Cheers, much appreciated.

There's a paradox here that we should be talking about more: we're surrounded by claims that technology is accelerating, & the rate of change is increasing all the time. But the economic data, apparently showing decreasing growth, seems to contradict this...

RJrichardaljones.bsky.socialSep 17, 2024 6:38am

Post-GFC stagnation in economic growth is not a problem unique to the UK - here's total GDP per capita for the G7 countries. Clear that growth was already stalling post 2000 - global financial crisis perhaps more a symptom than cause of the stagnation (with thanks to @adamlbrown.bsky.social)

Sounds interesting - do you have a link, please?

This is very interesting to both antitrust folks and academics www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/ac... (ht Herbert Hovenkamp over there)

Academic Journal Publishers Antitrust Litigation

Academic Journal Publishers Antitrust Litigation On September 12, 2024, Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel at Justice Catalyst Law filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against six commercial publishers of a...

Yikes. Has no one heard of Dora?

a cartoon of dora the explorer and a monkey

ALT: a cartoon of dora the explorer and a monkey

Thanks. That makes sense. We all have our own stories and there are many ways to gather them.

As a Yorkshireman brought up by my Irish mum with my half English, half American dad nearby, I always pause a moment on EDI surveys at the ethnicity / identity question. I wonder if Irishness is a significant if still minor factor in this work.

JDjydenham.bsky.socialSep 12, 2024 11:34am

Why, instead of asking ‘English’ or ‘British’ we should be thinking about ‘English with Britishness’ and ‘British without Englishness’. New blog using More in Common data 🧵 www.moreincommon.org.uk/general-elec...

The Seven Segments and English Identity

Part two of our two-part series on English identities, with Professor John Denham.

#Yorkshire folk! Flog yer old sh*te on Ebahgumtree!

I'm me, and so's my wife!

IYKYK 😉