Fun to see one of the books I copyedited for @mitpress.bsky.social is getting some attention! Morbid: Debunking Modern Longevity Science by Saul Justin Newman www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Shinkanfreude is the feeling of joy and self-satisfaction that arises from hearing about the endless delays, costly failures, and humiliations of another nation's flagship high-speed transport project.

The Antarctic ozone hole was first reported in 1985, but ozone depletion could have been spotted as early as 1957, had modern satellite technology been available. Early ozone loss was primarily caused by carbon tetrachloride, an industrial solvent. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/589P50ZkHIC

"After 18 months, women using GLP-1 drugs who start off without a job enjoy employment rates 27 percentage points higher than otherwise similar non-users." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... by @soumayakeynes.ft.com

The news from Kings Lynn

NEW ANALYSIS: UK sales of electric vehicles just overtook petrol cars for the first time What's that you say? Something something demand, something something ZEV mandate? Take a look at the data: www.carbonbrief.org/...

The flower of Scotland is a thistle.

So far, Chile's 2022 Platform Work Law has failed to regulate minimum pay and working hours. However, it has led to some substitution of informal self-employed by formal ones and to a moderate rise in social security coverage among those workers. Omar Bamieh et al. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

A worrying paper, but also intriguing in the sense that the influence of salience (first and last variables get greater weight) mimics some common human decision patterns.

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

Number of hours of negative electricity prices is dropping fast across Europe • Data highlight growing rollout of batteries, with Germany, Italy and UK leading the way • Europe’s installed battery capacity has risen by 33,000MWh in 2025, to about 90,000MWh www.economist.com/finance-and-...

If you give a forecaster a cupcake...

WHO MADE THIS 💀!

🔌🪫An EV battery does not reach end-of-life when it leaves a vehicle.​ Most are retired at ~70–80% capacity, creating a clear second stage. Currently, most of 'second life' value is lost. The structure & governance will determine whether that can change 👉 go.wri.org/ev-second-li...

"By 1900 almost 14% of the local government electorate was female."

Cornetto-Nash equilibrium #Econsky mainichi.jp/english/arti...

What’s happened to income-group gaps in parental spending on children in the U.S.? For the last 45 years, they just. keep. getting. wider. In a new @socarxiv.bsky.social working paper, I present updated evidence on trends in spending on childcare, education, and extracurricular activities.

In 1908 the Lancet called for an 18+ age limit on reading in bed for U.K. children.

Actually, ".. analysis could not prove a direct link between smacking and the results, as other factors might have influenced a child's life over the research period," according to the researchers. I'm no proponent of smacking, but shouldn't policy advice be based on #causal analysis? #UCL

I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇

Getting excited about Shinjuku-ku beach 2026, now that the road is closed and sun loungers have been delivered.

Two in five white working-class pupils miss school once a fortnight

When is detecting AI-generated text worthwhile? statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/06/06/w...

Well there's always the Japanese approach: get NEETS to train rescue dogs, ready for adoption. Builds skills and confidence and dogs get a home. kidogs.org

Interesting to see that detected LLM use in #Economics is growing more slowly than most fields.

"The Testament of Ann Lee" and "The Moment" open tomorrow in Tokyo. bit.ly/4xnGDF8 #アン・リーはじまりの物語 #ザ・モーメント

The paper is here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Comments welcome. #EconSky

The Northeast Universities Development Consortium 2026 Call for Papers Submission deadline: August 9 theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/06/02/t...

iPhone owners have been having issues with their keyboards since iOS 26 rolled out last September. A new software update can fix it. nyti.ms/49QPxAI

New paper finds "After the first year of war...82% of each square kilometer of the Gaza Strip had been damaged at least once and that 67.9% of its built-up area has been destroyed." "Our results show that more than 3/4s of Gaza’s economy has been destroyed since the start of the conflict"

I am reminded of the classics... but is there evidence on whether the UK energy price cap has encouraged (tacit) collution? www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

New open access paper for anyone who uses categorical covariates (race, sex, group, etc.) in your linear models, especially with interactions to learn group-specific effects. Short version: the default approaches found in every statistical software and textbook have serious flaws and biases...[1/2]

iPhone owners have been having issues with their keyboards since iOS 26 rolled out last September. We have some tips that can help correct the issues if the software update fails to do the trick.

Some positive news on UK productivity under Labour. My new post blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Great blogpost.

Disappointing to see ~yet another~ fuel duty freeze extension. While this would do little for the average motorist, it comes at further cost to the public purse - on top of the £150bn already spent on over the past 15 years, per SMF calculations.

Glad to share this open-access article, based on the Tawney Lecture that I had the honour to deliver in 2025 Economic inequality and social mobility in preindustrial societies: What we know, what we don't (but should) know - The Economic History Review onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

How will populations across the world change in the 21st century? 🔧 Explore for yourself with our new interactive tool!

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... Salty snack giant #Calbee should win every marketing award going for 2026.

The guy in the costume, a student, says he did it as a forfeit. The guy filing him, described as a singer, says he should not have been arrested, as he didn't trespass in the monkey enclave. www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/202...

Gift link. “The head teacher…was still there, working without pay, because his fingerprint unlocked a digital payment card…He used the money to buy rice & beans, typically the only meal of the day for his students. “I can’t abandon the children.” The fools of DOGE, then a senseless war: monstrous.

A NBER working paper co-authored by economist @catiehausman.bsky.social shows that larger oil & gas firms are passing environmental risks on to smaller firms. 🛢️⚠️ The result? #OilWells are left unplugged, leading to: ☠️ Air & water pollution 💥 Explosion risks Read: https://myumi.ch/5wN9A

War, what is it good for? More evidence on how a conflict affects children and their education. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Econsky

Episode #115 (S14E06) – Yakuza Apocalypse (2015) [極道大戦争] This season, we're covering two of Takashi Miike's films. And in this episode, Japanese film expert and returning guest Jennifer Upton is here to discuss the very bizarre Yakuza Apocalypse.

🤔What makes a paper great (or at least editor-friendly)? Join the #AARES webinar for practical tips on writing, positioning & publishing your research. 📅 12 June 2026 🕛 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AEST 📍 Online via Microsoft Teams 🎓 Perfect for ECRs & academics 🔗 www.aares.org.au/events/AARES... #econsky

Bigger Cities, Better Doctors: How Urban Markets Shape Medical Expertise theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/24/b...

Productivity Responds Before Patents Are Granted theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/23/p...

This illustration depicts the Utsuro-bune (hollow boat), a Japanese legend from the Edo period involving a mysterious object that reportedly washed ashore in 1803. According to multiple historical texts, the event took place on February 22 off the coast of modern-day Ibaraki Prefecture).