@lrepetto.bsky.social, Davide Cipullo, Edward Pinchbeck, & @jbietenbeck.bsky.social show that communities that lost many young men in WWI experienced persistent declines in subsequent innovation, especially in frontier technologies. cepr.org/voxeu/columns/war-and-lost-ge… #EconSky
Mar 30, 2026 at 9:08 AM
War and the lost generation of inventors
Large wars destroy not only lives and infrastructure but also the human capital that fuels long-term economic progress. This column presents new evidence from Britain that shows that communities that lost many young men in World War I experienced persistent declines in subsequent innovation. The losses were particularly detrimental for frontier technologies and breakthrough inventions, highlighting how war can leave long-lasting scars on a country’s capacity to generate new ideas.
After Eurosky: W Social connects social network for Europe to Bluesky technology
Bluesky's AT protocol forms the basis for an increasing number of social services. Now W Social aims to establish a European network for verified users.
W Social uncovered: the reality behind the hype
An article dispelling myths about W Social, the new European platform that aims to rival X: it is a fork of Bluesky that shares many similarities with Eurosky and requires government ID to sign up.
GreenEarth Social | Jonathan Stray | Substack
Open-source AI-driven Social Media Feeds for Everyone. Click to read GreenEarth Social, by Jonathan Stray, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
Semble (@semble.so)
Social knowledge network for your research trails by @cosmik.network 🌐 https://semble.so/
W Social: Kurznachrichtendienst für per Ausweis verifizierte User vor Öffnung
Blueskys AT-Protokoll bietet die Basis für immer mehr soziale Dienste. Nun schickt sich W Social an, ein europäisches Netz für verifizierte User zu etablieren.
Rudy Fraser on Blacksky, Mutual Aid & Reclaiming Social Media
The Untold Story About W Social: Unconventional Beginnings, Strategic Pitches and Conflicting Signals
A deep dive into the origin story of W Social, an analysis of the strategic arguments they have been using to appeal to government officials, media companies and advertisers... and the discussion of conflicting signals they have been sending
The Untold Story About W Social: Unconventional Beginnings, Strategic Pitches and Conflicting Signals
A deep dive into the origin story of W Social, an analysis of the strategic arguments they have been using to appeal to government officials, media companies and advertisers... and the discussion of conflicting signals they have been sending
Really feels like the open Internet is falling apart, with bsky as a rare bright spot.
Ashton Pittman
The New York Times is now blocking The Wayback Machine from accessing its articles. That means you'll no longer be able to view archived versions of NYT stories published in 2026 and beyond on archive.org. (All those posts you see tracking changes to NYT headlines and ledes? They relied on WBM).
Interesting paper by @rutgerclaassen.bsky.social about the genealogy of the corporation H/t @the-syllabus.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14748851261463198
The corporation—a return to origins? - Rutger Claassen, 2026
journals.sagepub.comMany builders in the Open Social Web are discouraged by the lack of funding in the ecosystem, slow pace of feature development (e.g. private accounts), and “low” adoption relative to incumbents like Meta. In my keynote I emphasized multi-generational struggle & movement building. People who faced…
Remarkable how over a decade ago @michaelnielsen.bsky.social pointed the way towards solving long standing issues plaguing science to this day (issues that are all the more relevant in the age of AI mediated science)
Ronen Tamari
This is why @atproto.science is so relevant rn This compilation of essays indicates that scientists are most frustrated by insufficient “community tools and resources... Essential infrastructure for sharing, maintaining and building on existing work and data is also badly underdeveloped." >
Interesting new feeds just dropped! @greenearth-social.bsky.social
Welcome to the GreenEarth Feeds
www.greenearth.socialGreat new-ish paper by @zephoria.bsky.social I have a few thoughts …
W Social and the European Commission
The “Quit W Social” collection was previously covering both problems with W Social itself and the subject of the European Commission’s endorsement of W Social. I’ve decided to separate the latter because I think it’s more of the EU’s problem than W Social’s
We have exciting news: the 🇪🇺 State of the Union speech will be broadcast live on W. And there’s more coming around live video on W. …
Europäische Alternative W Social: Ist das die ersehnte Lösung?
Decision to join W social network - a Freedom of Information request to Communication
Europe's W Social Bet Tests its Vision of Digital Sovereignty
W-Social: What does sovereignty mean for social media? – Open Future
@leafplaza.eu got an answer. The @ec.europa.eu says our claim about the promotion for @wsocial.eu by several EU leaders is out of scope and…
