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T. Greer okay here's some more reliable data for everyone: US govt. Survey of International Air Travelers, Outbound US residents, 2024 gender disparity definitely exists, _especially_ in younger age groups!

If skills are a) highly task/job-specific and b) much more easily acquired in early adulthood then a norm of uni education through to c. age 25 is a bonfire of human capital

£200 per hour for "ADHD coaching"!?

Common misconception - in fact it is pre-Blairite or even anti-Blairite (elitist, ostentatiously esoteric) and this was integral to its appeal at the time.

Note glazing bars

Tek creates so many grifters. Sole more from today’s column on bullshit jobs ↘️

This is all simple and predictable. Afghans (and some other nationalities) will commit sexual crimes at hugely disproportionate rates. The more who are allowed to settle here, the more rapes there will be.

As talk of speeding up asylum decision-making rears its head again, throwback to some of my chats with asylum decision makers and the implications of a 'streamlined' sped up process.

👀Historians will look back at this era of & wonder about policymakers lack of strategic thinking.🇨🇳limits flow of critical minerals to Wstrn defense mfrs, forcing them to scour world for stockpiles needed to make everything from bullets to jet fighters. wsj.com/world/asia/chi…

One of the most enticing genres of illustrated children’s books are cross sections. The best ones are done by David Macaulay. City, 1974 Castle, 1977 Mill, 1983

BAP pushes back against the Rubio/Vance vision of foreign policy and political economy bronzeagepervert.yoga/p/american-ind… Very much doubt this will get coverage beyond right wing circles.... but it will be important *inside* right wing circles

On "not because it is easy but because it is hard" grounds Europe should do "whatever it takes" to rebuild at least a fraction of the shipbuilding capacity it has lost over the last few decades

Exploding a myth... Prof Miles at the UK OBR says that it is wrong to think that low wage immigration will alleviate the fiscal time-bomb as they cost the public purse way more than they will ever contribute in taxes. Get youngsters back to work instead. telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/…

Holibobs industrial complex or the hikikomori turn?

Essential reading from Chris Bayliss, particularly for votaries of Indian policymaking's favourite magic formula: "the rights-based approach."

It's not interesting to have false conversations You've stolen all your stories and I don't have the patience

Public confusion here is understandable given so many recent "legal" Boriswavers they see all over the place fit the profile of an asylum seeker (poor, rudimentary English, slightly confused, hanging around transport hubs in the middle of the day, working grey economy jobs...)

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