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Tuesday, January 13, 2026
BuzzFeed Faces Existential Crisis After Burning Through Nearly All of $700 Million of Investor Money
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/7/2022
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Why Workers Are Up in Arms Over the Biden Rail Strike Intervention
Biden and Team Dem held fast to their anti-worker loyalities by stomping on a rail strike without also providing for paid sick leave.
Russia’s General Patience and the Pause That Refreshes
Taking stock of the damage done by Russia’s continuing missile attacks and what that means for the war in Ukraine.
RNA-Based Therapeutics and the Future of Clinical Medicine: A Promising Part of the Emerging Story
An overview of RNA-based therapeutics, which are not to be confused with mRNA vaccines.
A New Era for Germany’s Gas Industry Fuels Climate Fears
Moves to end energy dependence on Russia are a win for the gas lobby, locking Germany into the global market for liquefied natural gas.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/6/2022
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Rich Nations Doubly Responsible for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
How the greenhouse gas emissions blame game pits advanced economies against developing ones.
Against Backdrop of War, Rolling Blackouts and Internet Outages, Ukraine Is Trying to Digitize Everything
“The Government needs to become as flexible and mobile as an IT company, to automate all functions and services,… reduce 60% of officials, introduce large-scale privatization and outsourcing of government functions.”
Ukraine War: Turkey Is the Pivot Point Between Russia and the US – History Shows Us Why
A perhaps too glib and US-favoring read on Turkey-Russia relations.
Pharmaceutical Drugs at Cost + 15%? It’s Here Now
A way out of price gouging on drugs?
Normalizing Nazis at Vogue, MSNBC, and “America’s Largest Documentary Festival” (but not Catalonia)
The Azov Battalion’s photographer tours the United States, goes on MSNBC.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/5/2022
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