This Week’s Cuttings
Sand is more fascinating than you think (unless you think it’s really fascinating, obviously). Fun fact: Saudi Arabia imports sand from Australia.
Following on from last week, it’s not just in New York that there are reasons to feel good about crime, it’s all over the US! But people feel it’s going up so we can forget the facts.
Crime in 2023: Murder Plummeted, Violent and Property Crime Likely Fell Nationally (substack.com)
It’s seems that much like the poor, the rich are always with us.
You know what’s feeling unloved? The discount window, that’s what. It wants to lose it’s association with financial collapse and be all warm and welcoming.
Something else that might be more loveable than you thought — China’s belt and road policy!
While attempts to compete with/supplement it are struggling.
Saudi plans to pivot into being a normal country rather than oil rentiers are also struggling. It’s harder to construct an entire industry top down than you might think.
One of the oddest and most irritating fronts of the culture wars, is reactionary incels eulogising thatched cottages an gargoyles. It seems it’s spreading to real architecture, but it’s superficial and ignorant.
Warm concrete that can melt snow and ice. No, really.
Drexel University researches alternative to road salt — WHYY
And finally, one of those stories that make you almost yearn for the apocalypse.
Pez keeps ahead of the game with new personalised edition for ISM — Confectionery Production
