Nathan Lane
@nathanlane.bsky.social
Economist and professor at LSE. “Posting through it."
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Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
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Kwasi Kwarteng, the former UK chancellor whose infamous “mini” Budget under then-Prime Minister Liz Truss triggered a crisis in the gilts market, is backing the launch of a bitcoin investment company.
www.ft.com/content/c5a6...
www.ft.com/content/c5a6...
Former UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng backs bitcoin investment company
Ex-politician infamous for 2022 mini-Budget will become non-executive director of Stack Bitcoin Treasury
www.ft.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Several Circles by Vasily Kandinsky, 1926
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137491
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137491
November 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Several Circles by Vasily Kandinsky, 1926
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137491
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137491
This is interesting
looked into it, codex-cli switched to Rust because:
1. static binary / easy distribution
2. easier OS-level security controls
3. perf
4. extensibility — they want to introduce wire-level extensions that can be written in a variety of languages
1. static binary / easy distribution
2. easier OS-level security controls
3. perf
4. extensibility — they want to introduce wire-level extensions that can be written in a variety of languages
that’s codex-cli and claude code now
is Rust taking over AI? what’s the advantage of Rust here?
is Rust taking over AI? what’s the advantage of Rust here?
November 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is interesting
I find this diagram v satisfying
Wow this is wild 🤯
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Jamming avoidance response - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I find this diagram v satisfying
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If you read French, I hope you can confirm:
I point to security concerns, the importance of independence of Russian gas, Norway’s relatively clean extraction technology, how it can be transferred to others,
and how all of this relates to The Gas Trap.
Thanks @baptlanglois.bsky.social @lexpress.fr
I point to security concerns, the importance of independence of Russian gas, Norway’s relatively clean extraction technology, how it can be transferred to others,
and how all of this relates to The Gas Trap.
Thanks @baptlanglois.bsky.social @lexpress.fr
October 31, 2025 at 12:55 PM
If you read French, I hope you can confirm:
I point to security concerns, the importance of independence of Russian gas, Norway’s relatively clean extraction technology, how it can be transferred to others,
and how all of this relates to The Gas Trap.
Thanks @baptlanglois.bsky.social @lexpress.fr
I point to security concerns, the importance of independence of Russian gas, Norway’s relatively clean extraction technology, how it can be transferred to others,
and how all of this relates to The Gas Trap.
Thanks @baptlanglois.bsky.social @lexpress.fr
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We are hiring (a bit)! This year we are on the market for multiple positions at the junior and senior market and here is why you should join us (1/n): Deadline Nov. 1st!
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
#econjobmarket #Economics #jobs
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
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#econjobmarket #Economics #jobs
October 31, 2025 at 12:46 AM
We are hiring (a bit)! This year we are on the market for multiple positions at the junior and senior market and here is why you should join us (1/n): Deadline Nov. 1st!
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
#econjobmarket #Economics #jobs
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
#econjobmarket #Economics #jobs
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The Python Software Foundation has turned down a $1.5m grant from the National Science Foundation as it came with a restriction that they would not operate any programs (at all - not just funded by the grant) that promote diversity, equality or inclusion…
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program
In January 2025, the PSF submitted a proposal to the US government National Science Foundation under the Safety, Security, and Privacy of Op...
pyfound.blogspot.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Python Software Foundation has turned down a $1.5m grant from the National Science Foundation as it came with a restriction that they would not operate any programs (at all - not just funded by the grant) that promote diversity, equality or inclusion…
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
This photo kills me
Oh buddy, IS there www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
October 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This photo kills me
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October 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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NEW Maxar satellite images from El Fasher, Sudan show bright-red patches around homes — highly likely blood — pointing to mass civilian killings by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia.
October 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
NEW Maxar satellite images from El Fasher, Sudan show bright-red patches around homes — highly likely blood — pointing to mass civilian killings by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia.
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So that's DeepSeek, Qwen, Moonshot (Kimi), Z.ai (GLM) and now MiniMax all turning out frontier open weight models in China
The ai-in-china tag on my blog is pretty busy this year! https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai-in-china/
The ai-in-china tag on my blog is pretty busy this year! https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai-in-china/
Simon Willison on ai-in-china
77 posts tagged ‘ai-in-china’. See also my tags for Qwen and DeepSeek.
simonwillison.net
October 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
So that's DeepSeek, Qwen, Moonshot (Kimi), Z.ai (GLM) and now MiniMax all turning out frontier open weight models in China
The ai-in-china tag on my blog is pretty busy this year! https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai-in-china/
The ai-in-china tag on my blog is pretty busy this year! https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai-in-china/
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Truly seems we're on the verge of a huge shock to the car industry over the Nexperia crisis - will keep track of things in this rolling thread
EU's car-making body said today assembly lines in Europe "might only be days away" from grinding to a halt
EU's car-making body said today assembly lines in Europe "might only be days away" from grinding to a halt
Critical chip shortage worsens by the day
The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) is increasingly concerned by imminent disruption to European vehicle manufacturing due to the block in supply of foundational microchips that are essential for our members’ manufacturing.
