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"Its just like flu": This thread by @jburnmurdoch should bury that idea once and for all. Brings out the seriousness of the crisis in the UK. twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/s…

As demand for Chinese exports soars, the freight rates for containers from Shanghai are surging. thedailyshot.com/2021/01/05/pan… https://t.co/RdMUFgf2DL

By 2030 Luanda in Angola and Dar es Salaam in Tanzania will be giant metropolises of 10 million inhabitants! @gzeromedia via @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2021/01/04/us-… https://t.co/1sICVen09J

The wealthiest zip codes of the US: Florida and California top the list. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/ts3OWK8bfC

Several million low-income Americans face the risks of eviction in coming months. bloomberg.com/features/2020-… https://t.co/HIByZphW46

"By 2050 Glencore is aiming to be carbon neutral — including scope 3, the carbon dioxide generated when customers burn or process its raw materials.” = first amongst big miners. @humenm ft.com/content/8469ef… https://t.co/aP1J15OYJQ

RT @PollyWilkins: OK so flag thread… amongst the usual suspects of US flags, Gadsden (Don't Tread On Me) flags, TRUMP flags there were Th…

A jarring comparison: Say the cost of China’s unparalleled BRI is, for sake of argument, $1 trn. csis.org/analysis/how-b… Then that is 1/6th of US spending on the War on Terror! brown.edu/news/2019-11-1… Apples and oranges you say. Sure. But both are fruit! twitter.com/gyude_moore/st…

"As they looked to end of 2020, local gov across China turned to electricity rationing last month in desperate attempt to fulfill energy conservation and emission reduction targets.“ This by @YanzhongHuang on crisis management state is really interesting! asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/The-st… https://t.co/XW1krLkEBg

Eerie listening back to a 2020 podcast with @tylercowen and listening to myself being quoted talking about mental health issues and writing practices. overcast.fm/+TSJmekQnE/37:… https://t.co/Nu91EERo3J

The world of super-exotic motorcars is a dangerous rabbit hole … just something a friend told me. mycarquest.com/2020/12/anothe… https://t.co/cTAZMILBCR

Its when you look at real inflation-adjusted rates that you get a true sense of what we mean by a low interest-rate world. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2021/01/04/us-… https://t.co/Utvudnh5Un

How does average rate of trades per day on Robinhood share trading platform favored by new generation of retail investors, compare with fantasy football activity levels in an average June? wsj.com/articles/new-a… https://t.co/KWpUrYABkJ

After working with Sinopharm on its Phase III trials, Peru orders a million doses for delivery this month. Crucial to addressing one of worst crises in Western Hemisphere. xinhuanet.com/english/2021-0… https://t.co/CUsLkZV2Gr

"2020 will be known as the year that individual investors dove into financial markets and doubled down, even in the midst of a global pandemic, strapping in for a roller-coaster ride that sent stocks plummeting—and then skyrocketing—in record time.” wsj.com/articles/new-a… https://t.co/doSY7nOBU2

That would be 1400 tons of munitions …. Still there. New buoy. Amazing thread this! Liberty ships, wrecks, its got everything … twitter.com/TheDreadShips/…

As small COVID outbreaks become increasingly frequent in China, for example, it becomes even more costly to maintain the zero-infection policy. -> new plan is to vaccinate 50 m by Feb. @YanzhongHuang asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/The-st… https://t.co/lEo5QJB4y4

Remember the implosion of gas prices and the collapse of LNG exports? Well Asia’s back. Its freezing and LNG prices have surged to levels not seen since 2014 and the great price collapse. Plus it's “green”, transition fuel etc. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/jygoNjvtRk

Remember that giant 25 m ton mountain of steel that Chinese heavy industry was sitting on … its mostly gone! @Gavekal via @SoberLook https://t.co/qpNG1vhZRh

Fascism? Thought-experiment suggested by this excellent piece by Mike Davis in @NewLeftReview Imagine the scenes if what Congress had been trying to do yesterday had been to confirm the election of Bernie Sanders. How would folks have aligned? newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/… https://t.co/5jL9HhM2Ff

"But Biden's arrival and Merkel's retirement opens up political space that could make a more comprehensive and assertive Asia policy possible for the EU.” @jamescrabtree on the Sino-EU investment deal asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/A-silv… https://t.co/cqR9NkYMbe

I actually kinda like the concept of the “White Swan” … a shock that is even more predictable than a “Grey Rhino”? twitter.com/TheNatlInteres…

"a big biker gang dressed as circus performers and war-surplus barbarians … stormed the ultimate country club, squatted on Pence’s throne, chased Senators into the sewers and, above all, shot endless selfies.” THANK YOU Mike Davis @NewLeftReview newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/… https://t.co/81u0QRQZyT

How the Red Army built up and replenished its motor vehicle stock – crucial for logistics and fast moving operations. Lend-Lease was an important addition but far from being sole explanation of ability to maintain mobility. Remarkable piece by @HGWDavie tandfonline.com/eprint/ydb4MpR… https://t.co/iY4OCw5XjV

@jdomerchet @Gillesenges @lopinion_fr Its the “perdu” I would worry about here. To benchmark “lost unity” thesis, name last date when you think the US had a sense of unity in any resilient, lasting sense.

Hi @TheStalwart this graph is even more interesting if you break out household and corporations in private balance. @IIF @RobinBrooksIIF did a version like that. Shows HUGE shock to corporate balance in 2008 that is missing this year. twitter.com/TheStalwart/st…

Is talk about “long guns” new in American politics? Is this to distinguish the “really” dangerous ones from regular folks carrying pistols ..? twitter.com/blkahn/status/…

Watch this BILD video clip … Bild as in Axel Springer's notorious tabloid (Germany’s Murdoch) … and measure the distance to Fox. twitter.com/BILDblog/statu…

What the Dec 2020 Central Economic Work Conference in China was not about is highly indicative of Beijing’s defensive state of mind. Interesting from Minxin Pei. asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/China-… https://t.co/AgHQm8UtEU

RT @HepworthGallery: A #tbt to this image of Barbara Hepworth's sculpture studio at 7 The Mall, Hampstead, London, Summer 1933. Hepworth an…

RT @achimrothe: In their 2020 review @tylercowen & @Jeff_Holmes play "name that production function". It reminded me to treat writing like…

RT @YanzhongHuang: China CDC just announced results of a nationwide seroprevalence survey for COVID-19. Wuhan's seroprevalence rate is 4.43…

Is China going to end up needing more of its own vaccines than it thought? twitter.com/YanzhongHuang/…

This seems like a really sensible way of framing capacities of Chinese regime. Is "state" the right category here, when party and party orgs play such a key role? Or dont they? @YanzhongHuang twitter.com/YanzhongHuang/…

RT @YanzhongHuang: I did not know Vladimir Lenin was a loyal reader of Foreign Affairs until I watched the #CFR100 video. https://t.co/ZL3L…

RT @NewLeftReview: Today in Sidecar, Mike Davis on the Capitol Hill riots and the realignment of the Republican Party. 'What was essential…