Heads up: Comments will be closed on the blog this week, as part of sorting out the internal plumbing. Sorry about that. Back up next week
Too hot to read last week, so here are some graphics
Yes, it was indeed very hot (ht Peter Anthony for the Caravaggio)
Here’s NASA’s climate spiral to prove it
In the 30 countries surveyed in the past decade, dissatisfaction with democracy has increased by 8 percentage points on average. Though Africans remain resolute in their support for democracy
In case you’re not sufficiently freaked out by artificial intelligence and technology more generally, take a look at “How Normal Am I?” (I’m 67% normal, apparently – disappointingly high) ht Ruth Levine
Thinking fast v slow (ht Kareem Carr)
Covid vaccine figures lay bare global inequality as global target missed
If you haven’t been following the hearings into the 6th Jan 2021 Capitol attack, here’s an 8m highlights reel