Grok-SpaceX's listing makes a new Open Markets Institute report uncomfortably relevant. It asks a deceptively simple question: when we ask an AI tool a question, are we getting an answer that serves our interests — or one filtered through the interests of its owner? bit.ly/4uHjuLi

Asylum trap 2️⃣. Asylum policy measured by processing speed and backlogs alone cause problems in housing markets, local services, and communities. Until those are part of the same picture, faster decisions risk homeless refugees. bit.ly/3QlobfF

Asylum trap 1️⃣. Process claims slowly and backlogged applicants fill temporary accommodation for longer, driving costs higher. Process them faster and risk anger over open borders. How's the EU coping? bit.ly/4vo1XsM

Election threat 2️⃣. Full Fact's 2026 annual report describes an information environment that leaves voters less able to identify or resist manipulation. bit.ly/4ou3evq

Threat to elections 1️⃣. Check Point's Midterm report documents attack infrastructure ready for November: thousands of election-themed websites, thousands of leaked fundraising credentials, darkweb posts, and AI-assisted influence operations. bit.ly/43IDzWt

Choking on oil. Just 12 banks ➡️ ~40% of all fossil fuel financing & the number of borrowers is small, suggesting another kind of choke point in the oil market. As one energy investment analyst puts it: they "keep getting bailed out by wars." bit.ly/43H5dmF

Hormuz: when the analyst got it right. A wonderfully written note argues that whatever the headlines, reopening the strait will take weeks. A case study in how to think through a polycrisis when the news cycle is moving faster than the underlying reality. bit.ly/4gwb7yq

We ❤️ policies that improve lives. A charity realised that housing and employment should be tackled together. They offered young people accommodation at affordable rents if they stayed in work or education. What happened next? ➡️ bit.ly/3QxZ6hs

Deadheading, when empty taxis seek fares (which they do 40% of the time), is plainly inefficient and contributes to urban congestion. So do robotaxis deadhead less? The data says not. bit.ly/4vBa2tw

With the soccer World Cup kicking off today, Goldman Sachs has done what Goldman Sachs does: used its models to forecast the winner. If you don't want to know the result, you should look away now . . . bit.ly/3POoTlq

More cops. Less cops. Does it matter? A detailed study from @Niskanen Center uses DC's crime data and the 2025 National Guard deployment as a natural experiment to find out. Its findings are striking. There are lessons here for every policed community. bit.ly/4evUSA3

To offset today's use of ChatGPT you'd need 2.6 million tree seedlings grown for 10 years, enough water for 500,000 people in Africa and land the size of Manhattan. Geography, governance and justice are AI's societal frontiers. bit.ly/49K2QTI

Trump's 'America First' administration has broken the international consensus on trade, energy security, climate finance and aid. How should countries respond, especially in the light of China’s long-term resistance to some international norms? @ChathamHouse bit.ly/3Q3rFmT

The WhatsApp world order. If you feel that governments around the world are losing their relevance, you'd be right. That's according to @DavidHenig who has written a fascinating single-essay diagnosis of where power really lies in the global economy. bit.ly/3PMZpow

Hormuz: a systemic turning point? The US-Iran-Israel conflict and the militarisation of the Strait of #Hormuz is better understood as a systemic turning point than a regional crisis. bit.ly/3Q2lwax

The digital trade data heist A sharp new paper from the South Centre argues that trade agreements are quietly kneecapping governments' ability to regulate their own data. coilink.org/20.500.1259...

Research libraries. Your strategic question of the decade - are you making the most of your collection? Your special collections, digitised archives and curated corpora can't be replicated by AI. Can you leverage that advantage? coilink.org/20.500.1259...

What happens when you banish cows? A former dairy farm is being rewilded and the first results are very promising. Small mammals are back, as are more birds. The report also outlines a long-term monitoring framework to evaluate rewilding. coilink.org/20.500.1259...

Why are Europe's firms slow AI adopters? Research suggests that management encouragment explains US leadership over Europe. The bad news is that early leaders are pulling further ahead, so gaps are widening rather than closing. coilink.org/20.500.1259...

Agriculture in Gaza Before the war, agriculture was 11% of Gaza's GDP, approximately $638 million, and employed ~50,000 people. Now, just 4% of cropland and 17% of glasshouses are undamaged, irrigation systems no longer work and seeds are unobtainable. coilink.org/20.500.1259...

The state of carbon dioxide removal - dire If global warming is to be stopped, carbon dioxide levels must come down - and they aren't. Worse, current efforts to capture carbon lag the promises made by countries. coilink.org/20.500.1259...

Industrial magic or unfair competition? @OECD has just released a new report detailing industrial subsidies - which amounted to $108BN in 2024. No surprise that 🇨🇳 subsidises the most, but finding that subsidised firms grow faster is food for thought. coilink.org/20.500.1259...

Like C20th newspaper barons, C21st platform owners can boost preferred candidates. This important report concludes that without reformed business models and EU digital sovereignty, algorithms will continue to undermine democratic legitimacy. coilink.org/20.500.1259...

In Australia, >25% have a side hustle. A nation of entrepreneurs in the making? No b/c most are responding to cost-of-living pressures, not entrepreneurial ambition. In fact Australia ranks 68/69 in IMD World Competitive Yearbook. That’s a side hustle Canberra won’t like. coilink.org/20.500.1259...

OpenAI's policy paper calls for worker protections, wealth-sharing funds, and serious AI governance. The ideas are more substantive than you'd expect. They also call for strong regulation of frontier AI. Fine for them but it might create a moat for new entrants. coilink.org/20.500.1259...

The state of AI in gaming 🎲. A major new report from International Gaming Institute reckons the industry isn't ready for AI. The report is the first data-driven baseline for AI adoption across global gambling, and what it reveals about prediction markets is worrying. coilink.org/20.500.1259...

🦅 Golden eagles in England? A new feasibility report from Forestry England reckons golden eagles could soar over English skies again. But the report is frank: sustained work with landowners and gamekeepers is essential to keep persecution from making a comeback. coilink.org/20.500.1259...

Birds miss blades. Evidence #2: prepared by BioConsult, studied wind turbines and migratory birds at the Windtestfeld Nord site. It found that over 99 percent of birds flew safely by, even when the blades were turning fast. coilink.org/20.500.1259...

Birds miss blades. Evidence #1: prepared by the Biodiversity Consultancy. Cameras tracked 2,007 birds passing close to a North Sea turbine. There were no confirmed bird strikes. coilink.org/20.500.1259...

🚀 Can you show that your research impacts society? Most researchers can't — not because the impact isn't there, but because the tools to show it weren't. Until now. Coherent Impact launches in beta today. coherentdigital.net/products/co... #ResearchImpact #HigherEducation