Distribution & total fission & fusion yields, in megatons, of atmospheric nuclear weapons tests (red); & location of significant nuclear accidents/discharges (blue); with superimposed latitudinal
Peak year of radioactive fallout since the beginning of the nuclear age? 1964. Based on carbon 14 signatures. ib.berkeley.edu/labs/barnosky/… https://t.co/oDF2cb7hBC
In 1970s Whitehall feared a UK ban on mercenaries would inhibit supply of loan service personnel to Oman (225 in 1977) -> UK did not
UK’s Ministry of Defence loans 285 personnel to 15 different militaries around the world. 1/3 of personnel are based in Oman. Saudi Arabia receives 33
Le Plan ou l’anti-hasard: Perre Massé’s response, in 1986, to the suggestion of abolishing Jean Monnet’s Commissariat général du Plan was fabulous: «supprimer le Plan
Le choix est simple: modernisation ou décadence Jean Monnet https://t.co/IX2SOxeL82
Reliance Industries is India Inc’s undisputed champion. It now accounts for 18% of the market value of India’s 30 biggest firms and has secured $20bn
"Fax machines have stuck around in a digital age due to legal requirements in the healthcare and legal systems. While only certain kinds of signatures
France abolished the Commissariat général du Plan established by Monnet in 2006. A successor body, known as France Stratégie, scarcely mentioned the word Plan at
Who the top 68 Wall Street figures (all men I believe) give their money too. Would be great if @TheEconomist @DuncanWeldon could publish the underlying
Everyone is rolling out 5G but not all 5G is the same. Download speeds vary enormously. Britain’s 4G was compared unfavorably to Albania’s and its
China entirely dominates the drone manufacturing industry. ft.com/content/0b5101… https://t.co/PwV4RXJJzv
Who are Wall Street’s elite? Bosses of banks like JPMorgan heads of some hedge funds, PE shops, asset/wealth managers Billionaires who earned their wealth in
The EU Commission: politicians or technocrats? @TheEconomist Charlemagne proposes that the most honest answer is, “a contradiction”. Nice column. economist.com/europe/2020/09… https://t.co/9p6MGA1pFu
At height of COVID shock end March 2020, website of INPS, the Italian social-security office, received 300,000 applications for welfare in a single day. It
China leads the world in ecommerce, drone manufacturing & permissive regulation -> JD.com and Alibaba far ahead of Amazon in deploying delivery drones/robots. ft.com/content/0b5101… https://t.co/EW0Q7BM1NP
The UK”s NHS remains among the world’s biggest operators of fax machines (8200 in 2018). Plan to create a unified digital system of patients’ records
In 2001, Naspers, a South African media group paid $32m for a 47% stake in Chinese startup, Tencent. 2019, Naspers lists Prosus in Amsterdam. Thanks
In the 18th and early 19th centuries Gwennap parish was the richest copper mining district in Cornwall, and was called the "richest square mile in
RT @oldlondonnow: 1905 #London celebrates Battle of Trafalgar Centenary. (original Postcard images & area map 1847 via @StanfordsTravel Cov…
RT @nhannahjones: Please spend some time this wknd with this gut-wrenching, damning portrait of hunger in America. Brenda Ann Kenneally's i…
RT @Ninja998998: Spanish "Altavoz del frente" propaganda vehicle during the Spanish Civil War in 1938. https://t.co/Ys30Aww80Q
Can Japan Inc navigate rift between China & USA? Geopolitics & politics clouds Cn-Jp relations but $300 bn in trade & $130bn in Jp assets
Number of COVID cases in India is about to overtake that in Brazil = #2 in world behind USA. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/fvaE5qlRGC
UK’s only known historical lithium mine, was last active in WWII. Can production be revived in remote and economically disadvantaged Cornwall? ft.com/content/80cbf0… https://t.co/DYjkDY2Oxt
Growth in major EM was already declining ahead of 2020, then came COVID & the huge lockdowns -> “The real issue is macroeconomic divergence, which
@jasonintrator In Brazil, is there an intersection of both?
"Mexico’s deputy health minister said the government had ordered 1.1 million additional death certificates be printed as several parts of the country ran out and
@delong @djmgaffneyw4 @davies_will In future images I will show you the extraordinary expanse of the bookcases which I was able to negotiate, wrap around, floor
@davies_will @ACrayji I have a lot of T-34s. I have a bit of a T-34 thing.
RT @GerardAraud: She was protected by her British dentist, Dr. Evans, who helped her to flee.. She would die half a century later, as the
@noushontheshore @davies_will God, sorry. Didn’t mean to trigger that. Just the corner I could snap that looked least untidy. 😉 Have my evacuated teenager’s dorm
I miss my office too @davies_will https://t.co/6BP7NsuVkv
RT @kmlawson: @TheMoviehouse @adam_tooze There is a nice more detailed review of the documentary by @AmuChelengar, a historian of Iran, who…
RT @GrkStav: @adam_tooze For the US, with actual pecentages shown the left axis: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFRGDA…
Sep 1870: Empress Eugenie flees Paris In the direction of the channel. twitter.com/krieg7071/stat…
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