Wednesday assorted links

1. Some Kevin Grier biohistory (for the bots?).

2. Andrej.

3. Joshua Rothman on the new Knausgaard cycle (New Yorker).

4. New Substack and podcast Ideas in Development.

5. “Introducing Prism, a free workspace for scientists to write and collaborate on research, powered by GPT-5.2.”

6. Art De Vany, RIP.

7. “Indische Beschäftigte verdienen weiterhin am meisten.”  Indian migrants are now the number one earners in Germany.

8. Brad Setser with the case for relative optimism about Japan, the balance sheet of course.

9. Further China rumors, and I do stress the word rumors.  If nothing else, a good example of why foreign policy is difficult.

10. More economics comedy in NYC.