@AaronBastani It’s not his accent it’s his manner. He’s aggressive, reaches for appeals to emotion so quickly, and celebrates his own brilliance far too often. It’s not a style that lends itself to persuasion
@tomfgoodwin I read a book from the mid-90s or so making predictions about the world in 2025. It identified the growing audience of older consumers, but looking back, it was charmingly naive in thinking anyone would do anything about it (esp. around accessibility, large print text etc)
@FootballCliches@CDEccleshare@D_C_W Not sure I’ve heard it this WC yet but a familiar commentary trope from intl tournaments is introducing a player as “there’s [Player X], of course”. What are the criteria by which a player merits having the “of course” honorific applied?
@Chris_arnade I've often wondered what would happen if you took the type of disorder you encounter in the US, and talked about it happening on the streets of Cairo/Delhi, how people would react
@tomfgoodwin You made me double-check the data on this last time you tweeted about Slack and fax machines! 16% of professionals globally (still) use fax machines, 9% use Slack
@_alice_evans@washingtonpost Something I’ve always been curious about is whether the algorithm has to know if you are male or female, or it can effectively figure that out through your scrolling habits anyway (same vein as Tesco clubcard knowing you’re pregnant before you do!)
@_alice_evans@washingtonpost This is a massively under appreciated phenomenon imo. Rebecca Jennings did a good piece on this a while ago about the “boy internet” and the “girl internet”. Very different creators, memes and ideologies for each