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Russia’s oil and gas revenues this month are expected to fall 35% year-on-year. / Semafor
Calls with the White House have done little to defuse the spat occurring between Beijing and Tokyo. / CNBC
As Chinese cities have grown safer, security guards are mostly protecting property prices “and the class status they imply.” / Sixth Tone
See also: How Chinese businesses are changing (gentrifying?) Mexico City’s Nuevo Polanco neighborhood. / rest of world
San Francisco’s poverty rate grows by more than four percent in less than a year. / The Washington Post [$]
Involuntary treatment goes statewide in California in January—and judging by San Francisco’s experiences, the conservatorship system is by no means ready. / The Atlantic [$]
The hole in the ozone above Antarctica is the fifth-smallest it’s been since 1992. / NASA
A round-up of measures that advanced recently in Congress across party lines that you probably didn’t hear about. / Wake Up to Politics
Design experts critique President Trump’s new gold Oval Office sign. / The Washington Post [$]
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“The right-thinking establishment to a tee (to a Ta-Nihisi) [sic].” A searchable archive of the Epstein emails released by Congress, via a Gmail interface. / Jmail.world
“I get really angry at this because it’s designed to scare people like me away from birth control, which has made my life so much better in so many ways.” Misinformation about breast cancer runs amok on social media. / Undark Magazine
Malaysia joins Australia in banning social media for people under the age of 16. / Al Jazeera
Apparently, the early holiday season is showing pronounced interest online in paper crafts. / The Trend Report
In praise of the colloquialism “lol” when it’s “soft, open, and somehow restrained.” / Granta
A brief profile of a facilities manager who uprooted his life and found happiness by repairing typewriters. / The New York Times [$]
A plea for people to use more em dashes—despite their use seeming to be a sign of artificial intelligence. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
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