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Taiwan becomes top importer of Russian naphtha, with derivatives sold to European countries that back sanctions: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/02/taiwan-becomes-top-importer-of.html

Taiwan becomes leading importer of Russian naphtha in first half of 2025, report says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/01/taiwan-becomes-leading-importer-of.html

Article doesn't say if the capacity for remotely-disabling machines is something the government ordinarily wants?
Basically any device that can receive remote firmware/software updates from a manufacturer can be remotely disabled - intentionally or otherwise.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/…

UK asks cyberspies to probe whether Chinese buses can be switched off remotely
: Norwegian testers claim maker has remote access, while UK importer says supplier complies with the law

ahahahaha https://www.semafor.com/article/10/29/2025/british-newspaper-spoke-to-the-wrong-deblasio-not-an-imposter

Triadic Network Formation
Chris Muris, Cavit Pakel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26420 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.26420

Triadic Network Formation
We study estimation and inference for triadic link formation with dyad-level fixed effects in a nonlinear binary choice logit framework. Dyad-level effects provide a richer and more realistic representation of heterogeneity across pairs of dimensions (e.g. importer--exporter, importer--product, exporter--product), yet their sheer number creates a severe incidental parameter problem. We propose a novel ``hexad logit'' estimator and establish its consistency and asymptotic normality. Identificati…