LLMs tripled new book releases since 2022. Average quality fell: most new entries are slop BUT books 100-1,000 per category are actually better than before, & pre-LLM authors got more productive. And since people only read the good books, it is net positive for readers. www.nber.org/papers/w34777

Given how bad most technology interventions in the class room look when properly assessed, these results for Khan Academy use in Indian class rooms are really good. The focus on organizational structure and implementation seems key. www.nber.org/papers/w3468...

lol, this blogpost might be the closest thing to the essentialized meaning of "cope" i have ever seen

'In addition to dogs with regular, “family dog” knowledge levels are dogs with an extraordinary level of word comprehension. These dogs have been called “gifted word learners” and they appear idiosyncratically across countries, breeds, and households.' www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Interesting article on efforts to write the next edition of "The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)" which provides diagnositv guidelines for mental health and substance-use disorders. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I am but ill qualified

Rise of the english non-drinker: "Almost a third (32%) of 16-24 year olds—including a whopping 36% of men in this age bracket—described themselves as non-drinkers. This compared with only 15% of people aged 55-64 (17% of women, 14% of men)." www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Omg if they find a way to neutralize OG, we are without a good striker again... www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba...

I doubt that I will ever write a sentence that is as crisp, clear and true as this in a research paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Nice little "popularize demography concepts" post here. Explainer of the differences between tfr and cfr. Relevant for all the ongoing fertility debates. daviddfriedman.substack.com/p/a-problem-...

Something, that I feel has not fully registered, in particular for those in social science and humanities field and so integrated into the US-Europe science networks, is just how stellar China's scientific take-off has been over the last years. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Did the AI write this? Those "For x not A but B. But also C." reasoning sentences feel sooo chatbot. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...

Fantastic data usage in this paper and genuinely shocking results (you do not want to be in a hospital after a ransomware attack). Unsure about the choice of title if i can be completely honest.

It's Overleaf but will do the tedious and fiddly bits for you. Trying to resist this is like holding back the tide. openai.com/index/introd...

"2025 is the first year of this century where child deaths will increase." As aid cuts begin to bite it is projected that an additional 200,000 children under the age 5 will die from preventable illnesses bringing the annual total to 4.8 million. www.gatesfoundation.org/goalkeepers/...

The UK has lost its measles elimination certification after the disease circulated continuously for more than a year. www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Position for a Post-Doctoral Researcher in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility at Oxford Social Policy with @zparolin.bsky.social This is a great opportunity to do very relevant and high-quality research with a fantastic group. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Correct link: sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...

Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).

When i was 9 i became 100th placed in the world lego championships and i just want everyone to know that i am now giving this prize to president trump. He is the one who truly built that spaceship. My hands only executed his ideas.

Just going to reply with this chart whenever I hear people telling me how the triple lock will destroy the public finances from now on.

Say hi to your future super-motivated self. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The German government announced a half-billion ten-year funding plan to support projects looking at post-infectious diseases such as long-covid. Lots of opportunities for people working with longitudinal population panels here, imo. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The venezuela operation seems like the ultimate vindication of a debordian worldview. In the complete absence of any real imperial or human rights or whatever objective that can be identified, what we are left with is the performance of empire as spectacle.

🎶🎤His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy There's vomit on his sweater already, Storm Goretti!🎶 Stay safe out there!

wait, *marco rubio* is going to run man utd?

Noo. Not amorim. I loved him. 😂

Sequel to that "man falls in love with octopus" movie comes with a real twist: this time the "octopus" wrote the screenplay

me: Nutrition research is often quite lacking in its methods but at the same time the world leader in meme virality, by regularly uncovering things we want to be true to feel better about the food identity we have developed. also me: this study must be true. www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

It isn't just the amount of "It isn't just X. It's Y." It's also the amount of em-dashes that has gone up so much in writing you read these days.

From where I see cultural consumption and perceptions of coolness shifting, I intuitively agree with this "America Is Losing the Fight for the Teenagers of the World" take, but would love to see a data driven analysis of cultural consumption platforms to back it up. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...

Among the many things that are problematic about the ongoing expansion of what we define as falling under mental health and neuroconditions is the use of it as a shield by silicon valley types by having problematic behaviour fall under the definition of a disorder

Is the desire of researchers and research writers to find a pun on the research they are writing on: a) too low b) optimal c) too high ?

A (very deserved) love letter to Melvyn Bragg's "In Our Time" radio show. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/m...

Very cool poster. Anyone seen this movie? Should I check it out?

Everything is getting gamblified.

Fantastic new dataset on parental leave policies across european countries and time. It will be a valuable research for social science and policy scholars from now on. Proud to have been part of the multi-national team gathering information to put this together.

"It was just an accident" joining "I am still here" as another very good movie depicting authoritarian rule by focussing on the derailing of the everyday of normal people.

The Beige Book says employment is contracting, ADP says employment is contracting, the BLS says unemployment is going up, continuing jobless claims are rising, and WARN notices are up. It's very clear what's going on in the labor market, but stocks are up so people brush it off.

Thank god that stale bread passage got revisited... #madeleinebsky www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/a...

So disappointed none of the three eze goals was from a setpiece. Honestly doesn't even feel like my club anymore.

Meanwhile in Oxfordshire

Is there a more nerdy conference title than "Register Based Fertility Research Meeting". These are my people.

In other news look at councils projected cumulative deficit just on special needs costs over the next few years. Yikes.

New article in @sfjournal.bsky.social with @mvaldes1989.bsky.social and I. Lievore on the effect of edu expansion among parents on children's achievement Do university-educated families lose their edge as education expands among parents? Short answer: yes 1/2 academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

If the current newscycle goes on in this intensity for 2 more days i expect some rockets over venezuela.

there is a thesis (not in my field, but still...) to be written about how to interpret that kieslowski reference in rosalia's berghain video.

US politics will enter into and polarize every aspect of life and culture: premier league edition