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Overnight News Digest for December 28, 2022 (Year in Review in review edition) [1]
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Date: 2022-12-28
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to) Interceptor 7, Man Oh Man, wader, Neon Vincent, palantir, Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse (RIP), ek hornbeck (RIP), rfall, ScottyUrb, Doctor RJ, BentLiberal, Oke (RIP) and jlms qkw.
OND is a regular community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a daily theme, original research or commentary. Editors of OND impart their own presentation styles and content choices, typically publishing each day near 12:00 AM Eastern Time.
2022 marks the year that they finally got the Supremes to overturn Roe vs. Wade. I’ve been following this issue from the very first days of writing this blog. It’s been a depressing trajectory. On the 10th anniversary of this blog, I wrote the following: My advocacy for a woman’s right to abortion predates this blog by decades. It’s a fundamental struggle for half the population and I’ve very much appreciated the attention and support of my readers over these last 10 years of writing about it. ...I went on to note that there had once more been been quite a discussion during the 2012 election about how much the Democrats should be willing to “compromise” on abortion in order to take the issue “off the table” once and for all. I featured an interview with Lawrence Tribe who had written a book with Barack Obama about abortion in which the two liberal men worked out that we just needed to provide more services to pregnant women, offer better contraception and adoption services and be more compassionate toward those who believe that abortion is wrong. Tribe said they found that they “could find ways of making abortion less necessary, making less people feel desperate enough to feel that they had to end a pregnancy, making contraception more available, making education more widely available, making adoption a more realistic option.”
Commitments to environmental, social, and governance principles are a collection of socially responsible investing values widely known by their acronym, ESG. In 2022, they have become particularly controversial. That’s because ESG investments pose an existential challenge to the power and place of the fossil fuel industry in profitable business sectors. So Big Oil and its counterparts are throwing lots and lots of money at legislators everywhere, with the goals to sustain their Über wealth streams and to eliminate divestment campaigns wherever possible. ...The Harvard Business Review acknowledged this year that fossil fuel asset sellers vote with their dollars and proclaim their positions publicly — and $40 trillion is an eye-popping commitment. Divestment by one party involves investment by another, though, which translates to more capital flowing to the fossil fuel sector, in contravention of the seller’s objectives. “Ultimately, divestment can only work if it’s paired with long-term action, and that’s where run-off can help,” they say, which would involve holding a fossil fuel company’s debt to maturity and then not renewing or extending another loan. It could mean operating a physical asset (like a refinery) until it is no longer useful, to include resisting investments in improvements that would make the asset more productive and longer-lived.
x My expectation of what they would be able to pass in a 50-50 Senate was exactly zero.
Then I watched @POTUS & @SenSchumer and learned how it’s done.
https://t.co/zhs9fQpuDd — Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) December 27, 2022
As the world overheats, new words and phrases turn up all the time, and old ones gain new meanings. Companies invent terms to sound greener, politicians try to come up with the smartest name for a climate bill, and activists bring brand-new words to life by devising fresh tactics to bring attention to their cause (like throwing soup at famous paintings). There was so much going on in 2022, the language had some serious catching up to do. This summer, heavy rainfall submerged a third of Pakistan with deadly flooding. China endured a heat wave that was more intense, longer-lasting, and spread over a wider area than any in recent history. Yet the year also held positive developments: In August, Congress passed landmark climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act, which President Joe Biden promptly signed into law. These shifting circumstances shape not only the physical world but also the way we talk about it. Every year, dictionary editors select a word that they think encapsulates the year’s spirit. This time around, Merriam-Webster picked “gaslighting,” Collins Dictionary selected “permacrisis,” and Oxford Languages went with “goblin mode.” Here are Grist’s 10 picks for the words of year, the terms and phrases that best captured the zeitgeist of our fast-changing planet in 2022.
x Their estimate for global #solarenergy installs was 181GW for 2022. The reality is that this year there could be as much as 300GW of solar installed which is more than they assume for 2030! — Gerard Reid (@gerardreid14) December 25, 2022
2022 was the beginning of the steep part of the adoption curve for EVs. New sales in 2022 (~1.2M) will be equivalent to what sold in total between 2017 and 2020 (4 years worth). Plus, the used EV market got to scale for the first time, at 300K transactions, largely as a result of the 4-year anniversary of the Tesla Model 3, that’s predictably now flooding the used market. … 1.Tesla market share of new EV sales (BEV + PHEV) drops under 40% for the first time since 2017. They’re selling more cars than ever, in fact, the Model Y becomes the most popular car in the world, displacing the Toyota Camry. But there are so many other players in the EV market that are scaling up volume, Tesla becomes just another car brand. 2. There are now over a million EVs on the road that are out of their 8-year battery warranty (everything up to MY 2015) or within 3 years of the end of battery warranty coverage (up to MY 2018). An out-of-warranty battery replacement on an older car is unusual but devastating given the cost (link to our article) and relative value of the vehicle at that point. Anyone purchasing a used EV that’s within 3 years of the end of its battery warranty will want to ensure they’ve got visibility on how that car’s battery is aging.
