The Himalayan skyscraper.
Rheum nobile rises two metres above rock and snow. Its translucent bracts let gentle in whereas blocking UV, making a greenhouse-like microclimate that warms and protects its flowers from excessive chilly.pic.twitter.com/ThRgNehF5Z
— Volcaholic 🌋 (@volcaholic1) January 16, 2026
Maybe Individuals Are Cynical About Success within the Inventive Arts for a Purpose Freddie deBoer
COVID-19/Pandemics
‘Staring over the sting’: South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in per week NBC
🧬 Dr Patrick Quickly-Shiong : « Le Covid détruit le gène p53, notre bouclier anticancer.
Aux États-Unis, les cancers tête-cou explosent. pic.twitter.com/nMV8IRJJyr
— Camille Moscow 🇷🇺 🌿 ☦️ (@camille_moscow) January 15, 2026
Local weather/Surroundings
Reaching web zero gained’t be sufficient to restrict world temperatures to 1.5°C IPE
Mapped: how the world is dropping its forests to wildfires Guardian
Local weather Change Might Be Making Ache More durable To Handle One Inexperienced Planet
OCEANIA RECORD HEAT EVERYWHERE
Minimal 28.4C Majuro
HOTTEST JANUARY NIGHT IN HISTORY
All tropics are smashing document after document like by no means earlier than,specifically of document heat nights https://t.co/ztYRaadgiO— Excessive Temperatures Round The World (@extremetemps) January 17, 2026
After 20 Years, A Deal to Shield Amazon Forests is Falling Aside The Power Combine
Europe’s crop droughts to worsen regardless of rising rainfall, research exhibits Open Entry Authorities
Detailed map reveals groundwater ranges throughout the U.S. PhysOrg (Micael T)
Roper: New England’s power insurance policies Are unaffordable, unreliable, unrealistic – and Vermont is main the pack Vermont Day by day Chronicle (resilc)
Water
The Center East’s Subsequent Warfare Will Be Over Water Occasions of Israel
China?
Canada agrees to chop tariff on Chinese language EVs in return for decrease tariffs on Canadian farm merchandise Related Press
China curbs high-frequency buying and selling to de-risk markets Asia Occasions (Kevin W)
Diao Daming: the prices of finding out China at a distance Pekingology
China Targets the Algorithms That Made Loyal Consumers Pay Extra SixthTone
Hundreds of Chinese language Fishing Boats Quietly Kind Huge Sea Obstacles New York Occasions. Archiving not directing to the article correct.
Southeast Asia
Italian-Thai initiatives halted after deadly accidents Bangkok Put up
South of the Border
CIA director had two-hour assembly with new Venezuelan chief in Caracas BBC
European Disunion
Trump floats new tariffs in push to accumulate Greenland CNBC (resilc). The earlier the Supreme Court docket removes (properly, successfully downgrades, Trump would nonetheless have much less potent tariff weapons if the Supremes rule as anticipated) this bludgeon, the higher.
‘We’re speaking to NATO’ on Greenland: Trump Anadolu Company
What we all know in regards to the US and European navy presence in Greenland ABC Australia
Now Hear This: The USA Does Not Want Greenland Malcolm Nance, YouTube. Marred by Putin Derangement Syndrome and a few errors like saying the US can fly navy plane out of Maine. We closed the one airbase there a few years in the past. However he has simply been to Greenland and gives particulars from that. Additionally units forth how NATO members have a variety of playing cards to play, from reducing off intel to denying overflights to Danish transport large Maersk refusing transport to the US. Having mentioned that, the EU state deployment of forces is totally pathetic and I don’t have the impression that any of the retaliatory measures Nance describes are being threatened privately, not to mention critically contemplated. At a minimal, you’d see leaks to the press or laundered by NGOs and pundits if there was an intent to indicate some metal.
Why Greenland’s future is essential to Silicon Valley Pitchbook
BATTLE ON THE ICE Nato plans for fighter jet dogfights over Greenland as Kremlin points ‘extraordinary’ assertion to oppose Trump takeover The Solar (resilc)
LGBTQ rights in Greenland Wikipedia (resilc)
* * * Germany information: Economic system narrowly avoids third 12 months of recession DW
* * * France has actual alternative to go away NATO — newspaper TASS
* * * That is what occurred when Stockholm abolished snow removing Arbetet by way of machine translation (Micael T)
Outdated Blighty
Dad’s Military! Veterans aged as much as 65 to be recalled to function Russia menace grows Day by day Mail (resilc)
UK Authorities to provide money payouts to individuals in monetary disaster BBC
‘Individuals don’t even know if assistance is coming’: Cornish villagers annoyed by lack of assist after Storm Goretti Guardian
Say what you’ll about Trump, however not like Starmer he is aware of his personal energy – and learn how to use it Aditya Chakrabortty, Guardian (Colonel Smithers)
Israel v. The Resistance
Trump names Tony Blair, Jared Kushner to Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ Aljazeera
All warfare is predicated on deception Julian Macfarlane. On Iran physique counts and the US “By no means thoughts.”
The Iran Playbook John Mearsheimer
🚨🇷🇺🇮🇷Russia might assist Iran to sink an US plane service
A possible Center East warfare was simply defused in a dramatic 48-hour energy play. The US moved to the brink. On Jan 12, it urgently suggested all residents to go away Iran, a historic prelude to missile launches. The united statesGerald… pic.twitter.com/haBLxA7xWp
— NewRulesGeopolitics (@NewRulesGeo) January 16, 2026
Iran – The ‘Ragtag Community Of Activists’ Run By The State Division Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)
Scoop: Mossad director visits U.S. for Iran consultations Axios
How Trump may hit Iran Edward Luttwak, Unherd. Hawks gotta hawk.
