Tuesday assorted links

1. China fact of the day: “The 10 MSAs *hardest hit* by the China Shock all had positive real wage growth since 2001.”  And: “Is that just average wage growth? No! Read the post. It’s positive growth at the median. And the 10th percentile. And the 25th, 75th, 90th percentile… across the distribution.”

2. “These Restaurants, Salons and Workouts Are Free for Hot People—if They Post About Them.” (WSJ)

3. A critique of how economic history is evolving.  Column version here.

4. It seems chess.com bans 100,000 cheaters every month?

5. How AI can teach general education requirements, with specifics.  And Gemini has gold medal results in the IMO.  And how AI can help solve cyber problems.

6. More on the potential alchemy transmutation into gold claims (FT).  Seems to be real!