Brunnenburg, also known as Castel Fontana in Italian, a 13th Century AD, castle located in South Tyrol, northern Italy 🇮🇹 perched above the city of Merano and within the municipality of Tirol.
— ArchaeoHistories (@histories_arch) January 31, 2025
Originally built around 1250 AD, the castle fell into disrepair over the centuries… pic.twitter.com/9mzyvOxBnP
All Hallowsby Cecily Fox Smith (1882-1954)All on the autumn woods the mist lay white and chill;And I heard the rising wind come piping down the hill,And the stream sigh o'er the shallowsOn the Eve of All HallowsWhen the house was still.I did not set the door wide, no meal did I spread,Neither a cup of water nor a platter of bread,They came without my callingWhen the night was falling,From the days that are dead.No dogs barked at their passing from the silent fold;There was no step on the doorsill nor print on the damp mouldTo tell the world to-morrowI supped with love and sorrowEre the hearth grew cold.Dear dreams of years departed, kind ghosts of vanished days,Slipped in then to the firelight, stretched their hands to the blaze,Lost voices whispered nigh me,Loved footsteps lingered by meEre they went their ways.I heard a bird crying along the lonely hill,I heard the stream sighing and the wind piping shrillAcross the frosty fallows . . .On the eve of All HallowsWhen the house was still.
I also find it rather incredible to watch a press that has spent years encouraging the idea of cancelling people for social media posts from years earlier suddenly feign outrage over that standard now applying to their ideological allies. pic.twitter.com/P50FE8RFAb
— AG (@AGHamilton29) September 13, 2025
St John's church, Glastonbury peering out of the mist. Photograph taken this morning from Glastonbury Tor on Michaelmas day. pic.twitter.com/Rnwwu8sbxw
— Michelle Cowbourne (@Glastomichelle) September 29, 2025
"I get no dignitas, I tell you." "One time under Nero, I got a consul as a patron. Turns out it was a horse."
— LiorLefineder (@lefineder) September 15, 2025
ZERO growth, possibly even negative growth, in farm productivity across 55,000 smallholder farms across 6 African countries (Ethiopia, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Tanzani) in 2008-2019, despite substantial investments. https://t.co/uwVowYB03m pic.twitter.com/i7zZVJr88U
— Pseudoerasmus (@pseudoerasmus) September 13, 2025
This is why Thomas Sowell believes Americans think more clearly and effectively than the French. pic.twitter.com/EqOArUI42T
— Thomas Sowell Quotes (@ThomasSowell) September 14, 2025
Pietragalla - Italy :
— ArchaeoHistories (@histories_arch) June 28, 2024
In the province of Potenza, in Basilicata, there is the village of three thousand inhabitants called Pietragalla. Known by all for its "Parco dei palmenti".
Recently also the FAI, the Italian Environment Fund has promoted its protection to elect it "place… pic.twitter.com/0u6dJtY6IJ
The police came by last night and said my dog was chasing kids on a bike.
— PUNS (@ThePunnyWorld) September 15, 2025
That's insane…
My dog doesn't even own a bike!
Given overall rarity, I think it’s reasonable to pool by decade.
— Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬 (@lymanstoneky) September 13, 2025
And yeah the social media period clearly looks way higher than the 1990s-2000s!!! https://t.co/2uIQoKMD8O
Capitalism, not the state, is what ended child labor in the United States (From “Child Labor in the United States” by Robert Whaples) pic.twitter.com/0QtucmaVIf
— Chris Freiman (@cafreiman) July 20, 2025
In Dubai, a man who goes for a drive with his cat meets a man who goes for a drive with his lion.pic.twitter.com/BjUr2W7SVF
— (news) DOGE (@DOGE__news) September 14, 2025
We are not meant to see this sight
— Aelfred The Great (@aelfred_D) September 15, 2025
We creatures of the day
It is not ours to know our plight
To see our final day
The moon is high and frail above
The prophecy is nigh
The age of capybara’s coming, love;
All’s left for us—to die https://t.co/xO7xrKbnr2
Child labor in the US was declining *before* it was banned by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 https://t.co/WGkaEDNPZk pic.twitter.com/zqeMhrYFNZ
— Chris Freiman (@cafreiman) December 19, 2024
This fantastic map shows just how much Winston Churchill traveled between June 1940 and July 1945. He visited the US, Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East (all the key World War II theaters). The map indicates political boundaries and significant cities, providing a… pic.twitter.com/EVk62XTder
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) September 12, 2025
If you want to win, start losing pic.twitter.com/EoNHD78R9v
— Charles Miller (@charlesmiller_7) September 9, 2025
Observing some people close to me with chronic health conditions, it's striking how useful Reddit frequently ends up being. I think a core reason is because trials aren’t run for a lot of things, and Reddit provides a kind of emergent intelligence that sits between that which any… pic.twitter.com/Eto23uQMDb
— Patrick Collison (@patrickc) September 14, 2025
Whenever we get data on this subject, the picture is clear:
— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) September 9, 2025
Average murderers have so many priors that there's no excuse for them being out on the streets. pic.twitter.com/5pWriLIK52
British taxpayers shouldered an enormous military and financial burden to eliminate slavery, reflecting a generosity of spirit and a sincere attempt to address a moral wrong—an act of atonement that is one of the most unusual and significant in history. https://t.co/aMMl20wUh7
— Alex Tabarrok (@ATabarrok) September 12, 2025
It’s interesting that we don’t give this guidance to kids at school, but we give it to them all the time in organized sports. https://t.co/meYov62FfM
— Ryan Briggs (@ryancbriggs) September 8, 2025
Sand Patterns on the receding tide.
— Cormac's Coast (@cormac_mcginley) September 9, 2025
County Clare, Ireland. pic.twitter.com/kU1Y0Gn6Pj
The AAA battery is one of the only technologies for which my usage has remained roughly constant my entire life
— Daniel Tenreiro (@TenreiroDaniel) September 14, 2025
Life's CircumnavigatorsBy Louis MacNeice (Ireland, 1907-1963)Here, where the taut wave hangsIts tented tons, we steerThrough rocking arch of eyeAnd creaking reach of ear,Anchored to flying sky,And chained to changing fear.O when shall we, all spent,Row in to some far strand,And find, to our content,The original landFrom which our boat once went,Though not the one we planned.Us on that happy dayThis fierce sea will release,On our rough face of clay,The final glaze of peace.Our oars we all will layDown, and desire will cease.
For those who wonder why, it turns out that bright children don't have big vocabularies primarily because they are systematically exposed to a broader range of words--the books-in-the-house explanation one hears all the time--but because when they read or hear a new word they… https://t.co/ZmODFlfNWf
— Charles Murray (@charlesmurray) September 9, 2025
The French Revolution was a disaster: killed 2 million people, led to the rise of Napoleon--perhaps the world's first totalitarian fascist dictator, who began wars of conquest that killed an additional 4 million people, led to the restoration of slavery, to the restoration of the… pic.twitter.com/jgzk1SRkua
— Steven Pinker (@sapinker) September 9, 2025
Never forget that last line pic.twitter.com/HGneZWQ3h6
— Charles Miller (@charlesmiller_7) September 9, 2025
the world needs unique store signs 📚 pic.twitter.com/1mAaCJmnBN
— Elle Lookbook (@EvaLovesDesign) September 8, 2025
I threw a ball for my dog...
— Dad Jokes (@Dadsaysjokes) September 29, 2025
It's a bit extravagant I know, but it was his birthday and he looks great in a Tuxedo.
Genuinely pretty amazing data. pic.twitter.com/RbXnrEND9T
— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) September 9, 2025
This ancient Babylonian tablet, dating from around 700-500 BC and thought to originate from Sippar in southern Iraq, provides a fascinating glimpse into the Mesopotamian worldview. At its center, Babylon is prominently depicted, surrounded by known places like Assyria and Elam.… pic.twitter.com/OBnjHTpnf4
— ArchaeoHistories (@histories_arch) September 9, 2025
Two Thoughts from Viktor Frankl: pic.twitter.com/p8JdLjYkA1
— Reads with Ravi (@readswithravi) September 9, 2025
Octopus door handles.
