Humans are really pushing against the limits of how long we can live naturally. It used to be that 6% of baby girls died before the age of 1 – now, just 6% of women die before age 61.
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Mum got me the best present ever. I'm on an embossing rampage
There are seven remaining Shakespeare plays which I've never seen on stage or screen. Can anyone recommend versions of these that are worth watching?
The Winter's Tale
King John
Henry VIII
Cymbeline
Timon of Athens
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Gentlemen in England now abed shall think themselves accursed they were not here
I bought this on AliExpress in 2019 for £1.30 including shipping. I have access to more novelty jewellery than a 16th century German noblewoman could have imagined.
LAUNCH DAY 🚀
Today I’m launching a new podcast, Hard Drugs, with Jacob Trefethen (@jacobtref.bsky.social)
Our first episode is about lenacapavir — a new HIV drug that blocks infections with an efficacy rate of nearly 100%, and which could completely change the fight against HIV worldwide.
Homepage of newest issue of Works in Progress magazine, featuring pieces on through running, redrawing cities, animal drug regulation, inflation targeting, and more.
The latest issue of Works in Progress is out today!
- One weird trick to build a metro
- The FDA's secret liberalisation of animal drugs
- How Japan builds infrastructure through cities
- Brain-computer interfaces
- How NZ invented inflation targeting
And more! worksinprogress.co
I love my job – and I particularly love how much time I get to spend on obsessively arranging bookshelves. Top-tier activity.
it's Good Friday, which means it's time to share my favourite tumblr post of all time
Whenever I'm having a tough time, I like to make a playlist to get me through it
My first attempt at bookbinding has gone surprisingly well.
Cover of the essay Rediscovering British Progress available at https://britishprogress.org/articles/rediscovering-british-progress
💫 We’re launching the Centre for British Progress
Our founding essay: Rediscovering British Progress is a case for growth that drives shared progress, rooted in Britain's values and industrial heritage.
It all starts with a postcard from 1870 👇
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Works in Progress is hosting Invisible College again this August – a residential seminar in Cambridge for people aged 18–22.
We'll have lectures on the industrial revolution; what is going wrong with science today; housing; urbanism; and more. If you're interested – please apply!
*alien report about earth and its civilization* Access to health care appears to be very unequally distributed. For example, many of the latest advancements are available only to mice or rats, and it regularly takes years to decades before humans are allowed to use them too.
During the Hundred Years' War, Edward III offered his actual physical crown to a creditor as collateral. He managed to keep hold of it. Phew!
Homepage of Works in Progress magazine, with articles: Steam networks, King of fruits, Fertility on demand, The rise and fall of the Hanseatic League, The prehistoric psychopath, The failure of the land value tax, Chinese towers and American blocks.
Our latest issue of Works in Progress dropped today!
- The steam networks of NYC
- Prehistoric violence
- Urbanism with Chinese characteristics
- Extending the fertility window
- The Hanseatic League's rise and fall
- The pineapple: the king of fruits
- The land value tax
worksinprogress.co
My friend reserved a copy of the Iliad through her local library, and asked the librarian, "Just checking, is this definitely the Emily Wilson version?"
And the librarian said, "No, this version is by Homer."
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There exists a popular sentiment that we can’t build as well as we used to and our best days are behind us. But when we choose to, we can still build beautiful and interesting developments.
Here’s a tour of 10 new projects that are creating a better built environment. 🧵
No preference!
Oh exciting! I would love a reading on what I should focus on for 2025
Food £200
Data £150
Rent £800
Whimsical household inventions £3,600
Utility £150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my dog is mad at me
Hate it when someone online says “no one is saying that…”, because this is online, and there are actually fucking loads of basketcases arguing for every possibly position you can think of
Charlie Munger's advice on how to be miserable: "First, be unreliable."
New issue of Works in Progress on the website worksinprogress.co with articles
Today we have a new issue of Works in Progress!
Articles on:
- Animals as chemical factories
- How Madrid built its metro so fast & cheaply
- How big data created the modern dairy cow
- Where the glamour of progress went
- Solving homelessness
- The urbanism of cruise ships
- Functionalism!
See our round-up of the issue here, where you can also subscribe to future updates: www.worksinprogress.news/p/issue-17-n...
Issue 17 of Works in Progress is out now! 🐄🏡🚢
With articles on:
• How big data created the modern dairy cow;
• Why housing shortages cause homelessness;
• How Madrid tripled the length of its metro system in just 12 years;
And more! Read it here: worksinprogress.co
Our latest issue is now out!
- Animals as chemical factories
- How housing shortages cause homelessness
- Where the glamour of progress went
- How big data created the modern dairy cow
- Urbanist cruise ships
- Functionalism
- How Madrid built its Metro
The world population grew fast over the last 60 years, but farmers grew fruits and vegetables even faster
Getting stricter with myself about how I use language
Absolute disaster move from Islington Council. The Sekforde is an institution, home to fantastic events which simply wouldn't happen without them. We cannot let this happen. Email Islington council (details below) if you want to help.