Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bone some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 1/2 pic.twitter.com/L6EgSuzRIE
— Nina Willburger (@DrNWillburger) December 18, 2024
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
— Niccolò Machiavelli | The Prince ⚔️ (@NiccoloDaily) December 8, 2024
The future may be painful and confusing for vast swaths of the laptop striver class. https://t.co/tnpwVSfavr pic.twitter.com/QRH4qKEtCB
— Zarathustra (@zarathustra5150) December 16, 2024
Diamond beach Iceland, glacial ice on black volcanic sand that was once lava
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) December 18, 2024
📹bradenstanley
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The Biden Admin paid Reuters over $300 million in government contracts. 11 different Biden government agencies targeted Elon's businesses. All 11 agencies paid millions to Reuters. Reuters then won the Pulitzer Prize for "their work on Elon Musk and misconduct at his businesses" pic.twitter.com/3IGGtuHv7L
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) December 17, 2024
Let’s take a Roman bath! In Ostia @PBS https://t.co/s2eC142eJV pic.twitter.com/PO1pGYHZkX
— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) December 18, 2024
I nominate this for tweet of the year.
— Joshua Rainer (@JoshRainerGold) December 15, 2024
Should honestly by handed to every person along with their high school diploma. https://t.co/P31sa7nqfY pic.twitter.com/oUOIA22xkP
How a polar bear walks on a fragmented ice pack in a wavy sea.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 18, 2024
[📹 benjaminhardman]pic.twitter.com/3fjXTVwnLJ
my Irish mother married my Jewish father, and meals can get pretty argumentative
— Jeremy Kauffman 🦔🌲🌕 (@jeremykauffman) December 17, 2024
even the ones I eat alone pic.twitter.com/v4kw0bGuQg
I'm sorry but if your average meal lasts about 20 minutes then your food just can't be that good https://t.co/9AML8x8jCc pic.twitter.com/rn5KMsevii
— François Valentin (@Valen10Francois) September 2, 2024
We don’t hunt rats for sport these days, though we should, because all dogs need a job. Back in London in the 1850s, the people weren’t sentimental as we are in America. Then, London was bursting at the seams. The United Kingdom was enjoying economic prosperity during the Victorian Age. They bred fine carriage horses and fine dogs. And they hated rats that spread disease and death. And I also hate them. Not dislike, but actually hate.
About 1 out of every 5 persons in the Ottoman Empire was a slave during the 16th century.
— i/o (@eyeslasho) December 17, 2024
The greatest two years of my Army career was cavalry squadron command. It’s inconceivable that an Army officer doesn’t want to command. And yet…
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) December 16, 2024
This culture is broken. It must be fixed. @PeteHegseth @CynicalPublius https://t.co/HqxnybKR7H
5 types of classical music interpreted by Fabrício Di Paolo.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 18, 2024
[🎹 Lord Vinheteiro]pic.twitter.com/FzAGsBXcYy
Well that’s Christmas sorted🎄 #TomcatTuesday
— F111Driver (@F111Driver) December 17, 2024
📹 fighters_around_world1 pic.twitter.com/yoJySFFtHW
No one, in the history of humanity, has ever shuffled a deck of card as you do in a certain moment. Or at least the chances are extremely low.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 17, 2024
[📹 oxford.mathematics]
[♠️ David Spiegelhalter]pic.twitter.com/kFetztsBsV
Leda. Detail gold ring depicting Leda and Zeus transformed into a swan from Thessaly, 2nd. BC. Collection: Benaki Museum (Athens, Greece). pic.twitter.com/dX33PRcXh5
— Ghost of Hellas (@ghostofhellas) December 16, 2024
Orwell v/s Huxley
— Jash Dholani (@oldbooksguy) December 16, 2024
That last line will haunt me... pic.twitter.com/hXjsIvXHEJ
The WWII Battle of the river plate, re-enacted (1951)
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 18, 2024
[📽️ British Pathé]pic.twitter.com/K6DiVixnQT
You don’t get more CNN than this. 😬😬 pic.twitter.com/RfJFOEbe3g
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) December 16, 2024
If you pay organizations according to the number of homeless people they “manage”, you create an incentive to maximize the number of homeless people, which is exactly what happened here https://t.co/Xj9RYC63ao
