How to Build an Ingenious 400-Year-Old Swedish Torch From a Single Log Laughing Squid
Climate/Environment
Over the next week –>
Arctic Blast 1.0 and Arctic Blast 2.0 merge
into Super Arctic Blast
that will entomb the Eastern U.S. into a frigid hellscape.Temperatures 35°F to 45°F below normal will cripple 🇺🇸 east of the Mississippi.
This is all-time historic vintage cold. pic.twitter.com/zNugF2QAqo
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) January 22, 2026
US Calls on Data Centers to Prepare Backup Power Ahead of Storm Bloomberg
Saw these winter storm preparation tips on another site.
Thought they would be good to post.See the entire thread.
Before the Storm tips pic.twitter.com/OGXBBzyqn5
— Rae ❤️🔥 (@FiatLuxGenesis) January 22, 2026
The trillion dollar question about the climate repricing of homes Climate Change and Your Home
Pandemics
Solving Long COVID: How Decades of HIV Research Paved the Way UCSF
Why the WHO respirator revolt could reshape global health governance Business Upturn
The US Is In For Another Bad Year of Measles Cases Wired
Analyzing How Pandemics Spread Through Cities Respiratory Therapy
Japan
Mini-Post: Yen Keeps Weakening Despite Interest Rate Hikes Japan Economy Watch
China?
The New World’s Largest Subway System* Part 2 Jurbanenetwork
Learn to Love Engineers LA Review of Books
India
India’s exports to China grows 37% in first 9 months of 2025-26 as ties warm up Firstpost
US Is Quietly Courting Jamaat-E-Islami Ahead of Bangladesh Elections The Asian Age
Syraqistan
In case you’re distracted by the shiny buildings in Kushner’s vision for Gaza, their plan is keep Palestinians in hyper-surveilled prison camps where they’ll eventually provide cheap labor for the resorts/high rises they won’t be allowed to live in, all built atop a mass grave. https://t.co/UfO1f2tHI7
— Tariq Kenney-Shawa (@tksshawa) January 22, 2026
Kushner Reveals Dystopic Plan to Build Data Centers on Ruins of Gaza Genocide Truthout
This is how Trump is getting his “third term.” And even if this farce fizzles out, it’s to the eternal shame of Russia and China that they did not slam this down with their vetos when they had the chance. It should have been killed in the UNSC. https://t.co/rNWxJiP2PS
— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) January 22, 2026
How much aid has the US given Israel? Stephen Semler
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Getting “Used” to the Israeli Drone in Lebanon Hauntologies by Elia Ayoub
U.S. Weighs Complete Military Withdrawal From Syria WSJ
Trump says ‘massive armada’ heading towards Iran as US military assets move TRT World
‘Hands on trigger’: IRGC chief warns US and Israel against any miscalculation Press TV
Scylla and Charybdis New Left Review
Old Blighty
Shabana Mahmood proposes AI ‘Panopticon’ system of state surveillance The National
How the UK government is trying to tackle juries who may acquit pro-Palestine activists on moral grounds Middle East Eye
The Lucky Country
An Australian Woman Accidentally Butt-Dialed Someone. They Arrested Her and Charged Her with Anti-Semitism Because the Woman She Butt-Dialed Was Jewish. I’m Dead Serious. The North Star with Shaun King
O Canada
The Monstrous Confessions Of Mark Carney Nate Bear
Trump says he’s withdrawing invitation for Carney to join his Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ CBC
European Disunion
NATO military planners ‘waiting for direction’ on Greenland framework deal Euronews
Belgian premier says Europe ‘not slaves’ of US following tensions over Greenland Anadolu Agency
New Not-So-Cold War
Witkoff and Kushner Spend Almost Four Hours with Putin, but No Diplomatic Breakthrough Larry Johnson
France intercepts sanctioned Russian oil tanker flying false flag in Mediterranean Indian Express
Shadow Fleet Tanker Seizure Operations Expand In The Face Of Russian Warnings The War Zone
The Crimean Tatar movement trying to ruin Russia’s army from within Al Jazeera
South of the Border
Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez assured US of cooperation before Maduro’s capture The Guardian
Venezuela Rejects The Guardian Report on Alleged Secret Talks TeleSUR
U.S. Threatens to Respond If Haiti Modifies Its Government TeleSUR
Trump 2.0
Hoodwinks and Hijinks: Trump ‘Nabs’ Greenland at Davos Simplicius
What Trump really wants with AI Blood in the Machine
Trump sues JPMorgan for $5 billion, alleges the bank closed his accounts for political reasons AP
Police State Watch
Independent Autopsy Provides ‘Strong Evidence’ Against ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good Common Dreams
Minnesota Labor Leaders Talk Organizing Lessons as Strike Movement Goes National Payday Report
House Republicans Pass Another ICE Funding Increase Despite Popular Democratic Uprising Migrant Insider
Trump Has Made ICE the Largest Law Enforcement Agency in the Country Truthout. “With Congress-approved funding, ICE detention is expected to triple in size, mirroring the scale of Japanese internment.”
