Was I wrong? https://t.co/I3Vwo80wBn
— Gul Dukat (@realGulDukat) Dec 31, 2021
via Twitter https://twitter.com/realGulDukat
January 01, 2022 at 01:57AM
Geologist by education & Curious by nature ... attempting to make this blog my social media hub .... Posts would be mainly about #Space #Science #Sports #Travel #Geology #Geophysics #Beauty ;-)
Was I wrong? https://t.co/I3Vwo80wBn
— Gul Dukat (@realGulDukat) Dec 31, 2021
Antifragility shd not be jumping frm 5th floor Limited government shd not be anarchy Intellectual freedom shd not be quackery Liberty shd not be sociopathy Free speech shd not be disinformation & Remember that Prudence for others is the highest form of courage Happy 2022!
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) Dec 31, 2021
At this hour 2 years ago, Chinese media began reporting on cases with unexplained pneumonia in Wuhan. Here's one of the first ever media reports about COVID-19 https://t.co/0AkGqpR7We
— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) Dec 31, 2021
micROCKScopica wishes you all a Better New Year https://t.co/NMSP9QEAqX
— micROCKScopica (@micROCKScopica) Dec 31, 2021
Last #ThinSectionThursday of 2021 🙃. Here's a lovely Archaean Lewisian pyroxenite from Sutherland, with opx, cpx, green amphibole, and scapolite on grain boundaries (clear, bright colours in xp). Scale bar (lower right =1mm) https://t.co/augF1pvj9u
— John Faithfull 🌍🇪🇺🏴🧡 UCU (@FaithfullJohn) Dec 30, 2021
If Holly (Ilex aquifolium) finds its leaves are being nibbled by deer, it switches genes on to make them spiky when they regrow. So on taller Holly trees, the upper leaves (which are out of reach) have smooth edges, while the lower leaves are prickly 🤙 https://t.co/J1qvjceXC5
— Leif Bersweden (@LeifBersweden) Dec 30, 2021
#thinsectionthursday I have a feeling this rock reached the garnet-staurolite zone 😍 Paragneiss from NE Sardinia (Posada valley). FOV 4.5 mm https://t.co/Gtrqyl2pA6
— Samuele Papeschi (@CalamitaMan) Dec 30, 2021
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— Hailey Lennon (@HaileyLennonBTC) Dec 29, 2021
Not getting discussed enough: Dr. Hotez and his colleagues at Texas Children's have done what Pfizer and Moderna won't— developed a safe and effective #COVID19 vaccine, then transferred the patent to manufacturers in the developing world. For free. https://t.co/ovlgEUYriX
— Jorge A. Caballero, MD (@DataDrivenMD) Dec 29, 2021
A mappy switcheroo. If Greenland and Africa were to switch places on a Mercator map. Source: https://t.co/T4o9XXfCag https://t.co/6GKAg85baw
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) Dec 29, 2021
😭😭😭 #TejRan #TejasswiPrakash #KaranKundrra https://t.co/U1yRpNp6Ux
— Mehjabin💫 (@mehjabin0308) Dec 30, 2021
I’m fucking crying https://t.co/65ak9svoaW
— invader sim 🍌 (@mutantsimian) Dec 28, 2021
Imagine you were born in 1900. When you're 14 World War I begins and ends at 18 years old with 22 million dead. Shortly after, a global pandemic Flu called 'Spanish' ", kills 50 million people. You come out alive and free You are 20 years old. Then, at 29, you survive the global
— Unicorn (@TraderUnicorn) Dec 28, 2021
welp https://t.co/nToVEPbULu
— Twitter (@Twitter) Dec 28, 2021
This didn’t age well. (New York Times, December 20, 1924.) https://t.co/d1u7WMaAqc https://t.co/rvSn8c3jme
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) Dec 22, 2021
Stadiums are a great study of how little space people take up and how much space their cars need https://t.co/AE4XZUMMLm
— 21st Century City (@urbanthoughts11) Dec 26, 2021
Couldn’t resist posting this ad by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway on the conveyance of opium https://t.co/FM6tvvxS59
— Krish Ashok (@krishashok) Dec 26, 2021
shark tank India - owners of loss making start ups asking abt contestants’ business profitability. #funding is not a business model.
— ContrarianEPS (@contrarianEPS) Dec 26, 2021
Merry Christmas! (Skeletal olivine, Cenozoic Basalt, Thailand) https://t.co/HtkqblvvJB
— Ruth Siddall (@R_Siddall) Dec 24, 2021
Merry Christmas Everyone! (spinifex-textured olivine, Gorgona island, Colombia) https://t.co/pphbcCofgF
— micROCKScopica (@micROCKScopica) Dec 24, 2021
Amazing chart from @dailydirtnap https://t.co/6pH66LkDQB
— ʎllǝuuop ʇuǝɹq (@donnelly_brent) Dec 24, 2021
Good decisions are made by groups, great decisions are made by individuals. When risk mitigation is the key, committees work well. When upside creation is the goal, the smaller the circle the better.
— Jack Altman (@jaltma) Dec 24, 2021
Marx wrote about labor and capital before representative governance was a thing. Mises lauded individualism in a time when collectivism led to genocide. As medicine fits the ailment, so wisdom fits the moment. The fool opens the medicine cabinet and consumes indiscriminately.
