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Squaring the Circle: The first internet bubble was all about companies that had massive valuations with limited revenue and an investor class with little experience with the new tech. AI is nothing like that. But there are risks. Chief among them, the circular deals driving the industry. Here’s a good, short video from Bloomberg on YouTube. How Circular Deals Are Driving the AI Boom.

+ Ice Invasion: “A potentially historic, massive winter storm will slam more than half of the United States today, moving east as it brings heavy snow, widespread ice accumulation and dangerous cold. At least 172 million people are under some form of winter weather warning through Sunday.” Here’s the latest from NBC.

+ Exposed: “The White House altered and posted to social media an image of an arrested Minnesota protester on Thursday to make it appear as if she was crying, a senior White House official confirmed to NBC News.” (Reason ten billion why I don’t feel safer with TikTok in its new owners’ hands.)

+ Peace of Work: “President Donald Trump has withdrawn his invitation for his Canadian counterpart, Mark Carney, to join his ‘Board of Peace,’ in an escalating feud between the two leaders.” Carney was never a good fit for this board. He runs a democracy. “Nearly all of the countries that agreed to work with Trump’s Board of Peace are ones that are rated relatively poorly on an important metric: adoption of democracy.”

+ Ice Storm: NYT (Gift Article): ‘Enough Is Enough’: Hundreds of Minnesota Businesses Take Stand Against ICE. Here’s a look at the scale of the resistance in Minnesota. Meanwhile, in Oregon, ICE detained a family seeking emergency care for a child at Portland hospital. As per usual, this administration is trying to live up to The Onion’s parodies: ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn.

+ The Tube: WSJ (Gift Article): Defining Moments in TV History You’ve Probably Never Heard About.