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 17, 2024
Pleistocene prints: a massive, 6-fingered hand and a child's foot
— Mungo Manic (@MungoManic) December 9, 2024
From the Kimberley region, northwest Australia. Likely over 17,000 years old pic.twitter.com/0x8MoSqVWx
My theory: The US experiences generational waves of a form of secularized puritan Great Awakening, continuing the prior pattern of religious Protestant awakenings. The waves hit every 20-30 years. Four in the last century: actual Communism in the 1920's-30's ("Red Decade"),… https://t.co/fxKYhoAeDh
— Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 (@pmarca) December 15, 2024
Dog rescues a bird trapped inside..🐕🐾🐦😊 pic.twitter.com/JV0sKTTeCS
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) December 16, 2024
Instead of creating a BluSki account, just read "Lord of the Flies" to see how it'll end. https://t.co/a9bfqFJ4SZ
— Jon Gabriel (@exjon) December 15, 2024
HUGE pic.twitter.com/obRgb2OO3S
— Barkin • ברקין • Баркин • 巴尔金 (@B2RKN) December 16, 2024
The pectoral in the form of a 'Scarab' from the Tomb of Tutankhamun (1341-1323 BC), Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt.
— ArchaeoHistories (@histories_arch) December 16, 2024
Ancient Egyptian jewelled scarab amulet with the cobras of protection on each side wearing the crown of Upper Egypt; the lotus & suns on bottom edge represent… pic.twitter.com/kb8BqMetBt
remember to read the paper, anon https://t.co/SigWZ8PbKc pic.twitter.com/EhHi4pTiB5
— Jean 🍌 Leon (@_JeanLeon) December 15, 2024
Baby elephant asking for treats
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) December 16, 2024
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Very glad to see this trend finally reversing pic.twitter.com/hl1wOtMmNd
— Alec Stapp (@AlecStapp) December 16, 2024
Starship is the largest rocket ever built.
— Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV) December 15, 2024
It’ll only get longer and it’ll help us colonize Mars. pic.twitter.com/3deogefIMh
The point of European anti-Jewish propaganda is to point out Jews look Middle Eastern. The point of Arab anti-Jewish propaganda is to point out Jews look European. The two combine hilariously in pro-Iranian propaganda attacking al-Julani for looking like Herzl... pic.twitter.com/Kx3I0p7TPB
— Uri Kurlianchik (@VerminusM) December 14, 2024
This huge moose chasing a grizzly bear pic.twitter.com/9MRoiP1r7X
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) December 16, 2024
A news reporter asked Michael Jordan if he thought the ’90s Bulls could beat LeBron’s Lakers.
— Hoops © (@HoopMixOnly) December 12, 2024
MJ: Yes.
Reporter: By how much?
MJ: Two or three points.
Reporter: Why so close?
MJ: Most of us are almost 60 now. pic.twitter.com/FQqNrhCmA5
https://t.co/c5jCiJGeMO pic.twitter.com/aIrhaLlEB6
— LiorLefineder (@lefineder) December 16, 2024
Wang Peng, Famous Sociologistby Paul EldridgeWang Peng, Famous SociologistSuggests to the Emperor theOnly possible means of Im-Proving the People of The EmpireHaving read the inscriptionsUpon the tombstonesOf the Great and the Little Cemeteries,Wang Peng advised the EmperorTo kill all the livingAnd resurrect the dead.
I would really like to see this done for British monarchs and Russian czars. https://t.co/GUq4gLdZVV
— S. Lant (@Shiftant) December 15, 2024
The reason you do not give sources one hour deadlines, except under extremely extenuating circumstances, is that you risk embarrassing yourself by publishing something false, as ProPublica came perilously close to doing. They were very lucky he came up with his acceptance letter… https://t.co/9VZAkgn2Y5
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) December 12, 2024
A million people protested in central Seoul and left the area spotless by cleaning up after themselves pic.twitter.com/x1fB8sX85r
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 16, 2024
“ I need the carrot” 🥕
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) December 14, 2024
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In theory the WNBA is a for-profit business but in practice it’s a perennially money losing DEI NGO that’s now intentionally failing to leverage a generational superstar that could finally bring it profitability.