— Travis.web1 (@coloradotravis) Dec 24, 2021
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— Conservatives Getting Owned (@cons_owned) Dec 22, 2021
Crazy how much of a difference $200 billion makes https://t.co/RnwpRgzxOy
— Dr. Parik Patel, BA, CFA, ACCA Esq. 💸 (@ParikPatelCFA) Dec 23, 2021
🇮🇳 India tested a "next-generation" nuclear-capable ballistic missile over the weekend. Our friends at @planet managed to snap a photo of the Agni-P pre-launch, and @nukestrat and I took a deep dive into what the test means for India's nuclear forces. https://t.co/F7hXkdA5u3
— Matt Korda (@mattkorda) Dec 23, 2021
The priest and the dying soldier, 1962 https://t.co/z93os0pVPX
— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPics) Dec 22, 2021
A message from me after the events of Abu Dhabi https://t.co/uYj7Ct6ANQ https://t.co/eThFec8nAi
— Nicholas Latifi (@NicholasLatifi) Dec 21, 2021
Best comment from my latest webcast with Scott Minerd was how this current inflation has more similarities to the 1940s than the 1970s. And yes — two years of inflation (then followed by huge disinflation) is transitory.
— David Rosenberg (@EconguyRosie) Dec 21, 2021
My god this doctor’s Reddit post https://t.co/Q0JcgJGduc https://t.co/pO2Y4cOe2R
— Lauren Hough (@laurenthehough) Dec 20, 2021
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— Universal Curiosity (@UniverCurious) Dec 19, 2021
I was today years old when I learned why we call them "eggplants" https://t.co/c9sNOk3zEK
— A Man With No Name (@SnottieDrippen) Dec 18, 2021
2020.csv 2020(1).csv 2020(2).csv
— emily (@emilyhawkins__) Dec 19, 2021
Don't justify lynching. Period. Violence triggered by hurt sensibilities is an honor thing that is frankly a barbaric relic. It is incompatible with modern life.
— Sri Thiruvadanthai (@teasri) Dec 19, 2021
December 19, 2016: India's highest Test total December 19, 2020: India's lowest all-out Test total #OnThisDay https://t.co/YvGXr7QBMR
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) Dec 19, 2021
This is the 1st generation that's heedless of systemic disease [yet connectivity compounds risk]. Non #Lindy: all ancient & religious texts advocate early drastic overreaction. Ironically, 1st generation to passively accept govt interference w/private matters (Education, labor). https://t.co/Crl5K3zZE7
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) Dec 19, 2021
Public and Government😀 https://t.co/tDtQe5FnUs
— Prasad Wakchaure, PhD (@PrasadWakchaure) Dec 17, 2021
2021 Atlantic Hurricane season was one of the most active on record. Accumulated Cyclone Energy >50% higher than the long run average ... probably nothing https://t.co/rwLjmSb9pQ
— Calderwood Capital (@calderwoodcap) Dec 15, 2021
Do you remember the world’s very first nuclear meltdown? That time the US President, an expert in nuclear physics, heroically lowered himself into the reactor and saved Ottawa, Canada’s capital? Sounds like schlocky action movie, but it actually happened! https://t.co/LtAQYC79QZ
— Jeff Lundeen (@LundeenOttawa) Dec 15, 2021
1971 India-Pakistan war,which lasted for 13 days,was one of the shortest wars in History. India Won the War, took 93,000 Pakistani prisoners which was also the largest military surrender after World War II,and Liberated 75 million people of Bangladesh #PakSurrenderDay https://t.co/mIRlDHvU29
— Syed Ata Hasnain (@atahasnain53) Dec 16, 2021
Succession is so good because it follows the classic story structure of "Tom and Gerri are up to something"
— broti gupta (@BrotiGupta) Dec 15, 2021
This is cute and funny but the real amazing thing about this video is that elephants are so intelligent they understand the concept of a joke and can make one up themselves. https://t.co/2fq7PlpqR8
— Mistletony Soprano (@BostonJerry) Dec 14, 2021
A new study suggests aerospace engineers and brain surgeons are not necessarily brighter than the general population - and that a career in either field is within anyone's reach if they apply themselves https://t.co/L18lCHP3WI
— Sky News (@SkyNews) Dec 14, 2021
I must have read/heard over one hundred Indian explanations of vote at the UN — this one on the vote against the UNSC resolution on climate & security is amongst the best: https://t.co/z7tuTF6IGP
— Constantino Xavier (@ConstantinoX) Dec 13, 2021
"In what should have been one of F1's finest ever moments instead we had anger and confusion." @MBrundleF1 dissects the #AbuDhabiGP controversy and Max Verstappen beating Lewis Hamilton in his latest column ✍️ #SkyF1 | #F1
— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) Dec 14, 2021
It’s funny how HBO poured all of their money & resources into Westworld, trying to set it up as their next GOT, when all they needed was a show about a rich white family full of assholes. The writing on #Succession is so damn good y’all, it’s almost unfair. Bring on season 4! https://t.co/52rldB7IdK
— ᴇᴅɢᴀʀ (@edckbar) Dec 13, 2021
It’s Tom & Greg’s world and we’re just living in it! #SuccessionHBO #Succession https://t.co/blN5vswxnE
— gdoyle1110 (@gdoyle1110) Dec 13, 2021
This should be illegal https://t.co/aYq5E087XC
— Jason Pargin, author of John Dies at the End, etc (@JohnDiesattheEn) Dec 11, 2021
The eruption of The Fagradalsfjall volcano, Iceland. Photo by Arnar Kristjansson https://t.co/pKdHucKees
— Diane Doniol-Valcroze (@ddoniolvalcroze) Dec 12, 2021
Call me mr five times https://t.co/t6PVx2rC91
— Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen) Dec 12, 2021
There are no words.
