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Tom Standage @tomstandage.bsky.social · 12h

(This is the in-house band at The Economist, which is called “The Invisible Hands”)

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 16d

The amazing band at the @economist.com party has @alexselbyb.bsky.social on sax and @tomstandage.bsky.social on drums

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Tom Standage @tomstandage.bsky.social · 12h

Amazing analysis of car casting choices, and how they relate to character and plot. (Alas, none of my friends who are movie nerds are also car nerds)

Max Read @maxread.info · 8d

today's newsletter: a consideration of the many wonderful cars in One Battle After Another, in particular Willa's 2005 Yaris, Sensei's T-Bird Super Coupe and Bob's boosted 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R

The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R

'One Battle After Another' as a car movie

maxread.substack.com

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Opal @opalescentopal.bsky.social · Jul 27

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

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Tom Standage @tomstandage.bsky.social · Jun 23

Sorry, which post are you referring to?

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Tom Standage @tomstandage.bsky.social · Jun 13

Ooh, how does it compare with their current stuff? I like the red one

Tom Standage @tomstandage.bsky.social · May 8

Do we know where he stands on the pineapple question?

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Tom Standage @tomstandage.bsky.social · Jan 22

It’s amazing. I need to come back so I can visit more of them!

Tom Standage @tomstandage.bsky.social · Jan 21

No, not Mars. This is Rådhuset subway station, my favourite of several I saw in Stockholm last week

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Molly White @molly.wiki · Jan 20

I’m not sure people quite grasp how much of the crypto world is reacting to the Trump memecoin launches.

Trump dropping his own memecoin means he has the wrong people in his ear re crypto policy.

I’m now getting very concerned about the Trump presidency.

nic carter

@nic__carter
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11h
Something that hasn’t been much discussed - creating a bunch of personal memecoins opens the door to secretive foreign buyers trying to curry influence with our leaders. If you hated hunter biden’s anonymous art sales, you should hate this too.
nic carter

@nic__carter
Basically, we used to have an informal rule that presidents wouldn’t start or run businesses that could pose a conflict of interest. Creating a bunch of memecoins and defi protocols opens the possibility to rampant violations of the emoluments clause. Not to mention the obvious COI given the fact that trump can set crypto policy.

Ryan Selkis (d/acc) 🇺🇸
@twobitidiot
Dear
@realDonaldTrump
:

Please fire whoever recommended going forward with the Melania launch today.

1. They don’t know what they’re doing.
2. They cost you a lot of $ and goodwill.
3. They don’t have your interests in mind.

Brent
@Brentsketit
feel bad for anyone trying to build anything serious rn

president just making a complete mockery of this industry

fighting another biden admin prolly would have been better longterm

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Tom Standage @tomstandage.bsky.social · Jan 21

Fascinating: Nokia’s internal presentation in response to the launch of the iPhone, 18 years ago this month

“Nokia impact minimal in terms of financials”

aalto.access.preservica.com/uncategorize...

aalto.access.preservica.com

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Tom Standage @tomstandage.bsky.social · Dec 18

I included it in #10.

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Tom Standage @tomstandage.bsky.social · Nov 28

How could I have chosen any other headline?

Five Minute Macro @fiveminutemacro.bsky.social · Nov 28

Well played.

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Tom Standage @tomstandage.bsky.social · Nov 28

Thank you!

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Tom Standage @tomstandage.bsky.social · Nov 25

The next pandemic? H5N1 is the most likely candidate

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...

Opinion | The World Is Watching the U.S. Deal With Bird Flu, and It’s Scary

The U.S. needs to reassure the world it has the outbreak under control.

www.nytimes.com

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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · Nov 22

Some exciting news from @economist.com. All American service members—all 1.3m active duty, and those retired—now have free access to The Economist's website, thanks to a deal with DoD. If I'm not mistaken, you can access it through DoD's library pages: www.dodmwrlibraries.org. Happy reading.

DoD MWR Libraries

www.dodmwrlibraries.org

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Tom Standage @tomstandage.bsky.social · Nov 21

Starlink kit contains Mars-related in-jokes from Elon Musk
uk.pcmag.com/networking/1...

Have You Spotted Starlink's 8 Martian Easter Eggs? Here's How to Find Them

Mars-themed secrets are hidden in the Starlink hardware, the app, and even the terms of service of SpaceX's satellite internet service. What do they all mean?

uk.pcmag.com

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Tom Standage @tomstandage.bsky.social · Nov 20

Thank you!

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Robert Guest @robertguest.bsky.social · Nov 19

Ten trends to watch in 2025, from my excellent colleague @tomstandage.bsky.social
www.economist.com/the-world-ah...
from The Economist

Tom Standage’s ten trends to watch in 2025

Now that the world knows that Donald Trump will return to the White House, here are ten themes to watch in 2025 from Tom Standage, editor of The World Ahead

www.economist.com

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Tom Standage @tomstandage.bsky.social · Oct 26

And maybe thousands more in the villa! The ones recovered from that cupboard are possibly not the most exciting ones…

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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · Oct 18

Fine explainer by @tomstandage.bsky.social about how computer scientists are slowly beginning to "read" the texts in ancient Pompeii scrolls which were so charred by the volcano that buried the city that the scrolls can't be opened without them falling to bits.

AI could help unearth a trove of lost classical texts

Computers could let archaeologists read hundreds of burnt scrolls from a Roman library

www.economist.com

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Tom Standage @tomstandage.bsky.social · May 6

“…and he’s holding a thermal detonator!” #Maythe4thBeWithYou

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Tom Standage @tomstandage.bsky.social · May 2

Same