— Coddled affluent professional (@feelsdesperate) December 14, 2024
Sad!
Remember this next time WNBA players cry about being poors! https://t.co/808mz0Xaeh
I love the community notes feature.
Rudolf Virchow, the father of cellular pathology, once gathered district-level German data on the proportions of children with different eye colors.
— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) December 15, 2024
If I'm not mistaken, this study was the first of its type and scale. pic.twitter.com/2EXJWzysT4
I keep coming back to this insight. pic.twitter.com/1ROB3nch01
— Henry Shevlin (@dioscuri) December 12, 2024
An eagle snatching a deer in midairpic.twitter.com/EiNQh7PiRe
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 16, 2024
The Finnish language - Destroying Google Translate since 2006 pic.twitter.com/fkTHQWhMJ9
— Very Finnish Problems (@VFinnishProbs) December 11, 2024
This is a cool table from a new paper on polygenic scores among members of different occupations.
— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) December 12, 2024
Notable:
- ADHD is less common for professionals, more common for less prestigious occupations
- Artists are more prone to schizophrenia, depression, and verbal tilt pic.twitter.com/eeBfRgI9gz
A teenaged student at King's College (nowadays Columbia University) named Alexander Hamilton publishes A Full Vindication of the Measures of Congress, in response to the loyalist Samuel Seabury's Free Thoughts on the Proceedings of the Continental Congress. pic.twitter.com/6CYRwD75um
— Today in the American Revolution (1775) (@TodayinAmRev) December 16, 2024
Noam Chomsky on the pseudointellectualism of postmodern literary theorists.
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) December 13, 2024
"If you look at what's happening, I think it's pretty easy to figure out what's going on. I mean, suppose you're a literary scholar at some elite university or an anthropologist or whatever. If you do… pic.twitter.com/OXhXbBBgkL
Every aspect of Sir Christopher Lee's life is astonishing. He met Rasputin's assassins, witnessed the last guillotine execution, hunted Nazis, recorded a heavy metal album, spoke nine languages, was Ian Fleming's cousin (author of James Bond), and was the only actor in “The Lord… pic.twitter.com/sIJGkU3HWr
— Creepy (@creepydotorg) December 14, 2024
The Syrian rebels are very childish pic.twitter.com/tLQdtO2b8I
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) December 10, 2024
The fact that the US is more popular in Vietnam than in countries like Poland never ceases to amaze me.
— François Valentin (@Valen10Francois) November 28, 2024
The war wasn't even 50 years ago and people moved on pic.twitter.com/ecRIZ7Z0Kf
Absenceby C.H. SissonGo back, or forward, to a timeWhen I am not here. What remains?What is here is what I see,For I trust visibility,Find that I get wet when it rainsAnd think that sense and reason chime.No sense, no reason. For the past,The living stand in for the deadAnd try to see what others saw,Though disappearance is the lawFor what is seen, and what is said,Though cast in bronze, can never last.And so one can imagine sandCarried back by receding tides,And yet not understand a wordThe ocean said when it was heard.The present never co-incidesWith any past that comes to hand.Go forward. I am here no more:No word of mine can extricateThe listener from the cord that bindsHim in the twist of other minds.Unheard before, and now too late,My words have lost the flesh they wore.I am not even silence, asThe rows on rows of marshalled deadWho left no word they did not speak.An echo that is faint and weakRemembers me for what I said,Happy to lose the man I was.
The Sun Never Sets on the Anglo-Saxons (part 1) @razibkhan https://t.co/72qXhEpqr7 Evolutionary biology and genetics were both born in the mid-1800’s. Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species came out in 1859, transforming the intellectual life of Victorian England. The Origin of… pic.twitter.com/o8JDYo1qOD
— Razib 🥥 Khan 🧬 📘✍️📱 (@razibkhan) December 13, 2024
This never quite hit home until I have kids who ask me the same question one million times and I end up answering, “seriously, I’ve got this, I promise you! I’m your mom! Trust me, I got this.”
