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The 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...

High-speed internet and early childhood development: Causal evidence from a countrywide programmeThe rapid expansion of high-speed internet has intensified concerns about how digital technologies affect early childhood. Using the staggered rollout of fibre optic to the home in Uruguay as a natura...cepr.org

This is what Kemi Badenoch thinks happened in the 2024 general election. www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...

Yet again, the Telegraph ran a spoiler of this public interest story - based entirely on a briefing from Reform. The same as they did when Anna Isaac broke the original story. We all know whose scoop this was @annaisaac.bsky.social

I mean, this shit is called like Bonk and Magic Internet Money. As a species we've wasted way too much time, effort, money, regulatory bandwidth, political capital and computing power on this utter nonsense. The opportunity cost is huge.

Men carrying lecturns, men in shorts in the Palace of Westminster, men versus horses, and a men's slouch pouch onesie (£75.55) - it's a hot boy summer on the latest @newstatesman1913.bsky.social pod, where @willdunn.bsky.social and I round up the week!

Does Britain want another general election? | Will and Anoosh | The Politics Showshows.acast.com

Love the detail in this, like Burnham in T-shirt and trainers with Larry the Cat looking on in amusement.

🥵Why are so many Europeans/Britons unnecessarily sweating through a heatwave without cooling? Why are portable AC units so crap? The answers are both interesting and maddening. My latest on air conditioning👇 edconway.substack.com/p/the-missin...

The Missing PipeA short history of how Britain chose the wrong heating system a century ago, and why we are unnecessarily sweating our way through a heatwave in 2026edconway.substack.com

Brilliant sketch by @willdunn.bsky.social:

Thank you, Keir Starmer, nextThe podium, the emotions, Steve Bray: deposing prime ministers is starting to get a bit repetitivewww.newstatesman.com

The West End show that everyone want to see www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Shouting at the Texting Man is a West End smash: the Stephen Collins cartoon‘I was mortified but sort of loved it’www.theguardian.com

"It is not unusual for a law to be made in the expectation that most people will break it." great piece by @willdunn.bsky.social:

The social media ban won't work. It's still a good thingIf only some under-16s break the addiction, it's worth itwww.newstatesman.com