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) Dec 12, 2021
THIS IS BULLSHIT @F1
— Alexis Ohanian 7️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ (@alexisohanian) Dec 12, 2021
What a joke. That stinks.
— Gary Lineker 💙 (@GaryLineker) Dec 12, 2021
Petition to have a helmet cam option for an entire race 🤩 (via @F1) https://t.co/wXaXIGOIij
— ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) Dec 10, 2021
LAP 21/58 Epic stuff at the front as race leader Sergio Perez battles hard to keep Lewis Hamilton frustrated Hamilton eventually gets past to take P1, but his lead over Verstappen is cut to two seconds "Checo is a legend" says Max over team radio #AbuDhabiGP 🇦🇪 #F1 https://t.co/Thc5IPQV09
— Formula 1 (@F1) Dec 12, 2021
The church of the 95% confidence interval https://t.co/YLjXbAAINq
— Alexandre Lacoste (@alex_lacoste_) Dec 11, 2021
Reflecting on SA experience with Omricon thus far in Gauteng - the epicentre in SA. 1. Rate of increase per capita much quicker than any of previous three waves. Strongly suggestive of more transmissible than even delta. 2. Positivity rate 30-40% in some settings.
— Shabir Madhi (@ShabirMadh) Dec 10, 2021
I need the confidence of 24 year olds who have barely scratched the surface of their disciplines and bash out 20-tweet long threads.
— Irshad Daftari (@daftari) Dec 10, 2021
Every BBC series about the universe. https://t.co/pByfozoTpS
— Seán Burke (@SeanBurkeShow) Dec 10, 2021
Dear #advertising, you’re not competing against other advertising. You’re competing against … https://t.co/1SOX1RlSPq
— Sebastian Groebner (@SGroebner) Dec 10, 2021
Idea: An anonymous "vote to end meeting" button where if 50% of people press it, the meeting ends immediately.
— Joey Lorich (@joeylorich) Dec 9, 2021
Diaspore - AlO(OH) - (high relief, pale pink and with high Interference colors) surrounded by fibrous natrolite crystals (with grey interference colors) from Sagåsen quarry, Norway. PPL and XPL Image, 10x (Fov 2 mm) #thinsection #alexstrekeisen #Norway https://t.co/1FvfPXkoXe
— Alexstrekeisen (@alexstrekeisen) Dec 11, 2021
Exhibits from the ‘Phenko to Lambi phenko’ series https://t.co/cmgx0bCnUx
— Samir Arora (@Iamsamirarora) Dec 9, 2021
lmao https://t.co/9W5X66dsUy
— Eric Wall (🌈,🌈) (@ercwl) Dec 9, 2021
best new yorker cartoon in decades probably https://t.co/MZtVdnBvld
— Aleph (9, 5) (@woke8yearold) Dec 9, 2021
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— WholesomeMemes (@WholesomeMeme) Dec 8, 2021
Top 💙 @danielricciardo 😂😂 https://t.co/gCuBSnAFO1
— Fernando Alonso (@alo_oficial) Dec 9, 2021
An excellent macro way to get a grip on counterfactual of live saved by vaccines. h/t Dan from Prague @maircomm https://t.co/Cw3fuCWD9p
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) Dec 9, 2021
In primitive, martial societies, & the mob, a man becomes a full man by killing another man. In civilized society, you don't become a full person until you help in saving someone else's life, or, at least, in improving someone else's condition.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) Dec 9, 2021
Time-lapse of braces doing their thing 😮 https://t.co/Q0xAXz5OPo
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) Dec 8, 2021
Gen Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) was on a visit to Defence Services Staff College, Wellington (Nilgiri Hills) to address the faculty and student officers of the Staff Course today.
— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) Dec 8, 2021
Gen Bipin Rawat was an outstanding soldier. A true patriot, he greatly contributed to modernising our armed forces and security apparatus. His insights and perspectives on strategic matters were exceptional. His passing away has saddened me deeply. Om Shanti. https://t.co/YOuQvFT7Et
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) Dec 8, 2021
Animation shows the US death rate per 100,000 people for the different vaccination statuses. Source: https://t.co/85kSukpB1X https://t.co/yWVqnczyRp
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) Dec 8, 2021
Oh no, what happened to my biotite! Ah right, sulphides happened to my biotite... :) https://t.co/4yswqMNCno
— Tarryn Kim Cawood (@RockMunki) Dec 7, 2021
I haven't interpreted seismic data in a while and it is a lot of fun to get back into it but I was not missing these spikes https://t.co/PfxHlzEGC7
— Zoltán Sylvester (@zzsylvester) Dec 7, 2021
Cartography isn't biased, It is just that schools didn't teach good Geography 2D maps (paper or flat screen) CANNOT represent 3D World in right manner preserving angle, distance, area, shape together. Maps produced for navigation (north is always up) will have areas distorted https://t.co/NYJ3yGbCUn
— Raj Bhagat P #Mapper4Life (@rajbhagatt) Dec 7, 2021
#mineralmonday A happy Biotite in "Titanium", a paragneiss used as dimension stone, kindly provided by @MarmiRossi #science #art #colors #rocks #geology #minerals #microscopy #photography https://t.co/4ppZbXFHmR
— micROCKScopica (@micROCKScopica) Dec 6, 2021
Not surprisingly my one is quite abstract "The tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Glenelg-Attadale Inlier" https://t.co/HQPOlMFPJ0
— Prof Craig Storey (@cragtastic) Dec 6, 2021
HERE COMES THE MOTHERFUCKING PERCUSSION SECTION https://t.co/X1psXQEHTw
— Jon “Jon Baker” Baker (@JonBaker) Dec 5, 2021
What a lineup 😄 📸 courtesy @ashwinravi99 #INDvNZ https://t.co/k2Hm4oQwdP
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) Dec 6, 2021
Almost end of the year, and @planet4589 decides to seize the award for "wittiest come-back of the year" with this absolute beauty of a burn...😆 https://t.co/CGYTywLwSs
— Dr Marco Langbroek 💉x2 #Vaccinate (@Marco_Langbroek) Dec 5, 2021
Rectangular melilite phenocrysts (brown at PPL and with blue interference colors at XPL) set in a fine-grained leucite-augite-rich groundmass (leucite have Anhedral habit and Is isotropic at XPL). Melilitite vulture volcano, Italy. PPL and image, 10x (Field of view 2 mm) https://t.co/CUwLcHotNc
— Alexstrekeisen (@alexstrekeisen) Dec 5, 2021
Anyone else have the EXACT same reactions as @alo_oficial in the closing moments of qualifying? 👀 🎥 x @ZS_Racing #SaudiArabianGP 🇸🇦 #F1 https://t.co/9W99dKA0bM
— Formula 1 (@F1) Dec 4, 2021
I promise this is the most hilarious thread and you'll never regret the few minutes it takes to read these comments. Fucking PRICELESS. 1. https://t.co/JUQkUS5Cp3
— ❄🌬Shay🌬❄ (@cherokee_autumn) Dec 3, 2021
Holy shit. This is a photo from *earlier today* of 2021's only solar eclipse, which took place over Antarctica. This pic was taken by Petr Horálek from a Boeing 787 some 12.5 km above the Weddell Sea. At this altitude, totality lasted for ~145 seconds. Look at that shadow 😮 https://t.co/7jZO12OKrv
— Paul Byrne (@ThePlanetaryGuy) Dec 4, 2021
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— Out of Context Human Race (@NoContextHumans) Dec 4, 2021
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— Out of Context Human Race (@NoContextHumans) Dec 4, 2021
Really cool history map shows the Spanish Reconquista (AD 722 to 1492). Tons of information condensed into a simple map. Well done. Source: https://t.co/S4ikRLySyj https://t.co/VEkigKCCHl
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) Dec 4, 2021
Every person on my TL on crypto Twitter ready to meet this man lmao #btc #cryptocrash https://t.co/e7vTAya6IB
— Alejandro (@Drodysseus) Dec 4, 2021
Of the Dark Triad traits, only Psychopathy (P) is weakly related to *lower* intelligence, whereas Machiavellianism (M) and Narcissism (N) are unrelated to intelligence. Meta-analysis of 143 studies, impressive work! https://t.co/VpXkRsi6IJ https://t.co/cbfdHNQAzf
— Markus Jokela (@mmjokela) Dec 3, 2021
How do you like this silicified Dinosaur Bone? (width 1,5 mm) #fossils #dinosaur #paleontology #sciart #scicomm #science #arte #geology #abstractart #wallart #bone #tussue #cells #chalcedony #FridayFeeling https://t.co/jGaYA2fJGa
— micROCKScopica (@micROCKScopica) Dec 3, 2021
😮 https://t.co/K8JNkw3wvd
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) Dec 3, 2021
Free talc porphyroblast in a talc - carbonate - serpentine mylonite. about 1 mm wide. #geology #thinsection #petrography #minerals https://t.co/gqJfeZO6ju