— Heritage Matters🔱 (@HeritageMatterz) September 9, 2025
Not antique, but it's really aesthetically pleasing. pic.twitter.com/aRD7nMtUW8
Does your European nation have a smaller or a larger Jewish population today compared to before the Second World War? pic.twitter.com/cqPFoYoJsq
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) September 9, 2025
This is a magnificent example of ancient Egyptian royal jewelry from over 3,300 years ago.
— Muse (@xmuse_) September 8, 2025
Bracelet of King Ramesses II (1279–1213 BC). pic.twitter.com/HYd4oAm9du
The mark of the barbarian, as it seems to me, is that he accepts no judgment outside himself. If opinion on his actions is not as he would wish it to be, he appeals to force.
— G. K. Chesterton (@GKCdaily) September 9, 2025
Abandoned miners' cottages, slate quarry, Snowdonia, North Wales, Izi Smile!❤️🏴 pic.twitter.com/szbBYtb5eL
— Jim's the Man (@yesjimstheman) September 8, 2025
“If the statistics are boring, you’ve got the wrong numbers.”
— World of Statistics (@stats_feed) September 14, 2025
– Edward Tufte
Actual shot (not AI!) of a French detective working the case of the French Crown Jewels that were stolen from the Louvre in a brazen daylight robbery.
— Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) October 22, 2025
Somehow he looks like he’s smoking even without a cigarette in his hand, but surely everything you know about life is screaming… pic.twitter.com/YaaoGbzSjE
Actual shot (not AI!) of a French detective working the case of the French Crown Jewels that were stolen from the Louvre in a brazen daylight robbery.Somehow he looks like he’s smoking even without a cigarette in his hand, but surely everything you know about life is screaming at you: this case is officially screwed!To solve it, we need an unshaven, overweight, washed-out detective who's in the middle of divorce. A functioning alcoholic who the rest of the department hates.Never gonna crack it with a detective who wears an actual fedora unironically.
Turns out the viral Louvre "detective" was just a rando walking around pic.twitter.com/4MC6rKlKaz
— François Valentin (@Valen10Francois) October 23, 2025
That’s what the Pink Panther wants you to think… https://t.co/uHTFVUUhOc
— Armand D'Angour (@ArmandDAngour) October 23, 2025
You should always dress in such a way that you are mistaken for a noir detective. https://t.co/zrEIUaKh6U
— Andrew Snyder (@Andrewnsnyder) October 23, 2025
That's quite the life-cycle of a piece of "news."
One of the reasons I think certain homicides get more time in the press is how unusual they are.
— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) September 9, 2025
The average homicide victim has about as many priors as the average murderer.
When the victim is an innocent, it's unusual, and much more sad. pic.twitter.com/XmWF8t8Ogm
Spain’s Altamira Cave is known for some of the most pristine examples of Paleolithic cave paintings, pictographs, and petroglyphs. The bulls painted on the ceiling are at least 14,000 years old, and with new dating techniques, archaeologists have determined that painting first… pic.twitter.com/swcm4ETrvC
— Archaeo - Histories (@archeohistories) September 9, 2025
It’s amazing how far down the dial has been turned on ‘climate’ hysteria since Trump was elected and the NGO ‘climate’ cash spigot got turned off.
— Coddled Affluent Professional (@feelsdesperate) September 9, 2025
You can just stop paying people to annoy you and they will go away and everything will be quiet.
I was SO excited to see this with my own eyes! 🐶😹 pic.twitter.com/ZRul0vx68a
— Nature & Animals🌴 (@naturelife_ok) September 9, 2025
The CEO of IKEA was just elected Prime Minister in Sweden.
— mariana Z (@mariana057) September 11, 2025
He should have his cabinet together by the end of the weekend.
Intelligence is related to lower odds of every mental illness. This is even true when comparing brothers: the smarter one is less likely to be mentally ill!
— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) September 8, 2025
This graph shows that. The effects are reductions in risk per 1-point increase on a 9-point scale: pic.twitter.com/bxXjOJcDgt
Thamugadi, also known as Timgad, stands as one of the most well-preserved Roman cities in North Africa. Founded by Emperor Trajan around 100 AD in modern-day Algeria, it was built with the precision typical of Roman town planning, featuring straight streets, arches, public baths,… pic.twitter.com/89EAd4zuZr
— ArchaeoHistories (@histories_arch) September 9, 2025
One problem with the U.S. housing market is that, since the financial crisis, it's been flooded with non-resident foreign buyers and short-term rental (Airbnb) investors. Without an accurate understanding of these sub-sectors, we can't really get a handle on what needs to change… https://t.co/YVstqmzYcs
— Anthony LaMesa (@ajlamesa) September 8, 2025
Discovered accidentally by a farmer in Namibia Africa, the Hoba meteorite remains a mysterious marvel. This mammoth slab of iron, weighing a staggering 60 tons, is Earth’s largest natural chunk of iron. It’s estimated to have impacted our planet some 80,000 years ago, and one of… pic.twitter.com/xwW0LGzj9U
— Dr. M.F. Khan (@Dr_TheHistories) September 9, 2025
Someday, a museum director will announce that instead of a "transformation" entailing a "masterplan" and "major expansion", he or she just wants to run the place competently, make sure it's easy and pleasant to visit, and leave it at that. Someday. But not yet, apparently.
— Barendina Smedley (@fugitiveink) September 9, 2025
The share of U.S. women age 40-44 who had ever given birth declined between 1979 and 2024 from 90% to 81%.
— Anne Morse (@Anne_red_head) September 8, 2025
This increase in childlessness was driven entirely by women without a college degree.
The % has stayed the same for women with a college degree. pic.twitter.com/dNlENLC5op
The tranquil charm of English villages from times past. pic.twitter.com/1N1dNXNDE0
— Bobbie (@bo66ie29) September 8, 2025
BREAKING - It’s been revealed that the same judge who last released DeCarlos Brown Jr., Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes, is also the director of operations at a treatment facility in Charlotte.
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) September 7, 2025
Is it starting to make sense yet? pic.twitter.com/okXnFnKegg
Lohagad Fort, located in Maharashtra, India, is a hill fortress that dates back over 2,000 years, with its origins traced to the Satavahana period around the 1st to 2nd Century BC.
— Dr. M.F. Khan (@Dr_TheHistories) September 9, 2025
Standing at 1033m, it served as a strategic stronghold for multiple dynasties and later played a… pic.twitter.com/koJzYuzvia
It took me way too long to realise that is a shower and not a Dalek. pic.twitter.com/EEz5feDcz1
— No Context Brits (@NoContextBrits) September 9, 2025
Fascinating how divorce rates in KY plummeted after 50-50 shared custody was set as the standard. pic.twitter.com/lvuX5mvGWa
— Virgil Davis Hunt (@vrgldh) September 8, 2025
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Despite being a small minority in England at the time,
— LiorLefineder (@lefineder) September 8, 2025
7 out of 10 founding members of the Royal Society were Puritans, and a 1663 survey of its members similarly found that 62% were Puritans.
Puritans were “one of the most literate groups in the early modern world.” Puritan… pic.twitter.com/9CdDEks8Qk
When somebody tells you they want to “address the root causes of crime”, they’re saying they want to give a bunch of taxpayer money to a tax exempt entity run by one of their friends that does nothing to actually reduce crime.
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) September 7, 2025
This map by @yesdata_ shows the population density across North America. pic.twitter.com/6iaH2IeEpd
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) September 9, 2025
I mean the reason it looks like a scene from the Handmaid’s Tale is because those people are wearing costumes from the Handmaid’s Tale lol https://t.co/oh2j97btvd
— Ben Dreyfuss (@bendreyfuss) September 4, 2025
Origin of some of the slaves in Spain, 1479-1800 pic.twitter.com/vkp6AaPBIv
— Vintage Maps (@vintagemapstore) September 8, 2025
Two fun facts about Spain:
— Kamel Amin Thaabet (@K_AminThaabet) September 8, 2025
-The Spanish Inquisition ended in 1834. For context, Abraham Lincoln was already an Illinois state legislator.
