@Mr_Andrew_Fox I could not agree more. The other factor in this is the scale at which polished disinformation can now be produced. This isn’t only the fact that phone cameras are everywhere but that AI makes fake images / video so easy to produce … and yet people believe what they see.
NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got.
My column: https://t.co/dBIhT9eZLv
And some utterly damning charts.
1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English.
After tumultuous week, worth reflecting:
In the 37 years from 1979 to 2016 there were just 5 prime ministers.
In the 6 years since 2016 we’ve also had 5 PMs
Something pretty destabilising must have happened that year
Farmer: 'This is a Christmas tree cannon.' 🎄
Journalist: 'And the purpose behind it is...?'
Farmer: 'I'm asking that (question) myself.' 😂
I think we can all learn something from this! Thanks @thterweiden for sharing (and translating) 🇩🇪
More detail at https://t.co/g3HG7IcUdk
Premium brand, premium customer service! Minor fault on my quite new watch - a 5 min very pleasant phone call and a replacement in 3 days. Thank you and well done @GarminUK@Garmin
Growing up, my Muslim family never celebrated Christmas. This year I am not going home, because pandemic, so my roommates are teaching me how to have my first proper Christmas.
I am approaching this with anthropological precision.
Here are a few observations.
It speaks volumes for Apple that I spent time at the weekend setting up a 12 year old iMac with and for my 12 year old - and Apple support were happy and able to help. Nailed it on both product quality and service!
Genuinely stunned by leaflets pushed through the door overnight. Not sure whether to laugh at the outrageous claims or be terrified that some people might believe it!