Polar Bears are Rewiring Their Own Genetics to Survive a Warming Climate [Slashdot.org]

Inside the push to knock Newsom off his perch as 2028 frontrunner (paywall, cannot read the story, problematic) [AXIOS]

Amazon rolls out Ask This Book to the Kindle iOS app, letting readers ask questions about plot or characters; authors can't opt out [TechMeme]

Putting off your job search until next year? Here's why that's a bad idea [Quartz]

Here’s a glimmer of hope about AI and jobs [Vox]

The Best Food and Dining Trends of 2025, According to Eater Editors [EATER]

3 Ways to Fall Asleep Faster, Backed by Decades of Research [Inc.]

Here's what's next from the creator of the Pebble smartwatch [Fast Company]

Sentou Yousei Yukikaze — Silver Mind, Blue Fire [Medium] A full-length, book-style fan-fiction novella inspired by Chohei Kambayashi’s Sentou Yousei Yukikaze universe (written by me, Zaki Qayoumi, aka “Zack”) #SciFi #FanFiction #Novella

JPMorgan Chase CEO Says ‘You’ll Have Plenty of Jobs’ If You Master These Skills [Entrepreneur]

Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water [WIRED]

This Week in Tech 1062 — The Architects of AI [TWIT]

Bringing state-of-the-art Gemini translation capabilities to Google Translate [Google Blog]

Spotlight on innovation: Google-sponsored Data Science for Health Ideathon across Africa [Google Research]

The Ruined Cathedral [Lapham’s Quarterly]

Don’t miss the Geminid meteor shower [Astronomy Magazine]

Top AI News of 2025: The Year Things Got Real [Salesforce, The 360 Blog]

SAP x Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1: Partnership Powers Performance | 2025 Highlights [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP #Neurodivergent

What’s up, everybody! It’s Tuesday, December 16th, 2025. There will be a new “Coffee With Zaki” in French tonight, hopefully.