-Israel has been a democracy for 27 years longer then Spain, which was a dictatorship until 1975
This is one of the things I hate the most about the Obama years. There was a genuine opportunity for America to move past its race obsession. The president could've made that a reality. But he was one of the race obsessives himself, so things only got worse.
— Mike Coté (@ratlpolicy) September 7, 2025
Huge missed chance.
The street glows in the evening light as a hotel commissionaire chats with a dachshund. London, 1938. pic.twitter.com/lZ5P52X15i
— History Girl (@HistoryGirlBW) September 8, 2025
Thinking outside the box.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/Uk3f9C3TVV
— nature is wholesome 🍁 (@paawwesome) September 8, 2025
Here's a fun graph I made of the US population by region since 1900.
— Hunter📈🌈📊 (@StatisticUrban) September 8, 2025
You can really see the decline of the Northeast and Midwest, and rise of the West and the South. pic.twitter.com/3WzHBYXORF
In 16th century Italy doctors and "barber-surgeons"(!) were mandated to report treatments of wounds caused by violence; a 1560/70s register of such reports from the city of Rome shows that each year 1.8% of the population went to visit a doctor after suffering from violence. pic.twitter.com/peVCCUis0Q
— LiorLefineder (@lefineder) September 8, 2025
Goethe wrote in 1833 that a culture of constant news eviscerates the past and the future, leaving you no time to metabolize lessons or sketch out a plan, always pulling you into the whirlpool of Something Important Happening Somewhere
— Jash Dholani (@oldbooksguy) September 7, 2025
Water jets used to minimise dust spread during a demolition in Germany
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) September 9, 2025
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👥 Population density along the Danube — Europe's second longest river. pic.twitter.com/QdCr1OMlhe
— Civixplorer (@Civixplorer) September 8, 2025
Uruk, in present-day Iraq 🇮🇶, is often regarded as the first great city in human history, flourishing between 4000-3100 BC during the height of the Sumerian civilization. At its peak, it may have held as many as 80,000 inhabitants—an extraordinary number for the ancient world.… pic.twitter.com/q3dnyc7UB7
— Dr. M.F. Khan (@Dr_TheHistories) September 7, 2025
“It has been part of the camouflage of leftish movements, helped by the muddleheadedness of many who really believe in liberty, that ‘liberal’ has come to mean the advocacy of almost every kind of government control.”
— F. A. Hayek Quotes (@FAHayekSays) September 6, 2025
— Friedrich Hayek pic.twitter.com/J8wYbHeSbL
The Þrídrangar lighthouse, built in 1939, is one of the most isolated and remarkable lighthouses in the world. Perched atop a jagged sea stack off Iceland’s coast, it’s surrounded by the relentless North Atlantic Ocean, making it accessible only by helicopter or a perilous climb.… pic.twitter.com/qCWBhME7tc
— Dr. M.F. Khan (@Dr_TheHistories) September 9, 2025
News influencers:
— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) September 7, 2025
82% are on X, 43% on Bluesky
75% of left-leaning news influencers on X, 69% on Bluesky
87% of right-leaning influencers on X, 15% on Blueskyhttps://t.co/dmquUGyndS
In religion news: https://t.co/Wk4T6iEy1J pic.twitter.com/oUpoBqiLXK
Incredible stats on the efficiency of the Roman government.
— LiorLefineder (@lefineder) September 7, 2025
When a petition was submitted to a Roman official, the official would decree/write a response.
Sometimes, papyri of these submissions+responses were kept together, and since each document had a date, it's possible to… pic.twitter.com/7PZ9FV4q2A
The Law of Desire, from La Rochefoucauld (1665) pic.twitter.com/zZLrqaropF
— Jash Dholani (@oldbooksguy) September 7, 2025
Nine birds—hoopoe, goose, partridge, peacock, heron, caladrius, phoenix, night heron, and swan—painted in tempera with ink and gold leaf on parchment, from a Franco‑Flemish bestiary, c. 1270. Collection: The Getty. pic.twitter.com/XLD7gKKbt9
— Archaeology & Art (@archaeologyart) September 8, 2025
Someone objects 😂pic.twitter.com/oIjeD0dqcx
— (news) DOGE (@DOGE__news) September 7, 2025
Did you know?
