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Since China offered a truce in the trade war last October following its threat to deprive the United States of rare-earth magnets,
the Trump administration has been happy to stop escalating.
After all, imports from China have been falling, down by 40% in the year to June, compared with the same period in 2024.
Best to declare victory and call it a day.
But the US hasn’t won this battle
– and there’s strong evidence to show it’s afraid to really try.
Last …

Is the US actually too chicken to take on China for trade?
A weak yuan guarantees Beijing massive trade surplus even as the White House tries tamp down on Chinese imports

June 2026 was the second-warmest June on record globally, 0.12°C cooler than the warmest June in 2024.
The average global temperature for the last 12 months (July 2025 to June 2026) was 0.55°C above the 1991-2020 average, and 1.43°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average.

FPF Submits Comments to Inform California Children’s Social Media Protections Rulemaking Process
https://fpf.org/blog/fpf-submits-comments-to-inform-california-childrens-social-media-protections-rulemaking-process/…

from my link log —
The X window system at 40.
https://blog.dshr.org/2024/07/x-window-system-at-40.html
saved 2024-07-04 https://

X Window System At 40
X11R1 on Sun Techfury90 CC0 I apologize that this post is a little late. On 19 th June the X Window System celebrated its 40th birthday. W...

Seahawks to sign former Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold amid legal troubles: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7506931/2026/08/13/seahawks-sign-terrion-arnold-lions/

Cowboys to start season short-handed at OLB; newcomer suspended 3 games by commissioner https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/07/14/cowboys-de-charles-snowden-suspended-for-3-games/909214230…

Bluesky was one of the bigger beneficiaries of the exodus from Elon Musk’s X in November 2024,
following the U.S. elections.
But now, nearly two years later, the social network and would-be X competitor is struggling to hold on to its momentum.
According to data from digital intelligence provider Similarweb,
Bluesky’s mobile app had 10.4 million monthly active users worldwide in June 2026,
-- down 27.2% year-over-year.
In addition, mobile daily active us…

Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app | TechCrunch
Over a year following its post-election surge, Bluesky’s mobile app is seeing a continued decline in active users, though its remaining community is still relatively engaged.

NJ Governor says a software error at DMV led to the improper voter registration of ~6,600 noncitizens between June 2023 and June 2024; 400 of those cast ballots (Tracey Tully/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/nyregion/noncitizen-voting-new…

D.M.V. Error Led to 400 Noncitizens Voting in New Jersey, Governor Says
A software glitch in 2023 at the New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles led to roughly 6,600 noncitizens being registered to vote, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced on Tuesday.

When the University of Minnesota (UMN) extended an offer to historian Raz Segal
to lead its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies in June 2024,
it did so upon the near-unanimous recommendation of a committee of academics after a rigorous search process.
The scholars had enthusiastically praised Segal, with one committee member describing a presentation he gave as “breathtaking”.
But five days after making the offer, the university abruptly withdrew it,
citi…

An Israeli professor lost a prestigious US job offer after speaking out on Gaza. Now the university is paying him $250,000
The University of Minnesota withdrew an offer for Raz Segal to lead its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies after an organized campaign against his hiring

Autocrats often tell us what they intend to do, and Trump was no exception.
He ran for president on a platform of helping some of the world’s most murderous leaders.
During his campaign, he repeatedly “joked” about becoming a dictator himself,
and declared at a June 2024 rally that
a “smart president” would not consider North Korea, China, and Russia as enemies,
and would “make them do great.”
In case this message was not clear enough, he asserted in Oct…

Trump: Sabotaging America So That Autocracies Can Prosper
And the Hypocrisy of MAGA’s “Anti-Communism”

RE: #tbt: Beating the heat, back in June 2024. 👇
#throwback #throwbackThursday