Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100 [AP News]

Who was the best CEO of 2024? [The Economist]

The year in pictures 2024 [1843 Magazine]

The Charts that Help Make Sense of 2024 [Harvard Business Review]

Elon Musk's 'social experiment on humanity': How X evolved in 2024 [BBC]

Covid Pregnancies May Have Boosted Autism Risk, Study Shows [Bloomberg]

Bird flu virus shows mutations in first severe human case in US, CDC says [Reuters]

Israel kills five medical staff as another baby freezes to death in Gaza [AL-Jazeera News]

Pakistan Airstrikes in Paktika Claim 46 Lives, Majority Women and Children [Afghanistan International]

What to Cook Between Christmas and New Year’s [The New Yorker]

Bose SoundLink Home review: a speaker that’s all about looks [The Verge]

Major change doesn’t have to wreck your friendships [Vox]

ChatGPT and Sora went down for the second time this month [TechCrunch]

These stunning images trace ships’ routes as they move [MIT Technology Review]

29 people survived a Christmas plane crash. Data shows how that can happen. [Business Insider]

It's a historic week at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. ❤️👏 [LinkedIn]

New York governor orders firing of 14 prison workers after fatal attack on inmate [The Guardian]

Finland Suspects Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Vessel Cut Undersea Power Cable [The New York Times]

AMERICAN UNPLUGGED - Tuning Out: “Mentally Exhausted”… [Huffington Post]

Six Books to Read by the Fire [The Atlantic]

26 charts that helped explain 2024 in politics [FiveThirtyEight]

Trump wants federal workers back in the office. It may be a tall task. [The Washington Post]

How tsunami science has advanced, 20 years after the catastrophe in Indonesia [Le Monde]

NASA spacecraft just plunged into the sun and broke stunning records [Mashable]

After Playing ‘Final Fantasy XIV’, I Understand How People Get So Attached To Created Characters [VICE]

EU Officials Will Claim Ignorance of Israel’s War Crimes. This Leaked Document Shows What They Knew. [The Intercept_]

Inside the life-saving world of canine blood donors [National Geographic]

Remembering the actors, musicians, writers and artists we lost in 2024 [NPR]

California’s college financial aid chief on FAFSA chaos, concerns about Trump and more [Cap Radio News]

Syrie, l’année zéro de l’après-dictature [Le Monde diplomatique]

Fareed Zakaria Looks Back at 2024 [Foreign Policy]

A Pathway to Peace in Ukraine [Foreign Affairs]

Space Oddity: At 70, is the Baikonur Cosmodrome Nearing Retirement? [The Diplomat]

2024: 10 Great Cipher Brief Conversations [The Cipher Brief]

The Year in Physics [Quanta Magazine]

La magie de Noël au CERN 🎄 Ce #ThrowbackThursday vous présente les célébrations de Noël au CERN dans les années 1960. [CERN_FR]

What’s Up: December 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA [NASA]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Monday, December 30th, 2024. Hope you’re enjoying the festivities. I just had an extended family dinner over the weekend it was awesome. Great food. Hanging out with the Cousins. Watching Rush Hour 2 yet again, and playing some great Playstation. It appears the Sacramento Kings were playing as well.

Until Next Time!