Financial Times Study, Finding Blacks Twice as Likely as Whites to Have Mortgage Applications Rejected, Reignites Debate Over Discrimination
I can’t recall in my many years of readership seeing the Financial Times perform a data-driven study of its own, in so the pink paper
At CDC, Worries Mount That Agency Has Taken Anti-Science Turn
Yves here. We hope that readers will treat this post as an exercise in how to parse messaging. It’s becoming more and more evident that
U.S. Utilities Put in a No-Win Position by Phantom Data Centers
Yves here. The possibility of utility excess capacity due to AI promoters placing redundant orders for data center power with multiple utilities poses a real
The Destruction of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Yves here. This detailed account of the making and unmaking of Yugoslavia may seem a bit overwhelming. But it isn’t clear whether outsiders can understand
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Christopher, the Dog-Headed Saint JSTOR (Micael T) Astronomer: Sun is now storing up energy for a powerful flare Vzglyad via machine translation (Micael T) 28/08/25
Dead States, Living Borders: Three Historical Cases of ‘State Revival’: Armenia, Vietnam, and Poland
Yves here. A vignette provides confirmation of Vietnam’s fierce retention of its identity during the period of Chinese rule. In the documentary The Fog of
Forcing Zelensky to Hand Putin Ukraine’s ‘Fortress Belt’ in Donetsk Will Lose It the War
Yves here. Below is an article served up as a reader critical thinking exercise, both for its reliance on dubious information (such as propaganda about
Trumpian Tariffs Rerun the Failed Strategy of Import Substitution Industrialization
Yves here. This post unpacks another layer of why Trump’s tariffs are vastly more likely to accelerate America’s decline than spark a revival. While tariffs
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Misguided Marines
The Marine Corps’ new Pacific island strategy, articulated in its Force Design 2030 planning documents, envisions small units deployed across the Pacific island chain, armed