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 8, 2025
Australia is on the move fast enough to throw off GPS system.
Most people think of continents as fixed in place. But Australia is moving northward at a pace of 2.7 inches (7 centimeters) per year – faster than any other landmass on Earth. pic.twitter.com/YAgrNivGog
A bronze helmet of the Montefortino type has been uncovered in the waters of the Aegadian Islands, just off the west coast of Sicily.
— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) September 8, 2025
https://t.co/jyipgsTfKk
I don’t think most “mentally ill” homeless people/random attackers are really that out of touch with reality, because they only seem to pick physically weak targets. They never go after bodybuilders or soldiers or cops. Usually women and girls. That’s enough mens rea for me.
— Hunter Ash (@ArtemisConsort) September 6, 2025
Bird suddenly discovers that golf balls bounce.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 8, 2025
[📹 Alex Baggett]pic.twitter.com/oAGEQYfMQf
Bernie Sanders, Zohran Mamdani, and AOC just went to dinner.
— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) September 6, 2025
Who paid?
In the past 20 years in the US, 663 people were executed.
— Brian Cates - Political Columnist & Pundit (@drawandstrike) September 7, 2025
In the past 20 years, 341,831 Americans were murder victims.
Luciferians want your attention focused on the tiny # of murderers given the death penalty, with the impetus of that coverage being to delay or deny the… pic.twitter.com/Q6q92kzJTN
The density and temporal distribution of Latin and Greek inscriptions in the Greco-Roman world. pic.twitter.com/djKWg3NpCb
— LiorLefineder (@lefineder) September 8, 2025
Ayn Rand explains why it's impossible to get away from the question of values pic.twitter.com/C8GKRHNTsI
— Jash Dholani (@oldbooksguy) September 5, 2025
A fan catches a ball and hands it to a young kid, and what happens next is unforgettable pic.twitter.com/pvTOrh4BlL
— ArabMogul.Sol ⚔️ (@ArabMogulSolana) September 6, 2025
This guy is a one-man machine of one-upping himself with dumbass takes. https://t.co/1GLP8kVjbx
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) September 4, 2025
That’s interesting, total fertility rate in India. While the South is heading into a demographic problem, the North is still expanding. What’s driving such large divergence? pic.twitter.com/VZNgHHTzm3
— Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) September 6, 2025
Countries that have changed their names
— World of Statistics (@stats_feed) September 8, 2025
🇮🇳 India → Bharat (Proposed)
🇹🇷 Turkey → Türkiye
🇨🇿 Czech Republic → Czechia
🇸🇿 Swaziland → Eswatini
🇳🇱 Holland → the Netherlands
🇲🇰 Macedonia → North Macedonia
🇱🇰 Ceylon → Sri Lanka
🇮🇪 Irish Free State → Ireland
🇹🇭 Siam →…
Nature's 3D printer 🏖️🦀pic.twitter.com/4yrljvOJCY
— Cosmic Gaia (@CosmicGaiaX) September 7, 2025
Important reminder: pic.twitter.com/CwlMpYHZ76
— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) September 4, 2025
soft on crime shifts the most vulnerable communities right pic.twitter.com/YU4BkECPfC
— red light (@tabloidcrush) October 11, 2025
Obama prosecuted more journalists using the Espionage Act than all presidents before him combined.
— Jimmy Dore (@jimmy_dore) October 11, 2025
He arrested, jailed & tortured Chelsea Manning for revealing war crimes committed in our name.
