beige and confused: with the democratisation and de-fetishisation of graphic design, Elizabeth Goodspeed questions the role of Colour of the Year
diamond in the rough: researchers perfect nuclear-powered battery that lasts ten-thousand years—see previously
heroön: monumental ancient shire discovered in western Greece
now go away or he will taunt you a second time: former Homeland Security advisor is not retracting her criticism of FBI director nominee Kash Patel—see previously
naughty, brutish and short: philosophers on Santa’s good and bad lists
continuing resolution: the stop-gap spending bill to fund the US government through March hints at a revolt by Republican congressional members, refusing to entertain provisions to eliminate the debt ceiling (which Trump needs to enact his agenda) and postpones the budget battle to a time when the GOP has a even narrower majority
demonstration project: MIT-linked charter company plans world-first grid-scale fusion reactor
party city holdco inc: with every report on a company going bankrupt, there are at least four paragraphs citing inflation, consumer sentiment and competition before mentioning it was private equitied to death
