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FDA panel backs wider access to six peptide pherapies: Cites 'grey market' concerns A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel has voted to recommend expanding legal access to six popular peptide compounds. Supporters say could pull patients out of the unregulated grey market that has flourished under years of federal inaction. The FDA's Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee reviewed seven peptides during a two-day hearing in Maryland last week, weighing whether each should be added to the agency's Section 503A Bulks List. Reuters reported the panel voted in favor of moving six forward: BPC-157 for ulcerative colitis, TB-500 and KPV for wound healing, MOTS-c for obesity and osteoporosis, Semax for cerebral ischemia, migraine and trigeminal neuralgia, and Epitalon for insomnia. 👉🏼 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

The War's Back is Broken The U.S. ultimately will have to capitulate, with the result that Iran becomes a regional power. Trump ordered the US military not to carry out new strikes on Iran Friday night, despite approving earlier a "Gates of Hell massive attack" on Iran. The US has now requested a new temporary ceasefire with Iran and is seeking a return to the collapsed and suspended MoU, with discussions to include Yemen, and with Trump seeking to make AnsarAllah a party to the negotiations. Clearly Trump is angry, and fears that that the war is consuming his Presidency (and his legacy). Iran comprehensively rejected all negotiations throughout this last week and confirmed it will not start negotiations under any circumstances. ‼️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

🇷🇺🇺🇦West pushing 'ultimatum' on Russia over Ukraine - Lavrov Moscow will not accept a truce that preserves the Kiev regime and allows foreign troops into Ukraine, the top diplomat has said. The West is trying to force Russia to accept an "ultimatum" on the Ukraine conflict by demanding a ceasefire before peace talks, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. In an interview with TASS news agency on Wednesday, Russia's top diplomat argued that Western countries first want Moscow and Kiev to agree to a ceasefire, after which a multinational force led by France and the UK would be deployed before real negotiations begin. "What does this mean? ❗️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

What victory looks like The era of the "limited war" is a Western fantasy. Faced with an existential proxy assault, Russia cannot afford half-measures. Before you read what follows, let's strip away the diplomatic fiction. I have spent decades tracking the patterns of power, and the pattern here is undeniable. ‼️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

🇮🇷Netanyahu ahead of Trump meeting: Iran war will end only with regime collapse or nuclear halt Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed from Israel on Monday afternoon for the United States, where he will be hosted in the Oval Office on Tuesday. "This is my eighth meeting with him since he was elected President, more than any other international leader," Netanyahu told reporters ahead of the Trump meeting. He acknowledged that Iran will be top of the agenda. Mentioning the Abraham Accords, Netanyahu said: "I am setting out on this mission with one clear goal: to ensure the security, strength, and future of our dear State of Israel. 👀 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

The NSA, Tucker Carlson, and Me: Surveillance State Deception If you communicate with people overseas - friends, family, coworkers - the federal government will likely never acknowledge it collected your communications. Unless, perhaps, you have a large cable TV audience and politicians willing to demand answers. That at least is the lesson to be drawn from records obtained by the Cato Institute through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation against National Security Agency (NSA). Those records illuminate two very different cases. My own experience illustrates the first case. 🙌 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

Colonel Doug Macgregor: Sleepwalking into World War III Excerpts from this interview with Colonel Douglas Macgregor offers a most necessary and timely opportunity for self-reflection that the US and Europe so desperately need at this critical moment. Colonel Douglas Macgregor holds up a mirror to the West and uses his deep historical knowledge and personal experience of previous conflicts to clearly demonstrate the parallels, the motivations and the dynamics that are still in place and dictate policy to this day. On the Ukraine war, he offers a scathing critique of Western leadership and "strategy," specifically targeting the political elite in London, Paris, and Washington for operating under the assumption that prolonged conflict will somehow trigger an internal rebellion against President Putin that the West could then take advantage of. "That's all nonsense," he argues. ➡️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

🇮🇷Trump critic Massie joins Democrats in unprecedented bid to sue White House over Iran war A lone House Republican is joining Democrats in an effort to get President Donald Trump sued over the Iran war. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., is one of the co-sponsors of a new resolution aimed at compelling House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to sue the Trump administration over allegations the president is violating federal law with the U.S. conflict in the Middle East. The bill is also being led by Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, as well as Reps. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., Gabe Amo, D-R.I., Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., Jason Crow, D-Colo., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif. 👀 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

🇳🇿☄️Meteor fireball lights up sky over North Island, New Zealand on July 28 Residents across the North Island have reported seeing a fireball flash through the sky and hearing thunderous booms late last night. Footage provided to the Herald showed several large flashes of light before a bright ball of light fell and disappeared into the night sky. The bright light explosions illuminated almost the entire sky in a video taken around 10.30pm in Wellington. Meteor monitoring organisation Fireballs Aotearoa said it received multiple reports of a bright fireball meteor over the lower North Island. 🙌 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

🇨🇳Waterspout spotted off coast of south China's Hainan A dramatic waterspout formed on Monday over the sea near Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province. The towering rotating column connected dark storm clouds to the ocean surface. It lasted for about two minutes and then moved ashore without causing any damage or casualties. Meteorologists identified it as a classic waterspout - a tornado that develops over warm water. 👍🏼 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

🇪🇸Orca attack sinks yacht off coast in north-west Spain - 4 attacks on boats on the same day in same area Another yacht has been crippled by orcas in a new attack off Spain's north-west coast. On Thursday the mammals sank a boat,left another adrift after attacking its rudder and caused damage to two others. On Friday a pod of the killer whales left another sailing vessel inoperative by ramming it off the same coast of A Coruña in Galicia. This time they targeted a 14-metre Swedish-flagged vessel called Vai whose two occupants had to send a Mayday after their rudder was smashed. ✍️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

