zombie westland
@tomwestland.bsky.social
it is a lovely morning in the village, and i am a horrible goose
economic history of africa + southeast asia, comparative development, markets and industrialisation
(he/him)
tomwestland.com
economic history of africa + southeast asia, comparative development, markets and industrialisation
(he/him)
tomwestland.com
Pinned
Uses and abuses of the Murdock Atlas in social science research
www.lse.ac.uk
CALL FOR PAPERS
A workshop at LSE next April on 'Uses and Abuses of the Murdock Atlas in Social Science Research'. We're looking for cross-disciplinary engagement to think critically about what this widely used source means, what it can & can't tell us. Submit by Nov 14
www.lse.ac.uk/economic-his...
A workshop at LSE next April on 'Uses and Abuses of the Murdock Atlas in Social Science Research'. We're looking for cross-disciplinary engagement to think critically about what this widely used source means, what it can & can't tell us. Submit by Nov 14
www.lse.ac.uk/economic-his...
Reading the supposedly devastating report into BBC bias
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Reading the supposedly devastating report into BBC bias
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C3S data shows that every year since the Paris Agreement has ranked among the 10 warmest on record.
C3S data shows that every year since the Paris Agreement has ranked among the 10 warmest on record.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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C3S data shows that every year since the Paris Agreement has ranked among the 10 warmest on record.
C3S data shows that every year since the Paris Agreement has ranked among the 10 warmest on record.
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📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
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Just a reminder to sign up for this webinar on IPUMS International on Wednesday!
Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Register for IPUMs International Online Session
Please use this form to register for the IPUMs International Session hosted by the Historical Economic Demography Group at LSE.
The session will be on Zoom from 15:15-16:30 UK Time on 12 November 202...
forms.gle
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Just a reminder to sign up for this webinar on IPUMS International on Wednesday!
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🚨 We are hiring! ‼️‼️
tenured track assistant or associate prof in economics at university of Melbourne @unimelb.bsky.social
welcome applications from all fields (but especially from econometrics)
econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...
tenured track assistant or associate prof in economics at university of Melbourne @unimelb.bsky.social
welcome applications from all fields (but especially from econometrics)
econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...
EJM - Econ Job Market
econjobmarket.org
October 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🚨 We are hiring! ‼️‼️
tenured track assistant or associate prof in economics at university of Melbourne @unimelb.bsky.social
welcome applications from all fields (but especially from econometrics)
econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...
tenured track assistant or associate prof in economics at university of Melbourne @unimelb.bsky.social
welcome applications from all fields (but especially from econometrics)
econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...
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The medieval cities and towns of Eritrea (ca. 1000-1900 CE)
www.patreon.com/posts/143143...
www.patreon.com/posts/143143...
November 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The medieval cities and towns of Eritrea (ca. 1000-1900 CE)
www.patreon.com/posts/143143...
www.patreon.com/posts/143143...
no offence to the horny-for-robots people but i'm always going to prefer my partner for this kind of thing
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
no offence to the horny-for-robots people but i'm always going to prefer my partner for this kind of thing
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There’s still no evidence that Trump knows what a dog is or does
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
There’s still no evidence that Trump knows what a dog is or does
it is so funny how most Tech Bro who want to revolutionise transport reinvent the concept of a train but Elon Musk is so stupid he managed to reinvent the concept of a taxi
November 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
it is so funny how most Tech Bro who want to revolutionise transport reinvent the concept of a train but Elon Musk is so stupid he managed to reinvent the concept of a taxi
can someone explain why i'm like, average to meh about broccoli but go absolutely nutso for it when its in the form of soup
November 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
can someone explain why i'm like, average to meh about broccoli but go absolutely nutso for it when its in the form of soup
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"Home Office data suggests that recent immigrants are more likely to be working than British nationals and make higher wages than them."
✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out,
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out,
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
Lower migration is bad news for the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe
Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out, and that the recent collapse in immigration will harm the UK's economic p...
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Home Office data suggests that recent immigrants are more likely to be working than British nationals and make higher wages than them."
✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out,
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out,
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
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the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
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Mali: un mois sans électricité à Mopti à cause de l'embargo jihadiste
Mali: un mois sans électricité à Mopti à cause de l'embargo jihadiste
Au Mali, cela fait tout juste un mois que les habitants de Mopti n'ont plus du tout d'électricité. Cette ville de plus de 560 000 habitants, l'une des plus importantes du pays, subit comme tout le Mali les effets de l'embargo sur le carburant décrété début septembre 2025 par le Jnim, organisation liée à al-Qaïda. Les jihadistes attaquent les convois de camions citernes. Si certains parviennent à passer, la pénurie de carburant est massive. Les coupures d'électricité étaient déjà fréquentes, désormais, dans de nombreuses villes, le courant ne passe désormais plus du tout.
www.rfi.fr
November 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Mali: un mois sans électricité à Mopti à cause de l'embargo jihadiste
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Satellite images show that most of the 260,000 civilians in Sudan’s el-Fasher are likely still trapped, as mass RSF killings continue
Satellite images show most el-Fasher civilians likely still trapped
Latest images suggest that majority of 260,000 civilians still in captured city, as mass RSF killings continue
www.middleeasteye.net
November 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Satellite images show that most of the 260,000 civilians in Sudan’s el-Fasher are likely still trapped, as mass RSF killings continue
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The fact that Ms Rachel had three venues cancel on her because she wanted to hold a birthday party for a THRRE-YEAR-OLD DOUBLE-AMPUTEE GIRL from Gaza... look at yourselves! Look in the mirror! When are people going to find the courage to say enough is enough?
