This word “hilarious”. I’m not sure it means what you think it means.

They just aren’t showtime. So frustrating

Chinese migrant workers return home as urban jobs grow scarcer Policymakers fret about ‘large-scale’ movement back to rural interior amid weakening domestic demand

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Why Canadians dream of electric vehicle price cuts, thanks to China Canada slashed tariffs on Chinese EVs from the start of last month, but Chinese brands have yet to set up showrooms.

Canadians as consumers may dream of cheaper EV imports, but Canadians as workers and producers won't, and contrary to what many believe, it isn't cheaper imports that raise living standards. It is more domestic production.
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Obv should say “guy”.

Canada, sort your bloody egress out. It is bonkers, stupid, and irresponsible. This is a national security issue. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

@erictopol.bsky.social is a gem.

Holy shit. Time to fade gilts, if this guys gets in office.

Will the energy shock change global trade imbalances? With Brad Setser Podcast Episode · The Economics Show · 17 April · 34min

Latest episode of the FT Economics Show is well worth your time.

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This movie is basically seared in my memory. My dentist had this on specialized glasses as I was getting my wisdom teeth removed… while conscious. I think medieval parishes used beatings on children to imprint who owned what property for collective memory. For me… it is Gattaca.

Correct take.

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People seem to have a lot of resistance to solar and storage as solving a lot of decarbonisation and replacing gas quickly because it seems too simple. Friend, do you know that AI is substantially just matrix multiplication? Simple and scaled often works. #EnergySky

‘Bifs’ replace ‘Piigs’ as Europe’s bond market whipping boys Britain, Italy and France have borne the brunt of a sovereign debt sell-off sparked by the Iran war

BIFs? What’s wrong with FUKITs?

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Saw it. Was fantastic.

To my non tech normies, PSA: when you share a link, everything after the ? is tracking. Those “query parameters” tell companies exactly how you arrived, what app you clicked, which ad or email sent you, sometimes a unique identifier tied to you. You can delete everything after the question mark.

HSBC CEO Georges Elhedery says highest oil price he’s seen in this crisis is $286 for a barrel that reached Sri Lanka

Don't blame America's current account deficit on the dollar The Trump administration and China's leaders generally differ on economic policy, but on one proposition some prominent members of their economic teams seem to agree: The dollar's status as the world'...

Don't blame America's current account deficit on the dollar
Hugely important NEW essay by Maurice Obstfeld at @piie.com ahead of this week's G7/G20 global imbalances focused conversations.
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Ailbhe's fundraiser for Crisis Help Ailbhe Rea raise money to support Crisis

Hello, running a half marathon later in the year to raise money for Crisis, the homelessness charity. Grateful for any and all donations 🙏🏻

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Correct take.

Literally have no idea what this would accomplish. The journalists received data from sources and reported on it. It may not fit your worldview but given the stated opinions of the actors it likely has some validity to it.

As of March, we're tracking between what I penciled in a few months ago as a 95th percentile scenario ("strong acceleration") and an 80th percentile scenario ("moderate acceleration").

We'll see what happens once high energy prices start to bite, though...

Exclusive: US intelligence assesses Iran maintains significant missile launching capability, sources say | CNN Politics Roughly half of Iran’s missile launchers are still intact and thousands of one-way attack drones remain in Iran’s arsenal despite the daily pounding by US and Israeli strikes against military targets ...

Meanwhile. Unsurprisingly. www.cnn.com/2026/04/02/p...

Sign me up.

Tears in my eyes.

Wow.

Exclusive: US intelligence assesses Iran maintains significant missile launching capability, sources say | CNN Politics Roughly half of Iran’s missile launchers are still intact and thousands of one-way attack drones remain in Iran’s arsenal despite the daily pounding by US and Israeli strikes against military targets ...

"Roughly 50% of Iran’s missile launchers are still intact and thousands of one-way attack drones remain in Iran’s arsenal despite the daily pounding by US and Israeli strikes against 12,300 military targets over the past five weeks, according to recent US intelligence assessments"

What a week.

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Holy shit. Hat tip M Ayan at the other place.

This whole "Crime as a Service" trend is really under-covered – it's widespread across Europe. Enemy intelligence agencies don't need secret agents or embedded saboteurs any more, they just need to find some idiot 16 year olds on a Discord who'll firebomb an ambulance station for pocket money