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Mikel Jollett @mikeljollett.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines: Measles: Before: 530,000, After: 47 Mumps: Before: 160,000, After: 429 Rubella: Before: 50,000, After: 3 Diphtheria: Before: 20,000, After: 2 Smallpox: Before: 30,000, After: 0 Polio: Before: 16,000, After: 0

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

Over on Twitter, Tech Policy Press (@techpolicypress.bsky.social) had accrued close to 7,000 followers in its short life. We've decided to no longer post there. Can you help us build our presence here? Please follow/share, and visit the site to sign up for the newsletter: techpolicy.press

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Tech Policy Press - Technology and Democracy

Tech Policy Press is a nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy. We publish opinion and analysis.

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Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger @viktorms.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

Ephemeral voice messages. I kind of like it. On a number of levels I think the makes sense as an option.m, including its meta-signaling. #Delete Whatsapp adds disappearing voice messages to its roster of privacy features www.engadget.com/whatsapp-add...

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Whatsapp adds disappearing voice messages to its roster of privacy features

WhatsApp just added a new feature that automatically deletes voice messages after being played once. This is similar to how the function works with messages and photos.

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Luis Paulitsch @luis-paulitsch.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

Wenn ihr wollt, dass interessante Accounts hier bleiben u nicht sofort wieder zu X wechseln: Beiträge reposten, bloßes liken bringt für die Reichweite offenbar kaum etwas.

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Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger @viktorms.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Weil gerade über Nachnamen von Schülern diskutiert wird…hier eine neue Forschungsarbeit, die zeigt, dass Regionen mit diversen Nachnamen innovativer sind. Wenn unsere Gesellschaft innovativere Lösungen braucht, ist Diversität kein falscher Weg. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Surname Diversity, Social Ties and Innovation

We study whether interactions between individuals with different skills, expertise and perspectives influenced innovation in U.S. counties from 1850 to 1940. We

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