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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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@emilymbender@dair-community.social on Mastodon(@emilymbender) 's Twitter Profile Photo

With the OpenAI clownshow, there's been renewed media attention on the xrisk/'AI safety' nonsense. Personally, I've had a fresh wave of reporters asking me naive questions (+ some contacts from old hands who know how to handle ultra-rich man-children with god complexes). 🧵1/

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Natasha Loder 🐋(@natashaloder) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exclusive: Buried in the online autumn statement is a bit of news with potentially huge implications for biopharma.

The UK is going to try to create a pathway for individually customised medicines!

economist.com/britain/2023/1…

@mhra Mila's Miracle Genomics England Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre

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Rashmee Roshan Lall(@rashmeerl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

With the Los Angeles Auto Show underway, what lies ahead for ? has @TomStandage​'s riveting survey of how the automobile shaped our society; Bryan Appleyard CBE's loving look at the significance of the automobile and 3 classic road books open.substack.com/pub/thisweekth…

With the @LAAutoShow underway, what lies ahead for #cars? #thisweekthosebooks has @TomStandage​'s riveting survey of how the automobile shaped our society; @BryanAppleyard's loving look at the significance of the automobile and 3 classic road books open.substack.com/pub/thisweekth…
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Dr Emily Wilson(@EmilyRCWilson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One of the most beautiful of many sublime similes in the Iliad is the moment at the end of book 8 when the Trojans, awaiting a great victory in battle the following day, light watch-fires all over the plain --

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JP Posma(@JanPaul123) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📜 New particle accelerator scans of Herculaneum Papyri at insane resolutions. 2 scrolls, 2 fragments at 3.24/7.91µm voxel size, and incident energies of 53/70/88/105 keV. First volume: 4.1TB. 36 volumes total. ⚛️

We're gonna read these scrolls. 😌

scrollprize.substack.com/p/new-scans-of…

📜 New particle accelerator scans of Herculaneum Papyri at insane resolutions. 2 scrolls, 2 fragments at 3.24/7.91µm voxel size, and incident energies of 53/70/88/105 keV. First volume: 4.1TB. 36 volumes total. ⚛️ We're gonna read these scrolls. 😌 scrollprize.substack.com/p/new-scans-of…
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Ed Conway(@EdConwaySky) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🌊THREAD🚾
Here's the story of a battle between two men long ago whose consequences we're still living out.
It set us on the road to today's sewage system, where leaks are commonplace - in UK & cities across the world.
It's the most important story you've never been told...

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MEGA FACTCHECK

EVs are “likely crucial” for tackling transport CO2, says the IPCC – and sales are rocketing

But EVs still face relentless hostile media coverage

So, I spent the past few months debunking 21 (!) of the most common EV myths

Here it is 🧵

carbonbrief.org/factcheck-21-m…

MEGA FACTCHECK EVs are “likely crucial” for tackling transport CO2, says the IPCC – and sales are rocketing But EVs still face relentless hostile media coverage So, I spent the past few months debunking 21 (!) of the most common EV myths Here it is 🧵 carbonbrief.org/factcheck-21-m…
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Sam Freedman(@Samfr) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Was wondering whether there was this much of an attempt to deny the inevitable by Tories + their media supporters in 1996. So I looked at the Telegraph archive for Oct/Nov that year. And, yes, it's full of it. Some examples coming up...

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Nat Friedman(@natfriedman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tom Standage at the Economist has written an actually good piece about the Vesuvius Challenge:

economist.com/science-and-te…

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Nat Friedman(@natfriedman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today we are announcing a major breakthrough in the Vesuvius Challenge: we have read the first word from an unopened Herculaneum scroll.
The word is 'πορφυρας' which means 'purple dye' or 'cloths of purple.'

scrollprize.org/firstletters

Congratulations to 21yo computer science…

Today we are announcing a major breakthrough in the Vesuvius Challenge: we have read the first word from an unopened Herculaneum scroll. The word is 'πορφυρας' which means 'purple dye' or 'cloths of purple.' scrollprize.org/firstletters Congratulations to 21yo computer science…
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Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó, pioneers of mRNA, have won the Nobel prize in physiology. Listen back to our “Gamechangers” podcast from 2021, in which Dr Weissman explains the technology’s unexpected path and its potential econ.st/3tg8PNs

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Abbie Fielding-Smith(@AbbieFS) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Economist’s features section, 1843, is looking for someone to write compelling, original, human-centred stories from America for 6 months. They’ll be given the time & resources to do fantastic work & working with some of the nicest people in the biz. economist.com/news/2023/08/0…

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TOP 5 WORST MUSICAL WINES:

5. Cabernet Voltaire
4. MalBeck
3. Rosé Feliciano
2. TIE: Pinot Palladino/Zoot Horn Barolo
1. Zinfandel the Funky Homosapien

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