Bo Jacobs Strom
@bojs.bsky.social
Econ Predoc at LSE. Public and Labour. Posting about econ, policy, and politics. Jewish, posting about that too. Views own etc.
https://bo-js.github.io
https://bo-js.github.io
Of those I've played (all bangers btw):
1. Disco Elysium
2. Papers, Please
3. Hades
4. Fallout: New Vegas
5. Half-Life 2
6. Pentiment
7. Baldur's Gate 3
8. Wolfenstein: The New Order
9. Balatro
1. Disco Elysium
2. Papers, Please
3. Hades
4. Fallout: New Vegas
5. Half-Life 2
6. Pentiment
7. Baldur's Gate 3
8. Wolfenstein: The New Order
9. Balatro
Of the 31 games that won the 'now' votes, rank as many as you can. That could be just voting for your favourite, or a top 3, or 10, or just go mad and rank all 31.
I will NOT count ties
I will NOT count the same game in multiple ranks
If you need help deciding: czeckd.github.io/preference-r...
I will NOT count ties
I will NOT count the same game in multiple ranks
If you need help deciding: czeckd.github.io/preference-r...
January 14, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Of those I've played (all bangers btw):
1. Disco Elysium
2. Papers, Please
3. Hades
4. Fallout: New Vegas
5. Half-Life 2
6. Pentiment
7. Baldur's Gate 3
8. Wolfenstein: The New Order
9. Balatro
1. Disco Elysium
2. Papers, Please
3. Hades
4. Fallout: New Vegas
5. Half-Life 2
6. Pentiment
7. Baldur's Gate 3
8. Wolfenstein: The New Order
9. Balatro
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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As Alex Harrowell says, the saving grace of the Office for Budget Responsibility is that they are the only people prepared to tell the British public the truth about immigration.
The immigration doom loop in full swing.
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
January 10, 2026 at 12:07 PM
As Alex Harrowell says, the saving grace of the Office for Budget Responsibility is that they are the only people prepared to tell the British public the truth about immigration.
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The immigration doom loop in full swing.
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
January 10, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The immigration doom loop in full swing.
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
New evidence showing permanent residency strongly increases migrants labour market performance. Meanwhile the UK government is making permanent residence much harder to come-by, instead keeping people on temporary firm-sponsored visas. This is not a good way to build a well-integrated labour market.
When temporary foreign workers in Canada obtain permanent residency it leads to increased job mobility, earnings, and sorting into high-wage firms, from Kory Kroft, Isaac Norwich, Matthew J. Notowidigdo, and Stephen Tino www.nber.org/papers/w34630
January 8, 2026 at 4:14 PM
New evidence showing permanent residency strongly increases migrants labour market performance. Meanwhile the UK government is making permanent residence much harder to come-by, instead keeping people on temporary firm-sponsored visas. This is not a good way to build a well-integrated labour market.
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Always look under the bonnet of polls before reaching sweeping conclusions.
Even in this poll, left bloc voters are (a) less likely to say they'll vote(b) more likely to say don't know. Ergo more are taken out the sample and/or re-modelled.
Many left bloc voters aren't switching, they are hiding !
Even in this poll, left bloc voters are (a) less likely to say they'll vote(b) more likely to say don't know. Ergo more are taken out the sample and/or re-modelled.
Many left bloc voters aren't switching, they are hiding !
January 8, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Always look under the bonnet of polls before reaching sweeping conclusions.
Even in this poll, left bloc voters are (a) less likely to say they'll vote(b) more likely to say don't know. Ergo more are taken out the sample and/or re-modelled.
Many left bloc voters aren't switching, they are hiding !
Even in this poll, left bloc voters are (a) less likely to say they'll vote(b) more likely to say don't know. Ergo more are taken out the sample and/or re-modelled.
Many left bloc voters aren't switching, they are hiding !
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Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
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Loved Marty Supreme. The flashback is highly divisive but key to the movie and to Marty, both of which exist and only make sense in the shadow of the Holocaust — which in the 1952-3 setting isn’t old news or a Hollywood trope. 1/x
January 1, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Loved Marty Supreme. The flashback is highly divisive but key to the movie and to Marty, both of which exist and only make sense in the shadow of the Holocaust — which in the 1952-3 setting isn’t old news or a Hollywood trope. 1/x
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A new paper by George Borjas—who served this past year in the Trump White House designing some of its anti-immigration policies—claims to display evidence of ideological bias among researchers who study immigration.
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
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doi.org/10.1126/scia...
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January 6, 2026 at 7:59 PM
A new paper by George Borjas—who served this past year in the Trump White House designing some of its anti-immigration policies—claims to display evidence of ideological bias among researchers who study immigration.
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
🧵 Thread—>
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
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BBC Newsnight giving a softball interview to a far-right blogger who identifies Jews by "the name and the nose". Any comment @boardofdeputies.bsky.social? I won't hold my breath.
January 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
BBC Newsnight giving a softball interview to a far-right blogger who identifies Jews by "the name and the nose". Any comment @boardofdeputies.bsky.social? I won't hold my breath.
