{"id":33260,"date":"2024-01-10T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/wednesday-headlines-not-them-but-you#id33059"},"modified":"2024-01-10T15:21:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T15:21:00","slug":"wednesday-headlines-not-them-but-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wednesday-headlines-not-them-but-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday headlines: Not them, but you!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwan says it doesn&#39;t consider the launch of a Chinese satellite, whose rocket flew over southern Taiwan, an attempt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/taiwan-does-not-consider-china-satellite-launch-election-interference-2024-01-09\/\">at election interference.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Related: Breaking down Wang Yi&#39;s speech on China&#39;s diplomacy in 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/trackingpeoplesdaily.substack.com\/p\/breakdown-of-wang-yis-speech-on-chinas\">and priorities for 2024.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Tracking People&#39;s Daily<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia is very likely on the road to recognizing Somaliland. <a href=\"https:\/\/kenopalo.substack.com\/p\/recognizing-somaliland\">&#8220;That is a big deal.&#8221;<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ An Africanist Perspective<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Macron makes a &#8220;daring&#8221; choice by appointing modern France&#39;s youngest-ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/europe\/2024\/01\/09\/the-president-appoints-modern-frances-youngest-prime-minister\">prime minister.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Economist<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Extremely online conservatives in the United States have been fighting about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/2024\/1\/10\/24024341\/calendargate-conservative-civil-war\">a pinup calendar.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Vox<\/span><\/p>\n<p>New research finds a typical liter of bottled water to contain 240,000 microscopic <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/science\/bottled-water-nanoplastics-microplastics\/\">pieces of plastic.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Grist<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As devices get better at connecting brains to computers, neuroscientists launch an international movement <a href=\"https:\/\/undark.org\/2024\/01\/03\/brain-computer-neurorights\/\">advocating for &#8220;neurorights.&#8221;<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Undark<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Meta says it will restrict teens from viewing content that deals with topics like suicide, self-harm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/1\/9\/24030571\/meta-facebook-instagram-child-safety-dsa-online-safety-act?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\">and eating disorders.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Verge<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Casey Newton: If you believe that at least some teens experience harm on social media, it seems unlikely that a parental permission slip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.platformer.news\/p\/meta-seeks-to-hide-harms-from-teens\">will solve it.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Platformer<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Anne Helen Petersen: if you think someone uses too many exclamation points: maybe the person with an exclamation problem <a href=\"https:\/\/annehelen.substack.com\/p\/a-theory-of-the-modern-exclamation\">isn&#39;t them, but you!<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Culture Study<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See also: Analyziing the harms <a href=\"https:\/\/airmail.news\/issues\/2024-1-6\/an-almond-a-day-keeps-the-calories-away\">of &#8220;almond moms.&#8221;<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Airmail<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A former competitive Skee-Ball player breaks the world record for rounds of golf played at different courses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/sports\/golf\/patrick-koenig-580-rounds-world-record-one-year-b666da93?st=xgjb27gbkmykdk5&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\">in one year.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Wall Street Journal [+]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themorningnews.org\/p\/wednesday-headlines-not-them-but-you\">View Post &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwan says it doesn&#8217;t consider the launch of a Chinese satellite, whose rocket flew over southern Taiwan, an attempt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/taiwan-does-not-consider-china-satellite-launch-election-interference-2024-01-09\/\">at election interference.<\/a><span> \/ Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Related: Breaking down Wang Yi&#8217;s speech on China&#8217;s diplomacy in 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/trackingpeoplesdaily.substack.com\/p\/breakdown-of-wang-yis-speech-on-chinas\">and priorities for 2024.<\/a><span> \/ Tracking People&#8217;s Daily<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia is very likely on the road to recognizing Somaliland. <a href=\"https:\/\/kenopalo.substack.com\/p\/recognizing-somaliland\">&#8220;That is a big deal.&#8221;<\/a><span> \/ An Africanist Perspective<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Macron makes a &#8220;daring&#8221; choice by appointing modern France&#8217;s youngest-ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/europe\/2024\/01\/09\/the-president-appoints-modern-frances-youngest-prime-minister\">prime minister.<\/a><span> \/ The Economist<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Extremely online conservatives in the United States have been fighting about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/2024\/1\/10\/24024341\/calendargate-conservative-civil-war\">a pinup calendar.<\/a><span> \/ Vox<\/span><\/p>\n<p>New research finds a typical liter of bottled water to contain 240,000 microscopic <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/science\/bottled-water-nanoplastics-microplastics\/\">pieces of plastic.<\/a><span> \/ Grist<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As devices get better at connecting brains to computers, neuroscientists launch an international movement <a href=\"https:\/\/undark.org\/2024\/01\/03\/brain-computer-neurorights\/\">advocating for &#8220;neurorights.&#8221;<\/a><span> \/ Undark<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Meta says it will restrict teens from viewing content that deals with topics like suicide, self-harm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/1\/9\/24030571\/meta-facebook-instagram-child-safety-dsa-online-safety-act?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\">and eating disorders.<\/a><span> \/ The Verge<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Casey Newton: If you believe that at least some teens experience harm on social media, it seems unlikely that a parental permission slip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.platformer.news\/p\/meta-seeks-to-hide-harms-from-teens\">will solve it.<\/a><span> \/ Platformer<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Anne Helen Petersen: if you think someone uses too many exclamation points: maybe the person with an exclamation problem <a href=\"https:\/\/annehelen.substack.com\/p\/a-theory-of-the-modern-exclamation\">isn&#8217;t them, but you!<\/a><span> \/ Culture Study<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See also: Analyziing the harms <a href=\"https:\/\/airmail.news\/issues\/2024-1-6\/an-almond-a-day-keeps-the-calories-away\">of &#8220;almond moms.&#8221;<\/a><span> \/ Airmail<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A former competitive Skee-Ball player breaks the world record for rounds of golf played at different courses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/sports\/golf\/patrick-koenig-580-rounds-world-record-one-year-b666da93?st=xgjb27gbkmykdk5&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\">in one year.<\/a><span> \/ The Wall Street Journal [+]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themorningnews.org\/p\/wednesday-headlines-not-them-but-you\">View Post ?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33261,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33260\/revisions\/33261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}