Ali Abid

Ali Abid

@ali

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The Surprising Relationship Between Happiness and Intelligence

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/01/intelligence-smarts-happiness/685668/?taid=6970e01cffed3f00018c32ad&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Jan 22, 2026

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Half the world’s 100 largest cities are in high water stress areas, analysis finds

www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/22/half-world-100-largest-cities-in-high-water-stress-areas-analysis-finds

Jan 22, 2026

2

‘It was a wipeout’: how a family came back from a wife and mother’s murder

www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/22/murder-stuart-green-wife-family-philippines-trauma-book-regenerate-leap

Jan 22, 2026

3

The crisis whisperer: how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering age

www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/15/the-crisis-whisperer-how-adam-tooze-makes-sense-of-our-bewildering-age

Jan 19, 2026

3

America Is Slow-Walking Into a Polymarket Disaster

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/01/america-polymarket-disaster/685662/?gift=nuAnfZsL9dUaXCJfygxq4yfO__e6zZ4SfRmLCpoiw_4

Jan 19, 2026

1

Donald Trump is waging war against human conscience | Osita Nwanevu

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/14/donald-trump-plato-gender-education

Jan 18, 2026

1

How can we defend ourselves from the new plague of ‘human fracking’?

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/18/how-can-we-defend-ourselves-from-the-new-plague-of-human-fracking

Jan 18, 2026

8

Davos 2026: the last-chance saloon to save the old world order?

www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/davos-2026-donald-trump-us-wef-world-economic-forum

Jan 18, 2026

5

The Only Cure by Mark Solms review – has modern neuroscience proved Freud right?

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/12/the-only-cure-by-mark-solms-review-a-bold-attempt-to-rehabilitate-freud

Jan 16, 2026

1

Difficult times

www.dawn.com/news/1967278

Jan 16, 2026

4

We are living in a time of polycrisis. If you feel trapped – you’re not alone

www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/jan/14/new-year-polycrisis-psychology-feeling-trapped

Jan 16, 2026

10

I Was Kidnapped by Idiots

www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/kidnapped-baghdad/685470/?gift=9UtyZb3mDuj0SBI8F16FpwE-BYovnJIiA7dUXQGglGg

Jan 13, 2026

15

Why pleasure is the key to self-improvement

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/11/why-pleasure-is-the-key-to-self-improvement

Jan 13, 2026

1

A New Understanding of Human Beings’ Most Basic Desire

www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/01/the-mattering-instinct-rebecca-newberger-goldstein-book-review/685536/?gift=8nlr49tiJZamWSFNReJ-rhsBZRM9TU2ipzGJiecZRW0&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Jan 10, 2026

4

The Wrath of Stephen Miller

www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/stephen-miller-trump-white-house/685516/?gift=c_badRqhhaNnVNIbhIguY8Vxr3HiAQHm1pbM0mPCx0k&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Jan 8, 2026

2

Accused Brown University shooter planned attack for years, video transcripts show

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/06/brown-university-shooter-video-transcripts

Jan 7, 2026

1

‘Blood in the water’: Bari Weiss’s chaotic first three months in charge of CBS News

www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/05/bari-weiss-cbs-news

Jan 7, 2026

6

Calm: The Underrated Capability Every Leader Needs Now | Lynda Gratton

sloanreview.mit.edu/article/calm-the-underrated-capability-every-leader-needs-now/

Jan 7, 2026

3

A lost decade

www.dawn.com/news/1965221/a-lost-decade

Jan 6, 2026

3

Done with politics

www.dawn.com/news/1965424

Jan 6, 2026

2

Five lifestyle tweaks to help you live well for longer

www.bbc.com/future/article/20260102-five-lifestyle-tweaks-to-help-you-live-well-for-longer

Jan 6, 2026

12

Trump’s Venezuela invasion sets a perilous precedent | Kenneth Roth

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/05/donald-trump-venezuela-nicolas-maduro

