Canada Is Joining The E.U. & The Oil Crisis Deepens

“There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.” ― Edgar Allan Poe

• EU's von der Leyen wants Canada to become bloc's first associate member (Reuters)

• Trump threatens to impose ‘serious tariffs’ on Europe if Canada joins EU as associate member (Politico)

• US opts not to back Saudi Arabia in Yemen after meeting Houthi leaders (Guardian)

• Saudi Pipeline Attack Risks ‘Disastrous’ Loss of Oil as Fighting Escalates (NYT, $): “Goldman Sachs warned that global oil prices could rise as high as $120 a barrel if attacks in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea continue.”

• Ukraine’s prosecutor general suspended after leaving country amid corruption scandal (Euronews)

• United Kingdom's unity threatened by pact between Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (AP) 

• Bipartisan AI safety talks accelerate in Senate (Semafor) 

• Federal Reserve hikes key rate for 1st time in 3 years, defying Trump demands for a cut (AP) 

• Trump’s planned $2.8 billion sale of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel is largest in years (WaPo, $): “the $2.8 billion package … would be purchased with U.S. taxpayer dollars.”

• A tumultuous congressional primary season closes with record departures and defeats (NPR) 

• Iran war has led to US munitions shortfalls, Pentagon inspector confirms (BBC) - “Overall, the US spent $33.4bn on the [Iran] war from 28 Feb to 30 Jun.”

• 3 people killed when NBC and Telemundo news helicopter crashes while covering LA bus accident (ABC)

• Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous (Atlantic, $): “The two latest deaths suggest that the true number of infections is much larger than reported.”

• Go with the flow: do you need to filter US tap water? (Guardian)

• The Incredible Journey of a Migratory Shorebird (New Yorker, $)

• Terminal lucidity: when dying dementia patients regain awareness (Psyche)

• We’re Already Living Through Journalism’s Dystopian Future (Truthout)

• US dictionary adds 1,400 words, including neckbeard, trash panda and cuffing season (BBC) 

• Faster! Louder! Brighter! How the attention economy overwhelmed children’s TV (Guardian) 

• I’m the Guy Who Destroys Antique Books After We Scan Them into Our Company’s Insatiable AI Platform (McSweeney’s) 

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Peanut For Your Thoughts

The U.S.’s strategic oil reserves — which it’s been pumping into the oil market to keep prices down — are running historically low, meaning this oil crisis could get really bad, really fast if the conflict drags on.

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