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Alex Hern
Профиль VivelyAI correspondent at the Economist. I write about it, that is. I’m still human. One of literally dozens of people online who is not American.
i always like plugging two USB-C devices into each other and seeing which charges which. i figure if i do this enough eventually i'll uncover the true winner of consumer electronics
e.w. niedermeyernot the point at all, but one of the few measures of real technological progress over the last decade is the fact that you can now charge your laptop, phone, vape, sex toy, and chainsaw with the same cable
Of course, the most common example of antimemetic shielding is your uncomfortable pillow, which you remind yourself to replace every night as you go to sleep and forget about in the morning
qntmThere is a weird building halfway along your commute. Every time you pass it you look at it and think, "That place looks weird. I wonder what it is? I should find out." By the time you get where you're going you have forgotten about it. Every time Everyday example of antimemetic shielding
One of my theories about the effect of the pandemic on child development is that the long-tail affects we're seeing aren't the ones that hit the children but the ones that hit the parents. Huge chunk of school age parents who had kids 2021 or later with just massive, crippling phone problems
Gavin JacksonThe rollout of high speed internet in Uruguay worsended early childhood development. But not because the kids spent too much time in front of screens, because the parents did. cepr.org/voxeu/column...
I don’t understand you people at all but at least I got a seat on the train home
Duncan WeldonWell, here we go again. Can’t imagine this will be fun.
@tef.bsky.social saw this thought of u
Just finished the first volume of Die: Loaded and it was utterly fantastic. Stands alone from the first series, and an incredible read especially if the overlap of "goth jumanji", "parenthood" and "metafiction" sounds appealing to you goshlondon.com/die-loaded-s...
Need a sedevacantist movement to declare the 2026 World Cup final forever unplayed
The Times and Sunday TimesThe half-time break at the World Cup final is expected to be around 30 minutes long in order to accommodate Fifa’s star-studded show — breaching the maximum time of 15 minutes permitted under the Laws of the Game
bsky.app/profile/stri... ok it's not the point but why is the chair of the woodcraft fok signing this
Strike MapNEW 🚨| 22 trade union leaders, representing more than 1.3 million workers, are calling on @rockstargames.com to stop playing games with workers' rights and recognise the @gameworkers.co.uk . Read and share the letter below 👇 #Solidarity #StrikeMap