Reposted by Diane CoyleEdward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 1hHouse and Harbor - 1924 botfrens.com/collections/173/conten… 0485
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 2hYes, fiscal credibility is important, but I am so fed up of this “headroom” fiction. www.ft.com/content/6198... Healey’s Budget will be ‘fiction’ without plan for £35bn hole in spending, IFS warnsft.comHealey’s Budget will be ‘fiction’ without plan for £35bn hole in spending, IFS warnsInfluential think-tank says a ‘do-nothing’ fiscal event on October 28 is not an option 2254
Reposted by Diane CoyleAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 7hReupping: The ST&SV Lab at the Institute for Advanced Study invites chapter proposals for a volume exploring the relationships between digital technologies, especially AI, and the artifacts, structures and power dynamics of the global political economy. Abstracts due 11/1 www.ias.edu/stsv-lab/cfp... 01513
Reposted by Diane CoyleEdward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 3hBlackhead, Monhegan - 1916 botfrens.com/collections/173/conten… 0455
Reposted by Diane CoyleRory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 23hA somewhat anxious #sophiefromromania had to be persuaded to complete our park walk this morning but we decided we all deserved a #bigbreakfast 1580118
Reposted by Diane CoyleEconomicsInTen @economicsinten.bsky.social · 11/10/2026On this day in 1996, Edith Penrose died. We didn't know much about her until @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social recommended her but we found Edith utterly fascinating and her insights profound. Have a listen to our podcast to learn more about her life & ideas. #EconSky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...podcasts.apple.comSeason 8 - Episode 2 - Edith PenrosePodcast Episode · Economics In Ten · 4 November 2024 · 1hr 27min 092
Reposted by Diane CoyleKate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The impressive and unusual Monk’s Door in Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire 🤩 2387598
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 10/10/2026#sophiefromromania agrees with Shirley #strictly about that performance 54136
Reposted by Diane CoyleRory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 10/10/2026rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/movers-and... This week’s episode all about how people with Parkinson’s are more prone to the brittle bone condition osteoporosis could have been a downer- but our brilliant guest has great tips for better bone health, including playing lots of walking footballrorycellanjones.substack.comMovers and Shakers: Osteoporosis and how to beat itSometimes, a person with Parkinson’s can get paranoid because the world seems out to get us. 114416
Reposted by Diane CoyleEdward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Shacks at Pamet Head - 1937 botfrens.com/collections/173/conten… 09410
Reposted by Diane CoyleGiles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 10/10/2026chaitanyakumark.substack.com/p/what-are-t... Great piecechaitanyakumark.substack.comWhat are think tanks for anyway?How AI is set to disrupt this niche sector and what does the future hold for it? Four experiments and their results. 3107
Reposted by Diane CoyleLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 10/10/2026‘If any of these cases does come to court, it will be interesting to see whether OpenAI can claim that the actions it took to control the agents were sufficient to protect it against claims of negligence. I’d be surprised.’ Paul Taylor on agentic AI. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukPaul Taylor · Free AgentsThe idea that AI was an existential threat seemed faintly ludicrous in 2024: how could a program that simply issued a... 1198
Reposted by Diane CoyleRadio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Can you help keep us going with a small bit of support? > ko-fi.com/radiolento If Lento helps you sleep or switch off. Or our photos and videos give you a boost of green space. Or you just like what we do. It would really help. Thank you. 54634
Reposted by Diane CoyleAndrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Governments that pass down responsibilities but keep the purse strings do not really devolve power. @pedroecongeog.bsky.social & @davidwglasgow.bsky.social explore the limits of #decentralisation in #England & #Portugal in @tesg-journal.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1111/tesg... 0113
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Yes I think so though it will depend how much the AI labs can vertically integrate. There’s the electricity price also. 020
Reposted by Diane CoyleRadio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Sharing our top four finds so far this year for #UKFungusDay. Giant puffball Sulphur tufts Porcelain Fungus Poplar Fieldcap. How about you? What's been your best find so far in 2026? 7779
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is from Nordhaus. He essentially defined a computational task. He calculated historical price per lumen for light also, not just electricity 0121
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Or the other way round - they’re not making enough money so the price (per computational task, not per token) isn’t falling all that fast 020
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I’m a bit sceptical about the AI line arxiv.org/pdf/2608.29843 and also there are papers taking the price of computation line further eg www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...arxiv.org 5284
Reposted by Diane CoyleRachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The second is this book that I bought a week ago and haven’t read yet so this is just a new book post. I know I will love it as I love all the @hookland.bsky.social posts and have always followed them. They speak to me so have no doubt this book will too. 412212
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 09/10/2026#sophiefromromania was a bit disappointed the neighbourhood cat wasn’t in its usual place at lunchtime 65147
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 09/10/2026V interesting. I’m not sure the AI field was very intellectually diverse to start with. Also, has anyone written the definitive story of how the BBC seeded the UK’s strengths in computer science and AI?? 1181
Reposted by Diane CoyleGerman Embassy London @uk.diplo.de · 09/10/2026Dear people of the UK, this Prize is for you! In 1946, the British founded the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. 80 years on, NRW says "Thank you", presenting its highest award, the State Prize, to the people of the UK, recognising the deep friendship between the state and the UK. 1224149
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 09/10/2026In which case ao much better to just say it’s been paused… 120
Reposted by Diane CoyleRadio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Listen to an episode + buy us a coffee >> ko-fi.com/radiolento ☕ Here's 3 special favourites: Ep 239 > radiolento.podbean.com/e/239-intert... Ep 163 > radiolento.podbean.com/e/163-chesil... Ep 294 > radiolento.podbean.com/e/294-dawn-i... 11715
Reposted by Diane CoyleKen Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Really indicates the scale of the problem - and the vulnerabilities of the technology we use every day.sheets.worksThe people holding up the internetFour billion phones ask one text file what time it is. One lecturer keeps it in his spare time. We counted the rest. 02010
