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A quick overview of the recent edition of BBC Radio 4’s Word of Mouth;
Acronyms: The apex of absurdity in our 21st century communications;
Why don’t we have a little more anthropology in our lives?
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A brief respite from editing posts on polemic books to bring you news about the ex-bird site – news about its ex-users , that is.
The migration from X (formerly known as Twitter) to Mastodon gave researchers a golden opportunity to record data on the collective action problem. Spoilers: it’s pretty good news.
TOOT TOOT
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