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Excellent piece by @stephenkb.bsky.social. UK citizenship is a right for those who qualify, not a privilege. If you have it, you are entitled to the full protection of the British state - at home and abroad. What you believe and what you say are entirely irrelevant. Anything else is despotism.
Threatening to strip someone of their citizenship is no joke
That this Labour government seems to find Alaa Abdel Fattah’s predicament a laughing matter is unconscionable
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Excellent piece by @stephenkb.bsky.social. UK citizenship is a right for those who qualify, not a privilege. If you have it, you are entitled to the full protection of the British state - at home and abroad. What you believe and what you say are entirely irrelevant. Anything else is despotism.
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A justifiably scathing conclusion to a justifiably scathing newsletter from @stephenkb.bsky.social today (I also love his observation that this government can’t tell “barnacle from boat”).
www.ft.com/content/0e12...
www.ft.com/content/0e12...
January 6, 2026 at 10:31 AM
A justifiably scathing conclusion to a justifiably scathing newsletter from @stephenkb.bsky.social today (I also love his observation that this government can’t tell “barnacle from boat”).
www.ft.com/content/0e12...
www.ft.com/content/0e12...
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And the reasons for that are not hard to find - Starmer’s unpopularity among left-liberals is the logical, arguably even intended consequence of 18 months of comms and policy which alienates and angers left-liberals while winning over no one on right. This is the cake his team have baked themselves.
December 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
And the reasons for that are not hard to find - Starmer’s unpopularity among left-liberals is the logical, arguably even intended consequence of 18 months of comms and policy which alienates and angers left-liberals while winning over no one on right. This is the cake his team have baked themselves.
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I think the key to answering this question is understanding Starmer/Reeves unpopularity among natural allies. A majority of Laboir voters disapprove of him, as do large majorities of LD/Green voters. Hostility from natural political opponents is normal. Hostility from natural supporters is not.
Glad the FT is asking the question. Even if I’m not convinced they found a compelling answer.
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.
www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.
www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
Allies concede the prime minister and chancellor have made mistakes yet the level of disdain towards them is still striking
www.ft.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I think the key to answering this question is understanding Starmer/Reeves unpopularity among natural allies. A majority of Laboir voters disapprove of him, as do large majorities of LD/Green voters. Hostility from natural political opponents is normal. Hostility from natural supporters is not.
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Good interview in the paper, this. I think Sadiq is right: London 'needs' to be less successful than it is for a bunch of political arguments here in the UK to work, hence the fictions being invented about it:
Populists attack London because it is ‘progressive and successful’, says Sadiq Khan
Rightwing attacks on one of the world’s most visited cities at odds with reality, says mayor
www.ft.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Good interview in the paper, this. I think Sadiq is right: London 'needs' to be less successful than it is for a bunch of political arguments here in the UK to work, hence the fictions being invented about it:
We return again to one of the classic US-UK disconnects, our politics of religiosity are really very different!
December 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We return again to one of the classic US-UK disconnects, our politics of religiosity are really very different!
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With tightening immigration policies, the EU is moving towards a Eurokafala system where migrants are constantly brought in to make up for labour shortages, but also constantly abused as second-class citizens.
www.ft.com/content/4329...
www.ft.com/content/4329...
Europe’s second-class citizens
Countries that looked down on the Gulf’s ‘kafala’ system are edging closer to creating their own
www.ft.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
With tightening immigration policies, the EU is moving towards a Eurokafala system where migrants are constantly brought in to make up for labour shortages, but also constantly abused as second-class citizens.
www.ft.com/content/4329...
www.ft.com/content/4329...
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December 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
It's time has finally come
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It's time has finally come
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We are horrified and shaken in the wake of the mass shooting at a Chanukah event in Bondi this evening, which has left at least ten people dead and injured many more.
This is the first night of Chanukah when we gather with loved ones and friends to light the Chanukiah. 1/4
This is the first night of Chanukah when we gather with loved ones and friends to light the Chanukiah. 1/4
December 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We are horrified and shaken in the wake of the mass shooting at a Chanukah event in Bondi this evening, which has left at least ten people dead and injured many more.
This is the first night of Chanukah when we gather with loved ones and friends to light the Chanukiah. 1/4
This is the first night of Chanukah when we gather with loved ones and friends to light the Chanukiah. 1/4
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Great to get this new research out. We find that following cuts to non-health benefit income cause more people to claim disability benefits.
"The big-picture lesson for policymakers is that changes to one part of the benefit system can shift pressures elsewhere, rather than remove them entirely."
📗 Read our report, funded by @jrf-uk.bsky.social and @healthfoundation.bsky.social, here: ifs.org.uk/publications...
📗 Read our report, funded by @jrf-uk.bsky.social and @healthfoundation.bsky.social, here: ifs.org.uk/publications...
December 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Great to get this new research out. We find that following cuts to non-health benefit income cause more people to claim disability benefits.
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I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
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incredible quote lol
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
incredible quote lol