November 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The fact that Ms Rachel had three venues cancel on her because she wanted to hold a birthday party for a THRRE-YEAR-OLD DOUBLE-AMPUTEE GIRL from Gaza... look at yourselves! Look in the mirror! When are people going to find the courage to say enough is enough?
Can’t help but hear the last sentence of this in Danny DeVito’s voice
November 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Can’t help but hear the last sentence of this in Danny DeVito’s voice
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🎃 🇺🇸 🚪 🇺🇸 🎃 🇺🇸 🚪 🇺🇸 🎃 ❔
When you go in the bathroom you’re American. When you come out of the bathroom you’re American. But what are you inside the bathroom
UR-A-PEEIN’
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When you go in the bathroom you’re American. When you come out of the bathroom you’re American. But what are you inside the bathroom
UR-A-PEEIN’
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November 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
🎃 🇺🇸 🚪 🇺🇸 🎃 🇺🇸 🚪 🇺🇸 🎃 ❔
When you go in the bathroom you’re American. When you come out of the bathroom you’re American. But what are you inside the bathroom
UR-A-PEEIN’
🇪🇺🚽 🇪🇺🚽🇪🇺🚽🇪🇺🚽🇪🇺🚽🇪🇺🚽
When you go in the bathroom you’re American. When you come out of the bathroom you’re American. But what are you inside the bathroom
UR-A-PEEIN’
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New article out today! Published on the eve of Ghanaian independence, A Wreath for Udomo fictionalises Kwame Nkrumah's struggle against imperialism and imagines a future after British rule.
hwiccanreview.substack.com/p/accra-noir...
hwiccanreview.substack.com/p/accra-noir...
Accra Noir: ‘A Wreath for Udomo’ (Peter Abrahams, 1956)
A political thriller for a nation about to exist
hwiccanreview.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
New article out today! Published on the eve of Ghanaian independence, A Wreath for Udomo fictionalises Kwame Nkrumah's struggle against imperialism and imagines a future after British rule.
hwiccanreview.substack.com/p/accra-noir...
hwiccanreview.substack.com/p/accra-noir...
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International students *create* educational opportunities for US natives.
Each additional Chinese master's student causes enrollment of 0.26–0.44 additional native students, by funding/expanding master's programs.
New at @nber.org—> doi.org/10.3386/w34391
Ungated: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/giykh...
Each additional Chinese master's student causes enrollment of 0.26–0.44 additional native students, by funding/expanding master's programs.
New at @nber.org—> doi.org/10.3386/w34391
Ungated: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/giykh...
October 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
International students *create* educational opportunities for US natives.
Each additional Chinese master's student causes enrollment of 0.26–0.44 additional native students, by funding/expanding master's programs.
New at @nber.org—> doi.org/10.3386/w34391
Ungated: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/giykh...
Each additional Chinese master's student causes enrollment of 0.26–0.44 additional native students, by funding/expanding master's programs.
New at @nber.org—> doi.org/10.3386/w34391
Ungated: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/giykh...
Sussan Ley’s leadership really displaying end-of-life behaviours right now
October 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Sussan Ley’s leadership really displaying end-of-life behaviours right now
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Un format magnifique offert par the Guardian sur les oiseaux migrateurs. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised
Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are re...
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Un format magnifique offert par the Guardian sur les oiseaux migrateurs. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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today in class we read @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social ‘s Defector essay and then talked about whether we should spend the next few weeks on Hawthorne’s short stories or on The Scarlet Letter—students agreed on trying the longer, more difficult thing in light of the essay defector.com/close-readin...
Close Reading Is For Everyone | Defector
In Sigrid Nunez’s 2018 novel The Friend, a famous writer kills himself. Not long before, he complains to the narrator about readers: “People talking about a book as if it were just another thing, like...
defector.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
today in class we read @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social ‘s Defector essay and then talked about whether we should spend the next few weeks on Hawthorne’s short stories or on The Scarlet Letter—students agreed on trying the longer, more difficult thing in light of the essay defector.com/close-readin...
honestly one of the most beautiful things i have ever seen. how do i turn this into a typst template
Pierre Bayle being like “I invented four kinds of textual note for a reason, people”
October 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
honestly one of the most beautiful things i have ever seen. how do i turn this into a typst template
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everything I'm seeing about this is apocalyptic. is anyone on here fundraising around this already / know the best Jamaican orgs to support atm?
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Hurricane Melissa live updates: Jamaica braces for its worst storm in history
Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 5 storm, is set to be Jamaica's worst storm in history.
abcnews.go.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
everything I'm seeing about this is apocalyptic. is anyone on here fundraising around this already / know the best Jamaican orgs to support atm?
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
i sent @christa.bsky.social the Olivia Reingold clip and I believe she is now in a fugue state
October 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
i sent @christa.bsky.social the Olivia Reingold clip and I believe she is now in a fugue state