Ken
@kenakiwi.bsky.social
Just a trail-running Kiwi in Hong Kong
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Main thing the UK (and others) should learn about Bidenomics is that semi-populist trade and international economic policy didn't stop the argument drifting towards even more simplistic solutions. www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcb...
What should the UK learn from “Bidenomics”?
www.hks.harvard.edu
April 8, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Main thing the UK (and others) should learn about Bidenomics is that semi-populist trade and international economic policy didn't stop the argument drifting towards even more simplistic solutions. www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcb...
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Experts naming it
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Experts naming it
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Trump's attacks on the Department of Education should remind us never to elect to high office anyone without a stake in society. We suffered the same in the UK from 2010, when people who used private healthcare and private schools ripped up public services.
March 12, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Trump's attacks on the Department of Education should remind us never to elect to high office anyone without a stake in society. We suffered the same in the UK from 2010, when people who used private healthcare and private schools ripped up public services.
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are we allowed to point out they're targeting women and minorities then replacing them with unqualified white men or is that woke DEI
March 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
are we allowed to point out they're targeting women and minorities then replacing them with unqualified white men or is that woke DEI
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I was stunned in Munich when Vance said Europe's liberal "enemies within" were a bigger threat than Russia and China.
Over the last week in Brussels, I lost count of the amount of European officials or diplomats who told me the US is a bigger threat than China.
Quite the journey.
Over the last week in Brussels, I lost count of the amount of European officials or diplomats who told me the US is a bigger threat than China.
Quite the journey.
March 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I was stunned in Munich when Vance said Europe's liberal "enemies within" were a bigger threat than Russia and China.
Over the last week in Brussels, I lost count of the amount of European officials or diplomats who told me the US is a bigger threat than China.
Quite the journey.
Over the last week in Brussels, I lost count of the amount of European officials or diplomats who told me the US is a bigger threat than China.
Quite the journey.
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if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all
February 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all
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For the visual learners...
February 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
For the visual learners...
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Sure is a bad time to be a person who cares about things.
January 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Sure is a bad time to be a person who cares about things.
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Food for thought.
January 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Food for thought.
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Depressing man
January 15, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Depressing man
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The clawed footprints of a 30-foot-tall predator and the sunken tracks of other dinosaurs were discovered in England, in what paleontologists are calling one of the most significant finds in Britain in nearly three decades.
Dinosaur Footprints Found in England by Quarry Workers
The prints were made by both long-necked sauropods and a predator, megalosaurus, and were found in one of the largest discoveries in decades.
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The clawed footprints of a 30-foot-tall predator and the sunken tracks of other dinosaurs were discovered in England, in what paleontologists are calling one of the most significant finds in Britain in nearly three decades.
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I can’t believe we have titans of industry slipping million dollar bills into Trump’s inaugural g-string like it’s some bachelor party for the end of democracy.
January 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I can’t believe we have titans of industry slipping million dollar bills into Trump’s inaugural g-string like it’s some bachelor party for the end of democracy.
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"In the first half of the 19th century, between 40% and 50% of children in the U.S. didn’t live past the age of 5." @aktange.bsky.social theconversation.com/infectious-d...
Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health today
Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.
theconversation.com
December 30, 2024 at 11:14 AM
"In the first half of the 19th century, between 40% and 50% of children in the U.S. didn’t live past the age of 5." @aktange.bsky.social theconversation.com/infectious-d...
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The gut 'remodels' itself during pregnancy and #breastfeeding - nearly doubling its surface area! 🧪
www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
The gut 'remodels' itself during pregnancy, study finds
The inner lining of the small intestine nearly doubles in size during pregnancy and breastfeeding, according to new research in mice and human tissue.
www.livescience.com
December 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
The gut 'remodels' itself during pregnancy and #breastfeeding - nearly doubling its surface area! 🧪
www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
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A colony of microbes, found sealed within a 2 billion year old rock in South Africa, may offer a glimpse into evolutionary history long before the emergence of multicelluar life. An amazing find. 🧪
www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/pre...
www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/pre...