— Emily Zanotti 🦝 (@emzanotti) December 12, 2024
Ohhhhh that’s what she’s saying 😂🫠 https://t.co/nIzHzbaHgX
Went out without her. pic.twitter.com/KM1Y9eWTbU
— Geoff (@kwoade) December 13, 2024
Spoiler Alert: It's the same cities that were supposed to be under water by 2000 and 2020. https://t.co/ICpxiuH6XG
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) December 9, 2024
MSM in 2020: Trump is going to pardon all his friends and family. We are going to see blanket pardons for hundreds of people. Trump will be selling pardons and commutations. We are about to witness the greatest abuse of Presidential power ever. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/lSZkERyBfL
— MAZE (@mazemoore) December 8, 2024
The Delphic maxims are a set of moral precepts that were inscribed on the Temple of Apollo in the ancient Greek precinct of Delphi. The three best known maxims – "Know thyself", "Nothing in excess", and "Give a pledge and trouble is at hand" – were prominently located at the entrance to the temple, and were traditionally said to have been authored by the legendary Seven Sages of Greece, or even by Apollo. In fact, they are more likely to have simply been popular proverbs. Each maxim has a long history of interpretation, although the third of the set has received comparatively little attention.A further 147 maxims, documented by Stobaeus in the 5th century AD, were also located somewhere in the vicinity of the temple. The antiquity and authenticity of these maxims was once in doubt, but recent archaeological discoveries have confirmed that some of the sayings quoted by Stobaeus were current as early as the 3rd century BC.
(1) Follow God,(2) Obey the law,(3) Honor the gods,(4) Honor your parents,(5) Yield to what is just,(6) Know by learning,(7) Understand by listening,(8) Know yourself,(9) Desire to marry,(10) Recognize opportuny,(11) Think mortal thoughts,(12) Know when you are a guest,(13) Honor Hestia (or ‘the hearth’),(14) Rule yourself,(15) Help your friends,(16) Control your temper,(17) Exercise good sense,(18) Honor providence (or ‘forethought’),(19) Do not make an oath,(20) Love friendship,(21) Hold on to education,(22) Pursue glory,(23) Strive for wisdom,(24) Speak well of the noble,(25) Do not defame anyone,(26) Praise virtue,(27) Do what is just,(28) Be gracious to your friends,(29) Ward off your enemies,(30) Practise nobility,(31) Shun evilness,(32) Be impartial,(33) Protect what is yours,(34) Keep away from what is others’,(35) Listen to everything,(36) Be auspicious in speech,(37) Be pleasant to your dear ones,(38) Nothing too much,(39) Save time,(40) Look to the future,(41) Hate violence,(42) Honor suppliants,(43) Fit in with everyone,(44) Educate your sons,(45) When you have, be generous,(46) Fear deceit,(47) Speak well of everyone,(48) Be striving for wisdom,(49) Choose what is holy,(50) Act with knowledge,(51) Shun murder,(52) Pray for what is possible,(53) Consult the wise,(54) Examine your character,(55) Give back when you have received,(56) Do not look down on anyone,(57) Act with skill,(58) Give what you mean to,(59) Honor generosity,(60) Do not envy anyone,(61) Keep up your guard,(62) Approve of hope,(63) Hate slander,(64) Aquire justly,(65) Honor good people,(66) Know the judge,(67) Control your marriages,(68) Recognize Fortune,(69) Avoid a pledge,(70) Speak plainly,(71) Have dealings with those like you,(72) Control your expenses,(73) Be happy with what you have,(74) Have a sense of shame,(75) Repay a favor,(76) Pray for good fortune,(77) Be content with Fortune,(78) Observe and listen,(79) Work for gain,(80) Hate quarrel,(81) Detest disgrace,(82) Control your speech,(83) Shun violence,(84) Choose what is just,(85) Make use of your