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A COHORT THEORY OF DRUG-DEATH EPIDEMICS - How supply shocks create them and generational turnover ends them
‘There’s a hole in Daddy’s arm where all the money goes, Jesus Christ died for nothing, I suppose’
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Ive written about drug-death epidemics on my new Substack. How they begin and how they end.
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Ive written about drug-death epidemics on my new Substack. How they begin and how they end.
open.substack.com/pub/postlibe...
open.substack.com/pub/postlibe...
A COHORT THEORY OF DRUG-DEATH EPIDEMICS - How supply shocks create them and generational turnover ends them
‘There’s a hole in Daddy’s arm where all the money goes, Jesus Christ died for nothing, I suppose’
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Ive written about drug-death epidemics on my new Substack. How they begin and how they end.
open.substack.com/pub/postlibe...
open.substack.com/pub/postlibe...
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The worst you can accuse Panorama of doing is making a misleading edit – and I’d dispute that! – to make *a point that was true*.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with?
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The worst you can accuse Panorama of doing is making a misleading edit – and I’d dispute that! – to make *a point that was true*.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
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I suspect being sued for a billion dollars by Donald Trump, who is about as popular as cholera in Britain, for saying something true about what Trump did (albeit with a bad edit) will probably do the BBC's public trust and approval ratings quite a lot of good in the end.
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I suspect being sued for a billion dollars by Donald Trump, who is about as popular as cholera in Britain, for saying something true about what Trump did (albeit with a bad edit) will probably do the BBC's public trust and approval ratings quite a lot of good in the end.
New essay.
I use the 18th century gin craze as a template to trace the trajectory of modern-day drug-death epidemics and to discern how the American opioid crises and the Scottish drug-death problems are likely to peter out eventually via generational turnover.
open.substack.com/pub/postlibe...
I use the 18th century gin craze as a template to trace the trajectory of modern-day drug-death epidemics and to discern how the American opioid crises and the Scottish drug-death problems are likely to peter out eventually via generational turnover.
open.substack.com/pub/postlibe...
A COHORT THEORY OF DRUG-DEATH EPIDEMICS - How supply shocks create them and generational turnover ends them
How supply shocks create them and generational turnover ends them
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
New essay.
I use the 18th century gin craze as a template to trace the trajectory of modern-day drug-death epidemics and to discern how the American opioid crises and the Scottish drug-death problems are likely to peter out eventually via generational turnover.
open.substack.com/pub/postlibe...
I use the 18th century gin craze as a template to trace the trajectory of modern-day drug-death epidemics and to discern how the American opioid crises and the Scottish drug-death problems are likely to peter out eventually via generational turnover.
open.substack.com/pub/postlibe...
Ive written about drug-death epidemics on my new Substack. How they begin and how they end.
open.substack.com/pub/postlibe...
open.substack.com/pub/postlibe...
A COHORT THEORY OF DRUG-DEATH EPIDEMICS - How supply shocks create them and generational turnover ends them
‘There’s a hole in Daddy’s arm where all the money goes, Jesus Christ died for nothing, I suppose’
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Ive written about drug-death epidemics on my new Substack. How they begin and how they end.
open.substack.com/pub/postlibe...
open.substack.com/pub/postlibe...
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Goffman in the digital age
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Attention on social media depends more on how you express yourself than on who you are - Nature Human Behaviour
This study shows that how you express yourself is more influential than who you are in attracting attention on social media. Attention is easier to acquire than to sustain.
www.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Goffman in the digital age
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The private sector is supposed to be better value for money because it has a profit incentive. But if not regulated properly - and often it's impossible to regulate properly - the profit incentive makes it less efficient to the state.
October 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The private sector is supposed to be better value for money because it has a profit incentive. But if not regulated properly - and often it's impossible to regulate properly - the profit incentive makes it less efficient to the state.
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Also highlights a point I spend a lot of time on in my book - the government is woefully bad at managing private contractors who endlessly rip us off. This is not more efficient.
October 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Also highlights a point I spend a lot of time on in my book - the government is woefully bad at managing private contractors who endlessly rip us off. This is not more efficient.
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Unpaywalled for the next couple of hours: my latest column, which looks at why Labour’s health policy thinking is so remarkably bad. www.healthpolicyinsight.com/cowpers-cut-...
Cowper’s Cut 398: Only really bad ideas can save us now
My variations on the theme of Labour’s clue-deficit on health policy and politics are, alas, with us yet again this week.
Sorry, innit. I’ll stop writing about it as soon as it stops being true.
In ...
www.healthpolicyinsight.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Unpaywalled for the next couple of hours: my latest column, which looks at why Labour’s health policy thinking is so remarkably bad. www.healthpolicyinsight.com/cowpers-cut-...
