How do you replace 40 million dead vultures?
economist.com/1843/2026/04...

There’s more of a language barrier than you might think. Even fluent English speakers struggle with my accent.

Was thinking about this with Tulsi Gabbard earlier. Do you reckon she passed vetting

Downing a bowl of sambal and being laughed out the restaurant

Massive respect to first generation British Indians who had to navigate all this stuff in reverse with much more hostility and less support than I get.

Salt and vinegar appropriate with fish and chips but not steak and chips. No way of knowing.

Moving to a profoundly different culture makes you realise how much food culture is tacit knowledge. Someone brings you a bowl of something, do you dunk bread in it, drink it like miso soup or wash your fingers in it? No way of knowing.

35% solar right now

Oh brave new world

How fast do you think I can generate it with Claude?

Capture rates still very high in GB.

In Good Faith How a society’s capacity for belief forms the foundation of its successDo you struggle to find reasons to feel optimistic about the future? Are you trying ...

Hey folks, it is publication day! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Egg washing Gregg's sausage rolls

The dip in Covid suggests this is primarily about eating out, no?

Sex ratios of Kerala emigrants are remarkable. Men go to the Gulf. Women go to the OECD (mostly UK).

What will Labour ban next

The world wants Chinese tech. China is determined to keep it China’s rivals are learning how to get what China won’t share

The world (especially India) wants Chinese tech. China is determined to keep it
economist.com/china/2026/0...

This seems good but I don’t get how it breaks the link between electricity and gas prices

It’s very doable but it’s a continent sized country and it’s very poor.

Trains are very slow in India

The year is 2085. The A-10 Warthog pleads for sweet release. Congress appropriates 800 bitcoin to extend the plane for strafing missions on Mars.

“I for one welcome our new Badenoch overlords” - pol prof Ben Ansell

Do they do ads after every ball like in India and flash the name of sponsors for every four, six and wicket?

Somewhere there’s a guy hoping Keir Starmer stays on so he can fully implement the Fingleton Review

Does Eurostar not have a loyalty programme or something

Disgusting politics of envy. Do you know how much I’d love a jolly in mid wales?

Imagine if the economist introduced such a policy.

Wonder what name they’d take from Tolkien

I fly a lot for work and the airport is as good a place to respond to emails as anywhere else.