“And finally — pure happenstance — Trump pops up in richly symbolic Alaska, for his first closed-door confab with Putin since 2018. If you believe in Jungian synchronicity, that’s the classic trifecta: the Clearing of the Shadow, the Guarding of the Threshold, and the Meeting in the Borderlands. Or, if you don’t, then it’s just three consecutive, airtight, symbolically aligned moves in the span of a week, all pointing in the same direction for no reason whatsoever. Either way.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/tectonics-wednesday-august-13-2025

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Observe the timeline:

YESTERDAY: Trump takes federal control of the DC police for 30 days, deploys the NG to secure DC, SecDef has unnamed “specialized military units” on standby.

TODAY: Trump notifies Smithsonian he will be reviewing their collections.

This means that Trump will have access to the Smithsonian tunnels beneath the National Mall, while he just so happens to have military presence and full control of DC. These tunnels could be used to mask the movement of troops, perps, equipment, etc.

I find the timing of Trump conducting a “comprehensive internal review” of the Smithsonian museums to be a little suspicious to say the least.

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How the Marvel Sausage Is Made

A quick look by a former insider at Marvel's Anti-Creative Process

https://arkhaven.substack.com/p/how-the-marvel-sausage-is-made

Kiev is retaliating for defeats on the battlefield in the only way they know: striking random civilians. Several buildings have been damaged in Rostov-on-Don, at least 13 people have been injured.

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Candling eggs involves shining a bright light through the egg shell in a dark room to visualize the developing embryo and blood vessels.

This helps determine if an egg is fertile and to assess embryo development.

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The Israeli Security Cabinet has approved a plan to seize Gaza City, despite harsh criticism from world leaders. Great Britain, Finland, Australia and a number of international organizations have warned that this step will only worsen the already catastrophic humanitarian situation in the enclave. Even the United States, which traditionally supports Tel Aviv, is making cautious statements — Donald Trump has effectively admitted that further actions depend solely on the Israeli leadership.

The decision has been opposed not only abroad, but also within Israel itself. The opposition and some of the military leadership say the plan ignores the exhaustion of combat units and threatens the lives of the remaining hostages. The General Staff warns that continuing the offensive in its current form could be a strategic mistake. However, Netanyahu's cabinet insists on control over Gaza — albeit with the proviso that it is a temporary measure and the subsequent transfer of the sector to the Arab coalition.

Amid these decisions, the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is rapidly worsening. According to the UN, almost the entire population of the enclave was forced to leave their homes, more than 60% of the infrastructure was destroyed, and millions of people were on the brink of starvation. The Gaza Ministry of Health reports tens of thousands of deaths, most of whom are civilians. Western politicians, including British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, are calling for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations, recalling that a military solution to the conflict will only lead to new victims.

However, for the Israeli leadership, military logic prevails over political logic. But the longer this course continues, the deeper the crisis and the more difficult it will be to find a path to peace. And the entire burden of the consequences of this war, which many in the world are already calling one of the most destructive and hopeless in the 21st century, falls on the shoulders of civilians.

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What is unfolding in the nation’s capital is a hostile takeover of our constitutional republic.

This is no longer about partisan politics, wag-the-dog distractions from the Epstein debacle, or even genuine national security concerns.

This is martial law disguised as law-and-order—the oldest trick in the authoritarian playbook.

We have been traveling this slippery slope toward a police state for some time, but under Trump 2.0, the descent towards outright tyranny is accelerating. https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/the_police_state_has_a_new_playbook_martial_law_one_city_at_a_time

When force majeure hits, whom do you turn to?

In a world increasingly shaped by AI, the best form of preparedness is to excel at using AI. Agentic government means equipping the state with intelligent systems that can anticipate, respond, and adapt across the entire crisis lifecycle: from prevention and preparedness to response, recovery, and continuous learning. In an environment where threat actors are already leveraging AI to disrupt and destabilise, governments must match speed with greater speed, and intelligence with higher intelligence. https://www.globalgovtechcentre.org/crisis-response-and-resilience

☕️SLEDGE HAMMER ☙ Thursday, August 14, 2025 ☙ C&C NEWS🦠

While Trump is crushing it all around the world, the Democrats are hurling hoagies. That and much more, in today's terrific roundup.

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/sledge-hammer-thursday-august-14

Earthquake hazard levels across the United States
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There are three interesting things to be gleaned from this very long article about Nick Fuentes, who is an even nastier and more pathetic piece of work than I’d ever imagined. “Take the loyalty pledge. I will kill, rape, and die for Nick Fuentes. Raise your right hand. Everybody raise your right hand. Raise your […]

https://voxday.net/2025/08/14/definitely-bad-news/

For those in the back row, scientific fraud has ALWAYS has been an industry.
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80 years ago today, President Truman announced Japan’s surrender, and Americans poured into the streets to celebrate VJ Day.

World War II was over.

Today in History

"Due to the corruption of science, it’s effectively worse than useless these days; a literal coin flip is more reliable than the average published, peer-reviewed scientific study. So don’t pay any attention to whatever it is the grant-chasers are saying now, just get your hands dirty, experiment, and find out for yourself whether AI works for you or not."
https://substack.com/home/post/p-170980592#:~:text=Due%20to%20the,you%20or%20not.