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Chris Skedgel @chrissked.bsky.social · 8d

"What button???"

Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · Aug 5

Imagine we all drove EVs and then someone came along and proposed an ICE vehicle…

Video credit: Nic Cruz Patane (link in Alt text)

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Chris Skedgel @chrissked.bsky.social · Jun 12

Ah yes, those dangerous criminal immigrants who work as farm labourers to relax when they’re not criming.

Chris Skedgel @chrissked.bsky.social · Apr 8

Things have gotten so bad that Rand Paul is actually the voice of reason.

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Chris Skedgel @chrissked.bsky.social · Apr 5

Such a good article by @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social in this weekend’s FT!

ftedit.ft.com/Ju3k/9qcmj1rd How Gatsby foretold Trump’s America

How Gatsby foretold Trump’s America

A century after it was published, F Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece is more relevant than ever. Sarah Churchwell on the trouble with ‘careless people’

ftedit.ft.com

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Chris Skedgel @chrissked.bsky.social · Mar 14

Bravo! 🤣
www.truthdig.com/articles/map...

Trump doesn’t have the first idea how he would prosecute a war against Canada; it’d be surprising if the joint chiefs had anything drawn up with a name better than “Operation Pyrrhic.”

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · Mar 3

If Trump was President in 1940

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Chris Skedgel @chrissked.bsky.social · Feb 13

Getting things done will mean “giving people a voice, but not a veto.”

Getting Big Things Done | Understand the news that matters

Three books on why it’s so hard today — and how to do better.

newsoveraudio.com

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Chris Skedgel @chrissked.bsky.social · Jan 22

Isn't believing in the new testament the *defining characteristic* of a "Christian"?

How can someone consider themselves a Christian if they don't accept/practice the part of the bible that actually deals with Christ? 🤷

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Chris Skedgel @chrissked.bsky.social · Jan 9

This (tongue-in-cheek) @politico.eu analysis shows adding Canada as "the 51st state" would give Democrats a small advantage (assuming future competitive elections), but why not apply the Wyoming model: by that standard, Canada would add roughly 66 Democrat-leaning states (minus Alberta, of course)

Here's how annexing Canada would change American politics

We took Trump literally, not seriously, about the push to make Canada the 51st state.

www.politico.com

Chris Skedgel @chrissked.bsky.social · Jan 2

Actually, UK is quickly heading towards "ultra-low" as well, so we can expand this to 4 of Europe's 5 largest economies.

Graph showing declining fertility rates in the UK since 1960. Most recent estimate for the UK is just above 1.5 children per woman.

Chris Skedgel @chrissked.bsky.social · Jan 2

3 of the EU's 4 largest economies (Germany, Italy, Spain) have "ultra-low" fertility rates and the 4th (France) is below replacement levels. Meanwhile, anti-immigrant rhetoric continues to get stronger across Europe. Something is going to have to give: less immigration or less wealth?

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Jan 1

Germany’s fertility rate fell to 1.35 in 2023, joining nine EU countries, including Spain and Italy, that fell below the UN’s “ultra-low” threshold of 1.4 in 2022.
www.ft.com/content/1b13...

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Jan 1

Germany’s fertility rate fell to 1.35 in 2023, joining nine EU countries, including Spain and Italy, that fell below the UN’s “ultra-low” threshold of 1.4 in 2022.
www.ft.com/content/1b13...

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Chris Skedgel @chrissked.bsky.social · Dec 29

Interesting insight as I endlessly scroll through Netflix trying to find something worth watching over the holidays

Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · Dec 29

Really interesting long essay on Netflix & the streamers.

www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...

Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · Dec 29

Really interesting long essay on Netflix & the streamers.

www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...

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Chris Skedgel @chrissked.bsky.social · Dec 12

Sure, the country’s just been conquered by a group designated as a terrorist organisation by Europe and America, and that is continuing to fight other factions in the country, but that’s no reason not to immediately rush back and hope for the best. 🙄

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · Nov 15

cartoon of the day

A satirical cartoon of a passenger on a plane saying the pilot has lost touch with regular passengers before adding: “who thinks I should fly the plane?” Everyone puts their hands up.

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Chris Skedgel @chrissked.bsky.social · Nov 13

It's a couple of days old now, but this is the best discussion I've heard so far about the implications of Trump's victory for USA and the world.

podcastaddict.com/world-review...

World Review with Ivo Daalder - Trump's Election Victory: Reactions, Implications, and Expectations - Podcast Addict

Listen to World Review with Ivo Daalder - Trump's Election Victory: Reactions, Implications, and Expectations by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs on Podcast Addict. This week, Americans overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump to become the 47th president of the United States. While the polls predicted a tight race, they underestimated Trump's support, and he soared back to the White House along with large Republican gains in the House and Senate. Susan Glasser, James Harding, and Peter Speigel join World Review with Ivo Daalder to discuss the im

podcastaddict.com

Chris Skedgel @chrissked.bsky.social · Oct 25

Fascinating visualisation of how the recent UK climate has departed from historical trends. Looks like climate change is going to lead to warmer and wetter weather in the UK (although be careful of reading *too much* into the changes given the relatively narrow range of the axes!)

Neil Kaye @neilrkaye.bsky.social · Oct 17

We use 30 year averages to show climatology (average weather conditions). During the 20th century the UK climatology followed a path around a confined box. With #globalwarming and #climatechange they have escaped out the box. This #dataviz shows UK rainfall and temperature.

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Chris Skedgel @chrissked.bsky.social · Oct 18

I have a charge from @bookingcom.bsky.social that I don't recognise and I'm trying to contact them to resolve the situation.

Delightfully, their customer service system won't communicate with you unless you provide the confirmation number for a booking you never made. Nice Catch-22!

Neil Kaye @neilrkaye.bsky.social · Oct 17

We use 30 year averages to show climatology (average weather conditions). During the 20th century the UK climatology followed a path around a confined box. With #globalwarming and #climatechange they have escaped out the box. This #dataviz shows UK rainfall and temperature.

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Chris Skedgel @chrissked.bsky.social · Sep 2

I see your point, and it's true that immigrants could be exceeding a median wage that is declining over time, but blaming them for that decline when they are actually *pulling up* the median within a relatively short time after arrival seems pretty farfetched.

Chris Skedgel @chrissked.bsky.social · Aug 29

Interesting test of the (false) claim that immigration lowers median national income. Even under EU free movement, median income among immigrants exceeded UK national median income within 7 years of arrival. #Immigration makes us wealthier!

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Aug 28

New research by Madeleine Sumption, Ben Brindle & me on the earnings of new migrants to the UK.

We focus on the very large cohort (about 1.2 million!) non-EU migrants who became UK employees in 2022 and 2023.

migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Aug 28

New research by Madeleine Sumption, Ben Brindle & me on the earnings of new migrants to the UK.

We focus on the very large cohort (about 1.2 million!) non-EU migrants who became UK employees in 2022 and 2023.

migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...

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