Outside the vortex Thursday, 22 December 2022 18:00:06 CST David-Braverman General, Geography, Politics, Work (0) The world continues to turn outside the Chicago icebox: Julia Ioffe sees an interesting power play between the US and China taking shape in Africa. Ed Zitron experiences unbridled Schadenfreude as three billionaires experience the Dunning-Krueger effect up close and personal. David Frum says we should thank Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky for reminding us of our own history. 538 created an interactive map where you can see for yourself that moving time zone boundaries will probably make more people happy than year-round daylight saving or standard time would. A couple of crooks in Queens, with a little help from Russian hackers, scammed the Kennedy Airport taxi dispatch system for a year. Julia Alexander looks back at 2022's effects on streaming media. (Aside: what do you mean there won't be a final season of Warrior Nun?! Dammit!) From January, Jesse Baron digs into the bitter dispute between Tinder co-founder Sean Rad and his financier, Barry Diller. Finally, dog biologist (?) Alexandra Horowitz explains how dogs tell time with their noses.