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The incredible analytical work of John Burn Murdoch @… along with some other colleagues is one of the main reasons I subscribe to the FT. It's rather expensive but absolutely worth it.
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116582689708855765
Ruth_Mottram - This is a fascinating and beautifully illustrated analysis, exploring convincingly why birth rates are crashing basically everywhere and while there are certain many factors, the smoking gun is actually a smartphone.
So what to do about it? I think I agree with the conclusions, housing and financial support is one element, equality between sexes in household tasks certainly another, but finally, perhaps our job as parents is to inculcate the habit of socialising with others into our kids, especially when they get to the teenage years.
Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once - a limited 🎁 https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/8bf630d4-6e20-42c7-bb33-e98dd6a01571
Fox says it obtained a $12B loan for the Roku deal; existing Fox shareholders are expected to own ~73% of the combined company and Roku shareholders ~27% (Lillian Rizzo/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/15/fox-to-buy-roku.html
I just realized...
- Taco: Black hair, booba and sword as augment.
- Atago: Black hair, booba and sword as augment.
- Choukai: Black hair, booba and sword as augment.
- Maya: White hair, flat and a scarf as augment...
Manjuu is really just being cruel to Maya...
#azur_lane
I caused the GitHub PR team to do some work, apparently. ^^
(I'd just have merged it right away, but ...)
https://github.com/Azure/git-ape/issues/79
"The core question: is a monkey emoji the right mascot for APE?"
You literally have an AI generated image …
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Demis Hassabis, Sam Altman, and Dario Amodei have published detailed memos in recent weeks, basically agreeing on the need for a US-led AI regulatory framework (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/16/ai-regulations-openai-anthropic-google
Salesforce agrees to acquire AI customer service platform Fin, formerly Intercom, for ~$3.6B, in a deal expected to close in Q4 of its 2027 fiscal year (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/15/salesforce-ai-customer-service-fin-acquistion.html