ICE Recruiters Are Using Neo-Nazi Memes and Seeking Out Extremists at Gun Shows Truthout
ICE Detained a 5-Year-Old Minnesota Boy and Used Him As “Bait” Mother Jones.
Video alleges that ICE, without a warrant, detained a kindergarten-aged girl with autism in an attempt to force her mother out of the home so they could arrest her.
“Give me my daughter back.”
“Nope, you’re going to have to come out here and get her.” pic.twitter.com/3OqNdB2bH7
— WarMonitor (@TheWarMonitor) January 22, 2026
FBI reveals how mistaken identity by ICE led to chase, shooting of Venezuelan immigrant Minneapolis Star Tribune
DHS lied. This guy was not on the loose in Minnesota when they raided a US citizen’s home without a warrant. He was in prison. DHS would know this info. https://t.co/sl39HAUlY8 pic.twitter.com/6sxdUFjddE
— David J. Bier (@David_J_Bier) January 22, 2026
AI
Why Are Two Of The Biggest AI Startups Hiring Chemical Weapons Experts? Upstarts
Job Applicants Sue to Open ‘Black Box’ of A.I. Hiring Decisions New York Times
AI hasn’t delivered the profits it was hyped for, says Deloitte The Register
Breaking: Yann LeCun, longtime critic of neurosymbolic approaches, changes teams Gary Marcus
Mamdani
Four Challenges for Mayor Mamdani Left Notes
Imperial Collapse Watch
The United States withdraws from the WHO with $260 million in unpaid dues TeleSUR
We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start The Guardian
Watching A Superpower Die By Suicide Doomsday Scenario
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
Controversial AI facial recognition biz gets a Pentagon champion Responsible Statecraft
Our Famously Free Press
Mainstream media helped build the myth of law enforcement Salon
She Criticized the Mayor’s Support for Israel on Facebook. Then the Cops Showed Up at Her Door. The Intercept
The Bezzle
How “Bitcoin Jesus” Avoided Prison, Thanks to One of the “Friends of Trump” ProPublica
Tesla stock pops as Elon Musk posts video claiming no safety monitor in Austin robotaxi Yahoo! Finance
Legislators Push to Make Companies Tell Customers When Their Products Will Die Wired
Class Warfare
A Tech Bro Think Tank Is Trying to Roll Back Evidence-Based Homelessness Policy Truthout
My eyes are very bad, I can’t drive due to it. Taking Uber/cabs to work, I’ve noticed something. Over time, Uber will raise the price if they reason that you *must* go to a place. That you rely on them. From $9.50avg to $23avg within 6 months.
I wrote a small program to
– Create…— carter (@Carter_OW) January 20, 2026
🦔 More than half of Americans (51%) have stopped or reduced retirement savings in the past six months due to the economy, according to Allianz Life’s Q4 2025 survey. Two-thirds say they haven’t been able to contribute as much as they wanted. 47% have dipped into retirement… pic.twitter.com/Me4Jsn6Q0D
— Hedgie (@HedgieMarkets) January 22, 2026
Antidote du jour (via):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
re: The Monstrous Confessions Of Mark Carney – Nate Bear
Thanks for that link. Very good. I’m left thinking of this old nursery rhyme:
There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile.
He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile.
He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.
I’ve never heard the word “historic” used to mean “what used to happen all the time” before.
“This is all-time historic vintage cold”
“Armada”, hmm, history often rhymes.