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AI Isn’t Lightening Workloads. It’s Making Them More Intense. The technology is increasing the speed, density and complexity of work rather than reducing it, a new analysis of 164,000 people’s work activity shows.

AI is increasing the intensity of work rather than reducing it, according to one of the biggest studies of AI’s effects on work habits to date.

Impressive book. What is the binding on that one?

Coming up next week: our next event in the Newcastle Centre for Literary Arts series.

Join us for The White Pube in conversation with Alex Pheby, discussing Poor Artists, their genre-defying debut work.

📅 Tuesday 17 March at 6.30pm
📍 Newcastle University

Free event - book now >> bit.ly/40WVozu

❤️ “Best Experience Ever!” Our 8th Jazz Camp for Girls took place over the weekend & was a great success! 70 girls attended events across the North & encouraged participants to be creative & explore playing jazz & improv in a safe, nurturing environment. Read more: www.jazznorth.org/news/best-ex...

💶 Another step in financing Europe’s priorities: €9bn raised through EU bonds!

The transaction will support:
🌍 EU key priorities
🤝 Ukraine
🌱 Green and digital transition

Find out more: link.europa.eu/dGnG8Y

Thinking about @durham.ac.uk's MA in Medieval and Early Modern Studies?

👩‍🏫 Train with subject experts and industry professionals
📈 Build experience for a career in the heritage sector
🎓 Prepare for PhD study

Apply now: www.durham.ac.uk/study/course...

@durhammemsa.bsky.social

Partial MA Scholarships for International applicants: deadline; 20 March: www.durham.ac.uk/study/schola...

Forecasts About War Are Usually Wrong—Here’s The Pattern, And Why You Should Worry | Justin Wolfers What if the most reassuring line in politics—“this will be quick and controlled”—is actually the biggest warning sign? War is brutally costly, so the economist’s puzzle is simple: if both sides know…

I'm not quite sure what to call this — a video essay, an explainer, an econ lesson, or something else.

It's my attempt to explain the economics of war — economic theories of how and why war occurs — and to use that framework to better understand our current moment.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=416b...

"Operation Epic Mistake"

Fascinating time with Niall Hammond and the team at the historic Heighington Station in County Durham, the world's first purpose built railway station. The Friends of Stockton & Darlington Railway own, and are now restoring the building. A long road ahead, but incredible progress made. #Railways

😂 I just cant believe humans actually believe these AI creations.

Palace Green Library

Palace Green Library

Palace Green Library is looking beautiful in the in the sun today 🌟

Did you know the building is home to Barker Research Library - one of our many fantastic library study spaces. You can also find our Archives and Special Collections there 😊

#DULib

Humanists UK. Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful, without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?' Douglas Adams. Author and humanist.

DON'T PANIC. And always carry a towel.

Today, we're celebrating the life of the humanist and author Douglas Adams, born #onthisday 1952.

He is sorely missed, but his books remain some of the funniest and most imaginative explorations of the absurdity of life, the universe, and everything.

Planning to host an online-only version of this workshop in May (provisionally 20th). Let me know if you'd be interested in presenting your work - there are still several slots available!

This is hilarious.

Also, completely enraging.

It's no longer OK for you to sit in the house of Lords because your dad did.
But if your mate put you there?
That's fine.
Neither of these really feel like democracy to me.

Strange loop - people laid off from their jobs are now being paid to train the very thing that replaced them. 🤷🏻‍♂️
#AI #Tech #Jobs

Hereditary peers to be removed from Lords as bill passes The bill abolishes the 92 seats reserved for peers who inherit their titles through their families.

It’s a start, I suppose, but the whole lot needs to go.

Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...

Well this piece certainly delivers and the last par is 😬

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

DOGE employee stole Social Security data and put it on a thumb drive, report says | TechCrunch A whistleblower is accusing a former DOGE member of stealing a large number of Americans’ personal data while he was working at the Social Security Administration, with the plan of using it at his new job.

A whistleblower is accusing a former DOGE member of stealing a large number of Americans’ personal data while he was working at the Social Security Administration, with the plan of using it at his new job.

Iran has begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important energy chokepoint that carries about one-fifth of all crude oil, according to two people familiar with US intelligence reporting on the issue. https://cnn.it/4ljpiay

Alnwick Castle library

“Me, poor man, my library Was dukedom large enough.”
- William Shakespeare, The Tempest
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #books #reading

Kenny Burrell Trio - Jeannine (1990) YouTube video by Bob Hardy

For those students of jazz guitar; be it by playing or listening, Kenny Burrell gives a masterclass on this Duke Pearson smoker as he shows off his fingering, modal harmonics & melodic approach in 1980 LIVE performance with Bob Magnuson-bass and Sherman Ferguson-D
#JazzMusic
#JazzSky
#JazzGuitar

Will be 95 this year. Here's to 100 🙏

The intricately carved bas-relief facade of the Palais de la Porte Dorée in Paris

The intricately carved bas-relief facade of the Palais de la Porte Dorée in Paris

Why Restaurateur Billy Dec Is Betting Big on Detroit Podcast Episode · Daily Detroit · March 10 · 36m

🍽️ Sunda New Asian opens today over by Comerica Park. Restaurateur Billy Dec was very intentional in choosing Detroit for their next spot; we talk about that, the food, and his Filipino roots.

I'm Celani, and this is my story. 🪡✨

Growing up in rural Zimbabwe, I thought school uniforms were a luxury. Now I know we just didn't have the money.

That's why I now make affordable uniforms for vulnerable girls like me, so they too can learn and thrive. ❤️‍🩹

#CAMFEDsisterhood #GirlsEducation

China Has Spent Years Preparing for the Iran Oil Crisis Massive oil stockpiles and a shift to electric vehicles are helping to insulate the Chinese economy from supply disruptions in the Middle East.

The turmoil in the global energy market from war in the Middle East is exactly the sort of emergency scenario that China has long been preparing for.

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