Merriam-Webster

merriam-webster.com

20 October 2026 14:08

In 1934, we added a gender-neutral pronoun for a single third person. ‘Thon’ was short for “that one.” It didn’t catch on.

Thomas Piketty

thomaspiketty.bsky.social

19 October 2026 06:53

Le mouvement lycéen et étudiant signe le crépuscule du macronisme: les jeunes veulent se former et accéder aux études, et un pouvoir élitiste leur répond en réduisant de 20% le budget par étudiant entre 2017 et 2026 et en gérant la pénurie avec un algorithme opaque (Parcoursup)

Joseph Rezek

rezekjoe.bsky.social

14 October 2026 12:02

My heart breaks for mathematicians whose lives and careers are being destroyed by AI — and especially this PhD student, who doesn’t even know he is a poet

Federica Genovese

fgenovese.bsky.social

13 October 2026 21:16

very much work in progress -- currently written-up only for the UK surveys | soon including German data

Tom Ackers

tomackers.bsky.social

12 October 2026 09:38

From me: *Remaking Home Heating in the UK* (2025) For a universal home retrofit + home heating/cooling electrification programme in the UK. Relevant for the cold & for heatwaves too... Various explainers + some detailed proposals 👇👇 peopleandnature.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...