— Samuele Papeschi (@CalamitaMan) Dec 3, 2021
Friends; the Incerto discusses the notion of blindness to COUNTERFACTUALS, effects not seen thanks to a risk reduction measure. As an exercise in empirical rigor missing from the discussion, let's look at: 1) How many lives were saved by vaccines, 2) Morbidities reduced.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) Dec 3, 2021
I don’t know man https://t.co/YldkZEneKG
— 🆂🅼🅾🅺🅴 (@terrill) Dec 2, 2021
Remembering this gem https://t.co/XcxZD4xv7X
— Wescz (@wescz1312) Dec 1, 2021
@elonmusk you know your str8, male, PayPal mafia email group? I was on bcc for MONTHS on that thing 🫖 With that information in mind, don’t you think in a “civilized society” one should embrace paying our fair share of tax? Don’t pick on Bernie. It’s Kendall Roy shit. https://t.co/cW4gRCxvjU
— Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) Dec 2, 2021
3/scientists learned that the Delta Variant's Spike protein (the part that grabs human cells) behaves differently: it opens up wider than the original virus. This may allow Delta to infect more efficiently. They'll do these simulations with #Omicron, once its shape is deciphered. https://t.co/kHtEk58g2X
— Dr. Ali Nouri (@AliNouriPhD) Dec 2, 2021
NEW: today’s update from Gauteng, now on a log scale to better show current trajectories. Steepness of lines shows how much faster the growth in cases and positivity is now vs past waves, and hospital admissions are now steepening too as the acceleration in cases feeds through. https://t.co/xBNGzxmwhC
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) Dec 2, 2021
Hope yo are having a nice wednesday, because it already feels like #thinsectionthursday here 😃 Folded serpentine vein surrounded by talc and carbonates in a mylonite from the ultramafic complexes of Elba, Italy #geology #minerals #metamorphism #deformation https://t.co/5q98LkH6Vr
— Samuele Papeschi (@CalamitaMan) Dec 1, 2021
It didn’t take me long in the crypto world to realize that it’s an ecosystem being fueled by the “House Money Effect”. Having spent countless hours in the world of high stakes poker I recognized it instantly and now can’t stop seeing it everywhere I look. A short 🧵👇
— fintechjunkie.eth (@fintechjunkie) Dec 2, 2021
NEW: updated chart showing today’s numbers from Gauteng in South Africa: • Now with test positivity, for those who have asked whether this is driven by increased testing • And stating in the title that hospital admissions are a lagging indicator, as many have requested https://t.co/UO5kUpTU6c
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) Dec 1, 2021
Elizabeth Holmes's daily schedule Circa 2005–2009 https://t.co/hhWUBHhpbe
— Internal Tech Emails (@TechEmails) Nov 30, 2021
“The first step a tyrant takes toward enslaving a people is to steal their history.” ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
— Amit Schandillia (@Schandillia) Dec 1, 2021
Come on man! My luck, 250 million year old salt and it expired two years ago. Damn. ⌛️ https://t.co/vDm7QUlxwV
— Magic Beans🐿️ (@DeanJC420) Nov 30, 2021
Analysis of 6.1 million trades of 4.7 million NFTs shows that the top 10% of traders have traded 97% of NFTs which definitely puts meat on the bones of the hypothesis that a lot of NFT trades are wash sales intended to artificially boost prices. https://t.co/ufgmhE2iBi
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) Nov 30, 2021
No one: Me: So, no one's going to bring up the fact that three of Bollywood's most popular villains are literally named Love, Life, and Soul? https://t.co/Dni1cbBoWS
— P. S. Nissim (@ps_nissim) Nov 30, 2021
The current consensus view: "your view is the consensus view and my view is special."
— Travis (@coloradotravis) Nov 30, 2021
Virgin vs Chad Investment Bankers https://t.co/6xiUgeUjIK
— litquidity (@litcapital) Nov 29, 2021
This was just epic . Merci @AlpineF1Team @alpinecars @francefootball https://t.co/h2HngS1JQZ
— Fernando Alonso (@alo_oficial) Nov 29, 2021
#MineralMonday Cordierite (and and some Sillimanite) in a felsic granulite from the Kerala Khondalite Belt (S India) #science #art #geology #minerals #rocks #metamorphism #microscope #petrology #colors #lines https://t.co/cGBa4ba0wW
— micROCKScopica (@micROCKScopica) Nov 29, 2021
Deep gratitude for @jack and our entire team, and so much excitement for the future. Here’s the note I sent to the company. Thank you all for your trust and support 💙 https://t.co/eNatG1dqH6 https://t.co/liJmTbpYs1
— Parag Agrawal (@paraga) Nov 29, 2021
This tweet which is currently going viral among the right from Twitter's new CEO is him quoting a Daily Show segment that aired that night about stereotypes. It's a joke about absurd stereotypes, not a factual statement. https://t.co/hhIdXTSiOH https://t.co/9bFtGrfExW
