Young South Africans have a “love-hate relationship” with Nelson Mandela on the 10th anniversary of his death. / BBC News
Mexican politicians find “a goldmine” among Swiftie fandoms on TikTok. / rest of world
The United States breaks its record for the most mass shootings in a single year. / The Guardian
Two dozen points of view on what Donald Trump may do if he returns to the White House. / The Atlantic
See also: Most Americans don't care that we're about to face an existential crisis. / The Bulwalk
“True diva representation in Congress is now back to zero.” Gen Z already misses George Santos. / Business Insider
“Millennial mom dread” refers to women today seeing motherhood as something “thankless, exhausting, and lonely.” / Vox
“Well, I lost half a day of skiing.” A round-up of jokes told in 2023. / The New Yorker
The year's best house as selected by the Royal Institute of British Architects. / Bloomberg
A company's prospectus, required for an IPO and almost never read by anybody, can cost $900,000 to draft and print. / The Wall Street Journal [+]
A next-generation geothermal plant has started sending carbon-free electricity to the grid in Nevada. / Grist
Rarely seen orange auroras, which technically shouldn't exist, were recently photographed in the sky above Scotland. / LiveScience