My paper with Daniel Gilbert is out today in Nature: people believe that people are less kind than they used to be, they're probably wrong about that, and we have an idea where this illusion comes from. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Notes on a scandal: this is how Starmer’s bullies took out Jamie Driscoll – and why it matters | Aditya Chakrabortty theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

More car parks should have their spaces drawn like this. Makes much more sense than just having a single thin line between cars.

Some personal news, I’m directing Nesta’s new Civic AI Observatory! The plan is to help digital leads at civic organisations make sensible generative AI strategies. There’s a lot of hype, but also a danger of getting blindsided ignoring it completely. Subscribe for updates!

The "Ship of Theseus" article has been edited 1792 times since it was created in July of 2003. At present, 0% of the phrases in the original article (seen below) remain.

In D&D stats terms, superintelligence is scary from a tech invention point of view (eg bioweapons). But AI has potential to be super at other stats. Superwisdom is essentially what we want in an aligned AI. And what I'm kinda most scared of is really supercharisma.

"Pleased to see you looking so well your majesty. We need to discuss your return to work."

Hamas accepted a ceasefire proposal. Civilians in Gaza celebrated that there would at least be a pause in the onslaught. But Israel responded by saying they would "review" what Hamas said, and quickly started the attack on Rafah. I feel sick again. #GazaGenocide #CeasefireNow

.Unofficial Football Club Championship If it's 0-2 at the end of 90 minutes but 2-2 after extra time, what happens to the title?

TIL: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%…

I think this is actually quicker and easier than so many of the UIs that websites provide for this.

The word "change" appears in the Labour manifesto 200 times. Exactly 200 times, that is. Intentional? (Not counting the pages that look like this.)

Ok so I ask for a cup of tea in a cafe, I say I'm having it here, and there are mugs right by the machine. If I'm given a disposable cup it's a bit annoying. (I would've got my reusable one out!) But *three* disposable cups for a single cup of tea has just stunned me.

Not sure I understand how this happens. (It was in this order for several minutes.) Theories welcome.

Excellent thread that names a bunch of people doing the right thing who deserve your support. To be workshy is glorious. More people should be workshy. Building an entire industrial civilisation just to force people work harder is insanity.

The Campaign Fringe will be packed with events and stalls from some of the most experienced and exciting campaigners This is the one event not to miss if you care about how progressives win 📍Camp and Furnace, Liverpool 🕛 Sept 29, 11:00 – 19:00 🔗 lu.ma/rpu1av03

these gpt-5 numbers are insane 🤯