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) Nov 29, 2021
24 hours of Earth's rotation, with the camera locked to the sky instead of the ground. We're all hanging out on this spinning rock. Brilliant video by Bartosz Wojczyński. https://t.co/wPpQ5HhXKC https://t.co/pQ3a3TdR9s
— Corey S. Powell (@coreyspowell) Nov 29, 2021
not sure anyone has heard but, I resigned from Twitter https://t.co/G5tUkSSxkl
— jack⚡️ (@jack) Nov 29, 2021
Sigh. Ravindra & Patel managed to survive Ravindra & Patel.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) Nov 29, 2021
A cautionary tale because all people see are the winners. A buyer paid 8.5 ETH for this Loot. Now asking for 2.65. https://t.co/MymSqIx7q1
— Michael Batnick (@michaelbatnick) Nov 28, 2021
Sir Frank Williams, F1’s longest-serving and most successful Team Principal the sport has ever seen, has died. Driven. Dedicated. Funny. Sir Frank was one of a kind. #Legend
— Lawrence Barretto (@lawrobarretto) Nov 28, 2021
A biryani delivery startup grew revenue from ₹ 86 lakhs to ₹ 150 crores and is estimated to generate ₹ 500 crores by FY 22-23 – Biryani By Kilo. A [thread] 🧵:
— Raj Shamani (@rajshamani) Nov 28, 2021
We have a winner. https://t.co/e3D8xXq1zS
— André Fran (@andrefran) Nov 28, 2021
There are two Indias! Left side is Netravathi river #Karnataka where sediment plume is coming out of the river Right side is Daman Ganga river (#Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu) where sewage plume is coming out of the river #Satellite images from yesterday & today https://t.co/aXSlV0L2D4
— Raj Bhagat P #Mapper4Life (@rajbhagatt) Nov 28, 2021
Bureaucrats can be honest/dishonest, efficient/inefficient & it varies between Individuals. A city can't place its bets on that randomness. It should have processes & people accountable to people thru electoral process. Without this,no tech solution wud work Today in @the_hindu https://t.co/J2Y1vAzq2i
— Raj Bhagat P #Mapper4Life (@rajbhagatt) Nov 28, 2021
Here is a clip of what it is like to skim the bottom of a deep ocean trench (the San Cristobal, South Pacific) at a depth of 8484 meters in a submersible. It feels like skimming the surface of another planet like Europa or Ganymede in a spacecraft. https://t.co/jerUKhE73U
— Victor Vescovo (@VictorVescovo) Nov 28, 2021
The political compass according to people in each quadrant of the political compass… Source unknown. https://t.co/08F8qtM95G
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) Nov 27, 2021
When the debt falls dramatically, that will literally be deflation tho… https://t.co/Mau4KeJ7gF
— Travis (@coloradotravis) Nov 28, 2021
It was 1919 and this is Groningen. You are there in surreal realism. https://t.co/ZpHXiZDJaP
— Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele) Nov 28, 2021
I've been in the markets across multiple cycles to know that what happened last 18 months was an outlier. There is no easy money to be made in the markets in the long run. When the going gets tough, greed disappears & with that trading activity & volumes & inflated valuations 6/8
— Nithin Kamath (@Nithin0dha) Nov 27, 2021
What’s your favorite holiday movie? https://t.co/aq3iDMIXqf
— Diane Doniol-Valcroze (@ddoniolvalcroze) Nov 27, 2021
Temporary ageing due to g-force 😲 https://t.co/BN3hKRIVBR
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) Nov 26, 2021
Good world is more organized; taking new variant seriously, with coordinated effort to investigate. It's counterproductive in short and long run, however, to impose harsh travel restrictions on affected countries; hurting current containment efforts, discouraging future sharing.
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) Nov 26, 2021
Q Train, Nigel Van Wieck, oil on canvas, 1990 https://t.co/Md63qxic1X
— Diane Doniol-Valcroze (@ddoniolvalcroze) Nov 26, 2021
One of my favorite things to do in India is get a head massage, called a “champi” They are ~15 mins of heaven and available at any barbershop. This one cost 100 rupees ($1.30) https://t.co/wA45OCkMnc
— Sheel Mohnot (@pitdesi) Nov 26, 2021
#ThinSectionThursday (last for today) Deformed talc veins in cataclastic serpentinite (now rich in carbonates). Wild stuff https://t.co/Yb1fs5imkQ
— Samuele Papeschi (@CalamitaMan) Nov 25, 2021
A look at the urban spread of India's Most Urbanised State- TamilNadu. Look at the Coimbatore- Tiruppur- Erode- Salem belt.. #TamilNadu https://t.co/N1h2SD6TQy
— Chennai Updates (#WearAMask😷) (@UpdatesChennai) Nov 26, 2021
I cannot resist... Left image from a blueschist at Farinole, Corsica. Others from Cazadero. More about PPM here: https://t.co/6Jt5hcZOhc https://t.co/BxucatazZO
— micROCKScopica (@micROCKScopica) Nov 26, 2021
