I think we missed a trick with the band name

'Tis the season

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

Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · last yr.

The amazing band at the @economist.com party has @alexselbyb.bsky.social on sax and @tomstandage.bsky.social on drums

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)

Max Read@maxread.info · last yr.

today's newsletter: a consideration of the many wonderful cars in One Battle After Another, in particular Willa's 2005 Yaris, Sensei's T-Bird Super Coupe and Bob's boosted 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R

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.

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

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” aalto.access.preservica.com/uncategorize...

How could I have chosen any other headline?

Five Minute Macro@fiveminutemacro.bsky.social · 2y ago

Well played.

The next pandemic? H5N1 is the most likely candidate www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...

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.

nytimes.com

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

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?

uk.pcmag.com

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

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.

AI could help unearth a trove of lost classical texts

Computers could let archaeologists read hundreds of burnt scrolls from a Roman library

economist.com

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