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In each edition we also highlight recent Data Insights, our bite-sized nuggets on the world and how it’s changing.
One of today's: The price of lighting has dropped over 99.9% since 1700.
Read and subscribe here: ourworldindatabrief.substack.com/p/2026-07-03
One of today's: The price of lighting has dropped over 99.9% since 1700.
Read and subscribe here: ourworldindatabrief.substack.com/p/2026-07-03
Global food trade, heat deaths, paying for CO2 emissions, and more
A twice-monthly digest of our latest work plus curated highlights from across Our World in Data.
ourworldindatabrief.substack.com
July 3, 2026 at 6:23 PM
In each edition we also highlight recent Data Insights, our bite-sized nuggets on the world and how it’s changing.
One of today's: The price of lighting has dropped over 99.9% since 1700.
Read and subscribe here: ourworldindatabrief.substack.com/p/2026-07-03
One of today's: The price of lighting has dropped over 99.9% since 1700.
Read and subscribe here: ourworldindatabrief.substack.com/p/2026-07-03
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Muistutus: SDP on hyväosaisten eläkkeensaajien edunvalvontapuolue.
Noin ylipäänsä vaikean sopeutuksen häämöttäessä toivoisin näkeväni mahd. vähän tällaisia täysiä poissulkemisia.
yle.fi/a/74-20231601
Noin ylipäänsä vaikean sopeutuksen häämöttäessä toivoisin näkeväni mahd. vähän tällaisia täysiä poissulkemisia.
yle.fi/a/74-20231601
June 28, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Muistutus: SDP on hyväosaisten eläkkeensaajien edunvalvontapuolue.
Noin ylipäänsä vaikean sopeutuksen häämöttäessä toivoisin näkeväni mahd. vähän tällaisia täysiä poissulkemisia.
yle.fi/a/74-20231601
Noin ylipäänsä vaikean sopeutuksen häämöttäessä toivoisin näkeväni mahd. vähän tällaisia täysiä poissulkemisia.
yle.fi/a/74-20231601
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Keir Starmerin ero on jatkumoa, jossa demarien vaalivoittoa seuraa syvä pettymys.
Demareilla ei ole missään maassa toteuttamiskelpoista ohjelmaa. www.soininvaara.fi/2026/06/22/d...
Demareilla ei ole missään maassa toteuttamiskelpoista ohjelmaa. www.soininvaara.fi/2026/06/22/d...
Demareilla ei ole missään maassa toteuttamiskelpoista ohjelmaa.
www.soininvaara.fi
June 22, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Keir Starmerin ero on jatkumoa, jossa demarien vaalivoittoa seuraa syvä pettymys.
Demareilla ei ole missään maassa toteuttamiskelpoista ohjelmaa. www.soininvaara.fi/2026/06/22/d...
Demareilla ei ole missään maassa toteuttamiskelpoista ohjelmaa. www.soininvaara.fi/2026/06/22/d...
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One in four cars sold in 2025 was electric.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) just published its latest annual Global EV Outlook. It provides estimates for electric vehicle sales in 2025.
One in four (25%) cars sold in 2025 were electric, more than double the share from just four years earlier
The International Energy Agency (IEA) just published its latest annual Global EV Outlook. It provides estimates for electric vehicle sales in 2025.
One in four (25%) cars sold in 2025 were electric, more than double the share from just four years earlier
May 23, 2026 at 6:44 PM
One in four cars sold in 2025 was electric.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) just published its latest annual Global EV Outlook. It provides estimates for electric vehicle sales in 2025.
One in four (25%) cars sold in 2025 were electric, more than double the share from just four years earlier
The International Energy Agency (IEA) just published its latest annual Global EV Outlook. It provides estimates for electric vehicle sales in 2025.
One in four (25%) cars sold in 2025 were electric, more than double the share from just four years earlier
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April 23, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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Perhaps the ribosomes are really in charge and everything else is just along for the ride?
Consider the Selfish Ribosome
www.science.org
April 22, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Perhaps the ribosomes are really in charge and everything else is just along for the ride?
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You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
YouTube video by Technology Connections
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January 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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The class ends with a discussion of what AI alignment means in a pluralistic world, and -- now that students understand it well enough -- a critique of the descriptive and normative validity of standard theories of rationality.
bsky.app/profile/xuan...
bsky.app/profile/xuan...
