@laurentfranckx.bsky.social
Environmental and transport economist. Civil servant. All posts are personal
Thanks to the online tracking systems for papers under review by scientific journals, I know that the editor is still trying to find reviewers for a paper I submitted more than a month ago. The good news is that I will probably not have to revise the paper during the Christmas holidays.
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Thanks to the online tracking systems for papers under review by scientific journals, I know that the editor is still trying to find reviewers for a paper I submitted more than a month ago. The good news is that I will probably not have to revise the paper during the Christmas holidays.
In the 1860s, James Africanus Beale Horton was optimistic about Africa's potential for development. Context: Horton was an Igbo, abducted by transatlantic slave traders,
liberated by the Royal Navy, who went on to study medicine in the UK & rose to the rank of surgeon-major in the British Army./
liberated by the Royal Navy, who went on to study medicine in the UK & rose to the rank of surgeon-major in the British Army./
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
In the 1860s, James Africanus Beale Horton was optimistic about Africa's potential for development. Context: Horton was an Igbo, abducted by transatlantic slave traders,
liberated by the Royal Navy, who went on to study medicine in the UK & rose to the rank of surgeon-major in the British Army./
liberated by the Royal Navy, who went on to study medicine in the UK & rose to the rank of surgeon-major in the British Army./
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
So I have a dataset called "CarWithKw", and it is not because these cars wear a K-Way, but because I have data on their maximum power.
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
So I have a dataset called "CarWithKw", and it is not because these cars wear a K-Way, but because I have data on their maximum power.
Le Chevalier de Lamarck approuve
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Le Chevalier de Lamarck approuve
But is it?
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
But is it?
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Op verzoek ook de CO2-emissie per inwoner. China bijna 2x zoveel als Europa, nog iets onder Noord-Amerika.
#grafiekvandedag
Terzijde: Rest-of-World is gedaald omdat bevolkingsgroei 2010-2024 vooral in (energie-)arme regio's (Afrika) plaatsvindt.
#grafiekvandedag
Terzijde: Rest-of-World is gedaald omdat bevolkingsgroei 2010-2024 vooral in (energie-)arme regio's (Afrika) plaatsvindt.
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Op verzoek ook de CO2-emissie per inwoner. China bijna 2x zoveel als Europa, nog iets onder Noord-Amerika.
#grafiekvandedag
Terzijde: Rest-of-World is gedaald omdat bevolkingsgroei 2010-2024 vooral in (energie-)arme regio's (Afrika) plaatsvindt.
#grafiekvandedag
Terzijde: Rest-of-World is gedaald omdat bevolkingsgroei 2010-2024 vooral in (energie-)arme regio's (Afrika) plaatsvindt.
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This claim is inaccurate and misleading. The members of Congress categorically did not tell the military to "defy the president" as implied here. What they said was this: "you can refuse illegal orders." That statement is accurate and consistent with American law—though it does require context.
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
This claim is inaccurate and misleading. The members of Congress categorically did not tell the military to "defy the president" as implied here. What they said was this: "you can refuse illegal orders." That statement is accurate and consistent with American law—though it does require context.
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incidentally, this is precisely what everybody said would happen with robotaxis, huge numbers of empty vehicles clogging up streets.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
incidentally, this is precisely what everybody said would happen with robotaxis, huge numbers of empty vehicles clogging up streets.
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I'm John Fallon, a labor economist on the job market. My JMP uncovers something wild: when chiropractors got licensed in the early 1900s, medical boards responded by making it HARDER to become a doctor.
Why would competition lead to stricter regulations?
🧵
john-fallon-econ.com
(1/9)
Why would competition lead to stricter regulations?
🧵
john-fallon-econ.com
(1/9)
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I'm John Fallon, a labor economist on the job market. My JMP uncovers something wild: when chiropractors got licensed in the early 1900s, medical boards responded by making it HARDER to become a doctor.
Why would competition lead to stricter regulations?
🧵
john-fallon-econ.com
(1/9)
Why would competition lead to stricter regulations?
🧵
john-fallon-econ.com
(1/9)
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Will Britain copy asylum policy from a place with poor integration?
"Denmark’s record on immigration is mixed. It has done a fine job of slashing asylum applications but a poor job of assimilating immigrants. Britain’s record is the opposite./
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
From The Economist
"Denmark’s record on immigration is mixed. It has done a fine job of slashing asylum applications but a poor job of assimilating immigrants. Britain’s record is the opposite./
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
From The Economist
Will Britain copy asylum policy from a place with poor integration?
Everything sounds better in Danish
www.economist.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Will Britain copy asylum policy from a place with poor integration?
"Denmark’s record on immigration is mixed. It has done a fine job of slashing asylum applications but a poor job of assimilating immigrants. Britain’s record is the opposite./
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
From The Economist
"Denmark’s record on immigration is mixed. It has done a fine job of slashing asylum applications but a poor job of assimilating immigrants. Britain’s record is the opposite./
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
From The Economist
This being said, I am sure that the timing of a miniseries about an integer, modest man with a progressive agenda who becomes accidentally president of the US and then gets murdered by a mythomaniac narcissist, is completely coincidental. #KilledByLightning
"I am sorry but I just had that awful dream where you murder President Garfield"
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This being said, I am sure that the timing of a miniseries about an integer, modest man with a progressive agenda who becomes accidentally president of the US and then gets murdered by a mythomaniac narcissist, is completely coincidental. #KilledByLightning
Est-ce qu’il pleut sur Nantes ce soir ?
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Est-ce qu’il pleut sur Nantes ce soir ?
Waarom moet ik die mens kennen buiten voor zijn veroordelingen?
Zo, het boegbeeld van de volgende campagne is al gekend.
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Waarom moet ik die mens kennen buiten voor zijn veroordelingen?
"I am sorry but I just had that awful dream where you murder President Garfield"
November 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"I am sorry but I just had that awful dream where you murder President Garfield"
That's the feeling I usually got when I had to mark exams
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
That's the feeling I usually got when I had to mark exams
It is reassuring though that The Economist's limited of "best books of the year" is just about 70 items long, which is perfectly feasible for working people with families.
November 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It is reassuring though that The Economist's limited of "best books of the year" is just about 70 items long, which is perfectly feasible for working people with families.
That summarizes it pretty well
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
That summarizes it pretty well