Russia risks becoming ungovernable and descending into chaos [The Economist]
Lost in militialand: escaping Ethiopia’s siege of Tigray [1843 magazine]
How will the energy crisis, triggered by the war in Ukraine, unfold in 2023? [The Economist Podcasts]
Which cities have moved up the Worldwide Cost of Living rankings? Explore the results for 2022 here: econ.st/3Fn73MX #worldwidecostofliving [TheEIU]
Research: When Mindfulness Does — and Doesn’t — Help at Work [Harvard Business Review]
Timed Teaser: What free stuff is France handing out? [BBC News]
Elon Musk Is the New Donald Trump, Apparently [Bloomberg]
G7 considers more air defence for Ukraine as fighting rages [Reuters]
Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in occupied West Bank raid [AL-Jazeera News] #IsraelWarCrimes #PalestinianLivesMatter
The Fusion Breakthrough Suggesting that Maybe Someday We’ll Have a Second Sun [The New Yorker]
The Avatar-themed concept car is barely driveable but looks like a futuristic fever dream [The Verge]
In search of an attainable New Year’s resolution [Vox]
Fortnite and MrBeast will give away $1 million in a pop-up game challenge [TechCrunch]
New year’s resolutions for CIOs [MIT Technology Review]
34 years after unveiling the iconic B-2, the US military has revealed a new bomber designed to use weapons that haven't been invented yet [Insider]
The books Doug McMillon read this year cover a variety of topics, but I kept returning to those that look to the future and ask: How can we all work together to make it better? It’s an important topic to think about and directly aligns with our company’s purpose. We exist to help people save money and live better. Each and every associate can make a positive difference in our communities – it’s worth our time and effort. [LinkedIn]
Ninety-year-old woman is oldest person to graduate from Illinois university [The Guardian]
Russia-Ukraine War — France Hosts Aid Conference for Ukraine, Discussing Winter Survival and Reconstruction [The New York Times]
White House Slams Marjorie Taylor Greene For Saying She'd Have 'Won' Jan. 6 Riot [Huffington Post]
Elon Musk Is a Far-Right Activist [The Atlantic]
Americans Generally Support Unions — And Averting A Rail Strike [FiveThirtyEight]
Opinion: The U.S. does not need to alienate its allies to green its economy [The Washington Post]
Covid-19 : la France a franchi le seuil des 160 000 morts depuis le début de l’épidémie [Le Monde]
What the nuclear fusion breakthrough means for our future [Mashable]
Nuclear Fusion Ignition Has Been Achieved, US Government Announces [VICE News]
Inside the Fight for Climate Justice [The Intercept]
Scientists achieve a breakthrough in nuclear fusion. Here’s what it means. [National Geographic]
U.S. reaches a fusion power milestone. Will it be enough to save the planet? [NPR]
Sacramento City Council guide: Here’s what it does and how residents can engage with it [CapRadioNews]
Aux États-Unis, la gentrification par l’école [Le Monde diplomatique]
The United States Couldn’t Stop Being Stupid if It Wanted To [Foreign Policy]
Russia’s Quiet Riot — Learning to Outlast Putin’s Autocracy [Foreign Affairs] #Ukraine
Amid Ukraine War, Russia’s Northern Sea Route Turns East [The Diplomat]
She Turns Fluids Into ‘Black Holes’ and ‘Inflating Universes’ [Quanta Magazine]
The first edition of the #QT4HEP conference took place @CERN last week. The event was a forum to discuss the recent developments in the #quantumtechnology field and the potential impact of this technology on #highenergyphysics and beyond➡️https://home.cern/tags/quantum-theory #CERNqti #CERNKT [CERNquantum]
60 Years Ago: Mariner 2 First to Explore Venus [NASA]

BLOGPOST UPDATE IN PROGRESS

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 698 & BENKYO RADIO 698.

Now, as you know, Death Stranding was an important game release. While all of us were stuck indoor because of the pandemic, DS helped us tell a wonderful story of reuniting our country, save our world, with plot-twists and everything else in between. It’s a very hard game at the beginning, and you can get very frustrating until you find a weapon. That’s why one of the song on the soundtrack is “Please don’t stop chapter 1.” It’s also a very rewarding game. Because when most games have instant gratification, DS works at an incredibly slow pace. You are hiking. You are hiking through some of the most beautiful places around the world. There’s also some mysterious things happening, and you keep second-guessing what is going to happen. There was a DS game, and a Director’s Cut version (I’m still playing the new missions). This new trailer raises a lot of questions, and we hope to seek answer. Remember, the story of the original Death Stranding was between Sam, and Amelie, a woman he absolutely loved, but hadn’t seen her face in ten years. A middleman comes between them and explain to them that she was taken hostage, and that they have to work together to reunite cities around the country. If you look under my LINKS page on my blog, you will see links to all 4 game trailers. If therapy costs a few hundreds of dollars a session, this video game is worth millions of dollars in Therapy. It’s incredibly helpful. It helps you deal with trauma. DS is not for everybody, but if you have a chance to play it, I suggest that you do. The story is so incredibly powerful and complex, you won’t believe what happened half the time. Such incredible characters. Such incredible character developments. Such incredible cast. When you play Death Stranding, you are entering a very tumultuous world. Sometimes you’re happy, sometimes you’re sad. Sometimes you’re excited, sometimes you’re crying. One of the most powerful scene in Death Stranding is when he goes to his room, and Fragile holds an umbrella, and tells him to picture Amelie on her beach. She asks him to close his eyes, and think about her, Fragile says, you love her, don’t you? And then she says “there it is” and then you teleport to whatever next mission you have to do. Just imagine how you’d feel if you hadn’t seen someone in ten years, and then saw their face. Tears. Death Stranding has a bit difficult mechanics when you grab a Playstation controller, but get the hang of it, play the story, and then see what the hell all of us are talking about. At least now we know there is a sequel. Fans around the world are incredibly excited.

Until Next Time!