The acting head of the CDC has canceled the publication of a study that found that the Covid vaccine sharply cut the odds of hospitalizations and emergency visits last winter
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...
Perhaps politics follow the science?
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... The politics of trust in science [gift article, first 3 readers]
It will be the law of the jungle.
Market analysts are already predicting that rich countries will outbid poor countries for scarce oil and gas supplies. This means energy famine for the Global South.
Link: www.ft.com/content/6ca1...
NEW RESEARCH: Up to 90% of industrial energy demand could be electrified with existing & emerging tech.
Under high-ambition policy, 51% by 2050 is achievable. 84% under the most enabling assumptions.
The technologies exist. The constraint is policy.
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/industr...
Forty years after Chornobyl, more nuclear disasters are inevitable — plan for them.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Volatile lithium prices and advances in technology mean sodium-ion cells are finally providing a credible alternative for automakers and the energy sector
Paper mills are charging almost $800 for a typical ghostwritten paper, the first major global study of the shadow publishing industry has found
https://ow.ly/o4sG50YNyli
The BBC, like most broadcasters, does not have a dedicated energy editor, which is a glaring omission given that almost everything revolves around energy
A decade ago, high-frequency trading was considered a stagnant industry with its glory days behind it. Even pioneers were folding, fading or being acquired. Now they make more money than god.
Here’s my attempt at explaining what changed. www.ft.com/content/83b2...
And where is that cash coming from?
Retail.
“…one of the main reasons why the industry has done so well lately is clearly an epic, generation-defining boom in chumps seemingly desperate to hand them money.”
www.ft.com/content/83b2...
DfE only started to track the specific risk of not responding to changing demographics in 2024 and does not yet have a clear approach to supporting the sector in deciding how and when to respond.
Our new @nao.org.uk report looks at falling primary pupil numbers in England
www.ft.com/content/6963...
Good piece from @marymcd.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/c2df... Exposure to illiquid assets also increases credit risk. As the output floor kicks in, banks will have to start charging riskier funds more for transactions due to the jump in RW.
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“…the number of health visitors in England has fallen from 10,200 a decade ago, to 5,575 in January - a drop of 45%.
During the pandemic, health visitors … were redeployed by the NHS, a decision that was deemed "fundamentally flawed" during the Covid inquiry last year.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
⚠️ During the Iran War, the US military has used:
• At least 45% of its Precision Strike Missiles
• At least half of its THAAD missiles
• Almost 50% of its Patriot air defense interceptor missiles
This has created “near-term risk” of running out of ammunition in future conflict.
“”In total, 20,000 short-haul flights will be removed from the schedule through October, equivalent to approximately 40,000 metric tonnes of jet fuel, the price of which has doubled since the outbreak of the Iran conflict,” Lufthansa said on Tuesday.”
www.ft.com/content/bd0e...
Meta will begin keystroke logging US employees at work -- complete with mouse movements and periodic screenshots -- to train better AI agents.
This comes after Boz posted about a future in which AI will "primarily do the work" at meta.
It's a new era for tech labor. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Private Equity has a perfectly tuned parasitical business model that will squeeze the costs of service provision (reducing headcount and degrading service levels) to maximise profits, given the opportunity.
NEW: How is the UK govt aiming to "break the link between gas and electricity prices" – and will it work?
While headlines “suggest a decisive shift", says Aurora's Marc Hedin, "the reality is more incremental”
+ comments from UKERC, Regen & more
www.carbonbrief.org/...
“NHS Surrey and Sussex said that technical teams were "working urgently to resolve issues" and advised patients to attend appointments as normal unless their GP advised otherwise.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A timely and critical collective essay on 'the state of the state', written by five members of our Editorial Board @will-davies.bsky.social @andrew-barry.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social Linsey McGoey and Samantha Ashenden
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege.
What is it doing in the UK? Will any regulator even investigate?
Exec pay linked to profits. Every incentive to rig the market, fleece customers.
Private Equity has a perfectly tuned parasitical business model that will squeeze the costs of service provision (reducing headcount and degrading service levels) to maximise profits, given the opportunity.
What is missing from this pretty accurate long assessment of UK-EU ties is the bigger picture vision from either side as to the future of Europe in the age of unreliable superpowers - and that is what will have to change for the relationship to move on fundamentally. www.ft.com/content/2007...
New paper out 🎉 The UK just ended 32 years of Energy Efficiency Obligation Schemes.
We argue it's a classic case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater — ECO4 failed due to governance failures, not instrument failure.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
'At the end of each module, students will engage in a “Socratic dialogue” with their AI tutor about the content to answer questions and reflect on their learning.'
On the one hand, studying Classics is passée, on the other hand, 'Socratic dialogue' is how you market AI tuition models. Hmmm. 3/3
“The plans to weaken the link between electricity and gas prices will be subject to consultation, but the government believes the changes could be in place in about a year's time.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“EU diplomats say such meagre gains are inevitable given that Labour has stuck to manifesto “red lines””
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... [gift article]
Burning wood for power worse for climate than gas equivalent, report finds
Research casts doubt on plans by UK government to offer subsidies for carbon capture attached to the power source
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More good stuff in-coming from Miliband reportedly. An accelerated Warm Homes Plan and reforms to minimise the role of gas in setting power prices are precisely the levers the government should be pulling to try and tackle the oil and gas shock. www.businessgreen.com/news/4528505...