the 300,000th icelander

...was born this morning at 7:20, according to Morgunblaðið. That kid wins a jacked-up Land Cruiser and a lifetime supply of skyr. Actually, no parents are laying claim to the actual 300,000th Icelander; the estimate is based on statistical averages. Iceland is adding infant Bubbi fans at the rate of around one every two hours, and losing about five people a day to old age.