1. Plane crashes are still on a downward trend.
2. 2015 Matt Yglesias on whether American democracy is doomed.
3. 3.1%.
4. Does technology do more to help submarine tracking or submarine autonomy?
6. The actual budget news: House Republicans reluctant to cut Medicaid. And does the bond market believe in DOGE?
7. It seems China has passed peak fuel consumption!? (Bloomberg)
8. Germany’s trains are less punctual than Britain’s (FT).
9. Are the independent agencies still independent? I agree with Matt: “My guess is that in the long run, bringing independent agencies more closely under presidential control is going to make policy outcomes more left-wing.”
10. FTC following the Lina Khan merger guidelines.
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