ADAM TOOZE

Nearly every day, I have a q that I think might be tricky to find an answer to. (Today was working out when aquacul… https://t.co/Xz0nkmPY2C

New word of day: folderol i.e. trivial or nonsensical fuss. Originated as a nonsense word in the refrain of songs,… https://t.co/Nztli70zOe

Tien Giang River 1974 Vietnamese women with fishing nets. By Le Minh Truong. NOT a traditional scene. Revolutionary… https://t.co/oSspxlCPc4

U Minh Forest Sep 15 1970: ‘A Cambodian guerrilla is carried to an improvised operating room in a mangrove swamp in… https://t.co/kUNewDWrTw

The tele-density number in India is now 87%. 650 m v. 500 m rural subscribers to cellphone services = 150% subscrip… https://t.co/Dp2MfH2iVc

Been a bumper week for “dirty capitalism" stories: Cryptomining in Northern Kosovo https://t.co/o9mrOoORNd From… https://t.co/awAxJFQp42

Cricket entirely dominates Indian sports TV viewership. Is there any other market in the world where soccer is so i… https://t.co/8JIs2FUOHD

This is a fascinating article on the scandalous history of tramways in late 19th century Paris.… https://t.co/rkZ1so1P3R

India has a huge move industry but only 100 m Indians go to cinemas. Only c. 400-450 cities have cinemas. 600 m Ind… https://t.co/4uGD3UdEK4

It is quite likely that at some point in the next decade the share of Indians involved in social media online will… https://t.co/6qi9r2ai3y

In 2019 the Singapore government said the city state should produce 30% of its food by 2030. How you ask? High-tech… https://t.co/BBnDAAXzTS

Locust Minsky moment? Minsky Swarm? Last month Fitch, a credit-rating agency, issued its first-ever warning that lo… https://t.co/YTeTTzwPdc

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam when filled will have capacity to hold 74bn cubic metres of water, more than the vo… https://t.co/3ozOgN53sk

One reason Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is so vital politically is funding: not external loans (excepting China… https://t.co/5lF3S3MjeQ

“This is not irritation. This is anger. Anger is boiling over because of their stupid decisions.” The collapse in P… https://t.co/wx7Hjo7ewp

Austrian Rosé based on Zweigelt/Rotburger grape is fantastic summer drinking. Three great small wineries: Jurtschit… https://t.co/BzCIfokAgE

"Fritz Zweigelt was an agitator and informer on a large scale, who shied away from nothing to advance himself profe… https://t.co/3AVZm5ZA9G

35.8 m Americans are either currently on unemployment benefit (UI/PUA) or have recently applied for it and are wait… https://t.co/uosFN7oeoU

Scaling up bioreactors from lab bench to industrial, which we will need for global vaccine deployments, results in… https://t.co/9H5IeLuzTX

Normally more Americans are searching for work than qualify for unemployment benefit -> prefer BLS measure of job… https://t.co/bNmxwt2vNv

April 30 1975 NVA infantry and armor advance for final assault on Saigon. Photographer Thanh Hai. Color Durong Minh… https://t.co/7VYaJ6PIay

Minifundismo … favorite new word of the weekend. Spanish for system of highly fragmented smallholdings. Minifundio… https://t.co/jXXvUq1XDk

Four bioreactors of 2,000 litres each could produce a billion doses of vaccine in two months. One shot = price of a… https://t.co/NoSQh6srbJ

Over 30 m Americans are currently receiving either regular state UI or Pandemic UA and the trend is NOT downwards.… https://t.co/Xkahu4zCiW

Human traffic across the El Dajabon river that separates Haiti and Dominican Republic. Photo Dennis Rivera Pichardo… https://t.co/UKMpZ26fEm

The historically unprecedented churn in US labour market continues: 2.4 m filed initial claims last week for variou… https://t.co/hq1EjjVUG8

“I dont want to be an intervener” but "I Sure Don't Want to Wake Up & Find Castro's in Charge,” in April 1965 Johns… https://t.co/eUMj8Lu1rK

1/6 With Damien Puy, we make public our quarterly dataset of macro & financial data since 1950. It covers Real GDP… https://t.co/pKxtP0A5Cn

@UJochheim How wrong does that make it? Big difference?

Ranked by published papers, China has only 2 institutions in top 25 AI research centers. Google, Stanford, Carnegie… https://t.co/XvvTnFLUfv

The largest number of “Top-tier” AI researchers come from China, 29%. But 60% work in the US. @MacroPoloChina via… https://t.co/qMjZV0LtKB

It isnt just COVID … the best place to be if you have colon, lung and particularly stomach cancer is? … South Korea… https://t.co/pPImAq5O2F

Despite record deficits, US Treasury last week auctioned off 10-year Treasury notes at record low yields.… https://t.co/HAVFOcoHMf