Et tu, fruit

The Pentagon says China hopes to double its nuclear arsenal to over 1,000 operational warheads by 2030. / BBC News

Some thoughts on the three bomb problem: "In all likelihood the United States will continue to seek nuclear primacy behind a screen of superficially reasonable rhetoric." / The London Review of Books

Peter Schroeder: The US cannot bank on Russian officials to stop Putin from using nuclear weapons. / Foreign Affairs

Unrelated: Remembering Bulgaria in the 1990s—"a carnival ride amid carnage." / Switchyard

Climate experts give the US mixed grades on its 2023 efforts to mitigate the climate crisis. / Grist

American gas companies give rewards to builders, contractors, and real estate agents to install and promote gas appliances. / The Guardian

Wool has far higher greenhouse gas emissions than alternatives for the same amount of fabric. / Vox

"Enigmatic chemical reactions" have broken out in two Los Angeles-area landfills. / BLDBLG

How Bing Crosby helped usher in the Silicon Valley era: he pioneered his signature croon to adapt to microphones and later embraced pre-recorded broadcasts. / The Honest Broker

Century-old drawings by teenage artist Virginia Frances Sterrett. / The Marginalian

A logic exercise by Lewis Carroll. / Futility Closet

Vintage Christmas cards include a lot of animals behaving oddly. / Flashbak

A small town in southern Japan has several bus stops shaped like fruit. / Kottke

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