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RT by @jburnmurdoch: So many nice visualisations in this rich article

https://nitter.poast.org/StefanFSchubert/status/2008924208831549784#m

Published: January 7, 2026 15:30

So many nice visualisations in this rich article Saloni (@salonium) NEW article by me! We are living through a golden age of vaccine development. worksinprogress.co/issue/the… We can now visualize pathogens down to atoms; design vaccines in weeks;…

RT by @jburnmurdoch: My ten personal favourite Works in Progress articles from 2025. https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/ten-favorites-from-2025

https://nitter.poast.org/s8mb/status/2005562502416093426#m

Published: December 29, 2025 08:52

My ten personal favourite Works in Progress articles from 2025. worksinprogress.news/p/ten-f…

RT by @jburnmurdoch: This is an excellent article about World Cup ticket prices in the US, touching on income, relative demand, inequality, pricing techniques, sports culture, and so much more. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6901912/2025/12/19/usa-ticket-prices-sporting-events-world-cup-2026/

https://nitter.poast.org/ernietedeschi/status/2002781507182833770#m

Published: December 21, 2025 16:41

This is an excellent article about World Cup ticket prices in the US, touching on income, relative demand, inequality, pricing techniques, sports culture, and so much more. nytimes.com/athletic/6901912…

RT by @jburnmurdoch: WHY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BETTING ON EVERYTHING In today’s Wall Street Journal, I wrote about how an economy with fewer stable paths is pushing young people toward low probability, high payoff bets in search of upside - even though this is not what people actually want.

https://nitter.poast.org/kylascan/status/2002081207920775553#m

Published: December 19, 2025 18:18

WHY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BETTING ON EVERYTHING In today’s Wall Street Journal, I wrote about how an economy with fewer stable paths is pushing young people toward low probability, high payoff bets in search of upside - even though this is not what people…

RT by @jburnmurdoch: Fascinating piece by @jburnmurdoch which uses some of our data and shows the link between zero sum thinking and the rise of anti-system parties on left & right. Slowing intergenerational progress & perceptions/reality of scarcity is driving people from the mainstream (link next)

https://nitter.poast.org/LukeTryl/status/2001995891910041818#m

Published: December 19, 2025 12:39

Fascinating piece by @jburnmurdoch which uses some of our data and shows the link between zero sum thinking and the rise of anti-system parties on left & right. Slowing intergenerational progress & perceptions/reality of scarcity is driving people from the…

RT by @jburnmurdoch: UK unemployment rate converging (from below) with the median G20 unemployment rate for the first time since 2008/09. #jobs

https://nitter.poast.org/Frencheconomics/status/2000842834576916735#m

Published: December 16, 2025 08:18

UK unemployment rate converging (from below) with the median G20 unemployment rate for the first time since 2008/09. #jobs Simon French (@Frencheconomics) UK payroll employment down a further 38,000 in November, sharp reversal since last year's General…

RT by @jburnmurdoch: The Government is considering requiring that everyone hire an architect in order to submit a planning application or a building control application. This would be a mistake. If the state wants buildings to meet certain standards, it should simply require that they do so. We have a system for this – two systems, in fact, namely building regulations and planning. There is no good reason to require hiring people with architecture degrees to sign off designs. This is a classic case of valuing process over outcomes. Developers could and would simply employ tame architects to rubber-stamp whatever they were doing anyway. 'Protection of function' is a completely toothless instrument for improving design standards. What it would do, of course, is add cost -- exactly what British housebuilding does not need at the moment. The Government should discard this idea immediately. Reporting in @ArchitectsJrnal.

https://nitter.poast.org/SCP_Hughes/status/2000548649479123429#m

Published: December 15, 2025 12:49

The Government is considering requiring that everyone hire an architect in order to submit a planning application or a building control application. This would be a mistake. If the state wants buildings to meet certain standards, it should simply require…

RT by @jburnmurdoch: Every 100 South Koreans today will have only 6 great-grandchildren between them. Men and women are coupling up at the lowest rates ever. Korea's baby subsidies – $22k per kid – are usually seen as having failed. But, actually, there is some evidence that they are working and South Korean birth rates would be even *lower* without them. For decades, South Korea's government waged a population control campaign, which is reckoned to have prevented 2.1 million births or more, at a cost of just $103 per prevented birth. Between 1960–78, South Korea’s fertility rate fell from 6 children per woman to 3. Comparable drops took 96 years in the UK and 82 in the US. New at Works in Progress, by @PMArslanagic, an article that attempts to understand what has led South Korea to commit national suicide, and what the world can learn from it to avoid the same fate. https://worksinprogress.co/issue/two-is-already-too-many/

https://nitter.poast.org/s8mb/status/1998775841459708175#m

Published: December 10, 2025 15:24

Every 100 South Koreans today will have only 6 great-grandchildren between them. Men and women are coupling up at the lowest rates ever. Korea's baby subsidies – $22k per kid – are usually seen as having failed. But, actually, there is some evidence that…

RT by @jburnmurdoch: Big new blogpost! My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more. --> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful. https://www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-guide-to-data-visualization

https://nitter.poast.org/salonium/status/1998490120660664698#m

Published: December 9, 2025 20:29

Big new blogpost! My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more. --> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.…

RT by @jburnmurdoch: So why not open the LEO database, breaking down pay by institution/degree: vs apprenticeships? This would show how well debt-free apprenticeships compare to degrees. Give sixthformers full range of options Too many schools are judged by how many kids they ship off to uni

https://nitter.poast.org/FraserNelson/status/1997943426004943319#m

Published: December 8, 2025 08:16

So why not open the LEO database, breaking down pay by institution/degree: vs apprenticeships? This would show how well debt-free apprenticeships compare to degrees. Give sixthformers full range of options Too many schools are judged by how many kids…