Saturday assorted links

1. John Brennan clarifies on UAPs.

2. “For the rest of the world, including Europe, wide adoption of US dollar stablecoins for payment purposes would be equivalent to the privatization of seigniorage by global actors,” notes Hélène Rey, an economist, who fears rising “tax evasion” and “lower demand for non-US government bonds”.  FT link here.

3. “Puffins have been seen on the Isle of Muck in County Antrim for the first time in years, after a major scheme to remove invasive brown rats.”  Link here.

4. Friction was the feature.

5. Is there some economic recovery in Nigeria?

6. Charles Murray on finding religion.

7. Ross Douthat with Paul Kingsnorth (NYT).