One night of total sleep deprivation shown to have antidepressant effect for some people
The inheritance of social status: England, 1600 to 2022 PNAS
Cary Grant’s suave persona belied the poverty and trauma of his British childhood The Irish Times
AHHHHHH: Enjoy the Relatable Catharsis of Watching 100 People Scream As Loud As TheyColossal
Nine British Banks Sign Up to New AI Tool for Tackling ScamsBloomberg [alt free link]: “Mastercard Inc. is selling a new artificial intelligence-powered tool that helps banks more effectively spot if their customers are trying to send money to fraudsters.
Nine of the UK’s biggest banks, including Lloyds Banking Group Plc, Natwest Group Plc and Bank of Scotland Plc, have signed up to use the Consumer Fraud Risk system, Mastercard told Bloomberg News. Trained on years of transaction data, the tool helps to predict whether someone is trying to transfer funds to an account affiliated with “authorized push payment scams.” This type of fraud involves tricking a victim into moving money into an account falsely posing as a legitimate payee, such as a family member, friend or a business.
The tool comes as UK banks prepare for new rules from the Payment Systems Regulator that will require them to compensate customers affected by APP scams from 2024. Historically banks haven’t been liable for this type of fraud, although some signed a voluntary agreement to pay back victims…”
Methods and madness
Let’s kick off with a couple of modernist houses for sale, old and new: The Dragons, and Willoughby Road/ the story of MIDI / ‘Cold Lazarus TV spaceship propsits in Leighton Buzzard front garden’ / snarky riposte to the Wes Anderfication of everything / Headless Pigeons & Ecstasy Wrappers, ranting about rave coverage / more Line-bashing, the antithesis to the 15-minute city: ‘If we randomly pick two people in The Line, they will be on average 57km apart. In Johannesburg, which is 50 times larger in area, two random people are only 33km apart. Assuming a walking distance of one kilometre, only 1.2% of the population is within walking distance from each other. This hinders active mobility, so people will depend on public transport.’ / a fun game with old footage of the capital: The Great When, ‘A London-through-time quiz’ (via b3ta) / the late Mr Brenton Pink, creator of an extraordinary house and garden on Loampit Hill / the legacy of Lucy M. Boston and her house at Hemingford Grey, the real-life Green Knowe.
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A re-imagined Renault Twingo / 6-wheeler Moke beach car, at the gem-stuffed Thiesen Showroom. See also this Morgan and trailer / Car Chase Wonderland 2, a YouTube channel / Farewell Mr Bunting / delving into the history of Muzak, e.g. the “Seeburg 1000Background Music Library” / some punky Madonna demos / the Kevin Shields pedal / fun in Capcom’s CapTown / a great big picture of Mars (via Kottke) / the photography of Tish Murtha / ‘South Koreans become younger under new age-counting law‘: under ‘the centuries-old “Korean age” system… a baby born on 31 December will be two years old the next day.’
Genuine pitch email: ‘Would you like to speak with a nine year old digital artist and the youngest artist with her own collection on OpenSea, about what it takes to get into the NFT space at such a young age and how other girls like her can express their artistic passion through the medium of digital art?’