A summary of the paper we wrote up on The Other Site -- we argue that AI alignment has to move beyond a conception of alignment that is focused on human preferences / utility / reward!
twitter.com/xuanalogue/s...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The class ends with a discussion of what AI alignment means in a pluralistic world, and -- now that students understand it well enough -- a critique of the descriptive and normative validity of standard theories of rationality.
bsky.app/profile/xuan...
bsky.app/profile/xuan...
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🚨Out in PNAS🚨
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨Out in PNAS🚨
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Across social media sites, political posting is tightly linked to affective #polarization - the most partisan users post the most
As casual users disengage & polarized partisans remain vocal, the online public sphere grows smaller, sharper, and more ideologically extreme
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
As casual users disengage & polarized partisans remain vocal, the online public sphere grows smaller, sharper, and more ideologically extreme
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
October 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Across social media sites, political posting is tightly linked to affective #polarization - the most partisan users post the most
As casual users disengage & polarized partisans remain vocal, the online public sphere grows smaller, sharper, and more ideologically extreme
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
As casual users disengage & polarized partisans remain vocal, the online public sphere grows smaller, sharper, and more ideologically extreme
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
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Finland has a goal to be net zero GHG emissions by 2035.
Emissions were declining, the LULUCF removals were strong, the plan was looking good, but then LULUCF collapsed.
Net GHG emissions have actually risen over the last decade!
www.treasuryfinland.fi/investor-rel...
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Emissions were declining, the LULUCF removals were strong, the plan was looking good, but then LULUCF collapsed.
Net GHG emissions have actually risen over the last decade!
www.treasuryfinland.fi/investor-rel...
1/
October 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Finland has a goal to be net zero GHG emissions by 2035.
Emissions were declining, the LULUCF removals were strong, the plan was looking good, but then LULUCF collapsed.
Net GHG emissions have actually risen over the last decade!
www.treasuryfinland.fi/investor-rel...
1/
Emissions were declining, the LULUCF removals were strong, the plan was looking good, but then LULUCF collapsed.
Net GHG emissions have actually risen over the last decade!
www.treasuryfinland.fi/investor-rel...
1/
Health effects of cash transfers: Evidence from the Finnish basic income experiment
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Psychotropic drug use decreased by 8 %–11 %, with suggestive evidence of fewer outpatient visits due to mental health issues. #UBI #Economics
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Psychotropic drug use decreased by 8 %–11 %, with suggestive evidence of fewer outpatient visits due to mental health issues. #UBI #Economics
Health effects of cash transfers: Evidence from the Finnish basic income experiment
This study provides causal evidence that cash transfer programs have the potential to alleviate the income–health trap in advanced countries. We analy…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Health effects of cash transfers: Evidence from the Finnish basic income experiment
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Psychotropic drug use decreased by 8 %–11 %, with suggestive evidence of fewer outpatient visits due to mental health issues. #UBI #Economics
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Psychotropic drug use decreased by 8 %–11 %, with suggestive evidence of fewer outpatient visits due to mental health issues. #UBI #Economics
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Unmet medical needs due to financial reasons, long waiting list or distance 2024.
1. Greece (21.9%)
2. Finland (12.4%)
#finland #inequality #healthcare #politiikka #EU #EUstat
1. Greece (21.9%)
2. Finland (12.4%)
#finland #inequality #healthcare #politiikka #EU #EUstat
August 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Unmet medical needs due to financial reasons, long waiting list or distance 2024.
1. Greece (21.9%)
2. Finland (12.4%)
#finland #inequality #healthcare #politiikka #EU #EUstat
1. Greece (21.9%)
2. Finland (12.4%)
#finland #inequality #healthcare #politiikka #EU #EUstat
Unmet medical needs due to financial reasons, long waiting list or distance 2024.
1. Greece (21.9%)
2. Finland (12.4%)
#finland #inequality #healthcare #politiikka #EU #EUstat
1. Greece (21.9%)
2. Finland (12.4%)
#finland #inequality #healthcare #politiikka #EU #EUstat
August 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Unmet medical needs due to financial reasons, long waiting list or distance 2024.
1. Greece (21.9%)
2. Finland (12.4%)
#finland #inequality #healthcare #politiikka #EU #EUstat
1. Greece (21.9%)
2. Finland (12.4%)
#finland #inequality #healthcare #politiikka #EU #EUstat
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Yllättävän vähän näkee julkista keskustelua siitä, miten EU pyrkii romuttamaan kansalaisten yksityisyyttä ja viestinnän luottamuksellisuutta. Mistä perusarvoista luovumme seuraavaksi? www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/cha...
