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At an airport I once saw a bunch of transcendentalists boarding a flight they’d chartered. At least I assumed they were transcendentalists because they were on a hire plane thank you please enjoy the weekend ahead.
July 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
At an airport I once saw a bunch of transcendentalists boarding a flight they’d chartered. At least I assumed they were transcendentalists because they were on a hire plane thank you please enjoy the weekend ahead.
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The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
June 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
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NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
March 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
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True story: a few years ago, I was being interviewed by a reporter for the New York Times. I mentioned the history of eviction statutes and how they tied into Jim Crow.
The reporter asked "what's Jim Crow?"
When I explained, the reporter didn't believe me and said the US wouldn't do that.
The reporter asked "what's Jim Crow?"
When I explained, the reporter didn't believe me and said the US wouldn't do that.
February 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
True story: a few years ago, I was being interviewed by a reporter for the New York Times. I mentioned the history of eviction statutes and how they tied into Jim Crow.
The reporter asked "what's Jim Crow?"
When I explained, the reporter didn't believe me and said the US wouldn't do that.
The reporter asked "what's Jim Crow?"
When I explained, the reporter didn't believe me and said the US wouldn't do that.
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"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." (Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night.)
January 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." (Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night.)
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This is why you don't design curricula around "jobs of the future".
We can't predict the future but we do know what general skills and knowledge will be valuable whatever job you do.
We can't predict the future but we do know what general skills and knowledge will be valuable whatever job you do.
‘Learn to code’
Should’ve done a proper degree like sociology or political science
Should’ve done a proper degree like sociology or political science
January 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This is why you don't design curricula around "jobs of the future".
We can't predict the future but we do know what general skills and knowledge will be valuable whatever job you do.
We can't predict the future but we do know what general skills and knowledge will be valuable whatever job you do.
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If a plea for kindness and empathy makes you furious, you might be a sociopath.
January 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
If a plea for kindness and empathy makes you furious, you might be a sociopath.
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The Telegraph gets straight to the heart of the most pressing issue of the day for most people.
December 31, 2024 at 11:54 AM
The Telegraph gets straight to the heart of the most pressing issue of the day for most people.
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Jimmy Carter lived so long that one of the authors of his New York Times obituary left the Times in 1978 and died in 2017 at the age of 87.
December 29, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Jimmy Carter lived so long that one of the authors of his New York Times obituary left the Times in 1978 and died in 2017 at the age of 87.
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To be added to the list of things Liz Truss is wrong about:
December 25, 2024 at 10:12 AM
To be added to the list of things Liz Truss is wrong about:
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A message to anyone who is spending Christmas alone this year - congratulations
December 24, 2024 at 10:41 PM
A message to anyone who is spending Christmas alone this year - congratulations
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It is time.
Tomorrow we discuss the comma in ‘God rest you merry, gentlemen’.
Sleep well ahead of this exciting annual event.
Tomorrow we discuss the comma in ‘God rest you merry, gentlemen’.
Sleep well ahead of this exciting annual event.
December 9, 2024 at 10:11 PM
It is time.
Tomorrow we discuss the comma in ‘God rest you merry, gentlemen’.
Sleep well ahead of this exciting annual event.
Tomorrow we discuss the comma in ‘God rest you merry, gentlemen’.
Sleep well ahead of this exciting annual event.
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me: you can’t fire me, I’m a whistleblower
HR: first of all, that’s a kazoo
HR: first of all, that’s a kazoo
December 6, 2024 at 4:58 PM
me: you can’t fire me, I’m a whistleblower
HR: first of all, that’s a kazoo
HR: first of all, that’s a kazoo
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"Bullshitters. Who Are They and What Do
We Know about Their Lives?"
Just read this brilliant paper that used the PISA tests to look at who bullshits.
It asked 40,000 15yos to explain a fake maths term, eg Subjunctive scaling.
So guess what it found? 🧵
We Know about Their Lives?"
Just read this brilliant paper that used the PISA tests to look at who bullshits.
It asked 40,000 15yos to explain a fake maths term, eg Subjunctive scaling.
So guess what it found? 🧵
December 6, 2024 at 8:28 AM
"Bullshitters. Who Are They and What Do
We Know about Their Lives?"
Just read this brilliant paper that used the PISA tests to look at who bullshits.
It asked 40,000 15yos to explain a fake maths term, eg Subjunctive scaling.
So guess what it found? 🧵
We Know about Their Lives?"
Just read this brilliant paper that used the PISA tests to look at who bullshits.
It asked 40,000 15yos to explain a fake maths term, eg Subjunctive scaling.