#ThinSectionThursday in Green https://t.co/XuqjLb5LxD
— micROCKScopica (@micROCKScopica) Nov 25, 2021
Coming from gambling to crypto I think one of the most core reasons for crypto just being "better" is it so perfectly blurs the line of what is investing and what is gambling. 1/4
— Mike McDonald (@MikeMcDonald89) Nov 25, 2021
Image prediction: ping-pong ball Confidence: 100.0% https://t.co/E8oC4DhvT7
— neural net guesses memes (@ResNeXtGuesser) Nov 25, 2021
This is a terrific illustration of the Moon's size relative to Earth. Earth's umbral shadow is about the same size as Earth itself at the Moon's distance; in this composite view of last week's eclipse we get a sense of its scale from its curvature. Credit: J.-F. Gout (@jfgout) https://t.co/5Ui5yxnKeJ
— Paul Byrne (@ThePlanetaryGuy) Nov 25, 2021
SpinLaunch looks hilariously awesome 🛰 Fling the satellites to the heavens 🌌 https://t.co/4cTyEnIlnC
— ric.eth 🦇🔊⚖️ (@ricburton) Nov 25, 2021
#thinsectionthursday I love these strain shadows of Quartz and Chlorite (!) around Ilmenite in the graphitic phillites south of Pfitscher Joch - Passo di Vizze (Italy). #geology #rocks #metamorphism #microstructure #Alps https://t.co/SBQNGhqPLU
— micROCKScopica (@micROCKScopica) Nov 25, 2021
Bathtub rings of Pleistocene Searles Lake on the hill behind the Trona Railroad train. It must have been an amazing sight when these lakes were full. The real lost world. https://t.co/nMxpMXPtJK
— Tim Dawson (@timblor) Nov 25, 2021
33 Days of Wound Healing. Seeing it in time-lapse really drives home how amazing the process is, and how amazing it is that our bodies "know" how to do this. https://t.co/Vy2r8bmkSQ https://t.co/yFq2BPXi6l
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) Nov 25, 2021
#thinsectionthursday Sillimanite needles (retrogressed to biotite) in feldspar porphyroblasts preserving an S1 foliation. https://t.co/iQRmheVeXj
— NormalFault (@NormalFault) Nov 25, 2021
#Satellite images of Annamayya project dam that was breached after heavy water flow in Cheyyeru river (Andhra Pradesh) We can see only the gate section standing in the dam & the river has almost returned back to its predamming natural state Data from @sentinel_hub @CopernicusEU https://t.co/ggSEoxJEQw
— Raj Bhagat P #Mapper4Life (@rajbhagatt) Nov 25, 2021
Backstreet boys Linear Regression 🤝🏻 Tell me Y
— Dr. Jacqueline Goldman (@jagoldma) Nov 25, 2021
Nonetheless numbers are really rising. Tuesday 868, Weds 1,275, and since I posted the first tweet Thursday’s figure has come out: 2,465. Which means the wave chart now looks like this: https://t.co/aUBktDmbQn
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) Nov 25, 2021
Indian parents call their kids beta because they haven't released them.
— VIN 📈 (@VinayKrKatiyar) Nov 24, 2021
By all the action going on, you would think there are 30 different crypto bills currently in parliament....I mean so much speculation even on the bill. They should start a new coin called CBILL or something
— Deepak Shenoy (@deepakshenoy) Nov 25, 2021
A recent, 1500 m long crevasse splay on the Gagere River, Nigeria: 13°37'25.20"N, 6°14'50.98"O. https://t.co/qNTgTE7Iur
— Daan Beelen (@daanosaurus_rex) Nov 24, 2021
Well it's #thinsectionthursday again! KiKy: Kinked Kyanite in a high-pressure pelitic granulite from the Ulten Zone, Italy. #science #geology #scicomm #sciart #rocks #geology #alps #colors #wallart #minerals #geoscience https://t.co/PQSvyEGPIs
— micROCKScopica (@micROCKScopica) Nov 25, 2021
That total fertility rate in India is perhaps below replacement level is great news. One important implication: China hit TFR of below 2.1 in 1992. Its labour force peaked 25 years later, so we have a similar "demographic window" to maintain growth via high domestic savings. https://t.co/07sJUUBUGf
— Niranjan Rajadhyaksha (@CafeEconomics) Nov 25, 2021
@stafnz You can’t use logic to convince someone out of an opinion that they didn’t use logic to find.
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) Nov 25, 2021
I keep getting asked how we use AI/ML/Blockchain at @zerodhaonline, and I keep saying we don't and haven't found any use-case yet. This time I asked our man behind the scene, Dr K, to comment. Couldn't help but share his response😬 https://t.co/IMEnnsWgBb
— Nithin Kamath (@Nithin0dha) Nov 25, 2021
This is Arctic 105 years apart. Both picture taken in summer. Do you notice anything special. Courtesy Christian Åslund. https://t.co/9AHtLDGKRb
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) Nov 24, 2021
One reason I like reading the writings of Satoshi Nakamoto, whoever he was, is that there is zero hype in anything he wrote. He was the complete opposite of lambos, shills, flexing, or false promises. He undersold and then overdelivered.
