I won’t call the EU a liberal democracy. I think of it as a collection of mostly liberal democracies which is perhaps becoming one.

Which is a long way round of saying: a lot of the pieces I’m reading on the crucial role of the BBC massively overweight news and underplay the wider role of 50 odd radio stations, a dozen TV stations and the vast majority of its output.

Love it.
Also: Yahoo? WTF?

Any - and I mean any - other media organisation would kill for these numbers.

Had my first ride in a BYD in Malta over half term. Was quite striking - pretty much every Bolt seemed to be a BYD.

This (not from that piece) is one of those charts where I am completely aware of the data but my mental map of how the global economy works still almost refuses to update to the new reality. Because the pace of change has been so rapid.

Absolutely great film.
And was also the perfect lockdown movie. Every day being the same, etc.

Can confirm. I was in bed for two days. Not pleasant.

100%

What a film!
Always somehow forget Jim Carrey can *really* act. See also: Man on the Moon and The Cable Guy.

Huge numbers of Labour policy spads read @samfr.bsky.social’s Substack, where the exact scale of the repair job was written in black and white. What actually happened is those people were cowed into silence by a set-up that valued polling over policy.

I think the same for the sequel trilogy to be honest.
Whereas I reckon the original trilogy, Rogue One and (controversially?) Solo genuinely hold up really well for adults.

I was too old to enjoy them first time around. So zero nostalgia.
And yet my kids loved them.
They are just quite fun for kids!

Touch on here. www.nber.org/system/files... For a very long term view.
There was a good UK specific piece circa 2015 which I’ll try and dig out later.

I think there’s a decent argument that tech change circa 1950-1980 was biased towards creating skilled jobs and that has petered out.