Morning Coffee Link Roundup (1/21/23)

Happy Saturday! I'm traveling for the next few days, so I'll be writing posts when I have time with links I stockpiled and scheduling them. So if I'm missing some big news by the time you read this, that's why!

China appoints hardliner Zheng Yanxiong as its top representative in Hong Kong (The Guardian)

This is just awful: As Manchester officials evict a downtown encampment, residents are wondering where to go next (NHPR)

Mental health benefits of gender-affirming hormones for teens persist for two years in new study (STAT)

U.S. Carbon Emissions Grew in 2022 (NYT)

Here's what's at stake in Elon Musk's Tesla tweet trial (NPR)

Political ads are headed for your Twitter feed (Grid)

I see: Florida High School Cancels ‘Indecent,’ a Play About Censorship on Broadway in 1923 (Smithsonian)

What banning noncompetes could mean for the US workforce (Vox)

Is Virtual Product Placement Coming? ‘NCIS’, ‘Friends’ And ‘Criminal Minds’ Could Help Entertainment Firms Pocket $6.6BN Annual Revenue, Report Claims (Deadline)

American Generals of the Revolutionary War: Who Lived the Longest and Who Died Youngest? (JAR)

And some longer reads:

Cleaning Up After the Bolsonaristas in Brasília (New Yorker)

Why does Bakhmut matter? The brutal, monthslong fight for a small city in Ukraine. (Grid)

A guide to 9 global buzzwords for 2023, from 'polycrisis' to 'zero-dose children' (NPR)

How New Hampshire schools are trying to meet a growing demand for special education (NHPR)

Archaeologists Devise a Better Clock for Biblical Times (NYT)