— Lyn Alden (@LynAldenContact) Nov 24, 2021
Daily CO2 emission in US, data by @Carbon_Monitor @SteveDavisUCI @douxinyu6 @ciais_philippe @ZhuDeng3 https://t.co/gdHONweXZt
— Zhu Liu (@LiuzhuLiu) Nov 24, 2021
Shazam is the only app that solves an actual problem people ever developed
— James 🐎🔫 (@buffalocialism) Nov 23, 2021
Championship lead with 2 races left #F1 #Formula1 https://t.co/QM0Aa1Gn4F
— F1Visualized (@f1visualized) Nov 22, 2021
The most sensible take on #Ayurveda I've seen in a very long time. The courage of Dr Kishor Patwardhan needs to be appreciated (My guess-he will be made an 'outcaste' by his own fraternity). @drabbyphilips @vishnuvy https://t.co/L1JftVBkdX https://t.co/3Co2lCB3ve
— Sreejith Parameswaran (@SreejithDr) Nov 22, 2021
Even Soviets knew Lee Harvey Oswald was "a neurotic maniac who was disloyal to his own country and everything else" and "never belonged to any organization in the Soviet Union". Why do so many people refuse to believe the lone-nut assassin theory when it is so obviously true? https://t.co/Oh27g18bUe
— Michael Shermer (@michaelshermer) Nov 23, 2021
seasonal reminder that if someone says they don't drink: -it's none of your business why -hosts should have several non-alcoholic beverage options -the holidays can be a tough period for non-drinkers -many jokes about not drinking are bad -people are fried and might just be tired
— White Guy Confidence (Sustainably) (@karenkho) Nov 22, 2021
Oh my. That's our homeworld. Photographed out the window of the Apollo 14 Command Module on the return to Earth in February 1971. Apollo image AS14-76-10349, 70 mm Hasselblad, 80 mm focal length, Magazine O, with minor processing by me. https://t.co/vPguw1g6jv
— Paul Byrne (@ThePlanetaryGuy) Nov 22, 2021
They can see everything except the price at which the stock will list. https://t.co/raPLQ66EJ6
— Samir Arora (@Iamsamirarora) Nov 22, 2021
Comparing self with ElonMusk. Not an iota of innovation, but same ego. https://t.co/kpYSyxWJcc
— ContrarianEPS (@contrarianEPS) Nov 22, 2021
this is very interesting. Kotak Securities analysis of all the big fintech apps in India - with their permissions usage. Fair disclosure - we ask for a bunch of these permissions as well. However, we are changing. https://t.co/jR76oGpAwl
— Sandeep Srinivasa (@sandeepssrin) Nov 22, 2021
The hellish Serra Pelada gold mine in Brazil, 1986, photographed by Sebastião Salgado https://t.co/MLE2sFEdLP
— Diane Doniol-Valcroze (@ddoniolvalcroze) Nov 21, 2021
The tunnel @GIFTCity_ accommodates all the utilities including power cables, raw water supply pipeline as well as treated water supply pipeline, ICT cables and automated waste collection pipeline, etc. (2/2) https://t.co/6mN4GBDbe3
— Ministry of Finance (@FinMinIndia) Nov 20, 2021
P3 for @alo_oficial - and his first podium finish since 2014! 🤩👏 #QatarGP 🇶🇦 #F1 https://t.co/QIya3s45PH
— Formula 1 (@F1) Nov 21, 2021
Moon dressed as Saturn 🪐 https://t.co/w8cG7tvcWd
— 🇬🇹 Chapina Tarot 🇬🇹 (@ChapinaTarot) Nov 20, 2021
My father’s response to my face showing up in Time, Newsweek, US New & World Report, etc. was to tell me that the only thing that would please him more would be to see my engagement announced in the local newspaper. https://t.co/4HjIdnhhMb
— Poppy Northcutt (@poppy_northcutt) Nov 21, 2021
Form is temporary, class is permanent 🍾 https://t.co/dMmXEko3NN
— ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) Nov 21, 2021
Like — what is the buyer headspace for these bonds? It's a USD coupon bond backed by a highly speculative asset, with the pitch being "buying it impacts the price." Erm. Okay, well if true why not just buy the asset? Constitution-DAO-level bid game right here... 2/2
— Travis (@coloradotravis) Nov 21, 2021
Amazing scenes as @alo_oficial and @AlpineF1Team celebrated their podium finish in Qatar! 🕺 🙌 🏆 #QatarGP 🇶🇦 #F1 https://t.co/bE30KV8qlT
— Formula 1 (@F1) Nov 21, 2021
What a moment for @alo_oficial in Qatar as he clinches an incredible P3 finish and a place on the podium! 🎧 🙌 #QatarGP 🇶🇦 #F1 https://t.co/Cr6XrysJcj
— Formula 1 (@F1) Nov 21, 2021
Me: No serial killer will ever lure me into their murder van. I' m too smart for that. Murderer: https://t.co/ThvagNDZvS
— Patricia Correll (@Author_PCorrell) Nov 19, 2021
Map compares the Boston shoreline in 1630 and 1995. I looked up where the Boston Tea Party took place but got confused. Can someone highlight where the original ship was located? Source: https://t.co/lmZHiMjQpl https://t.co/InSenxM1vG
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) Nov 20, 2021
This is what the surface of a comet looks like. This animation comprises a set of images of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, acquired by the @ESA_Rosetta spacecraft and processed by @landru79. The things that seems to be falling in the background are the stars in space. https://t.co/MbBPc9uMYX
— Paul Byrne (@ThePlanetaryGuy) Nov 20, 2021
It's at least possible to respect those who engage in substantive argument about the merits of the laws. But those who celebrated when they were passed through by undermining core democratic processes, and are now suddenly complaining about democracy, are beneath contempt.
— Gautam Bhatia (@gautambhatia88) Nov 20, 2021
Constitution DAO - A Short Story https://t.co/tJsaAspb9B
— Ander (@anderpart) Nov 20, 2021
The rise and the (rain)fall of the Roman empire: strong association between rainfall and duration in power of emperors. Lack of rain reduced harvests and lead to food shortages. Troops were more likely to stage mutinies and kill their emperor. Source: https://t.co/AFdkP0bZTu https://t.co/n9jyG8FwZU
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) Nov 19, 2021
It's one of cricket's great mysteries. You, the readers of this story, will soon get to know what happened. But the 37,341 spectators and millions of TV viewers who watched the encounter between India and Australia in Sydney will never know. Unless they read this too. +
— Ramki (@ramkid) Nov 20, 2021