 target.

Trump Threatens to Cut Off EU's American LNG Supplies - Washington Today
US President Donald Trump is threatening to cut off American liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies to the European Union if Brussels refuses to ratify a trade agreement favorable to Washington. The US Ambassador to the EU, Andrew Puzder, stated that the implementation of the energy part of the agreement would be in question if the EU demanded changes to any points of the document.

Springer Nature announces the sale of its consumer media businesses, including Scientific American, which is being acquired by LabX Media Group (Research Information)
https://www.researchinformation.info/news/springer-natur…

Springer Nature divests Scientific American and Spektrum der Wissenschaft - Research Information
Move part of a strategic decision to focus on its core global publishing activities across research, health and education

Guten Morgen,
schön, daß es abgekühlt hat, bevor die Hitze in Bayern bis zum Samstag in die Vollen geht.
Gestern lief auf Arte eine sehr gute zweiteilige Doku über Amerika.
"America, who are you"
Verstehen aus der Geschichte heraus, warum die Menschen so ticken, wie sie es tun.
https://www.

America, who are you? - Geschichte | ARTE
250 Jahre nach der Unabhängigkeitserklärung hat unser Bild von den USA Risse bekommen. Ist Donald Trumps Politik das Produkt einer historisch gewachsenen nationalen Identität? Der Zweiteiler erklärt, was Cowboys mit Populismus zu tun haben und Thanksgiving mit Charlie Kirk und wie sich Trumps weltpolitische Strategie von der seiner Vorgänger unterscheidet.

Interviewed for this "Spotlight on America" story about data center pushback, I said towns should compare what they're promised with the actual effects reported by communities that have had to live with these things https://mynbc15.com/news/s…

Most Americans Want Marijuana Legalized. What They Got Was Schedule III | High Times
https://hightimes.com/news/politics/most-americans-want-marijuana-legalized-what-they-got-was-schedule-iii/

How the data center boom is exposing weaknesses in US power grids and what fixes the electricity infrastructure may need to become fit for the future (Chris Gillett/Works in Progress Magazine)
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-american-data-centers-cant-plug-in/…

Why American data centers can't plug in
The AI buildout is bottlenecked by energy. But America has the electricity to power its data centers; the problem is getting it to them.

Democrats Investigating ICE Detentions of American Kids — ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/american-kids-detained-trump-immigration-deportation-democrats-investigation