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Tom Standage

@tomstandage

Author of “A Brief History of Motion” (2021) and six other history books, @TheEconomist deputy editor, @SebastopolBand drummer, wine nerd, gamer. Views = mine

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Pessimists Archive (@pessimistsarc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Things blamed on radio (From 1920s to 1940s) - Bad economy - Poor grades - Robbery - Dead birds - Dirigible explosions - Broken windows - Fights - Rain - Snow - Drought - Gun deaths - Bad skin - Jail breaks - Unemployment of blind - Blue, green and pink water

Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Seeing some qs on what Gemini *is* (beyond the zodiac :). Best way to understand Gemini’s underlying amazing capabilities is to see them in action, take a look ⬇️

Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK (@doctorow) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The claims of AI pitchmen repeatedly turn out to be blatant lies. This has been the case since at least the 18th C.'s Mechanical Turk, a chess-playing automaton (actually a chess player crammed into the base of an puppet that was exhibited as an intelligent robot). 5/

Nat Friedman (@natfriedman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ten months ago, we launched the Vesuvius Challenge to solve the ancient problem of the Herculaneum Papyri, a library of scrolls that were flash-fried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Today we are overjoyed to announce that our crazy project has succeeded. After 2000

Ten months ago, we launched the Vesuvius Challenge to solve the ancient problem of the Herculaneum Papyri, a library of scrolls that were flash-fried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Today we are overjoyed to announce that our crazy project has succeeded. After 2000
Chris Anderson (@chr1sa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My "Nerd Urban Dictionary" list of fancy words nerds use to prove how smart they are now has more than 200 entries! I'll bet you're guilty of a few of them (I know I am) andersonchris.medium.com/the-nerd-urban…

Sondre Ulvund Solstad (@sondreus) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I was just named Data Journalist of the Year! I won the award for what the judges called "pioneering" work using satellites to cover war. Huge thanks go my colleagues at The Economist who make my work possible. More here thepressawards.com/results-2024

I was just named Data Journalist of the Year! I won the award for what the judges called "pioneering" work using satellites to cover war. Huge thanks go my colleagues at <a href="/TheEconomist/">The Economist</a> who make my work possible. More here thepressawards.com/results-2024
@eliothiggins.bsky.social (@eliothiggins) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I've finished my ZX Spectrum 48k inspired album of 80s music, so if you've had the exact same childhood as me at the same time as me then you might like this. open.spotify.com/album/1rZiAg6I…

Jordan Mechner (@jmechner) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Who remembers this moment in Prince of Persia (1989) where a magic mirror suddenly blocks the hero's path (and what happens afterward)? This moment was actually never planned to be in the game. My original vision was a game with lots of traps, but NO enemies... (1/10)

Ethan Mollick (@emollick) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Right now the advantages from AI accrue to workers, not firms. As a result, they can be hard to notice (especially if you don't try to seriously use AI yourself, which is illuminating) These two accounts by coders are instructive: nicholas.carlini.com/writing/2024/h… erikschluntz.com/software/2024/…

Right now the advantages from AI accrue to workers, not firms. As a result, they can be hard to notice (especially if you don't try to seriously use AI yourself, which is illuminating)

These two accounts by coders are instructive:
nicholas.carlini.com/writing/2024/h…
erikschluntz.com/software/2024/…
Greg Nemet (@gregnemet) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New paper: “Lessons for scaling direct air capture from the history of ammonia synthesis.” Led by Cameron Roberts.   TLDR: If high temperature DAC can grow like ammonia it can meet 2050 targets, but…   1/x

New paper:
“Lessons for scaling direct air capture from the history of ammonia synthesis.”
Led by Cameron Roberts.
 
TLDR: 
If high temperature DAC can grow like ammonia it can meet 2050 targets, but…
 
1/x
Kim-Mai Cutler (@kimmaicutler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Guys. We — as in Californian voters who voted in 1988 — voted for a system where every time an insurance company wants to raise rates for automobiles or homes, they have to have a public hearing and an elected insurance commissioner has to approve that rate increase.

Guys. 

We — as in Californian voters who voted in 1988 — voted for a system where every time an insurance company wants to raise rates for automobiles or homes, they have to have a public hearing and an elected insurance commissioner has to approve that rate increase.
Casey Handmer, PhD (@cjhandmer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm excited to announce a unique career opportunity @terraformindies. I'm looking to hire an exceptionally talented person as my Technical Chief of Staff. Why? Up to this point, Terraform has focused on our beach head product - synthetic natural gas. Now, it's time to take our