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Links 1/11/2026
Haig Hovaness, Nakedcapitalism.com
Our strategic daily links: Culinary art, weird robots, heating oceans, Venezuela mess, Chinese missiles, Greenland grab, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and w…
Jan 11, 2026, 11:55 AM
Why almost none of the homes burned in LA have been rebuilt since last year’s fires
Umair Irfan, Vox
The Associated Press this week reported a stunning fact: Of the 13,000 homes destroyed a year ago in the extraordinary wildfires in and around Los Angeles, fewer than a dozen have been rebuilt. The massive, fast-moving wildfires that tore through Los Angeles…
Jan 9, 2026, 3:17 PM
One year later, 'Firestorm' investigates the systems that failed during the LA Fires
Tonya Mosley, NPR
Journalist Jacob Soboroff says covering the wildfires was the most important assignment he's ever undertaken. His new book offers a minute-by-minute account of the catastrophe.
Jan 5, 2026, 7:07 PM
WATCH: Woman dies in suspected mountain lion attack in Colorado
ABC News
Officials are investigating what's believed to be the state's first deadly mountain lion attack in more than 25 years.
Jan 2, 2026, 5:57 PM
Elon Musk’s Grok AI Tool Admits It Posted Explicit Photos of Children
Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic
Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot admitted on Friday that it has been posting sexualized images of children on X, blaming “lapses in safeguard” for the content.“We’ve identified lapses in safeguards and are urgently fixing them—[Child sexual abuse material] is ille…
Jan 2, 2026, 5:40 PM
WATCH: Fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe as Paris rings in the new year
ABC News
Paris lit up the sky above the Arc de Triomphe with a fireworks display as France's capital rang in 2026.
Jan 1, 2026, 12:57 AM
U.S. could block asylum on public health grounds under Trump regulation
By Ted Hesson, Yahoo Entertainment
WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - The U.-Mexico border access to asylum under a newly finalized regulation drafted during the COVID-19 pandemic in President...
Dec 29, 2025, 4:35 PM
Gaza storm kills Palestinian woman as Israeli curbs on aid compound misery
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Extreme weather leaves thousands homeless as tents collapse amid strong wind and heavy rain.
Dec 28, 2025, 1:20 PM
WATCH: Hero middle schoolers help save bus driver
ABC News
Surveillance video from inside a school bus shows the moment heroic students in Ashland, Ohio, helped save a bus driver in medical distress.
Dec 26, 2025, 1:54 PM
Trump Declares Fentanyl To Be A ‘Weapon Of Mass Destruction’ So He Can Get Back To Boat Strikes And Martial Law
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
There is no doubt that fentanyl is a dangerous drug. It has long since surpassed heroin on the list of drugs people only do once. That its prevalence has more to do with pharma companies irresponsibly pushing opioids than drug pushers pushing a new drug often…
Dec 16, 2025, 5:28 PM
WATCH: Providence Mayor Smiley on visiting Brown shooting survivors
ABC News
"We're all saddened and scared and tired, but what they've been through is something entirely different."
Dec 14, 2025, 5:42 PM
WATCH: Waymo cars in apparent ‘standoff’ cause traffic jam in San Francisco
ABC News
Three Waymo self-driving cars caused a traffic jam on a San Francisco street after they became involved in an apparent "standoff."
Dec 9, 2025, 5:52 AM
National Park Service Cuts Free Entry for MLK Day, Juneteenth and Adds Trump's Birthday
TMZ Staff, TMZ
Donald Trump is giving Americans a new way to celebrate his birthday -- free entry to national parks! Two other holidays -- Juneteenth and Martin Luther King Jr. Day -- are getting the boot, however. The calendar of free entry dates on the National…
Dec 6, 2025, 2:30 PM
Sudan’s Khartoum needs ‘urgent’ help due to severe food shortages: Report
Faisal Ali, Al Jazeera English
Report by NGOs also finds healthcare system largely not functioning in Khartoum, months after city recaptured by army.
Dec 5, 2025, 4:57 PM
Floods and Storms Are Ravaging the Jersey Shore. Why Do We Keep Building It Back?
Maria Fontoura, Rolling Stone
The government has spent more than $3 billion on beach replenishment over the last four decades. But with worsening climate change, experts say more dramatic change is in order
Dec 5, 2025, 1:00 PM
Links 11/30/2025
Haig Hovaness, Nakedcapitalism.com
Our strategic daily links: subway drumming, robot trek, long COVID, Tehran pollution, China space program, EU squabbles, Mideast horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, an…
Nov 30, 2025, 11:55 AM
Links 11/28/2025
Conor Gallagher, Nakedcapitalism.com
Our daily links, including DC shooting, data center forever chemicals, pension scheme bailouts, and the Ukraine settlement sham.
Nov 28, 2025, 11:55 AM
Airlines expect a record 31 million flyers over Thanksgiving. Here's what to do if your flight gets delayed or canceled.
Taylor Rains, Business Insider
Weather has already caused flight problems in Texas, and more storms are expected through the weekend. Here's tips for when things don't go to plan.
Nov 26, 2025, 11:00 AM
Armed attacks, aid cuts provoke record hunger levels in Nigeria: WFP
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Nearly 35 million people 'projected to face severe food insecurity', including 'famine-like conditions'.
Nov 25, 2025, 7:48 AM
Government officials issue dire warning that the US could experience 100-fold increase in blackouts — here's what homeowners need to know
Susan Elizabeth Turek, Yahoo Entertainment
Myriad factors can cause blackouts.
Nov 25, 2025, 7:00 AM
Gaza food kitchens still missing essential products despite ceasefire
BBC News
Israel is allowing more food into Gaza, but aid workers say vital ingredients needed to improve people's diets are still missing.
Nov 24, 2025, 12:19 AM
Big changes to the agency charged with securing elections lead to midterm worries
STEVE KARNOWSKI and JULIE CARR SMYTH, Yahoo Entertainment
The agency was largely absent from that space for elections this month in several states, a potential preview for the 2026 midterms. Shifting priorities of ...
Nov 23, 2025, 12:49 PM
This Week In Techdirt History: November 16th – 22nd
Leigh Beadon, Techdirt
Five Years Ago This week in 2020, we featured a guest post about the many problems with the idea of upload filters, while Poland was trying to get them excluded from the EU Copyright Directive. Twitch was continuing to trip over itself in response to its DMCA…
Nov 22, 2025, 8:30 PM
The Shutdown Is Over, but Its Damage Is Not
Toluse Olorunnipa, The Atlantic
Its effects will linger for some time.
Nov 22, 2025, 12:00 PM