x WTH @politico -- There is literally no planet where Meghan Markle belongs with this group of people. A Black woman standing up for herself does not equal "narcissist." The unhinged hatred directed at her really does kind of prove her point doesn't it. pic.twitter.com/4Eism0OUOy — Subscribe to my Substack newsletter (@KirstenPowers) December 26, 2022
We here at TriplePundit wish you a safe and wonderful holiday seasons with your loved ones. On that note, we’ll be doing the same, so we are planning to be on a part-time publishing and newsletter schedule for the rest of the year and will ramp up again on Tuesday, January 3. In the meantime, these stories from 2022 (and late 2021!) are what caught our eyes and scored plenty of comments from our readers. Yes, a small business with a social justice mission can succeed in a red state When Chelsia Rice and her spouse Charlie Crawford, both former educators, bought Montana Book Company in 2018, they knew they wanted to bring a social justice element to what is now downtown Helena’s 45-year-old bookstore. They also knew they wanted to do it in a way that knitted the community together, especially at a moment that was seeing increasing division: no easy feat in the capital city of Montana. Kate Zerrenner shared Montana Book Company’s story back in August. It’s a new federal holiday with meaning, not an excuse to crassly market products In only its second year of federal recognition, Juneteenth was once again subjected to a slew of exploitative and offensive marketing attempts from brands more interested in financial gain than respect and representation. Diane Primo, the CEO of Purpose Brand and an expert in DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion), spoke with 3p’s Riya Ann Polcastro about which brands managed to go against the tide and get it right, which one failed the worst of all — and what businesses should focus on for future Juneteenth commemorations.
x Progressive or regressive: Was 2022 a good year for the LGBTQIA+ community?
Here's the year in review #WIONYearender#Rewind2022
https://t.co/RoPuKCYmEp — WION (@WIONews) December 27, 2022
The temperatures are dropping and the siren call of the remote control has never been stronger. ‘Tis the season to catch up on the best shows of 2022, naturally. Here, Vanity Fair staffers make their case for the best shows of the year, conveniently presented for you in alphabetical order. Abbott Elementary (ABC/Hulu) Thought experiment: What if you took the fourth season of The Wire and turned the school subplot into a broadcast network comedy? Terrible idea, right? Except in the hands of Abbott Elementary’s creative team, led by creator and star Quinta Brunson, this chronicle of hardworking teachers doing their best despite a lack of money and institutional support is unmissable—and funny. It’s obvious that those making Abbott care deeply about making the characters and their dilemmas multi-dimensional, but the attention to detail doesn’t mean they skimp on the jokes, bless them. There’s a core of humanity and earnestness that makes this workplace comedy all the funnier in its goofy moments, and as one of TV’s most hilarious chaos-bringers, Janelle James goes from strength to strength as scam-tastic principal Ava Coleman. May this show run forever. —Maureen Ryan Andor (Disney Plus) A prequel to Rogue One, the 2016 feature film—itself a prequel to Star Wars—that Tony Gilroy also wrote, Andor’s first season is a political thriller showing how the titular character (Diego Luna) is recruited to join the Rebellion against the Empire. Whereas Alderaan explodes in a flash, we see most residents of Cassian Andor’s planet, Ferrix, getting constricted in small but worrisome increments, and one resident we know well getting captured and tortured by a mid-sized cog in the Imperial machine. Whereas Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) is briefly held by Vader, mostly offscreen, Andor is arrested on a blatantly phony charge and incarcerated for a significant length of time, forced on threat of execution to perform slave labor for the Empire. Whereas the climax of Star Wars builds to a spaceship chase scene, Andor culminates in an uprising between a Ferrix insurgency and the forces of Empire that viewers witness up close. In Star Wars, we understood, abstractly, that the Empire was fascist and should not prosper. Until Andor, the urgency surrounding its destruction has never felt so visceral. —Tara Ariano
Iggy Pop – Every Loser Pop teams up with superproducer Andrew Watt – who’s recently worked with everyone from Miley Cyrus to Morrissey to Elton John – and promises “music that will beat the shit out of you … made the old-fashioned way”. Contributions come from Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan.
6 January Billy Nomates – Cacti Tor Maries’ follow-up to her acclaimed eponymous debut as Billy Nomates has been trailed by a succession of great singles, the sound of which has ranged from electronic to growling pop-punk, their eclecticism held together by the sharpness of her writing and the power of her voice. John Cale – Mercy An array of younger guest stars populate Cale’s first album of original songs in a decade: Animal Collective, Sylvan Esso, Laurel Halo, Actress and Weyes Blood’s Natalie Mering among them. The warped funk of Bowie tribute Night Crawling and the epic, disorienting electronica of Mering’s star turn on Story of Blood suggest an impressive degree of invention within.
How are YOU celebrating the new year? Share that, or your favorite year in review, or any other fun stories, down in the comments
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