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I haven't looked into whether there are differences based on location, subject area, etc. (and I'm not currently planning to)

That said, I think this figure is instructive. It might be too early to say whether the 2025-2026 job cycle is going to be "normal" or not, but so far it seems to be within the general range of other cycles. But, to me, it is clear that the 2024-2025 job cycle was not normal.

Since everything is crowd-sourced, year-to-year variability reflects not just the job market, but also people's interaction with the list, visibility of postings, moderation choices (e.g., when to rollover to a new year-cycle, etc.), and other factors—so I wouldn't read much into direct comparisons.

Here, I'm just plotting the dates jobs were added to the "Tenure Track/Permanent jobs" for each of the job-search cycles going back to 2019-2020.

The list is a really excellent community resource of crowd-sourced Tenure Track/Permanent jobs, Non-Tenure Track Faculty, and Postdoc positions hosted by @earthsciencewomen.bsky.social. It contains postings worldwide, but is mostly US-centric.

Does anyone have good suggestions for where to find these foreign research jobs? The job search email listservs I am already on tend to be somewhat (though not entirely) US-centric, so I wonder if there are others I should subscribe to to cast a wider net?

Saw this article on my feed today, and had to come back and find your post so I could share:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

The article claims that it's not about harder hits (fitting with your point re moment of inertia), it's about better aim.

If you haven't already done so, sign the House of Commons petition urging the Government of Canada to move off of Twitter/X:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
(Canadian citizens or residents only)

That somewhat recalls the one-sentence introduction section from a Walter Munk paper