How the hell is only January 11th?
We Are the Bad Guys - by Hamilton Nolan - How Things Work: Truth.
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time: Science will save your life.
The $30 Billion Identity Theft of Venezuela - The American Prospect: Capitalists will ruin your country.
Opinion | There Is a Sickness Eating Away at American Democracy - The New York Times: The lack of elite accountability is killing our country.
apocalypse thou - by Allison Epstein: Yeah! New Dirtbag Through the Ages!
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter: the Financial Times, God bless them, chose violence. And truth.
Pardon my coup - by G. Elliott Morris - Strength In Numbers: Never forget what they did and what they excuse.
The hell of being a ‘Kavanaugh stop’ victim: Kavanaugh belongs with Taney in the annals of infamy.
Dell's CES 2026 chat was the most pleasingly un-AI briefing I've had in maybe 5 years | PC Gamer: Dell understands that they should be selling computers with features people want, not features that get in people’s way.
The nation’s strictest privacy law just took effect, to data brokers’ chagrin - Ars Technica: Data brokers should be illegal, but this is the bare minimum we should expect nationwide.
Snatching Maduro was all about the spectacle | The Verge: We have an admin run by internet poisoned children.
Justin McDaniel Found a Way to Make Students Read Again: A story about the most Divorced Man in history.
I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well. - The Atlantic: Weakening the government means making your life harder and less safe.
In Defense of Pretexts - by Brian Beutler - Off Message: Not sure I agree, but it is thought provoking.
Reality still matters in Minneapolis | The Verge: When we get through this, we need to erect statues to the observers and protestors.
The One Simple Thing That Makes the U.S. Economy Unmanageable: So much of our economy is broken, but fixing this would help.
Have the best possible week, everyone.
Nice reads list, I'll check more thoroughly later. You're right, how the Hell is it only 1/11/26??? It feels like 3 years of shit has happened in 11 days. And the eleventh day has just begun. Stay safe & happy !!!