It is time for Around the Traps again.
Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oy,Oy,Oy
- Chris Richardson on one-step-forward-one-step-back-the-debate-activity Thanks Nick
- Frank Bongiorno on what-happened-to-the-liberal-party-of-menzies-they-became-obsessed-with-virtue-signalling
- Matteo Vergano on the-special-envoys-antisemitism-plan-is-ambitious-but-fails-to-reckon-with-the-hardest-questions
- Ross Gittins on we-should-be-paying-more-for-our-energy , if-rba-is-muddled-on-interest-rates-we-will-all-suffer , trump-wants-us-to-spend-bomb-on-defence-why-exactly , like-chatgpt-we-need-clear-goals-and-rules-on -the-environment
- James Laurenceson on albaneses-china-mission-managing-a-complex-relationship-in-a-world-of-shifting-alliances
- Louise Chappell on antisemitism-plan-fails-on-a-number-of-fronts-a-contentious-definition-of-hate-is-just-the-start
- John Hawkins on treasury-warns-the-government-it-may-not-balance-the-budget-or-meet-its-housing-targets
- Andrew O'Neil on aukus-ultimatum-australia-over-taiwan-risks-backfiring-washington
- Jennifer Parker on aukus-building-confidence-australia-s-submarine-pathway
- Liz Hicks on federal-court-rules-australian-government-doesnt-have-a-duty-of-care-to-protect-torres-strait-islanders-from-climate-change
- Angel Zhong on no-more-card-surcharges-what-the-reserve-banks-proposed-changes-mean-for-your-wallet
- croaking cassandra on what-were-the-minister-and-treasury-doing , reserve-bank-planned-spending-12-up-on-2023-24 , a-few-more-bits-from-recent-rb-releases
- Kevin Bonham on bradfield-court-of-disputed-returns
- Phillippa McCormack on ken-henry-urges-nature-law-reform-after-decades-of-intergenerational-bastardry
- Nicki Hutley on protecting-the-environment-has-always-made-economic-sense-now-we-have-proof
- Jeff Borland on why-a-surprise-jump-in-unemployment-isnt-as-bad-as-it-sounds
- Bill Swannie on australian-law-is-clear-criticism-of-israel-does-not-breach-the-racial-discrimination-act
- Madelaine Perrett and Mark Giancaspro on what-does-australian-law-have-to-say-about-sovereign-citizens-and-pseudolaw
- Frank Rose on aukus-will-be-worth-work-china-s-alarm-shows-why-trump-should-get-onboard
OZ Climate
- marinus-costs-blow-out-to-more-than-5-billion-but-backers-insist-it-is-still-value-for-money
- wind-and-solar-farms-shut-down-as-giant-super-battery-tests-its-shock-absorber-function-for-first-time
- the-lights-have-stayed-on-in-australia-even-as-more-wind-and-solar-is-added-to-the-grid
- wind-and-battery-output-records-smashed-as-new-projects-close-in-on-key-milestones
- critical-national-battery-hub-in-doubt-after-state-lnp-government-cuts-100-million-in-funding
- chinese-pv-giant-proposes-huge-solar-battery-hybrid-project-to-tap-into-major-new-industrial-loads
- giant-gold-mine-switches-off-gas-and-diesel-for-first-time-after-completion-of-largest-off-grid-hybrid-system
- aemo-puts-grid-forming-batteries-and-household-devices-at-centre-of-roadmap-to-100-pct-renewables
- albaneses-green-steel-boost-leaves-queenslands-coal-budget-hopes-in-the-dust
- Alison Reeve on whats-happened-to-australias-green-hydrogen-dream-here-are-5-reasons-the-industry-has-floundered
Northern America
- institutional economics on yet-another-taco-tuesday
- Nina Jankowicz on investigations-john-brennan-james-comey-are-political-retribution
