Al-Tanf US base in Syria has been attacked by Iran. This is new and rather important. US say no casualties, but Iran say they attacked the command center there and that helicopters and US soldiers killed 🤷 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-irgc-say-they-targeted-us-command-centre-syria-state-media-reports-2026-07-17/

You can print $ and € but you can't print oil. It is going to be fun, sort of

I was hearing cicadas all day today and i feel like i hear them now at night in my bedroom. That's a symptom of being summerised... it was a nice monday

China is not as totalitarian as we think it seems