Insane: Two members of Congress are urging federal officials to monitor vitamin K shot refusals by parents. https://www.propublica.org/article/vitamin-k-cdc-rfk-jr-lawmakers-letter

💢 On July 21st, the U.S. Department of State published a report on the activities of Cuban intelligence. The report states that there are 18 known electronic intelligence facilities located in Cuba, three of which are reportedly under active Chinese control, and that the number of Chinese and Russian intelligence personnel on the island has tripled since 2023.

The report does not specify its sources and contains no images. The evidence supporting this information is reportedly obtained from other sources. Independent analysts have been monitoring Cuban facilities using commercial satellite imagery for years. Recent images show a new circular antenna array in Bejucal, near Havana, consisting of 32 antennas, which appears to be currently operational. The operation of a second facility has been suspended.

This type of array is used to detect and track distant radio signals. Located approximately 150 km from Florida, it provides communication and tracking capabilities for military activity in the southeastern United States and the Caribbean.

China has called these reports slanderous and stated that its cooperation with Cuba is not directed against any third countries. Cuba has previously denied such claims, calling them stories about non-existent bases.

So, what does this mean?

The presence of China-linked listening posts in Cuba is highly likely, and, according to independent satellite imagery collected over several years, it appears to be expanding. The more specific claim that China actively controls three of these facilities is more of a realistic possibility than an established fact. It is based on a single government report that contains no evidence and is part of a U.S. campaign to pressure Havana. A balanced analyst would discount the satellite imagery and political aspects. The data on personnel and funding comes from a single source and should be treated with caution.

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Federal financial regulators have joined the ongoing war on mass migration.

FDIC, CFPB, FinCEN, et al. now formally label illegal aliens as credit risks, often tied to fraud and crime. Altogether, the series of guidance advises banks and credit unions against providing services to unauthorized migrants, which sets up footing for mass debanking and can push foreign workers into self-deportation.

"Modern audiences often read the Iliad through the lens of Hollywood romance or psychological realism, asking whether Helen “found authentic love” or whether Achilles has PTSD. Those are modern questions, and Homer would have been confounded by all of them. Every age remakes Homer into the stories it already knows. Hollywood has been doing it for more than a century."
https://open.substack.com/pub/arkhaven/p/why-elons-odyssey-will-fail?r=lp6h7&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web.

This is an excellent post. Read the whole thing.

"Climatologists have been modifying temperature databases for a long time, and so everyone who refused to go along with it has long since left the field. The people who remained slowly convinced themselves that it’s OK to do this - for the greater good, as they see it."

https://open.substack.com/pub/penbroke/p/why-you-should-not-believe-global?r=lp6h7&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

🧬 Olive Oil's Dark Side: Yale Study Reveals Some "Healthy" Fats May Fuel Pancreatic Cancer

A groundbreaking study from Yale School of Medicine has upended decades of nutritional thinking by showing that the type of fat you eat — not the total amount — could dramatically influence your risk of developing one of the deadliest cancers known to medicine.

Researchers tested 12 different high-fat diets in mice genetically predisposed to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the most common form of pancreatic cancer. Each diet contained the same number of calories, differing only in the source of fat. What they found shocked even the research team: oleic acid, the primary fatty acid in olive oil and long celebrated as heart-healthy, significantly accelerated tumor growth in the pancreas. Meanwhile, omega-3-rich fats from fish oil slashed disease development by half.

The mechanism behind this dramatic divergence lies in a form of programmed cell death called ferroptosis, which is triggered by lipid oxidation. Monounsaturated fats like oleic acid are chemically resistant to oxidation, effectively shielding cancer cells from self-destruction. Polyunsaturated fats like omega-3s, by contrast, oxidize easily — making cancer cell membranes fragile and pushing malignant cells toward ferroptotic death. The study also revealed a striking sex difference: oleic acid's tumor-promoting effects were pronounced in male mice but largely absent in females.

— "It's really the type of fat that you're consuming, not just total fat content," says lead author Christian Felipe Ruiz, PhD. "Depending on the type of fat that you consume, it can go completely different ways. We found that some fats promote cancer, as we would expect, while other fats are really good at suppressing cancer."
— "When we fed mice diets enriched with fish oil, we saw a 50% reduction in disease compared with mice fed a standard fat diet."

Why it matters: Pancreatic cancer kills over 50,000 people annually in the US alone, with a brutal five-year survival rate of just 13%. Prevention strategies are desperately needed — especially for those at elevated risk, including people with chronic pancreatitis, obesity, late-onset diabetes, or a family history of the disease. This research, while not yet replicated in humans, opens the door to dietary interventions that could one day become powerful, low-cost prevention tools. It also serves as a reminder that "healthy" is contextual: what protects your heart may not protect your pancreas.

📄 Original paper (Cancer Discovery): https://aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscovery/article/doi/10.1158/2159-8290.CD-25-0734
📖 Readable summary (ScienceDaily): https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260601025349.htm
📖 Yale press release: https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/type-of-fat-not-the-amount-fuels-pancreatic-cancer/

#PancreaticCancer #NutritionScience #YaleResearch #Omega3 #CancerPrevention

America: ‘If you want the nuclear program, you have to recognize Israel’

Not investing in the United States.

Not signing a trade or economic agreement with the U.S.

No, we want none of that.

Instead, we want you, Saudi Arabia, to recognize this foreign nation (Israel) that is completely unrelated to us, has nothing to do with our own national interests, and we’ll give you enrichment.

Do Americans not realize how bizarre this is?

Fourth Circuit: Border Agents Can Search Your Phone by Hand, No Suspicion Needed
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