Favorites May 1st 2022: Demographics, Parking, and Ticks

Vienna, 2017

I wish I had figured out what the blue thing inside the cup is.

James Pethokoukis @JimPethokoukis

economist.com/international/… How the war in Ukraine is changing Europe’s demography from @TheEconomist

Ukraine has lost over a million to out-migration, while Russia has only lost 'thousands', but the demographics of the groups leaving are totally different.

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

Yep. The upshot of Xi and Putin being old is not "These guys have no chance to take over the world". It's "These guys have one chance to take over the world, and it's right now, so they're likely to go for it."

Woofers @NotWoofers

Also note both China and Russia have demographic crises ongoing along with other domestic problems. Time to act to secure their interests is within the next two decades. https://t.co/LMswZFtXA5

And yet more impacts of demographic shifts.

ethan winter @EthanBWinter

the extent to which so called “privacy advocates” are breaking the census is pretty shocking.

One commenter: "trying to conceal the kind of information you'd have once found in a phonebook... so much obfuscation for so little in gain." Here's the article.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost

One bite from a lone star tick can permanently end meals of beef and pork.

wapo.stThe tick that makes people allergic to red meat is in D.C.One bite from a lone star tick could cause an allergy to red meat for life.

What a strange concept! Essentially gaining an allergy from a pathogen. At the bottom of the article they mention that recent developments in growing human organs for transplant in pigs has resulted in genetically engineering them to also be edible by folks with this allergy.

Donald Shoup @DonaldShoup

Also, calculating demand based on the usage of a product that's mandated to be provided for free is a recipe for failure.

Chad Reese @ChadMReese

First, while the BBB stuff is a huge outlier, it's still the case that party/caucus REALLY matters. Here's the Senate plotted by percentage of votes with/against the president. Difference between the highest and lowest Dem Senator is only ~5%!

Not wild about his choices, but wow, high value over replacement senator right there.