Imagine we all drove EVs and then someone came along and proposed an ICE vehicle… Video credit: Nic Cruz Patane (link in Alt text)

Such a good article by @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social in this weekend’s FT! ftedit.ft.com/Ju3k/9qcmj1rd How Gatsby foretold Trump’s America

Bravo! 🤣 www.truthdig.com/articles/map...

If Trump was President in 1940

Getting things done will mean “giving people a voice, but not a veto.”

This (tongue-in-cheek) @politico.eu analysis shows adding Canada as "the 51st state" would give Democrats a small advantage (assuming future competitive elections), but why not apply the Wyoming model: by that standard, Canada would add roughly 66 Democrat-leaning states (minus Alberta, of course)

3 of the EU's 4 largest economies (Germany, Italy, Spain) have "ultra-low" fertility rates and the 4th (France) is below replacement levels. Meanwhile, anti-immigrant rhetoric continues to get stronger across Europe. Something is going to have to give: less immigration or less wealth?

Interesting insight as I endlessly scroll through Netflix trying to find something worth watching over the holidays

cartoon of the day

It's a couple of days old now, but this is the best discussion I've heard so far about the implications of Trump's victory for USA and the world. podcastaddict.com/world-review...

Fascinating visualisation of how the recent UK climate has departed from historical trends. Looks like climate change is going to lead to warmer and wetter weather in the UK (although be careful of reading *too much* into the changes given the relatively narrow range of the axes!)

I have a charge from @bookingcom.bsky.social that I don't recognise and I'm trying to contact them to resolve the situation. Delightfully, their customer service system won't communicate with you unless you provide the confirmation number for a booking you never made. Nice Catch-22!

Interesting test of the (false) claim that immigration lowers median national income. Even under EU free movement, median income among immigrants exceeded UK national median income within 7 years of arrival. #Immigration makes us wealthier!