December 2022 Archives
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Closing the Door
The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2022, and what were the least?
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Headlines Edition
Thursday Headlines: All the world’s a globe.
In a visit to DC, Zelenskyy requests more US support through aid and weapons. / Politico See also: Possible explanations for how Zelenskyy even traveled to the US. /...
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Wednesday headlines: The Marilyn mystique
The House Ways and Means Committee votes to release former President Trump's tax returns in the next couple days. / NPRDetails on the government funding package expected to...
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Headlines Edition
Tuesday Headlines: Santa maybe.
Russia's war in Ukraine and Iran's protests limited their respective abilities to interfere in America's midterm elections, according to a US military official. / Associated Press ...
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Hedlynes
Monday headlines: RIP, 22
A Chinese health official says his country faces three waves of Covid infections this winter. / BBC News Helen Branswell: Early flu season in the US may be peaking early. / STAT ...
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Saturday headlines: Keep your twin up
The US pledges $55 billion to the African continent over the next three years, playing catch-up to China’s investments. / Reuters, South China Morning Post Elections across Africa are becoming...
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Headlines Edition
Friday Headlines: If you de-extinct a mammoth.
The Senate passes $858 billion defense legislation that includes funding for Ukraine and Taiwan and rescinds the military's vaccine mandate. / CNN EU leaders agree on more sanctions for...
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Thursday headlines: My morning chatbot
The Federal Reserve raises its benchmark interest rate to the highest level in 15 years, indicating no reductions until 2024. / CNBCEight social media influencers are charged in a $100 million stock...
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Headlines Edition
Wednesday Headlines: What kind of fantastic trees have you got growing around here?
Biden signs legislation requiring same-sex and interracial marriages to be recognized across state lines. / NPR Because it also provides concessions to nonprofit religious groups, the Respect for Marriage...
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Headlines
Tuesday headlines: Capitalism needs sick people
US scientists produce a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain—a very, very small version of what powers the sun. / CNNFusion looks unlikely to...
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Headlines Edition
Monday Headlines: Nature vs. future.
Arizona's outgoing governor is pressing forward with a scheme to erect hundreds of shipping containers topped with razor wire along the state's border with Mexico. / Associated...
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Headlines
Saturday headlines: Keep your clowder dry
Please forgive today's delayed appearance. People are getting sick out here!The White House says Russia and Iran's relationship has warmed to a fully fledged defense partnership. /...
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The Rooster
Announcing the 2023 Tournament of Books
Here are the books, judges, and Zombie poll for the 2023 Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes.
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Headlines
Friday headlines: Lucky to longer love
The BBC's list of 100 influential women includes Olena Zelenska, Billie Eilish, and Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi. / BBC NewsIranian medics say security forces are targeting women's faces,...
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Thursday headlines: the color wordle
China eases its harsher coronavirus policies amid mounting public pressure. / QuartzSocial media suggests a growing number of Chinese people know someone who has Covid, a month prior to...
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Headlines edition
Wednesday headlines: I don’t want to be an internet person
In the week ending November 26, more than 34,000 positive flu tests were reported in the US, the most in a single week during any flu season on record. / VoxAvian...
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Tuesday headlines: Gentleman up front
More drone strikes attack Russia. Ukraine doesn't claim responsibility, but a presidential advisor taunts the Kremlin on Twitter. / USA Today, TwitterAn explainer why sanctions against Russia will...
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Headlines
Monday headlines: When non-fungible becomes very tangible
A senior official in Iran suggests the morality police have been disbanded, but local media say his remarks have been "misinterpreted." / BBC NewsSupposedly, a decision will be made...
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Headlines Edition
Saturday Headlines: Shall we play a game?
Russia says it "will not accept" the G7's $60-a-barrel price cap on its oil exports. / Reuters Internal documents show the US Army planned to sponsor Call of...
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Headlines edition
Friday headlines: Anymore wants to work nobody
China plans to announce an easing of its Covid quarantine protocols and a reduction in mass testing. / ReutersHelen Branswell: Hong Kong's zero Covid policy, in the face...
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Thursday headlines: The secret world of the CPO
France becomes the first major western power to support trying Russian officials over the war in Ukraine. / The GuardianMillions of people in Ukraine are said to be without...