Finally got round to listening to Helen Lewis's BBC pod on the impact of instant messaging etc. Every bit as good as I'd hoped - and frankly, on occasion, pretty scary for a Gen-Xer like me. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

I would find this harder to deal with than angry protesters

Those British newspaper columnists opining that student protestors in the US are the ‘end of civilisation’ might wish to consider whether this kind of massive overreaction by the police is something they really endorse.

This is amazing. Sarah Zhang’s latest, on the dentist who spotted something strange (and strangely familiar) in a floor tile at his parents’ house: theatlantic.com/science/archiv…