Buy now, pay later is taking over the world. Good — Buy that burrito, and don’t let anyone judge you [The Economist]

Dying for gold: who killed the miners of Buffelsfontein? [1843 Magazine]

Strategic shift: the third nuclear era [The Economist Podcasts]

Developments in the Middle East could reshape risks for businesses and decision makers. In a new summary report, EIU’s regional experts outline scenarios that could shape the region’s economic and political outlook: http://econgrp.co/WK

#MiddleEastUpdate #EIU [The EIU]

Make the Most of Your Vacation When You Can’t Fully Unplug [Harvard Business Review]

Disfigured, shamed and forgotten: BBC visits the Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb [BBC]

SpaceX Delivers Astronauts to ISS Just 15 Hours After Launch [Bloomberg]

Trump again threatens India with harsh tariffs over Russian oil purchases [Reuters] #Ukraine Almost Day 1,260 of the #UkraineRussianWar

Palestinians distraught over relatives missing at deadly Gaza aid sites [AL-Jazeera News]

Taliban To Face People’s Tribunal In Spain Over Abuses Against Afghan Women [Afghanistan International]

Texas Democrats hold the line from hotel rooms as Abbott promises arrests [POLITICO]

How to Live Forever and Get Rich Doing It [New Yorker]

One of the biggest newsletter platforms now syndicates to Bluesky and Mastodon — Ghost now lets users plug their newsletters and blog posts directly into the social web. [The Verge]

What to do (and avoid) in extreme heat — Tips for keeping kids, adults, and the elderly cool and safe — even without air conditioning. [Vox]

Rivian sues to sell its EVs directly in Ohio [TechCrunch]

How decades-old frozen embryos are changing the shape of families [MIT Technology Review]

'Hate it!': We spoke to 4 never-AI Gen Zers [Business Insider]

Congratulations, Class of 2025! You’ll always be part of the #BuckeyeForLife community. We’re so proud of everything you’ve accomplished! 🎓🌰 [LinkedIn] #OSU #GoBucks #OhioState #THE #OhioStateUniversity #TheOhioStateUniversity

House Democrats sign on to letter urging Trump to recognise Palestinian statehood [The Guardian]

Once a Death Sentence, This Heart Condition Is Finally Treatable [The New York Times]

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Is Denied Release On Bond To Await Sentencing [Huffington Post]

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Is Becoming a Bubble [The Atlantic]

Doctors Without Borders US CEO Avril Benoît: Gaza aid distribution system ‘unsafe’ and ‘inefficient' [FiveThirtyEight]

How many refugees are there? [The Washington Post]

Grand Canyon fire rages, one month on; Massive central California fire threatens homes [Le Monde]

PS6 leak report suggests massive power boost at surprising price [Mashable]

A New Satanic Neo-Nazi Group Is Recruiting Children as Young as 12 [VICE]

Trump’s Gaza “Food Centers” Miss the Real Problem: Israel’s Aid Blockade [The Intercept_]

6 science-backed strategies to improve your memory [Nat Geo]

Yosemite employees worked for weeks with no pay before the government hired them [NPR]

Gavin Newsom dice que California debe contrarrestar los esfuerzos del Partido Republicano para rediseñar los mapas del Congreso [Cap Radio News]

Le numérique nous ramène-t-il au Moyen Âge ? [Le Monde diplomatique]

What the Next Round of Sanctions Against Russia Should Look Like [Foreign Policy]

Tell Me How This Trade War Ends [Foreign Affairs]

The Changing Skies Over Central Asia [The Diplomat]

Earth’s Core Appears To Be Leaking Up and Out of Earth’s Surface [Quanta Magazine]

Voici l'installation d'un « corrector package » dans la IT String, un endroit où de nombreux composants innovants sont testés collectivement, plus tôt cette année. #HiLumiLHC [CERN_FR]

Marking 13 Years on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Picks Up New Skills [NASA]

The power of human trafficking prevention. Now available on both Android Google Play and iPhone App Store. [deliverfund]

Prince Abdulaziz Bin Saud, Saudi Minister of Interior, visits INTERPOL headquarters [INTERPOL] i.e. #MOSSADdid911

Staff Sergeant Promotions See Biggest Jump Since 2001 [Air and Space Forces Magazine]

Newest Edition of Blue [AIRMAN MAGAZINE]

An Oral History of Super Street [MOTORTREND] #SUPERSTREET

What’s up, everybody! It’s Monday, August 4th, 2025. Happy Birthday to Barack Obama. Even more importantly, happy birthday to Optimus Prime (1984) and its voice-actor. I’ve been eating a lot of corn lately, and it’s delicious. Have some boiled, with salt, and lemon or lime, it’s amazing. Not to be confused with Heavy-Metal KoRn, the Music Band, featured on MU RADIO. I don’t know if they’re making another Urkel animated movie, but let’s hope that they do, because, while all the actors are getting older, they’d love to do voice-acting for animated series. PS. More OMEGA RADIOs on the way. We will feature Kanye West (a few new albums haven’t been featured yet) even if he eats fish sticks, and he is a Gay Fish. We must stay LGBTQIA+. New episode of South Park on this Wednesday. Cannot wait. PS. Why doesn’t Jay-Z have a new album? Isn’t he bored by now? He ought to have a new album. PPS. New VLOG video later.