Very good!

I asked a friend…

It’s genocide.

Doesn’t this reflect the high level of out-migration from parts of London because of the high cost of housing? Many primary schools are also closing.

Honored to be part of the team of writers behind the @unfpa.org State of the World Population 2025 report.

The real fertility crisis: The most consequential reproductive decision a person can make –when, whether and with whom to have a child– is being undermined by a set of barriers and obstacles

It’s Ali G.

Tuberculosis still kills around 1.3 million people every year.

It was once a massive killer in Europe and the US, but not anymore. How did these countries manage to tackle it?

Our first article on TB in a three-part series: ourworldindata.org/tuberculosis...

Every few years these pronatalist policies re-emerge (sort of like Godzilla) & every few years I say the same thing… #demography

I used it in the 1990s. It took a long time for the penny to drop.

Let’s hope the Head of Paid Service, Section 151 Officer, and Monitoring Officer are up to their jobs.

Are the DOGE team qualified accountants?

I haven’t listened to long wave for years, but one advantage it had was its long range… so accessing BBC in the near continent, or more importantly, the Shipping Forecast when at sea out of FM range.

Internal migration, health selection, and the salmon bias: A register-based study of Finland Studies on international migrants have repeatedly found a mortality advantage of migrant over native-born populations. Data artifacts, differential pr…

🚨 Another article on health and migration out in Social Science and Medicine! With Pekka Martikainen and Irma Elo, we look at the mortality of internal migrants in Finland
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I’ve been working with BBC Panorama on a documentary about the pressures on the UK’s public finances - and why the state is struggling to provide public services that meet our expectations. This is the first minute. The whole film is here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Magazine Letter: They say that each cigarette you smoke takes five minutes off your life. But if you would have spent those five minutes smoking, it cancels itself out. So if you can make your piggies last more than five minutes every time you smoke one, you're technically prolonging your life. I think. Ben Nunn, Caterham

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Italy’s exodus of young talent worsens population squeeze Central bank governor Fabio Panetta warns the brain drain is adding to pressure on the economy

Italy’s exodus of young talent worsens population squeeze—The Bank of Italy has estimated that the projected drop in Italy’s working age population could lead to an 11 per cent drop in GDP, although… www.ft.com/content/7544... @amykazmin.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Population pyramid of the day.

Wonderful to receive this utterly beautiful 3D printed diorama of "Snow's map of cholera" by @alexselbyb.bsky.social. Exceptional attention to detail. Simply stunning. Dare I say better than the original! Thanks Alex.

Famous whisky drinkers: Margaret Thatcher | Scotch Whisky Behind ‘The Iron Lady’ public persona of Britain’s first female Prime Minister sat a whisky swilling, cautiously flirtatious and highly intelligent woman. Iain Russell delves into the whisky-filled li...

Surely anyone wishing to celebrate should do as she did and have a tumbler of blended whisky: scotchwhisky.com/magazine/fam...

Population pyramid style graphic of the day showing transition to widowhood.

A lad called Ryan told me he would vote Reform. In 5 minutes I learned he wanted to end homelessness, help poor families, and help vulnerable people get off drugs. Not a word about immigration. He just couldn't vote Labour after so may lies. My latest article in The Canary.

Holding protest signs for science and research.

We had a little protest of UMN faculty and researchers to raise awareness of what this administration is doing to science and universities.

Apparently lots of students have no clue. We’ve gotta break through our information bubbles and get the word out to the youngins’.

Sessions House (Kent’s County Hall) has always flown the county flag.

Another source added: “Immigration is high in people’s minds as it is key to how we try to head off the threat from Reform, but it’s a false dichotomy because they will capitalise on any sense of disenchantment or job losses from universities in financial distress.” The source said students were the low-hanging fruit but the critical issue is tackling illegal immigration.

Stopping international students from coming to UK universities will hit exports, growth & tax revenues.

The quote below should be a statement of the obvious...

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NEW PAPER heroically led by @drelenamiu.bsky.social on how changing demography, friendship networks and personal values around low fertility interact. See Elena’s thread below!👇

A line graph titled "How old are you, compared to most of the world?" is displayed. The y-axis represents age in years, ranging from 0 to 45, while the x-axis represents the years from 1950 to 2100. The line starts below 25 in 1950, gradually rises to about 30 in 2020, and goes above 40 by 2100. The data points are connected by a smooth, dark blue line with dotted segments for future projections. Also noted is a data source, indicating that the information comes from the United Nations' World Population Prospects of 2024. The graphic is credited with "CC BY" for licensing.

How old are you compared to the rest of the world?

Surely this means that X is making editorial decisions and is therefore a publisher?

@heidicolleran.bsky.social starts her #ehbea2025 plenary with a manifesto to get behind: bring more demography into cultural evolution, and more ethnography into demography

“These Are My Principles. If You Don’t Like Them I Have Others.” Groucho would make a successful US University President or head of a major law firm.

Great theoretical work showing how cultural mechanisms related to birth spacing and cultural menopause influence demographic outcomes in a human population 💻👶

#EHBEA2025

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