possessions,(86) Judge unswayed by bribes,(87) Accuse the present,(88) Speak with understanding,(89) Have nothing to do with violence,(90) Live without sorrow,(91) Deal kindly,(92) Reach the end without hesitation,(93) Be courteous to everyone,(94) Do not curse your sons,(95) Control your wife,(96) Treat yourself well,(97) Be easy to speak to,(98) Answer promptly,(99) Labor with glory,(100) Act without regret,(101) Repent of your transgressions,(102) Control your eye,(103) Give counsel in time,(104) Act at once,(105) Protect friendship,(106) Be grateful,(107) Purse agreement,(108) Hide what is secret,(109) Fear what is powerful,(110) Pursue what is useful,(111) Await the right moment,(112) Dissolve enmities,(113) Accept old age,(114) Do not boast about strength,(115) Practice auspicious speech,(116) Avoid enmity,(117) Acquire wealth justly,(118) Do not forsake good repute,(119) Despise evilness,(120) Take risks with caution,(121) Do not grow weary of learning,(122) Do not cease being frugal,(123) Hold oracles in awe,(124) Love those you raise,(125) Do not fight the absent.(126) Honor your elder,(127) Teach the young,(128) Do not trust your wealth,(129) Respect yourself,(130) Do not begin violence,(131) Honor your ancestors,(132) Die for your home,(133) Do not despair of life,(134) Do not mock the dead,(135) Do not be troubled with the unlucky,(136) Court favor without harm,(137) Do not be distressed over everything,(138) Have children with the wellborn,(139) Do not make a promise to anyone,(140) Do not wrong the dead,(141) (Be content) to do well as a mortal,(142) Do not trust your Fortune,(143) As a child, be well-behaved,(144) As a youth, be in control of yourself,(145) In middle age, be just,(146) As an elder, be reasonable,(147) When you are dying, do not lament!
The fact that the Brits have largely decided to move back to old English lands in France never ceases to amuse me. pic.twitter.com/5TdleSCKAu
— François Valentin (@Valen10Francois) December 2, 2024
To Assess or to Advocate?
— The Honest Broker (@RogerPielkeJr) December 11, 2024
The IPCC is at risk of losing its credibilityhttps://t.co/cAIVYHkSlB pic.twitter.com/MGtN1M8pjK
AMERICA IS BACK.
— Wesley Hunt (@WesleyHuntTX) December 14, 2024
Our National Anthem as good as it gets.#ArmyNavy 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/5KPcImecAL
Spotted on Facebook pic.twitter.com/zvEFRTSBZf
— Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens (@CSMFHT) December 7, 2024
This is the mother of all “now it can be told” stories from the New York Times.
— Jeff Eager (@Jeff_Eager) December 11, 2024
“The immigration surge of the past few years has been the largest in U.S. history, surpassing the great immigration boom of the late 1800s and early 1900s[.]”
60% of the surge has been illegal. pic.twitter.com/mxcdA7uEbc
This model doesn't seem to work in Africa and the Middle East where wheeled transport was abandoned in favour of alternatives such as caravans.
— François Valentin (@Valen10Francois) December 3, 2024
Full paper here: https://t.co/YFfMPuLSg9 pic.twitter.com/h49nvDrgDE
Seems like a good time to remind people: pic.twitter.com/Y7IG3W4KNT
— The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole84) December 11, 2024
La Machine is a French production company based in Nantes, France known for urban theatre
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) December 13, 2024
their latest creation, a nearly 50-foot-tall robotic Minotaur, roaming the streets of Toulouse, France.
pic.twitter.com/7Eut1F6FBF
What’s America’s largest ethnic group, and why did we get it wrong for so long?
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) December 9, 2024
For years, German ancestry seemed the most common in the USA.
