YouTube — 2026-06-27#
Watch First#
How We Revealed Costs of Damage from Iranian Strikes at a U.S. Base by The Wall Street Journal is a fascinating look at modern open-source investigative journalism. After the Pentagon frustrated lawmakers by refusing to disclose the figures, WSJ reporters used satellite imagery, social media footage, and Department of Defense pricing guides to calculate a massive $400 million in structural damages to a U.S. naval base in Bahrain.
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News & Business#
Ten years on, the Financial Times delivers a sobering look at the economic hit of leaving the EU in Ten years after Brexit | Political Fix, noting the UK economy is 4-8% worse off and that the move has stifled European financial market cohesion by removing London’s leadership. CNBC breaks down the summer movie industry’s surprising $1.8 billion turnaround in How The U.S. Box Office Is Having Its Strongest Year Since 2019, driven by massive hits like Toy Story 5 and original low-budget horror. On the Chinese-language side, the 5月PCE看到了机会！OpenAI引起连锁反应？苹果自作自受！准备退休的最优解是？ stream provides excellent financial commentary, analyzing the latest U.S. PCE inflation data and discussing why OpenAI might be delaying its IPO to 2027 due to off-balance-sheet computing debt owed to suppliers.
Learning & Ideas#
In a captivating historical and geographical deep dive, Xiaosong explores Argentina’s fall from grace in 晓松聊阿根廷，梅西的阿根廷是个什么样的国家，为何由富转穷米莱能改变吗？, explaining how a nation blessed with the Pampas and wealthy European immigrants devolved into a stagnating economy hobbled by 60% public employment and currency freezes. The Hoover Institution raises a thought-provoking medical paradox in Sunscreen and Skin Cancer #EconTalk: sunscreen use has skyrocketed for decades, yet skin cancer rates continue to rise in tandem, suggesting there is more to the story than just sunlight exposure. For history buffs, Yuan Tengfei provides a nuanced Q&A on whether incompetent emperors or structural decay truly killed ancient Chinese dynasties in 【限免】袁Sir翻牌：朱棣的庙号为啥是成祖？#lifeano翻牌 260620, while GQ Taiwan shares a grim reminder in 以前沒有麻醉怎麼開刀 that pre-1846 surgeons actually wanted patients awake during surgery to prevent them from slipping into death.
Tech & AI#
CNBC highlights a massive physical ripple effect of the tech boom in How The AI Data Center Buildout Is Creating Boom For The Gas Turbine Industry, reporting that hyperscalers like Meta and Microsoft are buying up $250 million natural gas turbines from GE because local utilities cannot build power infrastructure fast enough to support their AI ambitions. Meanwhile, GQ Taiwan drops a quick truth bomb from YouTube’s head of recommendations in YouTube的演算法是什麼？: the algorithm isn’t a machine out to get you, it is simply a reflection of the audience’s preferences.
Everything Else#
Entrepreneur Luo Yonghao offers a remarkably candid, hilarious, and moving Chinese podcast episode in 罗永浩的X字路口！不借钱给朋友，就会失去朋友失去钱！, discussing the psychology of owing 600 million RMB, his refusal to declare bankruptcy, and the social dynamics of debt. On a lighter lifestyle note, CNBC Make It profiles a millennial family who escaped Brooklyn rents to buy and renovate a house in the Italian countryside for just €11,500 in I Left The U.S. And Bought A House In Italy For $13K. Finally, BBC Earth captures incredible, never-before-filmed footage of a spider hoisting an empty snail shell into a bush to escape the scorching sands in One Of The World’s Rarest Carnivores | Madagascar | BBC Earth.