Tom Standage
@tomstandage
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Author of “A Brief History of Motion” (2021) and six other history books, @TheEconomist deputy editor, @SebastopolBand drummer, wine nerd, gamer. Views = mine
London
Joined October 2008
Here's “Animals”, the first track from the second album by @SebastopolBand, in which I play drums
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RT @CJHandmer: I'm excited to announce a unique career opportunity @terraformindies. I'm looking to hire an exceptionally talented person a….
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Um, those are all elements, not minerals, and none of them is a rare-earth element.
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RT @kimmaicutler: Guys. We — as in Californian voters who voted in 1988 — voted for a system where every time an insurance company wants….
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RT @FrogandToadbot: Toad sat on the edge of his bed. ’Blah,’ said Toad. ‘I feel down in the dumps.’.
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RT @PessimistsArc: Things blamed on radio (From 1920s to 1940s). - Bad economy.- Poor grades.- Robbery.- Dead birds.- Dirigible explosions….
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RT @GregNemet: New paper:.“Lessons for scaling direct air capture from the history of ammonia synthesis.”.Led by Cameron Roberts. TLDR:….
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RT @emollick: Right now the advantages from AI accrue to workers, not firms. As a result, they can be hard to notice (especially if you don….
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RT @jmechner: Who remembers this moment in Prince of Persia (1989) where a magic mirror suddenly blocks the hero's path (and what happens a….
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RT @GameDevHeroes: 🎉 Congratulations to Georgia Mae Ayling for winning the Rising Star Award! 🏆 . @GeorgiaMAyling #GameDevHeroes #GDH2024….
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This is amazing, on all levels!.
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.
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RT @EliotHiggins: 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….
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RT @Sondreus: I was just named Data Journalist of the Year! I won the award for what the judges called "pioneering" work using satellites t….
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RT @chr1sa: 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 y….
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Yesterday I learned the expression “countermeasure holiday” from @shashj but this is even crazier.
A method to unilaterally disable all nuclear bombs on Earth, remotely and without countermeasure:.It uses a 1000 TeV muon->neutrino beam to penetrate right through the Earth and decay near fissile material, forcing it to 'fizzle' and become useless.
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RT @natfriedman: Ten months ago, we launched the Vesuvius Challenge to solve the ancient problem of the Herculaneum Papyri, a library of sc….
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RT @doctorow: The claims of AI pitchmen repeatedly turn out to be blatant lies. This has been the case since at least the 18th C.'s Mechani….
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Never mind the em-dashes — this is a dangling modifier! A much worse crime!.
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RT @sundarpichai: Seeing some qs on what Gemini *is* (beyond the zodiac :). Best way to understand Gemini’s underlying amazing capabilities….
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