Xi Jinping and China face another tough year [The Economist]

Update on “The Cage”—part two. Our weekly podcast on China. This week we look back at part two of our investigation into Uyghur repression in China and abroad [The Economist Podcasts]

Japan jet crash: Passengers describe chaos inside flight 516 [BBC News]

Multiple US statehouses evacuated after apparent hoax threats [Reuters]

Veiled rebellion: Female medical students go underground in Afghanistan [AL-Jazeera News]

1000s of Afghan Women, Girls Join Online Study Programs [TOLO News]

How to watch the first meteor shower of the year tonight. [The Verge]

Israel’s Supreme Court just overturned Netanyahu’s pre-war power grab [Vox]

What’s next for Mozilla? [TechCrunch]

Minds of Machines: The great AI consciousness conundrum [MIT Technology Review]

SAP CTO Juergen Mueller on 2024: The worst thing for AI would be if only a few know how to use it [LinkedIn] #SAP

Will mortgage rates go down in 2024? [Business Insider]

Gaza diary part 39: ‘My year ended with sadness, singing and an imaginary cake’ [The Guardian] #SaveGaza #GazaGenocide

Russia and Ukraine Exchange Record Number of P.O.W.s [New York Times]

Biden Could Kill Donald Trump And Not Be Prosecuted, Under Trump's Own Legal Theory [Huffington Post]

Red Bull set for ‘new future’ with Ford deal [Speed Cafe]

Ferrari Puts You Right in the Driver’s Seat [The Atlantic]

Which 2024 elections are flying under the radar? [FiveThirtyEight]

Experts say don’t pre-rinse your dishes. We put that advice to the test. [Washington Post]

Manchester United co-owner billionaire Jim Ratcliffe's insatiable appetite for sport [Le Monde]

20 best science-fiction movies on Prime Video right now [Mashable]

Scientists Just Made a 1.75 Billion-Year-Old Discovery About the Origin of Life [VICE News]

New Bills Aim to Block U.S. Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE Amid Concerns of Regional Conflict [The Intercept_]

Japan spent decades making itself earthquake resilient. Here's how. [National Geographic]

The U.S. Mint releases new commemorative coins honoring Harriet Tubman [NPR]

Two more systems bringing rain to Sacramento, winter storm warning to the Sierra [CapRadioNews]

Ukraine and Gaza: double standards [Le Monde diplomatique]

The World’s Biggest Risks for 2024 Are More Than Trump [Foreign Policy]

The Ukraine-Taiwan Tradeoff [Foreign Affairs]

Is the US Military Learning the Wrong Lessons About Drones? [The Diplomat]

The ‘Accidental Activist’ Who Changed the Face of Mathematics [Quanta Magazine]

NASA Invites You to X-59 Rollout Watch Party [NASA]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1068 & BENKYO RADIO 1068. Now, I don’t normally wear boots, but if I did, I’d wear Origin brand, built in America, recommended by JOCKO. Please just help him and his crew stop being Trump supporters. Thanks. Speaking of Crew, there’s the Columbus Crew, who won the MLS Cup, that’s pretty awesome.

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