"The Economist Group"

I think we missed a trick with the band name

The Economist's in-house jazz ensemble, The Invisible Hands

'Tis the season

We like to joke that if The Economist had an in-house industrial/hardcore techno band it would be called "Structural Reform"

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

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)

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.

Sorry, which post are you referring to?

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

Do we know where he stands on the pineapple question?

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

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

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 · 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

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

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”

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I included it in #10.

How could I have chosen any other headline?

Thank you!

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.

The next pandemic? H5N1 is the most likely candidate

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

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.

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?

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

Thank you!

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

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

AI could help unearth a trove of lost classical texts Computers could let archaeologists read hundreds of burnt scrolls from a Roman library

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.

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

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