Along the Karakoram Highway in northern Pakistan lies one of the world’s most overlooked archaeological wonders. Thousands of ancient rock carvings etched into the mountains over millennia. Discovered in stages starting in 1884, these petroglyphs were fully revealed during the

Adjusting my paper to the special issue

Sci-Hub just stepped into the AI game 🤖📚 They’ve launched Sci-Bot ..... a research-powered chatbot that scans real papers, cites sources and avoids hallucinations. Basically, ChatGPT but backed directly by academic literature. If this scales… it could change how we search

George Soros is the only man wealthy enough to purchase physical copies of Palgrave MacMillan books.

After a long break, I'm back to devposting! I argue that the development econ focus on "institutions" was a mistake – not (just) because the evidence was bad, but because the concept of "good institutions" is tautological and uninformative for policy.

Fun fact: These were the main original voices from the Soviet-Russian cartoon Well, Just You Wait! (Ну, погоди!). The cartoon was very popular in Poland as well. Anatoli Papanov was the original voice of the Wolf, and Klara Rumyanova originally voiced the Hare:

Bombshell sex harassment suit against Lorna Hajdini, JPMorgan branded 'complete fabrication' as John Doe unmasked trib.al/lwsWCbT

Stop summarising papers as your lit review strategy. Summaries tell you what exists, not what's missing. Find the research gap with this strategy instead: 👇

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Abandoned Soviet radio telescope facility in Armenia, Western Asia.

The JP Morgan exec realizing she'll make millions suing the guy at work for defamation & the whole internet called her a hot boss

1980s Soviet laptop prototype

Fascinating video shows abandoned Soviet-era apartments in Moscow left frozen in time after residents moved out under the city’s renovation programme. In the brief gap before demolition, entire homes remain untouched, with furniture, books, clothes, and even family photo albums

Cats by Shou Xin

What research shows is that Eastern Europe's experience diverges sharply from West Africa's. There, European demand pushed rulers to adopt extractive institutions optimized for slave production — fueling violence, low trust and instability that stunted growth for generations. 3/6

🇹🇯 🇰🇬 Soviet architecture vanishes as Central Asia drifts from Moscow Over the past decade, Central Asia has shown little interest in preserving its Soviet heritage. Architectural landmarks and art, including mosaics, frescoes and sculptures, have been rapidly demolished.

RIA Novosti reports that some ATMs across Moscow have stopped working amid mobile internet restrictions linked to May 9 security measures. ATMs inside bank branches are still functioning normally.

Me after liking a bunch of posts about Kazakhstan

Toktogul hydroelectric power station, Kyrgyzstan