Reading archive 2022-12-15

Want to save the planet? Saving whales could help, scientists say. - "A 2019 report published by the International Monetary Fund estimated that a great whale sequesters 33 tons of carbon dioxide each year on average, while a tree absorbs only up to 48 pounds a year — a figure the report’s authors used to suggest that conservationists could be better off saving whales than planting trees."

Opinion  Pakistan confronts the collapse of its friendship with the Taliban

Opinion  India may be talking to the Taliban. Here’s why we should welcome it. [ed. note: from 2021]

DeSantis is helping shape a right-wing conversation Trump can’t join

U.S. widens ban on military and surveillance tech sales to China: The Commerce Department added 36 entities to a U.S. export blacklist, including one of China’s largest chipmakers

Elon Musk’s role at Tesla questioned as Twitter occupies his attention: Some Tesla investors are concerned that Musk is focusing too much on the social media company and becoming more polarizing

Long covid can be deadly, CDC study finds

What you need to know about the latest on long covid

Five down in Apt. 307: Mass fentanyl deaths test a Colorado prosecutor