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Bylines in @FT @TheiPaper @lawdotcom and more.

[Cathy @cathychenowo]

My article was printed in today's @FT on page two:

London’s Friday travel discount had limited effect on capital’s commuters
https://t.co/lGPDcpFJ3U

[Cathy @cathychenowo]

Tort costs in the U.K. is outpacing both inflation and GDP growth, leading to questions around how competitive the country is as a global centre for dispute resolution

I spoke with @stephenwags to discuss the matter.

https://t.co/9WsPBWHGq6

[Cathy @cathychenowo]

Sale of ITV M&E Business to Sky: It is one of the largest TV broadcast deals in recent times, and another example of a U.S. buyer, in this case Sky-owner Comcast, acquiring U.K. assets.
https://t.co/oal4YLezRr

[NASA @NASA]

Hello, Moon. It’s great to be back.

Here’s a taste of what the Artemis II astronauts photographed during their flight around the Moon. Check out more photos from the mission: https://t.co/rzM1P0QbOl

[Cathy @cathychenowo]

Then, I received a KitKat bar as a gift from a lovely staff member today.

Of course, I’ve checked - it’s not the stolen one.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: Nestle set to cut around 16,000 jobs globally.

The global food and drink company behind brands like KitKat announced the job cuts will be carried out over the next two years.

Sky's @MattBarbet shares more.

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[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Man, 26, shot dead in car near Euston station https://t.co/kpSbfStQWK

[Cathy @cathychenowo]

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[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office @FCDOGovUK]

British National Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison – tantamount to a life sentence for a 78-year-old.

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper’s statement ⤵️

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

.@volker_turk deplores the 20-year jail sentence handed down against Jimmy Lai, the founder of the now-closed newspaper Apple Daily, on charges brought under the national security legislation in Hong Kong SAR. “I appeal for Jimmy Lai’s immediate release on humanitarian grounds."

[Netflix @netflix]

#SkyscraperLIVE starts right now on Netflix.

Watch @AlexHonnold, one of the greatest climbers the world, take on his lifelong dream of free soloing Taipei 101.

[Netflix @netflix]

Alex Honnold’s selfie from the top of Taipei 101 after his historic free solo. #SkyscraperLIVE

[Cathy @cathychenowo]

As the Labour government has approved planning permission for China’s mega-embassy in London, a press conference for cross-party parliamentarians, residents, and campaigners was held today at 2:30 pm to condemn the approval.

[Cathy @cathychenowo]

Last year, the #WangFukCourt fire in #HongKong drew widespread comparisons to the #GrenfellTower fire in #London. I spoke with @officialJ4G about whether justice has been served after eight years and how that in Hong Kong could properly address the concerns of those affected.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

A common assumption is that throughout history, people have experienced the same basic range of emotions. A radical field of history now challenges this assumption, Gal Beckerman reports. https://t.co/eLFv144oU2

People tend to imagine that other people “have the exact same set of emotions that we have,” Beckerman writes. “We perform this projection on any number of human experiences: losing a child, falling ill, being bored at work. We assume that emotions in the past are accessible because we assume that at their core, people in the past were just like us, with slight tweaks for their choice of hats and of personal hygiene.”

Rob Boddice, a leader in the field of the history of emotions and senses, mistrusts this universalism, a philosophy that emerged during the Enlightenment, when European intellectuals began to assume that all people share a common nature. Many critics now understand that they were attempting to exert power and order over a world that had recently become bigger and stranger. “By the time we get to our current globalized culture, in which a Korean thriller can win Best Picture at the Oscars and Latin pop stars dominate the U.S. charts, the notion that our emotional registers are all essentially alike feels self-evident,” Beckerman continues.

“Boddice starts with the opposite premise, that we are not the same,” Beckerman writes. “Rather than being a constant—extending across space and time—human nature for Boddice is a variable and unstable category, one with infinite possible shades.”

Although his approach might seem “squishy and postmodern,” Beckerman writes, Boddice’s research layers his own thinking on top of the most recent advances in neuroscience.

At the link, read more about the field of study that is pushing historians to reconsider their assumptions about the people of the past.

🎨: Nicolás Ortega

[Cathy @cathychenowo]

@ikiolia Kaka merry Christmas!

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Chinese mega embassy could bring security advantages, says No 10 https://t.co/YNVwqCcEYb

[Tom Grundy @tomgrundy]

#TaiPo: This cat survived a week in the one tower at Wang Fuk Court which was untouched by the blaze...

[Cathy @cathychenowo]

@GrenfellUnited Hello, I’m Cathy, a London-based journalist. I’ve emailed you regarding a potential interview filming opportunity. Could you please let me know if the message reached your inbox successfully or ended up in your junk folder? Thank you.

[CNN @CNN]

Rescuers find a survivor more than a day after blaze tore through Hong Kong apartment buildings as the death toll rises to 65. Follow live updates.
https://t.co/WzyVjEhSsr

[CNN @CNN]

Three men have been arrested in connection with the deadly Hong Kong high-rise fire, police say. Hundreds of people remain missing. https://t.co/afcV0jrsYE