The growing peril of national conservatism: It’s dangerous and it’s spreading. Liberals need to find a way to stop it [The Economist]

The town that Ozempic and Wegovy built [1843 magazine]

A guide to Donald Trump's four criminal cases [BBC News]

80,000 Afghan Refugees Earned Their New Home [Bloomberg]

Waymo recalls 444 self-driving vehicles over software error [Reuters]

What Palestinians in Gaza are teaching Muslims worldwide [AL-Jazeera News]

Jewish Identity with and without Zionism [New Yorker]

It’s time for Microsoft to build an Xbox Steam Deck [The Verge]

America’s unique, enduring gun problem, explained [Vox]

Bluesky and Mastodon users are having a fight that could shape the next generation of social media [TechCrunch]

Scientists are finding signals of long covid in blood. They could lead to new treatments. [MIT Technology Review] #ThisHasBeenNightmaresForDoctors #COVID19 #VaccinesSaveLives

How to manage your boss [BusinessInsider]

Happy Lunar New Year! 🐉 Welcoming the Year of the Dragon with heartfelt wishes for prosperity, growth, and innovation. [LinkedIn] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP

Biden signs order to shield Palestinians in US from deportation [The Guardian]

California Aims $2 Billion to Help Students Catch Up From the Pandemic [New York Times]

Matt Damon Shares His Surprise Contribution To Ben Affleck's Dunkin' Ad [Huffington Post]

Why Americans Suddenly Stopped Hanging Out [The Atlantic]

Americans believe in climate change, but do they believe in love? [FiveThirtyEight]

Michael Cera came of age on-screen. Now he’s all grown up. [Washington Post]

'Donald Trump has gone from being a symptom of the crisis afflicting American society to a driving force' [Le Monde] Did America had fun with its #TrumpTVshow? Good, keep going. If you continue, it’s Armageddon. Stupid fucks. I am tired of Robert Mueller and Jack Smith not handling this. Give me the fucking job, I will fucking do it myself. #xfiles

A Prehistoric Tool Discovery May Have Just Rewritten Human History [Mashable]

IDF Sent in Handcuffed Prisoner to Evacuate Hospital, then Killed Him When He Left [The Intercept_] #NetanyahuIsaMonster #GazaGenocide

These creatures of the ‘twilight zone’ are vital to our oceans [National Geographic]

Russia is developing nuclear capability to threaten satellites, source says [NPR]

California sea otters nearly went extinct. Now they're rescuing their coastal habitat [CapRadioNews]

La France en tête de la « coalition artillerie » pour l’Ukraine [Le Monde diplomatique]

5 Rules for Superpowers Facing Multiple Conflicts [Foreign Policy]

Gaza and the End of the Rules-Based Order [Foreign Affairs]

US Official Warns of China’s Growing Offensive Cyber Power. FBI Director Wray, in particular, sounded the alarm about China’s targeting of U.S. critical infrastructure for potential cyber attacks. [The Diplomat]

To See Black Holes in Stunning Detail, She Uses ‘Echoes’ Like a Bat [Quanta Magazine]

Hezbollah’s Attacks, Israel’s Retaliation and Fears of a Two-Front War [The Cipher Brief] a war in Lebanon would be a terrible conundrum and unnecessary. Please focus on a long-term cease-fire in Israel/Palestine even possibly a #TwoStateSolution. Let me remind you that Israel is currently facing Genocide accusations from the ICJ via South Africa.

Emmanuel Macron's trip to Kyiv, scheduled for 13 and 14 February, has been postponed to a later date. The reason could be Paris's holding back on the delivery of 12 Mirage 2000D aircraft to Ukraine. [Intelligence Online]

#ThrowbackThursday aux premiers nouveaux aimants d’injection (MKI-Cool) pour la mise à niveau à haute luminosité du #LHC. Ces aimants ont récemment terminé des tests démontrant leur capacité à absorber la chaleur et à conserver leur fraîcheur, grâce à la luminosité accrue des faisceaux #HiLumiLHC. Les aimants kickers sont un élément important du complexe des accélérateurs du LHC, donnant à chaque faisceau injecté un « coup de pied » au bon moment pour le mettre en orbite dans le #LHC [CERN_FR]

NASA Telescopes Find New Clues About Mysterious Deep Space Signals [NASA]

BLOGPOST UPDATE IN PROGRESS

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1098 & BENKYO RADIO 1098. Now, unfortunately I left France right before the World Cup in 1998 and its subsequent Euro in 2000, therefore I missed the greatest moment in France Football history. Anyway, the Euro 2024 is in Germany, and there’s a outright conspiracy preventing me to be able to afford a new German car until this fucking competition is done in the Summer. Look goddamnit, I can’t drive a Peugeot in USA, they don’t make them over here. I need an Audi or a BMW and I need it pronto. Thank you. Tell Zidane to make his decision, do you want to go take the reign at FFF and prepare us for the long journey until our troixieme étoile? Or do you want to use your godly powers to help Manchester United return to the UCL next year and help us win our fourth Champions League star? I know you’ve talked about it with David Beckham. He’s got a Spice Girl wife at home, and watching the Red Devils out of that competition is pretty depressing for all my supporter friends in England. It would make Alex Ferguson extremely happy, and I can buy new MUFC Track Jackets, mine (home and away) are from a period between 2003-2009. Thanks, and Merci infiniment pour ton travail, tu as beaucoup de talent.

Until Next Time!