We need more viewpoint diversity among journal referees who read my papers.

More “accept” and “R&R” viewpoints. Fewer “reject” and “this is the worst paper I’ve ever read” viewpoints.

A new margin of slop

New UK steel tariffs threaten British manufacturing, industry warns Letter from Confederation of British Metalforming to the U.K. trade department warns that protections meant to boost homegrown steelworks risk “severely disrupting supply chains.”

New UK steel tariffs ‘threaten’ British manufacturing, steel importers warn ministers.

Letter from Confederation of British Metalforming to the U.K. trade department warns that protections meant to boost homegrown steelworks risk “severely disrupting supply chains.”

www.politico.eu/article/new-...

Quite a week for us!
1/ our podcast is launched:
“Electric World Order” is a short series about the geopolitics of energy transition; ep 1 is about how China’s industrial strategy kinda accidentally created Pakistan’s solar boom:

DPIR's Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions @benansell.bsky.social  has launched a new app to explore data by parliamentary constituency: https://benwansell.github.io/constituency-map/

BYD plans 20 Canadian dealerships within a year as 6.1% tariff deal opens the floodgates BYD is actively scouting 20 dealership locations across Canada, starting in Toronto, after Ottawa slashed Chinese EV tariffs from 100% to 6.1% in January.

BYD is doing it: “BYD is moving fast to establish a physical retail presence in Canada, with plans to open 20 branded dealerships within its first year in the market. The world’s largest EV maker is already scouting locations in the Greater Toronto Area.”

electrek.co/2026/03/24/b...

How to Win a Trade War

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Service-Led Growth YouTube video by VoxDev

We're live! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRXa...

The US is now net losing tech workers to Europe, especially more senior workers.
www.reveliolabs.com/news/tech/fr...

Energy fallout from Iran war signals a global wake-up call for renewable energy The Iran war is exposing how much the global economy still depends on fragile fossil fuel supplies. The conflict has virtually choked off the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane for a fifth of the...

The Associated Press getting on board.

"The war in Iran is exposing the world’s reliance on fragile fossil fuel routes, lending urgency to calls for hastening the shift to renewable energy."

Europe’s Defence Strain: Demand Signals, Procurement Hurdles, Tech Opportunities
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This is the largest oil supply shock in history in mb/d
The enemy gets a vote. Iran is now delivering pain to Trump via multiple paths
(1) Gulf Kings
(2) Financial meltdown
(3) AI tech oligarchs
(4) Fuel, fertilizer, food disruptions
Read our Polycrisis Dispatch:
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Also a Review of Habermas Is Habermas a titan of recent philosophy or a stodgy academic lacking a burning political vision?

“Felsch emphasizes Habermas’s status as part of a lucky generation of Germans: Born early enough to have witnessed the horrors of Nazism firsthand but late enough to have escaped moral culpability.” www.liberalcurrents.com/also-a-revie...

The Washington Post Is Using Reader Data to Set Subscription Prices. How Does That Work? - Washingtonian If recent events have not compelled you to cancel your Washington Post subscription, then you might have been in for sticker shock at the dawn of your latest billing cycle. Many readers have been…

Many Washington Post readers have been notified via email that their subscription rates are set to increase. Nestled at the bottom of these emails, you’ll find an asterisk and the following: “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data.”

This is a very good post

‘The law changed around me’: top Sudanese students blocked from UK universities by visa ban High-achieving applicants’ educational plans derailed by ‘emergency visa brake’

39 Sudanese Chevening Scholarship finalists ejected this week from consideration for the scheme, for being Sudanese.

Using regional employment data, the map shows which parts of Europe are most exposed to the rise in Chinese import competition across manufacturing industries. The results highlight the industrial core of Germany and the manufacturing belt of CEE.

Controlling Contagion How human institutions—markets, states, communities, religions, guilds and families—have helped both to control and to exacerbate epidemics throughout history.

Happy to say my new book, “Controlling Contagion”, comes out next month. 700 years of tackling pandemics. Not all bad news…

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Important work here

US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

The World Needs Europe to Get Its Act Together – Fast Dani Rodrik argues that an attractive alternative to the US and Chinese models has become more important than ever.

The World Needs Europe to Get Its Act Together – Fast by Dani Rodrik SPOT ON @drodrik.bsky.social @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/TWmTfey

What the Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling Means for the Energy Transition In this emergency episode, Rob unpacks the decision with international supply chain specialist Jonas Nahm.

Today on a special emergency episode of Shift Key: I’m joined by the great @jonasnahm.com to discuss the big SCOTUS tariff ruling; what it means for solar, EVs, and electricity; and why it’s time (alas) to learn about the other tariff powers the president can use — as well as their limitations.

Ottawa’s shift away from US defence manufacturers aims to create 125,000 jobs ‘Buy Canadian’ strategy will raise military spending to 5 per cent of GDP and boost economy, new plan says

Ottawa’s shift away from US defence manufacturers aims to create 125,000 jobs ft.trib.al/85RYA9n

A post on threads from user stephens_bens. It reads 'I'll always remember an interview with Steve Buscemi on Bulleye, Jesse Thorn asked him "As an actor with many decades of varied and outstanding roles across your career, does it ever bother you that one of the things you will most be remembered for is a 3-second gif in which you're wearing a backwards baseball cap and carrying a skateboard?" And without missing a beat, Buscemi replied "I'm carrying *two* skateboards." And you know what? He is.' Below that is a screen cap of Buscemi's famous "fellow kids" moment.

I never noticed this either.

Wow

That’s some alignment

We’re simply in the zone where we continually watch people get executed on video

Cost of living looks dismal

Two plots of regression estimates of the Hispanic vs non-Hispanic effects of Secure Communities on the share of crimes reported to police and the share of persons victimized

Increased deportations led to more crimes against Hispanics but fewer reports to the police

New research on how immigration enforcement undermines public safety and increases vulnerability, from Gonçalves Jácome Weisburst