
The Quoin Intelligence Brief
August 12, 2026
On August 12, the brief covers a wide range of breaking news, including NOAA confirming July 2026 as the hottest month in 132 years of U.S. records, ongoing uncertainty in Wisconsin's August 11 primary results due to a Milwaukee absentee ballot upload error, and a magnitude-7.4 earthquake in Colombia that has killed at least 126 people with thousands still missing. The episode also examines geopolitical developments such as North Korea's latest ballistic missile launch, Beijing's flood emergency following Typhoon White Dolphin, and the unresolved Iran-Oman Hormuz navigation proposal facing U.S. opposition. Additional stories span markets and technology, including Meta's open-sourcing of a large...