He repealed the Smith-Mundt act which now allows the CIA/FBI to directly… https://t.co/LCLXXMIHP4
🤔 https://t.co/Ebh4IHFnel pic.twitter.com/GSYV0aPmcX
— Jonathon Kitson (@KitsonJ1) September 6, 2025
The same cannot be said of the English, nor of the more general mystery of the English holiday maker. There's no such mystery to the Germans (who will go anywhere there's sun), still less to the Italians (who will go anywhere there's a cute ass); as for the French, let's not even go there. Alone among Europeans in the middle- and higher-income brackets, the English are notable by their absence from mainstream holiday destinations. Nevertheless, meticulous and systematic research, supported by considerable data makes it possible to map their movements during summer pasturing. They gather in small groups and head for unlikely islands absent from Continental holiday brochures—Malta, Madeira or, indeed Lanzarote. Once there, they duplicate the principal elements of their home environment right there. When asked to explain their choice of destination, they give answers which are evasive and tautological: 'I came because I came here last year.' It is apparent that the Englishman is not motivated by a keen appetite for discovery. Indeed, one may observe that he is not interested in architecture, landscapes, in anything whatsoever. In the early evening, after a short trip to the beach, he is to be found drinking bizarre cocktails. The presence of the English at a resort, therefore, is no guide to the intrinsic interest of the destination, its splendour or its possible tourist potential. The Englishman goes to a particular tourist destination purely because he certain that the will meet other Englishmen there. In this, he is diametrically opposed to the Frenchman, a vain creature, so enamored of himself that the mere sight of a compatriot abroad is anathema to him. For this reason, Lanzarote is a destination to be recommended to the French.
No Enemiesby Charles Mackay (England, 1814–1889)You have no enemies, you say?Alas! my friend, the boast is poor;He who has mingled in the frayOf duty, that the brave endure,Must have made foes! If you have none,Small is the work that you have done.You’ve hit no traitor on the hip,You’ve dashed no cup from perjured lip,You’ve never turned the wrong to right,You’ve been a coward in the fight.
Are widespread stereotypes accurate or socially distorted? This continuing debate is limited by the lack of large-scale multimodal data on stereotypical associations and the inability to compare these to ground truth indicators. Here we overcame these challenges in the analysis of age-related gender bias, for which age provides an objective anchor for evaluating stereotype accuracy. Despite there being no systematic age differences between women and men in the workforce according to the US Census, we found that women are represented as younger than men across occupations and social roles in nearly 1.4 million images and videos from Google, Wikipedia, IMDb, Flickr and YouTube, as well as in nine language models trained on billions of words from the internet. This age gap is the starkest for content depicting occupations with higher status and earnings. We demonstrate how mainstream algorithms amplify this bias. A nationally representative pre-registered experiment (n = 459) found that Googling images of occupations amplifies age-related gender bias in participants’ beliefs and hiring preferences. Furthermore, when generating and evaluating resumes, ChatGPT assumes that women are younger and less experienced, rating older male applicants as of higher quality. Our study shows how gender and age are jointly distorted throughout the internet and its mediating algorithms, thereby revealing critical challenges and opportunities in the fight against inequality.
Next, we analysed the 2018 IMDb–Wiki dataset43 and the 2014 Cross-Age Celebrity Dataset (CACD)44 consisting of Google Images, each of which provides the true gender and age of the celebrities depicted using their public bio pages and time-stamped photographs. Figure 1 shows that female celebrities are, on average, 6.5 years younger than men on IMDb (t = −169.9; P = 2.2 × 10−16; n = 451,562 images; Fig. 1d), 3.27 years younger on Wikipedia (t = 10.64; P = 2.2 × 10−16; n = 57,972 images; Fig. 1e) and 5.35 years younger in Google Images (t = −90.92; P = 2.2 × 10−16; n = 149,889 images; Fig. 1f). In all cases, the most common (modal) age for women is in their 20s, whereas in images from IMDb and Google, the most common ages for men are 40 years and 50 years, respectively. These analyses show that age-related gender bias online is not an artefact of human perceptions of gender and age, because it is replicated using verified objective information about the age and gender of those depicted. That age-based gender bias replicates strongly in the context of celebrities is concerning, given the salient role that celebrities play in reinforcing stereotypes.
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