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AddDeciphering Glyph, the blog of Glyph Lefkowitz.
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
A decades-old rule about human friendship turns out to be built on such shaky math that it could just as easily be 2 or 520.
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown shares what it was like to run a country, the effect it had on his personal life and what life is like after being in
Researcher says sightings of the endangered moth have increased over the last two years but ‘this year has blown them out of the water’
A Little Tooth - Your baby grows a tooth, then two,
David Tennant sits down with Stanley Tucci - renowned actor, author, and food enthusiast - for a candid conversation about aging, his battle with cancer and his
I admit it. I took the bait. Charity Majors made an appearance on Gergely Orosz’s show called “Stop being skeptical about AI for development”. I listened to the podcast—I don’t listen to many tech podcasts—and I don’t think she ever said to stop being skeptical. Not directly anyways. Great title, though. Good for engagement. “Stop being skeptical” is a phrase guaranteed to rustle any skeptic’s jimmies. A whole lotta provocation, not a lotta substance. 10/10. No notes.
The descent of stable societies into ones of endemic violence rarely produces anything but new forms of tyranny and terror.
Social media has been a boon to autocratic regimes and their allied movements in democracies.
Everyone loves to remember how blogs were so much better than social media, but the truth is a bit more complicated.