Jan 6, 2026

1

How I changed my personality in six weeks

www.bbc.com/future/article/20260102-how-i-changed-my-personality-in-six-weeks

Jan 5, 2026

5

Maduro’s Capture Shows Trump’s Goal to Dominate the Americas

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/world/americas/trump-latin-america-venezuela.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CFA.QrAf.dCH99VfeRRb0

Jan 5, 2026

3

As Schools Embrace A.I. Tools, Skeptics Raise Concerns

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/technology/school-ai-chatgpt-estonia-iceland.html?rsrc=flt&unlocked_article_code=1.BVA.n22A.JZA9AqJLeQEK&smid=url-share

Jan 5, 2026

7

How to avoid being a toxic friend

www.bbc.com/future/article/20241129-how-to-avoid-being-a-toxic-friend

Jan 2, 2026

1

This insane post foreshadows the year to come

www.kenklippenstein.com/p/this-insane-post-foreshadows-the

Jan 2, 2026

1

The Podcast ‘Productivity’ Trap

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/podcasts-music-listening-productivity/685448/

Dec 31, 2025

3

Opinion | One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/opinion/indian-americans-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AVA.j8YI.llGfyyrLekpH&smid=url-share

Dec 30, 2025

13

John Simpson on wars: ‘Why I've never seen a year like 2025'

www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4qp17e1lqo

Dec 29, 2025

3

Opinion | Sal Khan: A.I. Will Displace Workers at a Scale Many Don’t Realize

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/opinion/artificial-intelligence-jobs-worker-training.html

Dec 29, 2025

9

Medical breakthroughs in 2025

www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/medical-breakthroughs-in-2025

Dec 29, 2025

2

Ten things that are going right in America

www.noahpinion.blog/p/ten-things-that-are-going-right-in

Dec 29, 2025

3

How should universities respond to the age of polycrisis?

www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20250304142922976

Dec 29, 2025

1

What is this era of calamity we’re in? Some say ‘polycrisis’ captures it

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/polycrisis-disasters-politics

Dec 29, 2025

3

Against "polycrisis"

www.noahpinion.blog/p/against-polycrisis

Dec 29, 2025

11

What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid

www.propublica.org/article/kakuma-kenya-matenity-ward-foreign-aid-cuts?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1766980805&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Dec 29, 2025

4

How to Follow the Right Star

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/christmas-happiness-life-choices/685405/

Dec 26, 2025

2

How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/25/protests-effective-history-impact

Dec 26, 2025

1

Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books

www.publicbooks.org/four-frictions-or-how-to-resist-ai-in-education/

Dec 24, 2025

13

AI Is Changing How We Learn at Work

hbr.org/2025/12/ai-is-changing-how-we-learn-at-work?ab=HP-hero-featured-1

Dec 24, 2025

13

Libya mourns after army chief dies in plane crash near Turkiye’s capital

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/23/signal-lost-with-jet-carrying-libyan-army-chief-over-ankara-turkiye-says

Dec 24, 2025

1

MNREGA: Is India's landmark rural jobs guarantee scheme under threat from G RAM G?

www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1lr980vvjpo

Dec 23, 2025

2

She Fell in Love With ChatGPT. Then She Ghosted It.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/technology/ai-boyfriend-chatgpt.html

Dec 23, 2025

1

Pregnancy without protection: Pakistan’s struggle with population growth and maternal health | The Express Tribune

tribune.com.pk/story/2583143/1

Dec 22, 2025

2

Sikh Truckers Found Refuge In Trucking Until The Trump Administration’s Crackdown

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/business/sikhs-truckers-trump-crackdown.html

Dec 22, 2025

1

SOCIETY: THE SHAPATAR BOYS OF KARACHI

www.dawn.com/news/1962165/society-the-shapatar-boys-of-karachi

Dec 22, 2025

1

The wicked problem of AI and assessment

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02602938.2025.2553340?src=

Dec 22, 2025

1

Teaching for Integrity in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00091383.2025.2568354

Dec 22, 2025

12

Why is social connection so hard for Gen Z?

news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/03/social-connections-gen-z-research-jamil-zaki

Dec 22, 2025

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