(No essay today. Wrapping presents)
TODAY’s HEADLINES:
Jack Dorsey says VCs really own Web3 (and Web3 boosters are pretty mad about it) (The Verge)
Jack Dorsey Ignites Battle Over Competing Visions for ‘Web3’ (WSJ)
Omicron Has 80% Lower Risk of Hospitalization, New Study Shows (Bloomberg)
Two Studies Show Much Lower Risk of Hospitalization With Omicron (WSJ)
Pfizer pill becomes 1st US-authorized home COVID treatment (AP)
Biden Bolsters Virus Fight, Offering Aid to Hospitals and Free Tests — The president also sought to address the nation’s battered psyche, telling anxious Americans that “we should all be concerned about Omicron, but not panicked.” (NYT)
As COVID fueled the drug crisis, Native Americans hit worst (AP)
U.S. life expectancy, population growth drop as pandemic heads into third year (WP)
Finding a Covid-19 test is a struggle right now in the US as Omicron and holiday plans collide (CNN)
South Africa’s huge omicron wave appears to be subsiding just as quickly as it grew (WP)
Omicron Is Just Beginning and Americans Are Already Tired (NYT)
Omicron Is the Beginning of the End — No matter the severity of the variant, the appetite for shutdowns or other large-scale social interventions simply isn’t there. (Atlantic)
Case drop may show South Africa’s omicron peak has passed (AP)
Are Schools Ready for the Next Big Surge? — Districts say they don’t want to close classrooms again. But the latest wave in Covid-19 cases could challenge the rickety infrastructure that has kept schools running this year. (NYT)
The United Nations is proposing to pay nearly $6 million for protection in Afghanistan to Taliban-run Interior Ministry personnel, whose chief is under U.N. and U.S. sanctions and wanted by the FBI, according to a U.N. document and a source familiar with the matter. (Reuters)
At an Abandoned American Base, a Notorious Prison Lies Empty — Taliban fighters now guard the prison at Bagram Air Base, which once held thousands of Taliban and Al Qaeda members who were set free in August. (NYT)
Rep. Scott Perry, a Pennsylvania Republican who helped ex-President Donald Trump plot the rejection of electoral votes prior to the Capitol riot, rebuffed an interview request from the House select committee investigating the insurrection. Perry, the first sitting member of Congress summoned by the panel, said the inquiry is "illegitimate." Meanwhile, Trump pawn Michael Flynn sued to block the committee from obtaining his phone records. [HuffPost]
Proud Boys member pleads guilty for role in Capitol riot (NPR)
Americans widely distrust Facebook, TikTok and Instagram with their data, poll finds (WP)
The United States has enough reserves of lithium, copper and other metals to build millions of its own electric vehicles (EVs), but rising opposition to new mines may force the country to rely on imports and delay efforts to electrify the nation's automobiles. (Reuters)
Roman-era 'Good Shepherd' ring found off Israel in ancient shipwreck (BBC)
A wave of Silicon Valley executives and engineers are leaving jobs at large tech companies to chase cryptocurrency. (Cal Today)
‘JFK’ at 30: Oliver Stone and the lasting impact of America’s most dangerous movie (WP)s
Research: Wreck of last US slave ship mostly intact on coast (AP)
New Study Finds Humans May Have Some Capacity For Compassion (The Onion)
TODAY’s LYRICS
“Wrong’s What I Do Best”
George Jones
Some men look for diamonds
Some men look for gold
I'm just trying to find myself
Before I get too old
Different people have their ways
Of measuring success
Maybe it's not the right way but wrong's what I do best
Songwriters: Dickey Lee / Freddy Weller / Michael Alan Campbell
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