"Commentators should please stop using words such as 'digital' and 'progress' and 'efficiency' and 'vision' when describing this coup attempt." / Thinking about... Related: The engineers playing a key role in Elon Musk's attempt to dismantle federal infrastructure are
It's no longer enough to measure income gaps to depict inequality; now, wealth gaps paint a far bleaker picture of American prosperity. / The Conversation See also: The wildfires exposed a truth about how power operates in Los Angeles: "No city is more in need of its next
Something that's getting lost in yesterday's was-it-or-wasn't-it US-Colombia trade war: "Colombia accepted 475 deportation flights from the US from 2020 to 2024." / AP And also: Because Trump wants to use military—not civilian—flights to transport deportees,
With the inauguration of Trump's second term, the Doomsday Clock will move forward next week. / The Nation See also: A subreddit that provides "the perfect soundtrack for your personal apocalypse." / r/CollapseMusic Unrelated: When a scientist convinced members of the San Francisco 49ers to ingest radioactive
The CDC is urging labs to accelerate testing patients hospitalized with flu to determine whether they have seasonal influenza or bird flu. / NBC News The future of the West Coast is "hydroclimate whiplash," where, for example, mudslides are the result of wildfires followed by intense storms. / Defector See
There are now at least 24 dead in the Los Angeles wildfires, with increasing winds bringing the potential this week for "explosive fire growth." / Los Angeles Times "We're feeling the magnitude of shared suffering." TMN's Rosecrans Baldwin on the injustice of the
Even as calm winds are providing firefighters in Los Angeles a chance to get ahead of the wildfires, forecasts show more rounds of wind are on the way. / Accuweather As bad as the stress is right now for Angelenos, erroneous emergency alerts urging evacuations are only adding to the trauma.
"Technically, all pandemic flus start as bird flus." Everything you never wanted to know about H5N1. / Astral Codex Ten Following the user exodus from X, Russia's "Matryoshka" disinformation network heads to Bluesky, posting videos to undermine US support of Ukraine. / The Insider A violent
Diagrams suggest how extensive Hamas militants' underground passageways under Gaza could be, and how the tunnels are used. / The New York Times [+] An explainer of what's going on with the multiple investigations into NYC Mayor Eric Adams's campaign fundraising. / The City "I asked him
Hundreds have reportedly been killed in ethnic murders in the Sudanese region of West Darfur, forcing thousands of people to flee. / BBC News Related: Gaza has the world's attention—as it should—yet no one seems to have noticed the world's largest child displacement crisis is
