Brat summer: is the long era of clean living finally over?: What it means to be a cultural brat in 2024.

The brutal truth behind Italy’s migrant reduction: beatings and rape by EU-funded forces in Tunisia: The unspeakable cruelty we’re seemingly okay with raining down on people who want or need to migrate knows no bounds.

The rise of Britishcore: 100 experiences that define and unite modern Britons: I always enjoy a new ‘core, and at least this one’s easy for us Brits to adhere to.

Walkie-talkie blasts: attacks on Hezbollah kill 20: The earlier exploding pager attack has been followed up with a similar attack via walkie-talkies.

Do you really need a new phone every 2 years? How to get more out of your devices: If you must upgrade there are several options beyond throwing your old phone away.

Repairing – not recycling – is the first step to tackling smartphone e-waste: Reusing and repairing your old phone is much better for the environment than recycling it.

‘BlueAnon’ conspiracy theories flood social media after Trump rally shooting: The first Trump assassination attempt sparked a wave of conspiracy theories from both sides of the political spectrum.

Using LLMs to Simplify your Writing: Using LLMs as a personal writing editor seems like one of their more benign uses if you’re happy to fact-check the results - and this idea is one my colleagues probably wish I’d take up.

Ban warnings fly as users dare to probe the “thoughts” of OpenAI’s latest model: OpenAI’s typical levels of actual openness surfacing again as they threaten to ban anyone asking their new model why it says the things it does.

Hundreds of pagers exploded in Lebanon and Syria in deadly attack: Seemingly a coordinated attack on Hezbollah via explosive pagers.

‘Excuse Me. May I Have Your Seat?': A less widely-known Milgram experiment - asking someone to let you have their subway seat.

Learning to Reason with LLMs: OpenAI discusses its new model, OpenAI o1.

J.D. Vance: ‘If I Have to Create Stories… That’s What I’m Going to Do’: Vance is surprisingly open about being happy to lie in order to get attention.

Analytics for the personal web: What would the ideal web analytics system for a personal website look like?