Let me start by saying: I am a big fan of @OurWorldInData and follower before Covid - every time I dive into a topic I try to start with OWID, then go on to Wiki or Mit Offenen Karten or books & articles.

So I took the time to sit down and write down 17ish ideas in 6 categories Categories:

1/ Education: A meta education level to OWID

2/ Other Media: Making OWID more accessible

3/ Actionability: Next steps for each article

4/ Process: Insights into how OWID works and how we can support

5/ Random Ideas: Ideas that were left over

6/ Topic Wishes

While @instagram and @mosseri just announced that they are pausing the work on Instagram Kids, @BytedanceTalk went already a step further: This week Youth Mode for Douyin, China's TikTok, launched.

Let's take a look in a quick overview 🧵 on the background and features... 1/ The decision comes after continued warnings and crackdown by regulators.

Already in 2018 China's regulators aimed to limit the time spend online by minors, citing rising levels of near-sightedness.

The new gaming rules in China will probably doom the over 150,000 - 200,000 internet and gaming cafes that were at one point essential to Chinese youth.

Remembering them with a🧵and some memories... Internet cafes were the traditional 3rd place for chinese youth: found everywhere, open 24/7, cheap and without proper adult supervision.

Mostly smoky rooms in darkness. Loud. At the entrance, you pay in cash and get assigned a modded, cobbled together PC for your stay.

1/ The EU proposal to make USB-C mandatory on all devices is making the rounds, so time for a quick overview 🧵 on the origin of the standard, the issues with it and what is coming next.

Let’s start: Who is behind it, what do they want and how do they make money? 2/ The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) was founded in 95 as an NGO by a group of hardware companies working on a new connector together. The idea was to create one standard to unify and replace the variety of ports connecting all the PC peripherals: Mouse, Keyboards, Printers…