Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/19/22)

Today is Monday, and it's the last work week before Christmas! Here's my weekly TV news roundup at The Televixen.

Ukraine Says Russia Uses Iranian Kamikaze Drones In Early Morning Attack (RFE)

What Can We Expect From the Jan. 6 Committee’s Big Finale This Week? (Slate)

Proud Boys Trial Is Set to Open, Focusing on Role in Jan. 6 Violence (NYT)

Cop15: historic deal struck to halt biodiversity loss by 2030 (The Guardian)

New models predict at least 1 million deaths in China amid covid surge (WaPo)

Sri Lanka's children go hungry as food prices soar (BBC)

N.H. to receive $15 million from Walmart for opioid crisis recovery and treatment (NHPR)

Here’s how states plan to limit abortion — even where it is already banned (The 19th*)

And: In North Carolina, more people are training to support patients through an abortion (NPR)

LGBTQ Representation in Film Rises While Racial Diversity and Screen Time Decline, Per GLAAD Report (THR)

And some longer reads:

I haven't had time to read through all of this yet, but it's definitely on my list for today: Putin's War (NYT)

QAnon, adrift after Trump’s defeat, finds new life in Elon Musk’s Twitter (WaPo)

Artificially (un)intelligent: An AI search engine for science spits out climate denialism and covid misinformation (Grid)

The Romano-British Writing Tablets of Vindolanda (Antigone)

Fun Books to Read During Hanukkah (Book Riot)