So guess what it found? 🧵
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“No worries if not” -President Yoon Suk Yeol
December 3, 2024 at 8:14 PM
“No worries if not” -President Yoon Suk Yeol
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You can tell the S Korea thing is serious because it's finally knocked Gregg Wallace off the number one spot on BBC news online.
December 3, 2024 at 3:14 PM
You can tell the S Korea thing is serious because it's finally knocked Gregg Wallace off the number one spot on BBC news online.
Accrington Stanley? WHO ARE THEY?
Liverpool have been drawn to face Accrington Stanley at Anfield in the third round of the FA Cup.
December 2, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Accrington Stanley? WHO ARE THEY?
God bless the German opera-going public, and especially the kindly woman who spotted me arriving for today’s premiere and stopped me to say “Toi toi” and hand me this! 😊🙏🏻
December 1, 2024 at 2:46 PM
God bless the German opera-going public, and especially the kindly woman who spotted me arriving for today’s premiere and stopped me to say “Toi toi” and hand me this! 😊🙏🏻
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Someone just posted a photo of the Mar-a-Lago Thanksgiving dinner and honestly, if someone served that to me on a plane in economy I'd fucking kick off.
November 30, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Someone just posted a photo of the Mar-a-Lago Thanksgiving dinner and honestly, if someone served that to me on a plane in economy I'd fucking kick off.
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BREAKING: Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested a ceasefire deal could be struck if Ukrainian territory he controls could be taken "under the NATO umbrella" - allowing him to negotiate the return of the rest later "in a diplomatic way"
news.sky.com/story/zelens...
news.sky.com/story/zelens...
Zelenskyy suggests he's prepared to end Ukraine war in return for NATO membership, even if Russia doesn't immediately return seized land
The Ukrainian president told Sky News's chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay NATO membership would have to be offered to unoccupied parts of the country in order to end the "hot phase of the war", as lon...
news.sky.com
November 29, 2024 at 6:26 PM
BREAKING: Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested a ceasefire deal could be struck if Ukrainian territory he controls could be taken "under the NATO umbrella" - allowing him to negotiate the return of the rest later "in a diplomatic way"
news.sky.com/story/zelens...
news.sky.com/story/zelens...
Absolutely fascinating the coalitions (both expected and unexpected) formed on both sides by allowing a free vote. Should happen more often imo!
🚨 Breaking:
We now have a full breakdown of how all MPs voted on the assisted dying bill:
— Keir Starmer voted in favour
— Rachel Reeves voted in favour
— Angela Rayner voted against
— Wes Streeting voted against
Full list👇
www.politics.co.uk/news/2024/11...
We now have a full breakdown of how all MPs voted on the assisted dying bill:
— Keir Starmer voted in favour
— Rachel Reeves voted in favour
— Angela Rayner voted against
— Wes Streeting voted against
Full list👇
www.politics.co.uk/news/2024/11...
How every MP voted on the assisted dying bill - Politics.co.uk
MPs voted by 330-275 — a majority of 55 — in favour of the assisted dying bill at second reading today. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill now progresses to committee stage where MPs will d...
www.politics.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Absolutely fascinating the coalitions (both expected and unexpected) formed on both sides by allowing a free vote. Should happen more often imo!
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How are they ever going to replace someone with his skill set (“eats food”)
Gregg Wallace steps away from MasterChef after allegations of misconduct
Gregg Wallace steps away from MasterChef after allegations of misconduct
BBC received ‘complaints from individuals in relation to historical allegations of misconduct’, says production company
TV presenter Gregg Wallace will be stepping away from his role on MasterChef after the BBC received complaints from individuals about…
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:12 PM
How are they ever going to replace someone with his skill set (“eats food”)
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Gregg Wallace will step away from presenting MasterChef while complaints made to the BBC from individuals about historical allegations of misconduct are investigated, the show's production company Banijay UK said.
November 28, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Gregg Wallace will step away from presenting MasterChef while complaints made to the BBC from individuals about historical allegations of misconduct are investigated, the show's production company Banijay UK said.
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Fans of a UK-US trade deal may note that the one traditional Free Trade Agreement Trump completed in his first term was with Mexico and Canada, who he is now threatening with 25% tariffs. Not a man to honour a deal, obviously.
Will be renegotiated, hard to say in what way exactly.
Will be renegotiated, hard to say in what way exactly.
November 26, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Fans of a UK-US trade deal may note that the one traditional Free Trade Agreement Trump completed in his first term was with Mexico and Canada, who he is now threatening with 25% tariffs. Not a man to honour a deal, obviously.
Will be renegotiated, hard to say in what way exactly.
Will be renegotiated, hard to say in what way exactly.