- Kruggers on i-dont-disapprove-of-trumps-strategy-because-he-doesn't-have-one , making-immigration-great-again , for-maga-ignorance-is-strength , hawks-doves-and-lapdogs
- Fred Kaplan on russia-trump-james-comey-john-brennan-cia-john-ratcliffe-russiagate
- Tim Harford on taco-the-trade-that-ate-itself
- noahopinion on why-tariffs-havent-raised-inflation-much-(yet)
- Jeff Tiedrich on hillary-wrote-the-epstein-files-claims Thanks Brad
- Brad De Long on whats-going-on-with-trumps-trade-wars , the-federal-reserve-today , moar-pointless-sanewashing-of-trump , is-zohran-mamdani-the-second-coming-of-lenin , central-banking-in-the-age-of-chaos-monkey-threats-to-chaos
- Zack Beauchamp on anti-liberal-moment-end-trump-ahmari-moyn , trump-epstein-maga-rebellion-populism
- Aaron Blake on deportations-backfiring-trump-analysis
- scotus blog on how-2024-supreme-court-term-fits-into-history-of-roberts-court
- Dahlia Lithwick on ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-federalist-society
- Austin Sarat on ice-los-angeles-judge-ruling-profiling-immigration
- calculated risk on cleveland-fed-median-cpi-increased-02-in-june
- Robert Walker on america-first-approach-trade-tariffs-only-getting-started
- Mark Stern on supreme-court-trump-department-of-education-disaster
- Nitish Pahwa on donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-list-conspiracy-maga
- the conversable economist on can-the-financial-plumbing-handle-growing-treasury-debt
- Nicole Narea on trump-immigration-raid-ice-farm-economy-medicaid
- Eric Levitz on trump-tariff-letters-medicaid-cuts-mass-deportation
- Peter Wehner on trump-epstein
- David Frum on david-frum-show-peter-strzok-fbi
- Jonathan Chait on trump-epstein-obama-boring
- Sussan Glasser on did-donald-trump-really-just-break-up-with-vladimir-putin
- Abdallah Fayyad on white-collar-crime-trump-department-of-justice-enforcement-priorities
- newdeal democrat on producer-prices-consumer-prices-and-tariffs
- Jeet Heer on culture/trump-podhoretz-militarism-antisemitism
- Mimi Rocah on emil-bove-trump-federal-judge-nomination-senate-letter
- Russell Moore on jeffrey-epstein-files-pam-bondi-nixon-trump
- Mark Hertzgaard on trump-confederacy-slavery-racism
- Elle Mystal on mahmoud-khalil-lawsuit-government
- Mimi Roach on emil-bove-trump-federal-judge-nomination-senate-letter
Europe
- Helen Andrews on how-australia-stopped-grooming-gangs Thanks Nick
- Ayushi Saini on nuclear-waste-nuclear-reactor-case-russia-kazakhstan
- Fred Kaplan on yrump-russia-putin-ukraine-war-news-announcement
- William Gourlay on making-greater-russia-again
- Udi Greenberg on how-nazism-ended-centuries-of-catholic-protestant-enmity
- David Appell on europe-175000year-dead-from-heat
Asia
- Belinda Clarence on what-is-the-strait-of-hormuz-and-why-is-it-so-important-for-global-shipping
- Shannon Bosch on israels-rafah-camp-humanitarian-city-or-crime-against-humanity
- Mireille Rebeiz on a-weakened-iran-and-hezbollah-gives-lebanon-an-opening-to-chart-path-away-from-the-regions-conflicts-will-it-be-enough
- Ali Mamouri on the-us-has-high-hopes-for-a-new-gaza-ceasefire-but-israels-long-term-aims-seem-far-less-peaceful , why-is-israel-bombing-syria
- Lei Weiyi and Asha Hemrajanri on can-malaysia-nudge-asean-beyond-non-interference-tackle-scam-crisis-myanmar
- renew economy on worlds-most-powerful-floating-offshore-wind-turbine-rolls-off-production-line-in-china
- Ian Johnson on lessons-of-the-father-xi-zhongxun-hu-yaobang
