"Begun to wobble" is a take on this that is about 20 years out of date...

“His go-to recipe combines rice and vegetables in a single pan, resulting in a lumpy concoction that he often tops with a protein like ground beef.” This just sounds like bad fried rice made by (and for) people who hate flavour.

Greenlander living in Canada says the threats of annexation by U.S. President Donald Trump has stunted the conversations around the territory’s independence from Denmark.

Deep sea mining is one of the most destructive things humans can do to an environment we know next to nothing about. Loss of life at this scale is simply unacceptable If we don’t stop this before it starts the ocean floor will be a wasteland www.earth.com/news/deep-se...

1926 or 2026?

1) the US does not understand how trade and transshipment work 2) the US cannot be reasonably negotiated with 3) no US promises are worth the air used to speak them

The US will never be able to recover from what is happening so long as this sort of mushy pseudo-thinking continues (regardless of what happens in Nov or 2028)

Sea urchins are at serious risk or going the way of starfish - or worse This could mean disaster for countless ecosystems 🌊 gizmodo.com/the-sea-urch...

The social contract is broken. After this insanity, any reform needs to tackle wealth inequality as a priority.

So not economics then

BBC News - 'Beautiful' rare octopus spotted on popular Welsh beach www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Scythians not only rode horses, but also drank horse milk!

“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just.” - Mark Carney, Canadian Prime Minister World Economic Forum (WEF), Davos 2026

A major step in marine conservation www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...

I have never banked with Scotiabank and I never will. No Canadian bank should be endorsing the imperialism of the American regime like this. This view is also incredibly short-sighted for a banker. #BoycottScotiabank financialpost.com/fp-finance/b...

A thinly veiled excuse to forcibly depopulate and militarily occupy fertile parts of West Papua.

In less than a decade, these bigots have succeeded in hounding trans people into a desperate fight for survival. And THEY still get to play the victim. For shame, Britain, for shame.

“Fairness” is quite possibly the most pernicious word in British English right now

The American Economic Association banning Larry Summers for life has cemented the future of #economics as we know it. A thread/

Great day to celebrate language diversity and preservation with Gaelic and Scots becoming official languages 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.thenational.scot/news/2566056...

The International Monetary System in the Last and Next 20 Years Redux: Barry Eichengreen; Raul Razo-Garcia

From the country that brought you "we want Nordic style public service provision with American style personal taxation", we bring you Nordic style political diversity with an American style electoral system

So much of my undergrad library research amounted to “I bet there’ll be other similar books next to this one”

If you give people the means to gain the essentials they lack, there will be better societal outcomes. We've understood this principle explicitly for the last 100 years (last 3000 at least if you take an expansive view of economic history). Can we please just get on with doing it?

An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.

Disappointing how different the Economist’s coverage of this issue is for the US compared to when it happens everywhere else Where is the [correct] response of outrage and concern for political stability? People are sleepwalking into democratic failure in the US

If this isn’t called out for what it is, the next group on the block will be naturalised dual citizens “Practical and legal questions” should not be the focus here

Wholesale energy costs aren't the *sole* driver of higher energy bills. For electricity, the largest source of upwards pressure comes from increasing costs of government policies and schemes funded through bills. Read 'Splitting the bill' to learn more 👉 buff.ly/daEAKJg

40% of the fleet 60% of the catch 8% of the fund Make it make sense 🐟 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is an excellent move by the BC government and shows the power and benefits of public utilities for people. The proliferation of data centres is a drain on society and the environment, throttling their exploitation of resources will benefit everyone www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

There is every chance that many of these data centres will end up as great rusting hulks blighting our landscapes - too cumbersome to operate, too singular to repurpose, and too expensive to replace.

I’m in Zambia, where I’m seeing first hand the impact of 20 years of partnership and friendship between our countries. Scotland is proud to play our part in the world and support many life-saving development projects - showing the kind of country we can be on the world stage.

Scientists have been surprised by how quickly changes are unfolding in nature, with average global temperatures already having warmed by 1.3-1.4 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial average. globalnews.ca/news/1147774...

"In 2024, 20 of 48 African countries paid more in debt service than on health and education combined." — Demba Moussa Dembele 🇸🇳 addresses the Progressive International, Third World Network and Polity Kuala Lumpur Conference.

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes is undertaking a visit to Toronto and Nova Scotia focused on getting more investment into Scotland this week

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

If there’s one thing Poilievre knows about, it’s losing…

Macron’s ‘master stroke’ of a snap election is aging like fine milk…

With great sadness we would like to inform you that our great friend and colleague, Jim Rollo, [emeritus] Professor at Sussex University, passed away peacefully on Thursday. We have posted our own tribute and we welcome any recollections, thoughts or memories of Jim: www.uktpo.org/2025/09/26/i...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

UCL has been rated as a leading university for knowledge exchange for the fifth year in a row in Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF). Read the news story: bit.ly/46tDarL #KEF5 @uclenterprise.bsky.social

The H1-B visa application fee increasing from $1000 to $100,000 a year could be a win for Canada - Start ups could move to afford talent - Companies could expand satellite offices to keep talent - More medical professionals to meet backlogs Now US research institutes really need satellite campuses

Freedom of speech is under attack on both sides of the Atlantic, from the same people who hypocritically call themselves "free speech defenders". Make no mistake, if the British far right win power they will follow the example of their American brethren. My latest for @heraldscotland.bsky.social.

6 in 10 Canadians say they can never trust Americans the same way again globalnews.ca/news/1143516... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

🎉 The @WTO #FisheriesSubsidies Agreement is now in force–a big step to curb subsidies threatening #SustDev. But the work isn’t over yet. It’s crucial to implement the agreement & conclude additional rules to #StopFundingOverfishing. 🔗 www.iisd.org/articles/sta...

This is appalling. This is not who we are. This is not what it means to be Canadian. The Alberta government should be ashamed of itself. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Reactionary centrists are undermining the very democratic ideals they claim to protect - by normalising fascist rhetoric, giving platform and power to the hard right, and turning on those trying to stop its rise. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...

We have a paper on how Labour's strategy is disastrous. There's an exclusive coverage in @newstatesman.com www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Radical right accommodation really does not work. New paper out with this exceptionally talented team @katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk doi.org/10.31235/osf...