link roundup

In general, these are written relatively soon before they go up; this week’s was pulled together several days before because I’m at Y-RISE. If an amazing paper has been released or there has been Major News in the last four days, it will not be reflected in this week’s links.

• I’m not sure how to describe this Statecraft interview with Edward Luttwak, but it’s worth a read.

• The UK receives a disproportionate amount of interest from jobseekers abroad relative to salaries.

• There’s a Jerusalem Demas podcast episode about immigration and wages. This episode does unfortunately stymie my secret plan to try to get on Jerusalem’s podcast, because now my expertise has been covered.

• High wet bulb temperatures disproportionately kills younger people (<35).

• Average walking speed has increased 15% in US major cities in the last 45 years. Good.

• A smaller share of Americans moved in 2023 than… any other time since 1948.

• Headlight brightness has roughly doubled since 2015.

• A New Jersey politician faked his Spotify Wrapped to make it look like he was a bigger fan of Bruce Springsteen than he actually is.

• The Shanghai Museum has been hosting evenings where you can bring your cat to look at the exhibits on ancient Egypt. brb, booking Lyra and I a flight to Shanghai.