Thursday assorted links

1. Nowrasteh and Bourne on DOGE.

2. “The paradox of India: Punjab is over 60% vegetarian, but Tandoori chicken and butter chicken are its most popular dishes outside the state. Tamil Nadu is less than 1% vegetarian, but its “pure veg” idly, dosa, sambhar, pongal, etc are its most popular dishes outside the state.”  Link here.

3. Trump’s remarks on the Kennedy Center (NYT).

4. Helsinki architecture (NYT).

5. “Our findings indicate that the shale gas boom reduced average U.S. annual green house gas emissions per capita by 7.5%.”

6. By decisive margins, Americans want Trump to adhere to court rulings.