EF-3 tornado that hit Appleton area is fourth 'severe' level tornado in Wisconsin this year The EF-3 tornado that touched down in the Appleton area on Monday was the fourth "severe" level tornado that has hit Wisconsin so far this year. More than 1,500 tornadoes have touched down in Wisconsin from 1950 to 2025. Amanda Latham, a climate outreach specialist with the Wisconsin State Climatology Office, said EF-3 level or stronger tornadoes are "relatively uncommon" in the state. Before this year, Wisconsin hadn't seen an EF-3 tornado since 2021. ‼️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

🇦🇷Patagonia in Argentina plunges to -20C as rare snow buries El Bolsón A renewed Antarctic outbreak is driving temperatures toward -20C (-4F) across southern Patagonia. Argentina's weather service has maintained its highest-level "red cold alert" across large areas, including Santa Cruz. Provincial Civil Protection expects lows down to -18C (0F) through Thursday, with isolated readings below -20C. The latest pulse follows several days of severe cold. El Calafate, Río Turbio and Gobernador Gregores all fell to around -17C (1F), while Río Gallegos reached -14.5C (6F), with a wind chill of -20.3C (-5F). A reported minimum of -16C (3F) circulated for Gobernador Gregores on July 27. ❗️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

'Like nothing I have experienced': Lightning strike kills 10 cows at Oregon farm Over the course of their careers, Jensen Mini Farm owners Jeff and Lory Jensen have seen a lot, but the couple admitted that they were both at a loss after finding 10 of their cows dead on June 28. "It was raining so much that day that everything was just hunkered under trees and things, and we didn't think much of anything," Jeff Jensen told Tualatin Life about the couple's cows on the night of the incident. "The next morning we're getting up and getting ready for farmer's markets and the landlord there was like 'Hey, the cows are being a little louder than normal.'" The Jensens lease a pasture in West Linn and Jeff Jensen explained that on June 28, the day after the storm, he drove out to the acreage and found five of his cows and five calves lying dead underneath a tree that had been hit by lightning. ‼️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

Lightning strike in Colorado kills teenage hiker, injures 4 others On Sunday afternoon, lightning struck Colorado's 14,264-foot Mount Blue Sky fourteener, killing one teenager, causing serious injuries in a second minor, and injuring three more adults. Clear Creek County emergency responders, Denver Mountain Parks, Alpine Rescue Team, Clear Creek EMS, the Sheriff's Office, and the U.S. The Forest Service all responded to the incident after receiving a call at 1:22 p.m. amidst rapidly building thunderstorms. In a Facebook message on Tuesday, the Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office identified the deceased hiker as 15-year-old Levi Strobel, and said his injured brother was transported to a hospital in unknown condition. 📍 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

🇯🇵Shallow 6.8 earthquake kills at least 13 as rescuers race to find survivors in Japan The death toll from a powerful earthquake in south-west Japan has risen to 13, as rescue workers race to find more survivors from underneath the rubble. The magnitude 6.8 quake struck Kumamoto prefecture late on Tuesday, damaging roads and buildings, shutting rail networks, and forcing thousands to evacuate to shelters. Three of the fatalities are from the Aeon Mall in Kashima, where a portion of the second floor collapsed, the fire department said. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi gave her condolences to those who had died and thanked emergency services for their continued efforts. ‼️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

🇳🇿☄️Meteor fireball over South Island, New Zealand on July 27 A fireball that streaked across the skies of the South Island just before sunset on Sunday likely plunged into the sea, experts say. The meteor was seen across the Mainland at 5.51pm on Sunday and appeared to crash beneath the waves of Canterbury's East Coast, Steve Wyn-Harris from Fireballs Aotearoa said. Jas Mina was driving her Tesla along Old West Coast Rd, heading into Christchurch, when her cameras captured the object. ✍️ Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

☄️Meteor fireball over Cyprus on July 27 We received 9 reports about a fireball seen over Ammochostos, Famagusta, Larnaka, Lefkosia, Limassol, Nicosia and Paphos on Monday, July 27th 2026 around 18:29 UT. For this event, we received one video and one photo. 🙌 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

Houthi threats force Saudi crude tanker onto Suez route to Asia The Houthi threats to shipping in the Red Sea and its chokepoint, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, have forced at least one oil tanker carrying Saudi crude to Asia to choose the much longer route through the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean, and around Africa. The supertanker Olympic Luck, partially laden with Saudi crude at Yanbu on the Red Sea, transited the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean late on Sunday, according to shipping data monitored by Bloomberg. The U-turn from Bab el-Mandeb indicates that some tanker owners aren't willing to risk crossing southward into the Arabian Sea on the much shorter route to Asia, as the Iran-aligned Houthis have threatened - and struck - Saudi tankers in the Red Sea in recent days. 📍 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate

The Ukrainian conflict's 'southern front' is heating up The heightened stakes associated with this latest phase of the conflict suggest that an even greater escalation might be inevitable, but it's still possible that this could be delayed, if not outright averted. The most recent phase of the Ukrainian Conflict has been characterized by the "war of attrition" that the US has been waging against Russia through Ukraine after Trump decided to "escalate to de-escalate". This has thus far taken the form of drone strikes against energy infrastructure, online retailers, and maritime shipping in the Black, Azov, and now even the Caspian Seas. It's this last-mentioned aspect that forms the basis of the present analysis following Ukraine's weekend strikes on targets in the Caspian. 📍 Read More @sotten | - X | Facebook | Donate