Chat Control: The EU's CSAM scanner proposal
🇫🇷 French: Traduction du dossier Chat Control 2.0 🇸🇪 Swedish: Chat Control 2.0🇳🇱 Dutch: Chatcontrole
The End of the Privacy of Digital Correspondence
Take action to stop Chat Cont...
www.patrick-breyer.de
August 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Yllättävän vähän näkee julkista keskustelua siitä, miten EU pyrkii romuttamaan kansalaisten yksityisyyttä ja viestinnän luottamuksellisuutta. Mistä perusarvoista luovumme seuraavaksi? www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/cha...
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Selittää pitkälle suhdetta myös julkiseen velkaan:
"Americans see debtors as market participants who sometimes need a "fresh start" --. Norwegians and Swedes as citizens with temporary economic problems [and] Finns as moral failures who must prove their worthiness through prolonged suffering."
"Americans see debtors as market participants who sometimes need a "fresh start" --. Norwegians and Swedes as citizens with temporary economic problems [and] Finns as moral failures who must prove their worthiness through prolonged suffering."
In Finland? A Theoretical Tourist's Guide to Debt Enforcement
"Purpose of visit?" the border officer asked.
"We're on holiday," we replied.
"In Finland?" came the response, with that particular Nordic mix of genuine puzzlement and polite concern that maybe we'...
www.greyledger.org
August 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Selittää pitkälle suhdetta myös julkiseen velkaan:
"Americans see debtors as market participants who sometimes need a "fresh start" --. Norwegians and Swedes as citizens with temporary economic problems [and] Finns as moral failures who must prove their worthiness through prolonged suffering."
"Americans see debtors as market participants who sometimes need a "fresh start" --. Norwegians and Swedes as citizens with temporary economic problems [and] Finns as moral failures who must prove their worthiness through prolonged suffering."
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We built the simplest possible social media platform. No algorithms. No ads. Just LLM agents posting and following.
It still became a polarization machine.
Then we tried six interventions to fix social media.
The results were… not what we expected.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
It still became a polarization machine.
Then we tried six interventions to fix social media.
The results were… not what we expected.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
Can We Fix Social Media? Testing Prosocial Interventions using Generative Social Simulation
Social media platforms have been widely linked to societal harms, including rising polarization and the erosion of constructive debate. Can these problems be mitigated through prosocial interventions?...
arxiv.org
August 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
We built the simplest possible social media platform. No algorithms. No ads. Just LLM agents posting and following.
It still became a polarization machine.
Then we tried six interventions to fix social media.
The results were… not what we expected.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
It still became a polarization machine.
Then we tried six interventions to fix social media.
The results were… not what we expected.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
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Russian MS001 operates fully autonomously. Powered by the NVIDIA Jetson Orin with 67 trillion Tensor FLOPS. It's autonomous, adaptive, and target-selective.
balticsentinel.eu/8284227/ukra...
#nvidia #russia #ukraine #robotics #military #war #ai
balticsentinel.eu/8284227/ukra...
#nvidia #russia #ukraine #robotics #military #war #ai
Ukraine Uncovers NVIDIA Chip in Russian Drone, Turning It Into a Digital Predator Capable of Autonomous Targeting and Engagement
Ukraine Uncovers NVIDIA Chip in Russian Drone, Turning It Into a Digital Predator Capable of Autonomous Targeting and Engagement
balticsentinel.eu
July 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Russian MS001 operates fully autonomously. Powered by the NVIDIA Jetson Orin with 67 trillion Tensor FLOPS. It's autonomous, adaptive, and target-selective.
balticsentinel.eu/8284227/ukra...
#nvidia #russia #ukraine #robotics #military #war #ai
balticsentinel.eu/8284227/ukra...
#nvidia #russia #ukraine #robotics #military #war #ai
Ukraine Uncovers NVIDIA Chip in Russian Drone, Turning It Into a Digital Predator Capable of Autonomous Targeting and Engagement
Ukraine Uncovers NVIDIA Chip in Russian Drone, Turning It Into a Digital Predator Capable of Autonomous Targeting and Engagement
balticsentinel.eu
July 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
A new Finnish flavor of feline coat coloration, “salmiak,” is associated with a 95-kb deletion downstream of the KIT gene
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#finland #cats #genetics #feline #suomi #salmiak #salmiakki
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#finland #cats #genetics #feline #suomi #salmiak #salmiakki
July 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A new Finnish flavor of feline coat coloration, “salmiak,” is associated with a 95-kb deletion downstream of the KIT gene
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#finland #cats #genetics #feline #suomi #salmiak #salmiakki
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#finland #cats #genetics #feline #suomi #salmiak #salmiakki