New analysis of ancient human protein could unlock secrets of evolution Guardian
Vikings fashion: they filed their teeth, had female warriors and loved bling ZME Science
The Day Explorers Finally Found One of the World’s Great Lost Shipwrecks Literary Hub
Commercial real estate continues to get pummeled The Real Deal
Climate/Environment
‘The ship has reached the shore’: The planet finally has a treaty to protect life in the high seas Down to Earth
Many Antarctic glaciers are hemorrhaging ice. This one is healing its cracks Science News
Worried about Sea Level Rise? Look for the Lichens Hakai Magazine
Why North Dakota is preparing to sue Minnesota over clean energy Grist
The Climate Case for Rationing The New Republic
Norfolk Southern Chemical Bomb
Michigan stopped Ohio toxic waste last week, but we import waste every day Bridge Michigan
20-cars of Norfolk Southern train derail in Springfield; Ohio and federal officials investigating Cleveland.com
The Case for Nationalizing the Railroads In These Times
#COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 Can Integrate Into the Genome, Cause Positive Tests labroots
California Nurses Association condemns state decision to lift mask, vaccine requirements in health care settings National Nurses United
Syraqistan
US military commander in Syria briefed on anti-IS operations Military Times
Recent ISIS attacks in Syrian desert carried out with US support: Source The Cradle
US, Saudi Arabia to conduct first counter-drone exercise without allies Al-Monitor
Old Blighty
The UK Continues Its Decline Ian Welsh
The Koreas
US, South Korea announce largest field exercises in five years AP
South Korea offers plan to resolve wartime labor dispute with Japan Nikkei
India
India’s Russian oil imports hit record high in February; now more than Iraq, Saudi put together The Hindu
China?
One Year After Russia Mega Sanctions, Senate Asks ‘Can We Do Same To China?’ Forbes
To Prepare for a Pacific Island Fight, Marines Hide and Attack in California NYT
China increases military spending in face of ‘escalating’ threats Dawn
Pentagon Sees Giant Cargo Cranes as Possible Chinese Spying Tools
WSJWHO expert ‘frustrated’ over US unwillingness to share info on COVID origins tracing Global Times
China’s ‘two sessions’ 2023: Premier Li Keqiang bows out with appeal for economic recovery SCMP
European Disunion
French Strikes Over Pension Reform Hit Power Utility, Trucking Bloomberg
New Not-So-Cold War
Bakhmut, Strategic Or Not, Is Falling Moon of Alabama
Ukraine: A war to end all wars in Europe Indian Punchline
🇺🇦🫰💰💵The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine confirmed the detention of Deputy Minister Lozinsky who is suspected of embezzlement of budget funds. Lozinsky will be dismissed from his post.
— AZ 🛰🌏🌍🌎 (@AZgeopolitics) January 21, 2023
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Why the Russia Sanctions Are Missing the Mark Project Syndicate
THE DISTURBING GROUPTHINK OVER THE WAR IN UKRAINE The Intercept
German party rejects punishment for ex-leader’s Russia links AP
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Germany warned of power cuts RT
German government plans extensive LNG infrastructure build-up to ensure security of European supply Clean Energy Wire
French general accuses the West of hiding the truth about Nord Stream gas pipelines Reseau International
Major US Outlets Found Hersh’s Nord Stream Scoop Too Hot to Handle FAIR
92 Flights From Israeli Base Reveal Arms Exports to Azerbaijan Haaretz
Azerbaijan: Soldiers killed, wounded in clash near Karabakh TRT World
Turkey, UAE ink free trade deal in latest thaw Al-Monitor
Top U.S. Treasury official to warn UAE, Turkey over sanctions evasion Reuters. From January.
South of the Border
Political Repression Under Peruvian Coup Regime Black Agenda Report
Brazil Approves GMO Wheat Ag Web
Biden Administration
If Biden Really Wants to End Homelessness, He Needs to Support Public Housing Jacobin
Garland insists charges against Hunter Biden can be brought outside of Delaware Washington Examiner
2024
CPAC 2023: Trump wins straw poll, DeSantis loses support Washington Examiner
Democrats en déshabillé
Transportation post has become political nightmare for Buttigieg The Hill. Poor Pete.
Healthcare
Cancer-Free Medicare Recipients Received Fentanyl Indicated for Cancer Pain MedPage Today
After People on Medicaid Die, Some States Aggressively Seek Repayment From Their Estates KHN. No kidding?
Police State Watch
Special counsel urges sheriff to ban the ‘cancer’ of deputy gangs Los Angeles Times
Imperial Collapse Watch
Does Technology Win Wars? Foreign Affairs
Supply Chain
US steel shortage grows, End to EU Green Steel subsidies Steel News
Our Famously Free Press
Class Warfare
High interest rates, car prices lead to record loans, debt The Car Connection
Powell to talk to Congress about the possibility of more interest-rate hikes, not fewer MarketWatch
No-Strike Clauses: Tips for First-Contract Bargainers Portside
Fain leads, but ballot questions delay decision in UAW presidential election Detroit Free Press
Tech
Solving the Moderator’s Trilemma with Federation Pluralistic
Who’s Cleaning Twitter? Tech Workers Coalition
AI
Can A.I. Treat Mental Illness? The New Yorker
The Bezzle
Torching Retail Doomberg
Uh oh! The crypto collapse has reached the real financial system The Verge
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