Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 16/05/2026When I rule the world, men will no longer be allowed to explain birth rates and fertility with charts. Honestly, lads, if you want to know why women are having fewer babies, do some qualitative research. Ask some women and find out. 523028
Anna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Or they could ask men? Not many women decide to go it alone into parenthood. It's usually a joint decision (and I've known *many* couples where the man is the one wanting to delay....) 090
♂️Mel Day Physics PhD IT CAS Library MSLIS (he/they)♂️ @mamday.bsky.social · 16/05/2026And the answer is they are literally talking about teen pregnancy rates dropping 000
Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Anyway, I am side-eyeing this, which I feel begins in an interesting enough way and then dies by a thousand charts giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... and draws some very conservative conclusions, driven by correlation, that worry me as a feminist sociotechnical researchergiftarticle.ft.comWhy birth rates are falling everywhere all at onceHomes and phones are part of the reason for the demographic shift changing our world 6364
Matthew Somerville @dracos.co.uk · 16/05/2026He already has Sarah doing this in the AI articles like this one ;) www.ft.com/content/197a... (Grim that I have to wonder if he’s gone too far down an AI hole...)ft.comAre we thinking about AI and productivity all wrong?Self-reported estimates about how quickly work can be completed are not the most meaningful metric 000
John Paddington @padders123.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I've always found it fascinating how certain types of men are more interested in imaginary babies than making life better for the people already living. 060