- noahopinion on trump-is-enabling-chinese-power
- Jackson Lopez on fallacy-vietnam-s-bamboo-diplomacy
- Nikola Mikovic on central-asia-s-new-playlist-sounds-russia-s-fading-cultural-influence
Wonk
- claires substack on when-women-are-radicalized Thanks Nick
- wealth of nations on back-to-the-future Thanks Nick
- the one percent rule on the-cia-empire-by-other-means Thanks Nick
- Owen Linling on conservatives-must-resist-ai-accelerationism Thanks Nick
- stumbling and mumbling on some-leftist-economic-policies
- the conversable economist on interview-with-carmen-reinhart , tradeoffs-of-lower-fertility-rates
- Kruggers on inequality-part-vii-crypto , the-road-to-mechahitler
- Heather Wrathall on taxing-world-s-most-generous-givers
- noahopinion on developing-countries-a-follow-up
- Tyler Cowen on why-is-manufacturing-productivity-growth-so-low ,revisiting-the-interest-rate-effects-of-federal-debt
General
- Aaron Cavosie and Alec Brenner on earths-oldest-impact-crater-is-much-younger-than-previously-thought-new-study
- Ian Sample on scientists-detect-biggest-ever-merger-of-two-massive-black-holes
Climate
- real climate on ocean-circulation-going-south
- essays concerning on the-elephant-no-scientists-in-the-room
- skeptical science on update-texas-flooding , fact-brief-pre1940 , study-of-earth-surface-temperature-history
- open mind on the-air-they-breathe
- Laura Wilcox and Bjorn Samset on cleaner-air-in-east-asia-may-have-driven-recent-acceleration-in-global-warming-our-new-study-indicates
Andrew Gelman ( mainly stats)
- swept-up-like-dorothy-into-the-chilly-vortex-of-the-films-inexplicable-logic
- error
- i-dont-understand-this-paper-claiming-election-fraud-in-2024-in-pennsylvania
- hey-this-journal-is-pretty-much-inviting-me-to-do-ai-reviews-of-submitted-manuscripts
- hey-neurips-and-icml-time-to-do-some-scraping-of-your-submissions-to-find-the-prevalence-of-llm-reviewer-instructions
- a-bunch-of-readings-and-a-new-book-on-bayesian-meta-analysis
- survey-statistics-longitudinal-panel-data
- song-for-aki-prof-reportedly-clears-a-half-million-bucks-by-requiring-online-students-to-pay-89-99-each-for-his-self-published-course-notes
- slouching towards utopia
- i-am-no-longer-chairing-defenses-or-joining-committees-where-students-use-generative-ai-for-their-writing
- statschat on counting-homelessness , chicken-soup-for-the-body , briefly
- freakometrics on life insurers can predict when you die with about 98% accuracy
Dianne Coyle (quirky + book reviews)
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- Constance Grady on best-books-2025-susan-choi-flashlight-marriage-at-sea-sophie-elmhirst
- Joel Eissenberg on the-world-for-sale-book-review
- Tyler Cowen on buckley-the-life-and-revolution-that-changed-america
Vox Wonk
- beyond-tariffs-chinese-state-owned-enterprises-trade-war
- dynamism-generative-ai-markets-release-chatgpt
- more-i-do-legal-status-and-cultural-distance-shape-marriages-and-separations
- interlocking-directorates-and-competition-banking
- supply-side-monetary-policy-how-floating-rate-loans-blunt-ecbs-fight-against
- adult-skills-and-productivity-new-evidence-piaac-2023
- lessons-rebuilding-ukraine-economic-recoveries-after-natural-disasters
- new-geopolitical-context-europes-banking-discussions-need-go-beyond-competitiveness
- how-european-consumers-respond-us-tariffs
- fighting-mafia-boosts-bank-lending-and-local-growth
- wars-taxation-and-representation