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Smartphone use in a large US adult population: Temporal associations between objective measures of usage and mental well-being www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
October 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Smartphone use in a large US adult population: Temporal associations between objective measures of usage and mental well-being www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
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We mustn't forget the capacity of football to bridge divides in Israel. There are many sports-based peace initiatives in Israel eg Football for Peace. Hapoel Tel Aviv has had Israeli Arab players throughout its history & has a large Israeli Arab fanbase
This doesn't deny racism in Israeli football
This doesn't deny racism in Israeli football
The Tel Aviv derby between Maccabi and Hapoel could not be played today in Tel Aviv as the Israeli fans injured rival fans and the police. The game was abandoned at half-time in January. The Israeli police & authorities have struggled to contain the conduct of fans
www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
Bloomfield chaos forces suspension of Tel Aviv derby | The Jerusalem Post
The decision to suspend the Tel Aviv derby came after extensive use of pyrotechnics by fans led to injuries among both supporters and police officers.
www.jpost.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We mustn't forget the capacity of football to bridge divides in Israel. There are many sports-based peace initiatives in Israel eg Football for Peace. Hapoel Tel Aviv has had Israeli Arab players throughout its history & has a large Israeli Arab fanbase
This doesn't deny racism in Israeli football
This doesn't deny racism in Israeli football
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Good result for Yorkshire in the Turkish League
October 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Good result for Yorkshire in the Turkish League
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67% of the goals Arsenal have scored in the Premier League this season have come from set plays - the highest proportion in the division.
October 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
67% of the goals Arsenal have scored in the Premier League this season have come from set plays - the highest proportion in the division.
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Fundamental features of social environments determine rate of social affiliation www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Fundamental features of social environments determine rate of social affiliation www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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More null results in relationship between smartphone usage and mood (US adults)
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Smartphone use in a large US adult population: Temporal associations between objective measures of usage and mental well-being | PNAS
Smartphones are essential tools in daily life yet concerns persist about their potential
effects on mental health and well-being. Research on these...
www.pnas.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
More null results in relationship between smartphone usage and mood (US adults)
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this
October 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this
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he's going to do another moronic speech isn't he
❗️US Permanent Representative to NATO Matthew Whitaker announced that the United States will participate in the 31st Ramstein meeting, which will take place tomorrow in Brussels. He will be joined by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
October 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
he's going to do another moronic speech isn't he
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This is so good from Cory Doctorow on all the tricks Amazon uses to get both consumers to pay more, and how businesses on the platform end up paying it 45-51 cents on every dollar.
Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This is so good from Cory Doctorow on all the tricks Amazon uses to get both consumers to pay more, and how businesses on the platform end up paying it 45-51 cents on every dollar.
Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Nottingham Forest's first home game in Europe since 1996 ends in defeat.
It means after six games in charge, Ange Postecoglou is still looking for his first win since replacing Nuno Espirito Santo.
It means after six games in charge, Ange Postecoglou is still looking for his first win since replacing Nuno Espirito Santo.
October 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Nottingham Forest's first home game in Europe since 1996 ends in defeat.
It means after six games in charge, Ange Postecoglou is still looking for his first win since replacing Nuno Espirito Santo.
It means after six games in charge, Ange Postecoglou is still looking for his first win since replacing Nuno Espirito Santo.
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Hollow words when almost every weekend in London protestors shout 'globalise the intifada' and 'Khaybar, Khaybar ya yahud' and nothing is done by your police to address antisemitism and extremism.
My thoughts are with everyone affected by the attack in Greater Manchester today.
October 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Hollow words when almost every weekend in London protestors shout 'globalise the intifada' and 'Khaybar, Khaybar ya yahud' and nothing is done by your police to address antisemitism and extremism.
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21% of men under 30 say they've placed an online sports bet in the past year, up from 9% in 2022.
16% of women under 30 have done it too, up from 6%.
16% of women under 30 have done it too, up from 6%.
Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports
Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.
www.pewresearch.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
21% of men under 30 say they've placed an online sports bet in the past year, up from 9% in 2022.
16% of women under 30 have done it too, up from 6%.
16% of women under 30 have done it too, up from 6%.
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In @theguardian.com - drop in support for digital ID since summer & govt announcement. From 54-18 support to 31-45 opposed, a real shift: suggests govt didnt get comms on use right, opponents did; but also risk govt unpopularity means they have reverse Midas right now
theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
October 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
In @theguardian.com - drop in support for digital ID since summer & govt announcement. From 54-18 support to 31-45 opposed, a real shift: suggests govt didnt get comms on use right, opponents did; but also risk govt unpopularity means they have reverse Midas right now
theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
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Comparison of points versus last season's results in corresponding fixtures.
+5 Tottenham
+4 Liverpool
+4 Man City
+2 Chelsea
-1 Arsenal
-2 Newcastle
-4 Man Utd
-10 Aston Villa
+5 Tottenham
+4 Liverpool
+4 Man City
+2 Chelsea
-1 Arsenal
-2 Newcastle
-4 Man Utd
-10 Aston Villa
September 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Comparison of points versus last season's results in corresponding fixtures.
+5 Tottenham
+4 Liverpool
+4 Man City
+2 Chelsea
-1 Arsenal
-2 Newcastle
-4 Man Utd
-10 Aston Villa
+5 Tottenham
+4 Liverpool
+4 Man City
+2 Chelsea
-1 Arsenal
-2 Newcastle
-4 Man Utd
-10 Aston Villa