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Syntun: online sales during China's 618 shopping festival grew 4% YoY, a sharp drop from 15.2% growth last year, amid a persistent consumer spending slowdown (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/23/china-618-shop…

China's 618 shopping festival growth slows sharply as consumer spending malaise persists
The latest consumer data reinforce how consumption in China remains subdued.

"En pleine canicule, les climatologues atterrés par le « déni de responsabilité » des politiques face au changement climatique"
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/202

En pleine canicule, les climatologues atterrés par le « déni de responsabilité » des politiques face au changement climatique
Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Jean Jouzel ou Christophe Cassou regrettent que les alertes formulées depuis des années par la communauté scientifique sur les conséquences du réchauffement climatique n’aient pas davantage été prises au sérieux.

The effects of tariffs depend on which goods are tariffed:
tariffs on consumption and intermediates act like shocks to supply;
tariffs on capital goods act like shocks to demand.
The concentration of the 2025 tariff increases on consumption goods and the relative sparing of capital goods limited the damage to output while amplifying the inflationary impulse.

Seahawks QB Sam Darnold laments his Super Bowl performance despite career-changing win https://www.nfl.com/news/seahawks-qb-sam-darnold-laments-his-super-bowl-performance-despite-career-changing-win

Is The Tide Changing For Flock?
Flock cameras are facing questions on several fronts, from Oklahoma law and FOIA lawsuits to agencies canceling contracts and growing concerns about how the systems are being used. Is the tide finally starting to turn?
http://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/is-the-ti

Is The Tide Changing For Flock? – Bob Mueller
Canceled contracts. Lawsuits. Conflicts with state law. Growing scrutiny & public opposition. Is the tide changing for Flock?

World's highest-consuming 10% cause up to $5.7 trillion a year in environmental damage, study finds https://phys.org/news/2026-06-world-highest-consuming-trillion-year.html

World's highest-consuming 10% cause up to $5.7 trillion a year in environmental damage, study finds
The environmental damage caused by the world's highest-consuming 10% of people is worth $1.7 trillion to $5.7 trillion a year. At the central and upper estimates, this is several times more than the international community has committed to spend on climate action and biodiversity conservation combined, and is on the scale of the funding estimated to be needed globally to address these crises.

Judging from comments around and about, it's probably time to post this again.
We will shortly be changing out our roof and installing solar panels and aircon for use in summer in Copenhagen.
Climate is changing - it's time to adapt.
How did air conditioning become a heated debate? - https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/39e6beb5-98f5-47ca-9914-cf5f8294a947 via @FT

There are some interesting cracks appearing in the Flock camera ecosystem: questions about whether some Oklahoma systems are legal, a Michigan FOIA lawsuit, agencies canceling contracts, and growing public concern about mass surveillance.
Flock is responding with transparency portals and plans to require case numbers for searches.
Is the tide changing for Flock?

Is The Tide Changing For Flock? – Bob Mueller
Canceled contracts. Lawsuits. Conflicts with state law. Growing scrutiny & public opposition. Is the tide changing for Flock?

Alors les gens en France qui sont exposés Š la canicule, est-ce que ça réveille les mentalités Š propos du fait que le changement climatique c'est mal et qu'il serait temps de s'y confronter avant que ça empire?
... ou pas?
#ChangementClimatique #France