December 28, 2024 at 11:37 PM
A colony of microbes, found sealed within a 2 billion year old rock in South Africa, may offer a glimpse into evolutionary history long before the emergence of multicelluar life. An amazing find. 🧪
www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/pre...
www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/pre...
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Weed isn't the problem anymore than beer is.
Substance abuse is usually a result of the desperate need to avoid reality. The underlying reason for avoidance is the core problem to address.
Substance abuse is usually a result of the desperate need to avoid reality. The underlying reason for avoidance is the core problem to address.
December 28, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Weed isn't the problem anymore than beer is.
Substance abuse is usually a result of the desperate need to avoid reality. The underlying reason for avoidance is the core problem to address.
Substance abuse is usually a result of the desperate need to avoid reality. The underlying reason for avoidance is the core problem to address.
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Can we just admit that we NEED immigrants for our economy to run, from agriculture to high tech?
We’re a goddamn nation of immigrants, aren’t we? Let’s be proud of our immigrant heritage!
We’re a goddamn nation of immigrants, aren’t we? Let’s be proud of our immigrant heritage!
December 28, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Can we just admit that we NEED immigrants for our economy to run, from agriculture to high tech?
We’re a goddamn nation of immigrants, aren’t we? Let’s be proud of our immigrant heritage!
We’re a goddamn nation of immigrants, aren’t we? Let’s be proud of our immigrant heritage!
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Politics feels so bleak right now
Here's the story of something that seems to have gone right
It's story of a potentially historic initiative to change mental health care -- an initiative, amazingly, that got bipartisan support
And it's gotten almost no attention
www.huffpost.com/entry/mental...
Here's the story of something that seems to have gone right
It's story of a potentially historic initiative to change mental health care -- an initiative, amazingly, that got bipartisan support
And it's gotten almost no attention
www.huffpost.com/entry/mental...
The Most Important Program You've Never Heard Of Is This Retiring Senator’s Legacy
Debbie Stabenow learned about the scarcity of mental health care when she was a child. Her crusade to change that turned into bipartisan, potentially transformative legislation that's already having a...
www.huffpost.com
December 27, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Politics feels so bleak right now
Here's the story of something that seems to have gone right
It's story of a potentially historic initiative to change mental health care -- an initiative, amazingly, that got bipartisan support
And it's gotten almost no attention
www.huffpost.com/entry/mental...
Here's the story of something that seems to have gone right
It's story of a potentially historic initiative to change mental health care -- an initiative, amazingly, that got bipartisan support
And it's gotten almost no attention
www.huffpost.com/entry/mental...
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Yesterday's view of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii shows crater floor filled with fresh lava.
Image taken by Sentinel-2.
Visible light and enhanced SWIR.
Image taken by Sentinel-2.
Visible light and enhanced SWIR.
December 28, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Yesterday's view of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii shows crater floor filled with fresh lava.
Image taken by Sentinel-2.
Visible light and enhanced SWIR.
Image taken by Sentinel-2.
Visible light and enhanced SWIR.
My dinner view...Etosha 2024
December 28, 2024 at 11:09 AM
My dinner view...Etosha 2024
Tea country a few days ago...Sri Lanka
December 28, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Tea country a few days ago...Sri Lanka
Today...southern Sri Lanka
December 28, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Today...southern Sri Lanka
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The hydrogen hiding in geological formations may be enough to fulfill the anticipated global demand for the energy-rich gas for almost 200 years, according to a recent report from the US Geological Survey. cen.acs.org/energy/hydro... 🧪 #scinews
Geological hydrogen has the potential to accelerate decarbonization
USGS paper models the production, consumption, and accumulation of subsurface H<sub>2</sub>
cen.acs.org
December 27, 2024 at 6:57 PM
The hydrogen hiding in geological formations may be enough to fulfill the anticipated global demand for the energy-rich gas for almost 200 years, according to a recent report from the US Geological Survey. cen.acs.org/energy/hydro... 🧪 #scinews