But when Census started allowing people to put down multiple "origins"... a new winner topped the list = British pic.twitter.com/Uc3hdGi9lK
Spot the Mayans and the Incan Empire from % of European admixture... pic.twitter.com/yFw48GqNGt
— François Valentin (@Valen10Francois) December 4, 2024
Idk, maybe Democrats should try to win elections instead of cater to neurotic privileged weirdos. https://t.co/83m8xPToqh
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 8, 2024
Roadside trench management
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) December 13, 2024
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I'm looking forward to seeing if any student will top this email during this final-paper season. pic.twitter.com/50it4k8IwB
— Joseph Fasano (@Joseph_Fasano_) December 8, 2024
Americans are now one-third less likely to die from cancer at the same ages as Americans in 1990 pic.twitter.com/WEp2YzQDBk
— Saloni (@salonium) December 10, 2024
A cheek-piece from a #Roman helmet, beautifully worked with an image of the winged goddess Victory holding a battlefield trophy, made from the arms & armour of the defeated enemy. As this is high-quality work, the helmet it was originally part of probably belonged to an officer. pic.twitter.com/V2IkKphl3H
— Dr Jo Ball (@DrJEBall) December 9, 2024
Scientifically dubious/meritless constructs like implicit bias and microaggressions aren't so much empirical claims as reflections of the will to power of a faction that has pulled off a coup within academia. This coup has ramified beyond higher ed into K-12, law, public policy. https://t.co/5HxbpZXXHI
— Jake 🇺🇸 (@omni_american) December 8, 2024
Steam train with coal as its fuel
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) December 13, 2024
📹 rockymountainssteam
pic.twitter.com/duiR693SrU
Ryanair do not land, they arrive pic.twitter.com/oiygsBPM0V
— NO CONTEXT HUMANS (@HumansNoContext) December 8, 2024
Syrian refugees in Denmark:
— Jonatan Pallesen (@jonatanpallesen) December 8, 2024
• 62% of Syrians in the cohort have been convicted of a serious crime.
• Only 21% of Syrian women of prime working age (30-64) are employed. The rest are on welfare. This is an astonishingly low number, even for immigrants in Denmark.
• In a… pic.twitter.com/0DLkzwqTDF
Thanks, Lisa! For more myths about gender, race, and inequality, click here: https://t.co/U8T5ZocC1X https://t.co/STlb3n1QBK
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) December 8, 2024
Peak progressive virtue signaling is tipping your delivery driver 10% while assuming your driver is illegal and complaining that if he’s deported you can’t keep paying him below a living wage. https://t.co/5pjvMpw5S7
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) December 4, 2024
electron microscope view of a lavender pollen grain on a lavender flower petal pic.twitter.com/UitltgoXXY
— microscopic images. (@microscopicture) December 8, 2024
Happiness is temporary pic.twitter.com/zlg79zDSEd
— NO CONTEXT HUMANS (@HumansNoContext) December 8, 2024
China has the capacity to make 50m cars a year (an insane number, global demand is around 90m cars) -- 20m EVs and at least 30m ICE cars (capacity before the EV boom was 43m ICEs). Internal demand is for less than 25m cars.
— Brad Setser (@Brad_Setser) December 8, 2024
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🏺Ancient Greek 'ostraka' - pottery sherds on which the ancient Athenians would vote for the expulsion of someone who had to leave Athens for 10 years! This is where the word 'ostracism' originates from. Further info about 'ostracism' here: https://t.co/0XjOGSpS3j
— Angela O'Brien (@GrecianGirly) December 9, 2024
Photo source:… pic.twitter.com/nutvXYS6Tb
From the “you couldn’t make this stuff up” file:
— Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) December 3, 2024
A “misinformation expert” at Stanford, @jeffhancock, billed the state of Minnesota $600/hour to prepare an expert declaration on the dangers of AI-generated content. He swore under penalty of perjury that everything stated in the… pic.twitter.com/UIWfMfRMm1
Fun fact.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 4, 2024
Some birds are comfy sleeping on their backs.pic.twitter.com/gb7NLYvK0z
The discourse on Bluesky is vibrant. You can get into all sorts of debates, such as whether it's better to assault journalists you don't like with hammers or doorknobs. pic.twitter.com/zPJTwi1ZNm
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) December 7, 2024
At Yale, 92% of grades in women's studies classes are either A or A-.
— i/o (@eyeslasho) December 7, 2024
Only 55% in mathematics are.
You couldn't ask for a better metaphor for what ails American academia. pic.twitter.com/ZfhPNm7sMw
Broadmead Brookby C.H. SissonO you haunting ghosts, I move towards you.Could I go over these flooded plainsIt would not be to any Paradise:I came from none and I expect to find none;It was a long journey, or so it seemed.The scene changed, and thoughts went through my head,But even the possibility of knowledge– Never coveted – seemed no more than a slideFrom one thing to another. First the childTasting the world, and finding that it hurt;Then the youth, felled by the bolt of love,Then labouring where the knowledge was acquiredIn self-defence or else in mere ambition.But late in time and after all deceits,I came to stand beside Broadmead BrookAs in the very hollow of my hand.A woman stood there who had been a childWhere in another century my motherHad played and laboured. Now all was changed,Yet Broadmead Brook flowed, exquisite woodsMarked her course, for in my fantasyIt was she guarded the bounding deer,The rabbits and the partridges, and allWho dare to dream, and be, of England still.
