Media
How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Growth - The New York Times
The fledgling social media site has been flooded with new users since the election. It hasn’t all been easy.
Markets & Economy
The Middlemen Linking Migrants in the U.S. to Your Shopping Cart - The New York Times
The incoming Trump administration promises an immigration crackdown. But for years, the on-demand economy has been fueled by unscrupulous staffing agencies exploiting migrant workers.
Health/Biotech
Why the U.S. Healthcare System Is So Much Worse Than Its Peers
Given its collective wealth, technologic sophistication, and spending, the United States should lead, not lag, the world in its healthcare performance. But based on 70 performance measures across five domains — access to care, health outcomes, administrative efficiency, care process, and equity — the United States came in last overall and last or next to last in four of these five broad areas of performance when compared to nine other high-income countries. Significant, but doable, changes — including closing remaining gaps in insurance coverage, limiting crippling out-of-pocket-expenditures, and reviving its failing primary care capabilities — would help close the gap.
Transportation
Automakers Want Trump to Keep Federal E.V. Regulations in Place - The New York Times
Donald J. Trump promised to erase Biden tailpipe rules that are designed to get carmakers to produce E.V.s. But Detroit wants to keep them.
The Race to Create the Perfect EV Tire | WIRED
With billions sold each year, the battle is on to make the ideal electric car tire—one that offers the holy trinity of increased range, eco credentials, and less noise. The results could benefit every vehicle on the planet.
Technology
Culture
Three Ways to Become a Deeper Thinker - The Atlantic
You don’t have to become a Buddhist monk to realize the value of contemplating hard questions without clear answers.
A Firsthand Account of What Homelessness in America Is Really Like
An extraordinary firsthand account.
Food
The Neal's Yard heist: Why luxury cheese is being targeted by criminals
How cheese has become so valuable that it's being stolen to order
