zombie westland
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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
Reading the supposedly devastating report into BBC bias
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Reading the supposedly devastating report into BBC bias
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
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
an old procrastination thing i used to do was to take random screenshots of rowan dean clips and see if I could get one where he looked a normal human being. a sky news clip came up on a youtube playlist and i thought i'd have another go but it is just so difficult
October 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
an old procrastination thing i used to do was to take random screenshots of rowan dean clips and see if I could get one where he looked a normal human being. a sky news clip came up on a youtube playlist and i thought i'd have another go but it is just so difficult
Something so retro about Adam Creighton doing JUDITH CURRY AND ROY SPENCER SAY WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING bits in the Australian
October 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Something so retro about Adam Creighton doing JUDITH CURRY AND ROY SPENCER SAY WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING bits in the Australian
We Warn The Tsar
October 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We Warn The Tsar
crying at how predictable this was
October 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
crying at how predictable this was
I love being an economic historian because Google Scholar's recommended new article list is always like
October 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I love being an economic historian because Google Scholar's recommended new article list is always like
in a similar vein, if you exclude the NB responses and simply calculate the M/F ratio of those expressing a binary identity, the unweighted FIRE data would have someone like Kaufmann believe that women outnumbered men at US colleges 2:1 in 2023. 🤪
October 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
in a similar vein, if you exclude the NB responses and simply calculate the M/F ratio of those expressing a binary identity, the unweighted FIRE data would have someone like Kaufmann believe that women outnumbered men at US colleges 2:1 in 2023. 🤪
There’s this frankly kind of sad thread over on Twitter where Eric Weinstein tries to get the chatbot to confirm his genius and early in the thread he describes economic theory as being about “maximising marginal utility”
October 16, 2025 at 5:55 AM
There’s this frankly kind of sad thread over on Twitter where Eric Weinstein tries to get the chatbot to confirm his genius and early in the thread he describes economic theory as being about “maximising marginal utility”
16 million views and a bunch of media write-ups for a claim that falls apart if you actually use the survey weights like you are taught to do in undergrad. I would say the University of Buckingham is not sending their best but realistically they probably are
October 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
16 million views and a bunch of media write-ups for a claim that falls apart if you actually use the survey weights like you are taught to do in undergrad. I would say the University of Buckingham is not sending their best but realistically they probably are
Is Albanese the Labor Menzies
October 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Is Albanese the Labor Menzies
This was first class meal service on Air France in 1989
October 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This was first class meal service on Air France in 1989
Simultaneously loving the message that third places are important and hating the fact that they showed it with Starbucks
October 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Simultaneously loving the message that third places are important and hating the fact that they showed it with Starbucks
I'm glad Lord Heseltine is in the news again because it gives me the chance to remind you all of the
October 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I'm glad Lord Heseltine is in the news again because it gives me the chance to remind you all of the
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October 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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it takes a lot to make me say i'm proud of being Australian but Julie Bindel saying we're a laughing stock will absolutely do it for me
October 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
it takes a lot to make me say i'm proud of being Australian but Julie Bindel saying we're a laughing stock will absolutely do it for me
can someone introduce Azealia Banks to the concept of Africa
October 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
can someone introduce Azealia Banks to the concept of Africa
Another little bit of the Murdock map puzzle: obviously the map has a wildly difficult time accounting for widely dispersed populations like the Fulani: in Cameroon, the nearest thing to a 'homeland' you could ascribe to the Fulani is the Adamawa polygon, but the distribution of the population is:
September 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Another little bit of the Murdock map puzzle: obviously the map has a wildly difficult time accounting for widely dispersed populations like the Fulani: in Cameroon, the nearest thing to a 'homeland' you could ascribe to the Fulani is the Adamawa polygon, but the distribution of the population is:
How good at the Murdock borders? A little test from Cameroon in 1960: the homeland borders of the Tikar and the population distribution according to French demographic surveys
September 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
How good at the Murdock borders? A little test from Cameroon in 1960: the homeland borders of the Tikar and the population distribution according to French demographic surveys
Watching TV and doing some grunt work for a new project on the Murdock Map
September 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Watching TV and doing some grunt work for a new project on the Murdock Map
Back on my Murdock/Ethnographic Atlas bullshit last night and came across this nice little anecdote from a 'coutumier' (customary law compilation) from Niger, where the French colonial official explicitly claimed that legal practices among one group had been absorbed by another.
September 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Back on my Murdock/Ethnographic Atlas bullshit last night and came across this nice little anecdote from a 'coutumier' (customary law compilation) from Niger, where the French colonial official explicitly claimed that legal practices among one group had been absorbed by another.