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. www.update.news/p/trump-wont...

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.

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.

💫 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 👇 britishprogress.org/articles/red...

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!

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." 💀💀💀

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. 🧵

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."

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!

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.

I often think I would be a better photographer if I was 15 feet tall.

In case you didn’t know, I’ve been doing these monthly Substack link posts about bad science (fraud, the replication crisis, bias in science, dodgy journals, all that stuff). Feel free to subscribe, or to send me links to include in the next one! www.sciencefictions.org/p/science-fi...

Works in Progress is on Bluesky! 🥳 Find our team & authors in this starter pack:

Works in Progress is doing 'links posts' rounding up stuff that's new and interesting in various domains like urbanism, architecture, nuclear power, and infrastructure. You can subscribe below and read our latest update on news in the world of "natalism". www.worksinprogress.news/p/links-in-p...

In the spirit of giving this app the old "college try", I've made a Progress Studies starter pack. I'm sure I've missed a lot of people. go.bsky.app/R34NKJv

type of guy whose favourite film is Master and Commander. he reads Montaigne essays and plays Crusader Kings. he shops in Next. his favourite podcast is In Our Time. he still thinks he could have moved the ship stuck in the Suez canal

Hosting a ceilidh with some friends on Friday evening! In a lovely church hall in Vauxhall, very beginner-friendly. DM for the tickets link. Should be fun.

NEW: Works in Progress's latest links post on pronatalism & family policy: – How the UN’s population predictions keep getting it wrong – The high-fertility Japanese island of Tokunoshima – Was higher fertility a factor in the rise of Christianity? & more! www.worksinprogress.news/p/links-in-p...

I wrote and hosted a murder mystery evening set at Hogwarts on Christmas Day... Extremely good fun.

Super easy vegan pasta recipe: – Fry tofu in hot sesame oil with ginger/garlic/salt until crispy – Remove tofu + fry literally any vegetables (I used red pepper/shallotts/spring onions/green beans/peas) – Add cooked pasta, gochujang paste + a bit of white wine, pine nuts, & put the tofu back in

The mugs in this coffee shop were so nice, I bought two online before I'd even finished my hot chocolate. And now they're here!!

I'd like some book recommendations. What's a book you read in a day or two, or stayed up late to finish reading, because you couldn't bear to stop?

Kind of funny how Bluesky looks EXACTLY like Twitter. They could have at least made it green or something