Alastair Crooke breaks down the IRAN WAR GAME. | Ep. 1 The Cradle, YouTube
New Not-So-Chilly Warfare
Ceremony for presenting letters of credence President of Russia
Vladimir Putin Places Donald Trump and NATO on Discover Larry Johnson
Oreshnik vs Lviv Targets [i] Black Mountain Evaluation
Stoltenberg calls on Western nations to have interaction in dialogue with Russia TASS (Micael T)
The previous Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, explains that the one means the west can keep away from a long time of warfare with Russia is to guarantee that Ukraine pushes Russia utterly out of Ukrainian territory, together with Crimea.
“There isnt some other alternative” pic.twitter.com/jihU4MU17j
— SPRAVDI — Stratcom Centre (@StratcomCentre) January 16, 2026
Huge Brother is Watching You Watch
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Makes use of to Discover Neighborhoods to Raid 404 Media
Hackers Are Spreading Malware Via LinkedIn Feedback Now Vice
Imperial Collapse Watch
De-Escalating Previous to Escalating Olivier Boyd-Barrett (Chuck L)
The united West is lifeless Politico
World should brace for turbulent two years, Davos report warns The Nationwide
Trump 2.0
Backlash to Trump has been extra extreme in his second time period G. Elliott Morris
CNN ballot finds majority of Individuals say Trump is concentrated on the mistaken priorities CNN (resilc)
On Overseas Coverage, Trump 2.0 Is Dangerously Unrestrained American Conservative. Gee, ya assume?
Pentagon begins overhaul of ‘woke’ newspaper Washington Put up. Robin Ok: “Who knew S&S was woke?”
ICE Rampage
Why Does “Deportation” Require an Arsenal for a Purge? W.A. Lawrence
ICE Brokers Arrest Employees From Mexican Restaurant The place They Simply Ate Mediaite (resilc)
Leaked memo: “De-escalation is vital” Ken Klippenstein
Individuals are actually doing looney tunes gags on ICE and we’re speculated to really feel actually dangerous about that https://t.co/vx2Ip2TSGg
— Anon (@Greynxgga69) January 16, 2026
* * * New Proof Reveals Renee Good Was Nonetheless Alive When ICE Blocked Medic New Republic
Right here’s Kaden Rummler. He’s a 21 12 months outdated who was protesting the deadly homicide of Renee Good by an ICE.
He’s now completely blind in his left eye. pic.twitter.com/t65yTdlllJ— ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ (@LePapillonBlu2) January 15, 2026
MAHA
MAHA says its new meals pyramid is inexpensive and wholesome. We requested specialists STAT
Examine debunks Trump declare that paracetamol causes autism Guardian
Gunz
‘I killed Daddy’: Pennsylvania boy, 11, shoots dad after Nintendo Change taken away, courts docs say CNN. Observe the sufferer had made a stab security. Weapon was locked in a protected. My father at all times unloaded his weapons and locked his weapons and ammo individually.
Our No Longer Free Press
Life Beneath a Clicktatorship Don Moynihan (resilc)
Economic system
Geopolitics is warping multinationals’ business choices Economist. Discover the propaganda: Multinationals ought to get pleasure from primacy over the nation-states that make their existence attainable.
Copper blows up: Speculators are hoarding metals which might be wanted by producers, builders Kevin Walmsley (Kevin W)
US lawmakers introduce invoice to create $2.5 billion critical-minerals stockpile Reuters
Hamm to Halt Drilling in Bakken Shale on Decrease Crude Costs Bloomberg
Meals Inflation Will get Scorching, however Not Each Merchandise: A Have a look at Beef, Rooster, Espresso, Eggs, Dairy, Fruit & Greens, “Different Meals” Wolf Richter
AI
Will Google Grow to be Our AI-Powered Central Planner? Matt Stoller
ChatGPT to start out exhibiting customers adverts based mostly on their conversations CNN (Kevin W)
Trump strikes to make tech giants pay for surging energy prices Bloomberg
The Hidden Power Prices of Synthetic Intelligence OilPrice. resilc: “Thus the transfer to Greenland.”
Guide Transmission Thwarts Thieves’ Try To Steal A Lady’s (Kia) Soul Jalopnik (resilc)
The Bezzle
The Largest U.S. Crypto Firm Asserts Its Energy in Washington New York Occasions
Class Warfare
Landholder vs stockholder aeon
Mapped: Paid Trip Days Throughout Europe Visible Capitalist (resilc)
Antidote du jour (by way of):
And a bonus:
Bees work collectively save their stranded buddy
pic.twitter.com/qOu23JAOuU— Science lady (@sciencegirl) January 16, 2026
A second bonus:
A person turned his window right into a particular place after he started receiving every day visits from a terrific kiskadee, which quickly began bringing its mates to get pleasure from it collectively. pic.twitter.com/pXnQXLTHjI
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) January 16, 2026
And a 3rd (Chuck L):
🔊 SOUND UP 🔊
Lek Chailert ~ “If anybody nonetheless does not imagine that Elephants have emotions like people, this video would possibly assist you perceive them higher.
When Faa Mai needs me to sing for her, she gently takes my hand along with her trunk and leads me to the spot the place she needs me… pic.twitter.com/p18FCbzFpJ
— PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE (@Protect_Wldlife) January 16, 2026
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
