Chris Skedgel
@chrissked.bsky.social
Consultant, Health Economist, and Globalist 🌍 currently living in Vienna. Occasional Virtue Signaller.
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Imagine we all drove EVs and then someone came along and proposed an ICE vehicle…
Video credit: Nic Cruz Patane (link in Alt text)
Video credit: Nic Cruz Patane (link in Alt text)
August 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Imagine we all drove EVs and then someone came along and proposed an ICE vehicle…
Video credit: Nic Cruz Patane (link in Alt text)
Video credit: Nic Cruz Patane (link in Alt text)
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Such a good article by @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social in this weekend’s FT!
ftedit.ft.com/Ju3k/9qcmj1rd How Gatsby foretold Trump’s America
ftedit.ft.com/Ju3k/9qcmj1rd How Gatsby foretold Trump’s America
How Gatsby foretold Trump’s America
A century after it was published, F Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece is more relevant than ever. Sarah Churchwell on the trouble with ‘careless people’
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April 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Such a good article by @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social in this weekend’s FT!
ftedit.ft.com/Ju3k/9qcmj1rd How Gatsby foretold Trump’s America
ftedit.ft.com/Ju3k/9qcmj1rd How Gatsby foretold Trump’s America
Bravo! 🤣
www.truthdig.com/articles/map...
www.truthdig.com/articles/map...
March 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Bravo! 🤣
www.truthdig.com/articles/map...
www.truthdig.com/articles/map...
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If Trump was President in 1940
March 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If Trump was President in 1940
Getting things done will mean “giving people a voice, but not a veto.”
Getting Big Things Done | Understand the news that matters
Three books on why it’s so hard today — and how to do better.
newsoveraudio.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Getting things done will mean “giving people a voice, but not a veto.”
This (tongue-in-cheek) @politico.eu analysis shows adding Canada as "the 51st state" would give Democrats a small advantage (assuming future competitive elections), but why not apply the Wyoming model: by that standard, Canada would add roughly 66 Democrat-leaning states (minus Alberta, of course)
Here's how annexing Canada would change American politics
We took Trump literally, not seriously, about the push to make Canada the 51st state.
www.politico.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This (tongue-in-cheek) @politico.eu analysis shows adding Canada as "the 51st state" would give Democrats a small advantage (assuming future competitive elections), but why not apply the Wyoming model: by that standard, Canada would add roughly 66 Democrat-leaning states (minus Alberta, of course)
3 of the EU's 4 largest economies (Germany, Italy, Spain) have "ultra-low" fertility rates and the 4th (France) is below replacement levels. Meanwhile, anti-immigrant rhetoric continues to get stronger across Europe. Something is going to have to give: less immigration or less wealth?
Germany’s fertility rate fell to 1.35 in 2023, joining nine EU countries, including Spain and Italy, that fell below the UN’s “ultra-low” threshold of 1.4 in 2022.
www.ft.com/content/1b13...
www.ft.com/content/1b13...
January 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
3 of the EU's 4 largest economies (Germany, Italy, Spain) have "ultra-low" fertility rates and the 4th (France) is below replacement levels. Meanwhile, anti-immigrant rhetoric continues to get stronger across Europe. Something is going to have to give: less immigration or less wealth?
Interesting insight as I endlessly scroll through Netflix trying to find something worth watching over the holidays
December 29, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Interesting insight as I endlessly scroll through Netflix trying to find something worth watching over the holidays
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cartoon of the day
November 15, 2024 at 7:53 AM
cartoon of the day
It's a couple of days old now, but this is the best discussion I've heard so far about the implications of Trump's victory for USA and the world.
podcastaddict.com/world-review...
podcastaddict.com/world-review...
World Review with Ivo Daalder - Trump's Election Victory: Reactions, Implications, and Expectations - Podcast Addict
Listen to World Review with Ivo Daalder - Trump's Election Victory: Reactions, Implications, and Expectations by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs on Podcast Addict. This week, Americans overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump to become the 47th president of the United States. While the polls predicted a tight race, they underestimated Trump's support, and he soared back to the White House along with large Republican gains in the House and Senate. Susan Glasser, James Harding, and Peter Speigel join World Review with Ivo Daalder to discuss the im
podcastaddict.com
November 13, 2024 at 9:24 AM
It's a couple of days old now, but this is the best discussion I've heard so far about the implications of Trump's victory for USA and the world.
podcastaddict.com/world-review...
podcastaddict.com/world-review...
Fascinating visualisation of how the recent UK climate has departed from historical trends. Looks like climate change is going to lead to warmer and wetter weather in the UK (although be careful of reading *too much* into the changes given the relatively narrow range of the axes!)
We use 30 year averages to show climatology (average weather conditions). During the 20th century the UK climatology followed a path around a confined box. With #globalwarming and #climatechange they have escaped out the box. This #dataviz shows UK rainfall and temperature.
October 25, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Fascinating visualisation of how the recent UK climate has departed from historical trends. Looks like climate change is going to lead to warmer and wetter weather in the UK (although be careful of reading *too much* into the changes given the relatively narrow range of the axes!)
I have a charge from @bookingcom.bsky.social that I don't recognise and I'm trying to contact them to resolve the situation.
Delightfully, their customer service system won't communicate with you unless you provide the confirmation number for a booking you never made. Nice Catch-22!
Delightfully, their customer service system won't communicate with you unless you provide the confirmation number for a booking you never made. Nice Catch-22!
October 18, 2024 at 10:36 AM
I have a charge from @bookingcom.bsky.social that I don't recognise and I'm trying to contact them to resolve the situation.
Delightfully, their customer service system won't communicate with you unless you provide the confirmation number for a booking you never made. Nice Catch-22!
Delightfully, their customer service system won't communicate with you unless you provide the confirmation number for a booking you never made. Nice Catch-22!
Interesting test of the (false) claim that immigration lowers median national income. Even under EU free movement, median income among immigrants exceeded UK national median income within 7 years of arrival. #Immigration makes us wealthier!
New research by Madeleine Sumption, Ben Brindle & me on the earnings of new migrants to the UK.
We focus on the very large cohort (about 1.2 million!) non-EU migrants who became UK employees in 2022 and 2023.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...
We focus on the very large cohort (about 1.2 million!) non-EU migrants who became UK employees in 2022 and 2023.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...
August 29, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Interesting test of the (false) claim that immigration lowers median national income. Even under EU free movement, median income among immigrants exceeded UK national median income within 7 years of arrival. #Immigration makes us wealthier!