www.acea.auto
October 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Truly seems we're on the verge of a huge shock to the car industry over the Nexperia crisis - will keep track of things in this rolling thread
EU's car-making body said today assembly lines in Europe "might only be days away" from grinding to a halt
EU's car-making body said today assembly lines in Europe "might only be days away" from grinding to a halt
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"UN refugee agency official Jacqueline Wilma Parlevliet said that the new arrivals told stories of widespread ethnic and politically motivated killings, including reports of people with disabilities shot dead because they were unable to flee"
this keeps getting worse
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
this keeps getting worse
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
Sudan’s paramilitary killed hundreds including hospital patients in Darfur, residents say
Sudan’s paramilitary forces killed hundreds of people including patients in a hospital after they seized el-Fasher city in the western Darfur region over the weekend, according to the UN, displaced re...
www.ctvnews.ca
October 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"UN refugee agency official Jacqueline Wilma Parlevliet said that the new arrivals told stories of widespread ethnic and politically motivated killings, including reports of people with disabilities shot dead because they were unable to flee"
this keeps getting worse
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
this keeps getting worse
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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The word battery appears in the article twice, about 2/3rds down.
Re: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... 🎁🔗 we already have the technology to modify inverter settings dynamically to help stabilize grid voltage, provide synthetic inertia, etc. It's being used *now* in South Australia. See @TransitionShow Ep. 251 for all the details: xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
Europe’s Solar Boom Is Pushing Power Grids to The Limit
Solar is set to become the largest green energy source globally, the question now for Europe is whether it can revamp its grid fast enough to prevent another dramatic blackout.
www.bloomberg.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The word battery appears in the article twice, about 2/3rds down.
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NY Times essay adapted from my new book, "The Age of Extraction." Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...
Opinion | Big Tech’s Predatory Platform Model Doesn’t Have to Be Our Future
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
NY Times essay adapted from my new book, "The Age of Extraction." Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...
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in which one of my favorite modern econ papers is referenced: government nondefense R&D accounts for about a fifth of post-World War II business-sector productivity growth in the US
October 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
in which one of my favorite modern econ papers is referenced: government nondefense R&D accounts for about a fifth of post-World War II business-sector productivity growth in the US
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I have a new essay in Bloomberg Weekend about how important government science is to advanced tech like SpaceX's Starship, and what we can expect from big cuts to government R&D:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
What Happens When the US Stops Funding the Science Behind SpaceX?
NASA’s shrinking budget threatens the public science behind SpaceX’s success, and it could weaken America’s ability to develop breakthrough technologies.
www.bloomberg.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I have a new essay in Bloomberg Weekend about how important government science is to advanced tech like SpaceX's Starship, and what we can expect from big cuts to government R&D:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I don’t understand attacking someone like this. Especially someone earnestly studying (and grappling with!) this phenomenon.
It seems fundamentally good that there’s more empirical research here.
And it doesn’t mean they’re downplaying earlier work.
It seems fundamentally good that there’s more empirical research here.
And it doesn’t mean they’re downplaying earlier work.
BREAKING: economist discovers “second shift,” a concept coined by sociologists almost 50 years ago; gives it new, stupider, and less explicitly labor-oriented name
October 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I don’t understand attacking someone like this. Especially someone earnestly studying (and grappling with!) this phenomenon.
It seems fundamentally good that there’s more empirical research here.
And it doesn’t mean they’re downplaying earlier work.
It seems fundamentally good that there’s more empirical research here.
And it doesn’t mean they’re downplaying earlier work.
Evil doesn’t die
It reinvents itself
It reinvents itself
October 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Evil doesn’t die
It reinvents itself
It reinvents itself
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Europe’s car industry faces a triple challenge: China’s subsidised export surge, US tariffs/IRA rollback, & weak EU demand.
@lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, @nilsredeker.bsky.social, & @sandertordoir.bsky.social argue for a coordinated "Buy-European" EV eco-bonus ➡️ bst-europe.eu/economy-secu...
@lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, @nilsredeker.bsky.social, & @sandertordoir.bsky.social argue for a coordinated "Buy-European" EV eco-bonus ➡️ bst-europe.eu/economy-secu...
How Buy-European Rules Can Help Save Europe’s Car Industry
Car manufacturing was the pinnacle of 20th-century industrialisation. Even today, the industry remains one of Europe’s most important sectors, if not the most important. It employs 13.6 million people...
bst-europe.eu
October 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Europe’s car industry faces a triple challenge: China’s subsidised export surge, US tariffs/IRA rollback, & weak EU demand.
@lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, @nilsredeker.bsky.social, & @sandertordoir.bsky.social argue for a coordinated "Buy-European" EV eco-bonus ➡️ bst-europe.eu/economy-secu...
@lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, @nilsredeker.bsky.social, & @sandertordoir.bsky.social argue for a coordinated "Buy-European" EV eco-bonus ➡️ bst-europe.eu/economy-secu...
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You'd get to work a lot with me as I'm research director!
We're hiring!
Join the University of Cambridge as a School Research Grant Administrator in the School of the Humanities & Social Sciences.
Primarily support research grants at the Bennett School of Public Policy & beyond.
Apply by 2 Nov 2025
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/school-...
Join the University of Cambridge as a School Research Grant Administrator in the School of the Humanities & Social Sciences.
Primarily support research grants at the Bennett School of Public Policy & beyond.
Apply by 2 Nov 2025
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/school-...
October 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You'd get to work a lot with me as I'm research director!
I’m losing it
Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
October 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I’m losing it