Reposted by Diane CoyleOwen Garling @ojgarling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026One for the infrastructure headz. . . 074
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 08/10/2026On the face of it, a very odd refusal to name external advisors 96914
Reposted by Diane CoyleRory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Now listen #sophiefromromania it’s too cold this morning for a game of "Do I or don't I want to come in from the garden?" 2299616
Reposted by Diane CoyleHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026We’ve opened the call for our Senior Research Fellowships giving a scholar in the humanities and social sciences a year to complete a significant piece of research www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche... 11726
Reposted by Diane CoyleRadio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Buff-tailed bumblebee tops banknote vote.bbc.co.ukBank of England reveals the four animals to feature on banknotesThe decision comes after nearly half a million people voted on a shortlist of 18 creatures. 36210
Reposted by Diane CoyleRory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Two successful new drug trials offering hope to people with Parkinson's, but which is most important? Find out more at 8 by subscribing to my Substack. open.substack.com/pub/rorycell...open.substack.comRory’s Always On Newsletter | SubstackA tech notebook with a focus on health - and occasional glimpses of a dog called #sophiefromromania. Click to read Rory’s Always On Newsletter, by Rory Cellan-Jones, a Substack publication with tens o... 316419
Reposted by Diane CoyleHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Archive of @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellow Stuart Hall is now live. Includes looking at his impact on the history of communication theory, culminating in the architecture of contemporary AI models www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Archive link: stuarthalldigital.bham.ac.uk/archival_mat...theguardian.comThatcherism via the Walkman: Stuart Hall’s British cultural studies preserved onlineProject lead says it celebrates ‘incredible contributions’ Jamaica-born sociologist made to Britain’s culture 5236153
Reposted by Diane CoyleHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Noooo Almost two-thirds of the population of chinstrap penguins have disappeared from a remote volcanic island near Antarctica, aerial surveys suggest. The research team say climate change is affecting the birds' food supply and survival www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWorld's largest penguin colony hit by climate-driven declineClimate change is blamed for dramatic decline of chinstrap penguins living on a remote volcanic island. 12615
Reposted by Diane CoyleThe English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Now that’s just showing off 🙄 9100690
Reposted by Diane CoyleDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Finally a proper working paper for this study that produced one of the most astounding figures I've ever seen. Basically economics is different from every other field, empirically. This paper looks at the concentration of university affiliations for award winners. www.nber.org/papers/w35875 516057
Reposted by Diane CoyleOwen Garling @ojgarling.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Nice write up of a pilot project from University of Cambridge Museums using the @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk framework for measuring social and cultural infrastructure. It's been a real pleasure seeing the evaluation team put our framework into action. www.museums.cam.ac.uk/blog/2026/10...museums.cam.ac.ukMeasuring the Social Value of Collections - Cambridge University MuseumsAcross the University of Cambridge Collections, we have long evaluated our public programmes, generating rich evidence of their value. However, this evidence has often been produced using different me... 0104
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It was a great induction day for this year’s cohort of students. They are so impressive. I’m running a new Masters degree in digital policy @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk & really looking forward to the academic year. 0771
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Yes! Excellent post. Standards aren’t regulation or red tape. Europe’s success with the GSM standard (while the US allowed standards competition) helps explain success in mobile tech. 0638
Reposted by Diane CoylePaolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The real headline, of course, is that our streets and roads are being filled with monster SUVs, which represent a danger to everyone but particularly the most vulnerable road users (kids, pedestrians, cyclists). But sure let's talk about whether Jaguar's rebranding will work 3538
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 07/10/2026An interesting thread on AI and maths proofs 0274
Reposted by Diane CoyleDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Niels Bohr, Danish physicist & Nobel Laureate, born #OTD 1885; pioneered research on atomic structure & quantum theory; admired for moral leadership in support of other refugee scientists in 1930’s & of founding CERN 1954; commemorated at Niels Bohr Institute Copenhagen University @cern.bsky.social 16714
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I thought it was only @rorycj.bsky.social who could recite that… 120
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I’m partway through. Even having read the 2 volume version, this is a fantastic book 1345
Reposted by Diane CoyleNBER @nber.org · 06/10/2026Open call for papers, Economic Analysis of Regulation. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on May 7, 2027. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on February 9, 2027. www.nber.org/calls-papers... 095
Reposted by Diane CoyleRory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Sorting through photos for 2027 #sophiefromromania calendar for @cureparkinsons.org.uk - let me know your favourites 11673730
Reposted by Diane CoyleJacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Excellent piece on the many problems with the UK's energy infrastructure www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukArthur Downing · Asset Sweating: Britain’s Energy CrisisBritain has private ownership while making the state responsible for planning via subsidies. The result is a zombie... 1137
Reposted by Diane CoyleESCoE @escoeorg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Data is the new oil" is a familiar phrase. But data is much harder to measure. In this blog, @joshmartinecon.bsky.social reflects on insights from the recent Economics of Data workshop @cam.ac.uk: tinyurl.com/2ncas67f @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social @jamesbenford.bsky.socialtinyurl.comUnlike oil, data is hard to measure - ESCoEIn September, ESCoE researchers attended a workshop at the University of Cambridge on “The Economics of Data”. 183
Reposted by Diane CoyleAleks Turobov, PhD @alturobov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We did a very interesting firm-level survey on Al adoption and barriers, and this is a first 'light touch' on the results. Check it with coffee, and hope to share more soon by publishing a technical report and presenting experimental results in papers. 051
