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COMING SOON! TRAILER: From Skin To Skincare: The shocking truth behind the donkey skin trade. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1fo...

I seriously love powder caps. I believe this is the Earthy Powdercap, Cystoderma amianthinum (what a cool scientific name!) 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/3.5, 1/6, ISO 400 Stack of 35 images 10/19/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Goodall transcribes field notes by lamplight in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park c.1960

my discomfort with this take @mclem.org, & putting aside whether the policy is good/bad itself, is that it seems to assume the USA is first & foremost international service territory, and not also a country unto itself. @michaelpettis.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @drianhall.bsky.social

WHO: By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s population over 60 years will live in low- and middle-income countries. - China is only reference so far for adjusting development process to try to accommodate getting old before rich www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/he...

Being shy - This little burro was out with its mom around a group of people in the park. I guess he had enough and went to go hide unit this tree. #NIKON #photography #nature #landscape #SouthDakota #burro #wildlife #wallart #digitalArt #photoArt

"Bittersweet Symphony” almost stole the Oasis show given it’s one of the greatest stadium anthems out there. What a hell of an “opener” with Richard Ashcroft. Just had to share this.

How Europe can adapt to an ageing population 1 October 2025 voices.ilo.org/podcast/how-...

Cambodia’s Ageing Population Left Behind as Family Traditions Shift (Cambodia is getting old before rich, & is struggling to adopt a comprehensive economic demography transition response) kiripost.com/stories/camb...

Fertility rates are way below what the Social Security Trustees projected in both 2000 and 2010. And yet they have barely updated their long-run forecast. What's the best argument for the plausibility of their forecast?

who would have guessed? #Boomers blamed as young French face debt, housing, pension strain www.2lt.com.au/boomers-blam... #ageing #debt #inequality

10 Things That Make Donkeys Happy www.msn.com/en-us/health...

Tanzania & China: China–Africa Policy Signals, Substance & Suggestions Tanzania has a unique political economy, both regionally & nationally, pioneering several African firsts w/ China, such as establishing first official investment centre in China’s Africa zone, Hunan. saiia.org.za/research/tan...

SCO eyes first global multilateral security bank SCO Development Bank could be first non-dollar-denominated multilateral development bank that also finances security initiatives asiatimes.com/2025/09/sco-...

This is an excellent and constructive piece from the chief executive of the CBI @cbieconomics.bsky.social, calling for real tax reform (VAT, property taxes, road pricing). Business lobby (like others) often self-serving but this is clear, honest and serious. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Donkeys in Gaza are starving too: Donkeys serve as 'animal ambulances' in Gaza. But they now face starvation, Palestinian vet warns Donkeys are the main form of transport in Gaza. Meet the vet fighting to save them from injuries and starvation. www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

Nice to be the Bloomberg: Quote of the Week “Africa is where China takes its firms and brands global — they get experience, create markets, and win brand recognition.” Lauren Johnston, China-Africa expert at New South Economics. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Lucid, convincing case for a tax on high-value property, from the UK's most eminent housing economist, John Muellbauer. Would raise revenue *and* be good for growth. ://www.ft.com/content/bb4e7566-4bc6-45c9-87e4-271cc40c66a5

No big whoop, just Donald Trump pissing away three decades of U.S. diplomacy due to a fit of personal pique. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

Fascinating - SCO Development Bank? (Development Bank of Eurasia?)? eeo.com.cn/2025/0901/75... 习近平：尽快建成上海合作组织开发银行 经观智讯2025-09-01 11:36 @drianhall.bsky.social @possibilist.bsky.social @berthofmanecon.bsky.social @rudyakmarina.bsky.social

China capitalises on Africa’s growing demand as US tariffs reshape trade. fullview.co.za/china-capita... #ChinaAfrica #AfricaChina #Trump #ChinaAfricaTrade #tariffs

Nice to be the Bloomberg: Quote of the Week “Africa is where China takes its firms and brands global — they get experience, create markets, and win brand recognition.” Lauren Johnston, China-Africa expert at New South Economics. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Nice to add to Bloomberg on China/Africa trade (my PhD thesis topic!): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Ghana's Walewale Chinese donkey hide factory shut down after community backlash - why is China's ejiao industry doing this? asaaseradio.com/walewale-chi...

Gier nach Eselshaut - nice to make this important piece on the cruel & unsustainable donkey skin trade: www.wissenschaft.de/naturplus/gi...

"Secondly, don’t call a stupid person a Donkey, you’re slandering an innocent creature for no reason. .. and let’s figure out how to finally do right by the donkey."https://medium.com/@meerabn2004/for-donkeys-undoing-a-historic-injustice-d172f076db8c

Farming Systems Kenya launches illegal donkey slaughter campaign 💪 www.kenyamoja.com/video/farmin...

Panda Hugger definition in China

As India moves toward elevated local currency-based trade as tensions w/ USA rise, for picture of BRICS' currency-related agenda: 👉"The BRICS, the dollar and SWIFT: A review of evolving interests and monetary reform momentum" www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10220461.2025.2523509

wonderful to contribute to SCMPNews once more, here on (the infamously bold) Chinese gold miners in Africa - why now? what are they up to? www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

Australia Institute analysis shows the staggering difference between US and Aus drug prices. Atorvastatin – a cholesterol pill among the top ten most prescribed drugs in Australia – is 125 times more expensive in the US! Aus - $21.07 US - $2,628.39 australiainstitute.org.au/post/our-pbs...

"Shenzhen University of Advanced Tech & Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites recently signed a cooperation agreement to jointly establish a space hospital in the future." www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202508/07/...

This is the premier economics conference in the subfield of immigration to high-income countries. #EconConf #EconSky

China is falling in love with the - living - donkey again? Let's hope 黔之驴：一个文学形象的生成与物种迁徙、文化交流 www.163.com/dy/article/K...

Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso launch joint investment bank 20:42, 1 August 2025 😲 Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have announced the establishment of a joint investment bank aimed at enhancing economic integration among the three countries, WAM reports. qazinform.com/news/mali-ni...

📌 Today on @financialtimes.com our @soasuni.bsky.social #DLD Director Ha-Joon Chang on: 📊 Economics teaching has become the Aeroflot of ideas 💡 ⚠️ The discipline is failing students by ignoring the biggest social, political and ecological challenges 🌍 🔗 www.ft.com/content/9aab...

this is a wonderful place to visit. went in the 2000s with my dad and brother.

Why donkeys deserve voice in animal welfare agenda peopledaily.digital/insights/why...

1/6 Yicai: "Weak domestic demand has been the main cause of the Chinese yuan’s 15 percent depreciation since 2022, so robust and timely counter‑cyclical policies are needed to restore the currency to fair value." www.yicaiglobal.com/news/boostin...

Want to read up on the BRICS? Try this open access special issue: www.tandfonline.com/journals/rsa... 😁 @drianhall.bsky.social @goldkorn.bsky.social @possibilist.bsky.social @andreaghiselli.bsky.social @camanpour.bsky.social

The Donkey Skin Trade: A Crisis We Can No Longer Ignore www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/202... @goldkorn.bsky.social

In this video, Nobel laureate Daron Acemoğlu offers rich and provocative skepticism of the most drastic claims that AI will quickly automate much of the economy The paper he's summarizing: doi.org/10.1093/epol...