Brigadoon Daily | Jan. 27
TOP FIVE:
1. Germany has little maneuvering room in Ukraine conflict: Der Spiegel reports the US wants to impose harsh sanctions on Russia invades Ukraine. But the German government is putting on the brakes out of fears over the economic consequences and what punitive measures could mean for energy supplies for a country that gets much of its gas from Moscow.
2. A day in the life of the splinternet: Cypherpunk historian Finn Brunton imagines a future where there are many internets, each making demands on your attention.
3. Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from Supreme Court, paving way for Biden appointment: NBC News reports the liberal justice’s decision to step down after more than 27 years on the court allows the president to appoint a successor who could serve for decades.
4. Saint Laurent celebrates 60th anniversary with Paris-wide museum exhibition: L'Officiel reports on its 60th anniversary, Saint Laurent is displaying some of the eponymous designer's most iconic creations across six different Paris museums.
5. Olympic gold to Qatar 2022? Canada is in danger of becoming a football nation: Guardian reports the women’s team won gold in Tokyo last year and now their male counterparts are on course to make their first World Cup since 1986.
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Brigadoon Daily | Jan. 26
TOP FIVE:
1. This is the real story of the Afghan biometric databases abandoned to the Taliban: Eileen Guo + Hikmat Noori write by capturing 40 pieces of data per person—from iris scans and family links to their favorite fruit—a system meant to cut fraud in the Afghan security forces may actually aid the Taliban.
2. Why is Silicon Valley still waiting for the next big thing? NYT reports the tech industry has grown ever more rich off big ideas that were developed more than a decade ago. New things like quantum computing and self-driving cars could take a while.
3. A new Pew Research poll finds that just 41% of adults approve of President Biden’s job performance, which is down slightly from September (44%) and substantially lower than last April (59%).
+ Just 21% of the public is satisfied with the way things are going in the US.
4. ‘Bob wouldn’t be Bob without Rita’: Ziggy Marley on his mother and father: Rob Walker writes with an exhibition featuring unseen photos of the singer opening in London, his son talks about his father’s passion for sport – and the night he was shot.
5. Abby Roque is poised to make history in Beijing, in more ways than one: SI reports with several Team USA fixtures now retired, the center will lead a new generation’s quest for glory while breaking new ground in her sport as an Indigenous player.
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Brigadoon Daily | Jan. 25
TOP FIVE:
1. On the brink of war with Russia, Ukrainians are resigned and prepared: WSJ reports the nation has struggled to maintain a sense of stability since it became an independent country in 1991 and has been at war since 2014. But with 100,000 Russian troops gathered nearby, threatening Europe’s biggest land war since the 1940s, people there say something feels different this time.
2. NASA’s revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope reaches final orbit in space: The Verge reports a month-long space journey ends, paving the way for a new beginning.
3. Biden looks to Intel’s US investment to buoy his China agenda: NYT reports the president said passage of a China competition bill was needed “for the sake of our economic competitiveness and our national security.”
4. What to wear in the metaverse: Vanessa Friedman writes dressing for a virtual world is going to be both enormously liberating and potentially very, very messy.
5. Qatar 2022: Inside the most controversial World Cup ever: The Times reports plagued by charges of corruption and human rights abuses, the Qatar World Cup kicks off in ten months’ time. John Arlidge reveals what awaits 1.5 million fans.
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