Some interesting Ipsos data shows how some of Labour's underlying polling is actually worse than Miliband's heading into the 2015 general election. But that might not matter, considering how far the Conservatives have tanked theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

I think one of the problems with the current debate is that it suggests we need reasons and evidence to ban phones in schools when actually we need reasons and evidence to let them in.

The burden of proof is all the wrong way round.

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I think Sondre has probably been doing more groundbreaking data journalism than anyone else (in the world?) for a few years now, starting with the Economist’s excess deaths model during Covid. This award is both thoroughly deserved and long overdue!

This is incredible. World Bank comparison of how much a worker making $1,000 in Soweto keeps after taxes and transport costs vs a similar worker in Vietnam.

A damning indictment of both apartheid's spatial legacy and subsequent failures to expand public transport.

Pretty persuasive John Burn-Murdoch evidence that growing vehicle size is not the cause of America’s uniquely bad pedestrian safety situation.

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This Financial Times piece is the best examination of US crash deaths that I've seen in ages.

The US is so bad at this: 'Even after adjusting for distance driven, US fatality rates remain 2x the rich-world average.'

Here's a quick 🧵 to share insights (paywall).

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One of the things that frustrates me about the current debate around social media/smartphones/mental health is that it's very often framed as 'alarmist who wants action NOW' vs 'out-of-touch critic who only cares about 'data' & wants to wait for the evidence'. This is incorrect.

The brilliant Jennifer Williams wins broadsheet feature writer of the year at the #ThePressAwards

🚨🚨 UK planning system now officially so bad it is being satirised by American bloggers. 🚨🚨

Scott Alexander on the money again.

Biden mildly trending better among Black and Hispanic subgroups in the last few weeks of polling

We have a full-time position available for a writer at Our World in Data!

These three aspects would make this a dream job for me:
• You will be supported by a friendly and very well-functioning team.
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This is an absolutely wild story from Oliver Roeder, which genuinely blew my mind when he first told me about it last year.

Make it your Sunday read 👇

This weekend’s Financial Times Life & Arts front page is an essay from me on how my family came to the UK, my forthcoming book (link in bio!), and the untold human stories of China’s economic boom - plus some 90s baby pics for good measure 📸 on.ft.com/3U00uHo