GLOBALIZATION + STATECRAFT
Traffic lights gone dark. Factories shut down. What caused China’s power crisis?
LAT
Power crunch looms in India as coal stocks reach crisis point: More than half the country’s power plants have less than three days of supplies remaining.
FT
How hydrogen will help industrials meet decarbonization goals and leave fossil fuels behind: With funding and industry interest in hydrogen tech reaching record highs, we explain how the element can be used to decarbonize operations — across manufacturing, transportation, and utilities — and address key challenges and opportunities in the space.
CB Insights
POLITICS
Making Nice by Ferdinand Mount review — what if Dominic Cummings did PR?
The Times
DISRUPTION
‘False choice’: Is deep-sea mining required for an electric vehicle revolution?
Guardian
COMMERCE
Over half of Twitter users say they “regularly” get news on the site, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. 2020 was a busy year for news, with both the US presidential election and the Covid-19 outbreak, explaining the slight dip in 2021 news consumption for most social media sites. Bucking the trend, TikTok has seen an increase in the percentage of users who say they regularly get news on the app. The viral app has leveraged its personalization and recommendation algorithms to grow its young and highly engaged user base.
News consumption across social media in 2021: More than half of Twitter users get news on the site regularly.
Pew Research Center
‘Succession’ and the perils of a family business: From sibling squabbles to inheritance infighting, the HBO series has a rich history of familial strife on which to draw.
FT
CULTURE
Is Kanoa Igarashi the LeBron of surfing? Born in Surf City USA, and the descendant of an actual samurai, Japan’s surfing superstar is ready for the sport’s debut on the world stage.
Outside
Beyond impossible: Mark Jenkins, who has climbed and written about climbing for decades, ponders the audacious exploits and soulful purity of Marc-André Leclerc, brought to life in the new documentary The Alpinist.
Red Bulletin
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