There was a civilization of eel-worshippers who built HUNDREDS of weirs up and down the Susquehanna river basin. Some have been carbon dated to over 5,000 years old.
— ❄️ 𝓟𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓸 ❄️ (@whateverblues) December 6, 2024
MASSIVE prehistoric infrastructure project running up and down hundreds of miles of river... nobody cares. pic.twitter.com/Ht6YxmAbyn
“Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well ordered mind than a man’s ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company.”
— Seneca the Younger | Stoic Philosophy ✍️ (@SenecaQuote) December 4, 2024
Michael Collins, the astronaut who took this photo in 1969, is the only human, dead or alive, that isn't in the frame of this picture. pic.twitter.com/zFvZYLlsez
— Curiosity (@MAstronomers) December 3, 2024
“Sharks eat well but live a life surrounded by sharks.” — @naval
— Chris Williamson (@ChrisWillx) December 4, 2024
Fascinating paper on where 6000 global elites went to college. Billionaires, CEOs, heads of state, central bankers, etc.
— Paul Novosad (@paulnovosad) December 6, 2024
In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
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There's been quite a bit of revisionism in recent years, but the moral leap was so significant that when Cortés and contemporaries encountered the Aztecs they could hardly conceive of their civilization - which built an empire on human sacrifice - as anything but pure evil. https://t.co/UJAupLJzVt
— Tobias Schneider (@tobiaschneider) December 5, 2024
The Harris campaign folks are the most non-agentic people I've encountered in a position of comparable decision-making authority. They don't even see themselves as victims so much as Non-Player Characters with no will of their own.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 27, 2024
Our planet is so beautiful!!! pic.twitter.com/BqzkY6VjbZ
— Curiosity (@MAstronomers) December 1, 2024
This is how media misinformation fuels false beliefs in the population.
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) December 5, 2024
People think 21% of people are trans… when the real number is 1%.
People think 20% of households are millionaires… the real number is close to 0%. pic.twitter.com/qcqAjfZSx0
Still a good boy after two thousand years. A Roman marble head of a loyal hound, gazing up at his master.
— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) November 27, 2024
2nd century AD, Bonhams Antiquities, December 2024. pic.twitter.com/lOx5dDL6IY
The thing is that expertise is very small-ball important, but public-facing experts often like to portray themselves as a quasi-priestly class who then constantly fall flat on their faces when faced with giant challenges that actually defy humans' ability to model/understand. 1/ https://t.co/nKvXu2QdgG
— Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende) November 30, 2024
8. Entitled "Bruce the Bald Eagle", this photograph is the result of Canadian photographer Steve Biro's ten-year quest for the perfectly symmetrical shot. pic.twitter.com/vPcaHOThko
— Raghu (@IndiaTales7) November 29, 2024
16 things British people say to let you know your plan is very bad:
— VeryBritishProblems (@SoVeryBritish) December 4, 2024
1. And you’re absolutely sure you want to do this?
2. It’s up to you
3. It’s your funeral
4. Why don’t you sleep on it?
5. Yeah, good luck with that
6. I’m sure you know best
7. It wouldn’t be my choice, but…
1. And you’re absolutely sure you want to do this?2. It’s up to you3. It’s your funeral4. Why don’t you sleep on it?5. Yeah, good luck with that6. I’m sure you know best7. It wouldn’t be my choice, but what do I know?8. That’s a bold choice9. Remember, it was your idea10. On your head be it11. You’re brave12. That’s an interesting decision13. Don’t come crying to me afterwards14. Are you sure you’re feeling okay?15. Rather you than me16. I’m sure it’ll be fine
I had no idea such data existed. This map shows how many people from each country climbed Mount Everest (as of 2023). Love that there has been a lone Cuban who conquered the world's highest mountain. pic.twitter.com/XfZr1hhasA
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) November 27, 2024
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