So Chamath has been making a lot of noise attacking Robinhood and implying there's a conspiracy because it sells retail transaction data (payment for order flow) to Ken Griffin's Citadel.
— tyson brody (@tysonbrody) January 31, 2021
He wants you use his platform sofi, but it turns out, they literally do the same thing? 1/n pic.twitter.com/63H49PL9MX
अपनी गलतियों का ठीकरा दूसरों के सर फोड़ने का तरीका कोई कृष्णमूर्ति सुब्रह्मनीयन साहब से सीखे। ये न केवल नालायक हैं बल्कि झूठे और मक्कार भी हैं। पॉइंट बाई पॉइंट थ्रेड :https://t.co/WCKGaEWkRB
— WhiteCollarMazdoor (@BankerDihaadi) January 31, 2021
🌎 No matter where in the world you are, you can experience the marvels of Canada's Banks Island with @NASAEarth >> https://t.co/zevtTXsfJo pic.twitter.com/VHZWgp9aj7
— NASA Marshall (@NASA_Marshall) January 29, 2021
Today our offshore wind partnership w/ @Equinor has completed. With a 50% interest in 2 major projects off the East Coast of the US, it contributes to our 2030 aim of developing 50GW net renewable generating capacity & marks our entry into this fast-growing 💨 market.
— bp (@bp_plc) January 29, 2021
can't wait to explain this week to my therapist
— Reddit (@reddit) January 28, 2021
Farmers have been selling wheat they didn’t have for delivery at a later date for thousands of years since the time of Hammurabi’s Code.
— Jonathan Tepper (@jtepper2) January 29, 2021
Hence financial futures.
Chicago Board of Trade allowed short selling of wheat futures to hedge risk since 1848. https://t.co/PjfDxPJOBK
I want to tell you a story, and it begins with this VERY WEIRD animal: Meet Thetys vagina...
— Open Ocean Exploration (@RebeccaRHelm) January 29, 2021
[a thread 🧵]
📸 m_patton https://t.co/lew1mGS7Gn#DailyJelly pic.twitter.com/YqqBc5hwqP
Fundamental analysis in 1991: read company filings, speak to management and build a model before investing.
— Dr. Parik Patel, BA, CFA, ACCA Esq. 💸 (@ParikPatelCFA) January 28, 2021
Fundamental analysis in 2021: invest in whatever stock has the most 🚀🚀 emojis after the name.
When Tesla takes deposit from customers for cars/trucks to be delivered in future (sometimes many years later):
— Samir Arora (@Iamsamirarora) January 29, 2021
the buyer is going long the car/truck
Tesla is shorting the car/truck (which it currently does not have)
and the deposit is like a margin. https://t.co/A2waS9zd0x
1/ Not sure why this is so confusing and controversial, but what *almost certainly* happened is that Robinhood's counterparty/custodians saw too much risk in Robinhood's *aggregate* account on $GME.
— Inquisitive Investor (@QuisitiveInvest) January 28, 2021
The custodians don't "look thru" their client's massive list of accounts...
Trees on the Mississippian Greenbrier Limestone drop their leaves before trees on adjacent clastic horizons on Cliff Mountain, Lee/Scott County line, Virginia. Presumably this is due to moisture retention in the soil? Also some cool slide deposits and debris flow tracks here. pic.twitter.com/68HD79xtbo
— Philip Prince (@AllPhilsFault) January 28, 2021
— Archillect (@archillect) January 28, 2021
I mean... maybe I’m just getting old but the hero narrative here seems a little doe-eyed.
— Travis Kimmel (@coloradotravis) January 28, 2021
They found an exploit. But exploits get patched, and that’s also part of the game.
“Pigs get slaughtered.”
GameStop, AMC, Tootsie Roll, BlackBerry: there's a theme here and it's elder millennial nostalgia. https://t.co/O5pSU3K9mO
— Tracy Alloway (@tracyalloway) January 28, 2021
Check this out! These are REAL photos, 4K res, from the Moon, looking back at our Earth.
— Alan Stern (@AlanStern) January 25, 2021
21st century or not, just think about this view. Everyone you know or knew or will know is on that blue planet. And we're all in this one world, together. pic.twitter.com/uP5G2ZqOI5
Step 0: Citadel pays Robinhood for order flow. Citadel gets to see RH's orders a few milliseconds before they're filled. Citadel may choose to front-run some of those trades.
— Toxic (@toxic) January 26, 2021
Step 1: RH's customers and WallStreetBets start manipulating $GME. This is happening in the open.
Good news https://t.co/4YRppAWLJE pic.twitter.com/FoTNA3zz8x
— 𒇷 𒁯𒅗 (@Lee__Drake) January 25, 2021
for the time capsule pic.twitter.com/txop7BAeIq
— modest proposal (@modestproposal1) January 22, 2021
X-ray of a Stingray pic.twitter.com/sTtdPhhyrI
— Diane Doniol-Valcroze (@ddoniolvalcroze) January 23, 2021
Your timeline could probably do with a photo of the icy moon Mimas hanging in space against a backdrop of Saturn's rings.
— Prof. Paul Byrne (@ThePlanetaryGuy) January 23, 2021
So here you go. pic.twitter.com/wJzTSgx4WC
Kuttanad region in #Kerala is very unique in India. Agriculture here is done at/below sea level #Map shows areas reclaimed from lake backwaters incl. ones below sea level (years shown in map) & also associated wetlands which have been converted into agricultural land over time pic.twitter.com/XF3XmjCBp4
— Raj Bhagat P #Mapper4Life (@rajbhagatt) January 23, 2021
Y’ALL!!!!!!!! I AM SOBBING HAHAHAHA
— Sarafina Nance (@starstrickenSF) January 22, 2021
check out Ep 2 of @Seeker Constellations out today, bc Bernie and his mittens already endorsed it ;) pic.twitter.com/zpgJVaA6XA
SpaceX also wasn’t the only company launching commercial rockets in 2020. Or 2019. Or 2018. Or 2017. Or… pic.twitter.com/B4WF36RwXS
— Jeff Foust (@jeff_foust) January 22, 2021
Wear your warm woollen mittens and enjoy the cool crisp Munnar weather! #changeofair #keralatourism #BernieSanders pic.twitter.com/rnE8hWampK
— Kerala Tourism (@KeralaTourism) January 22, 2021
DMs ARE OPEN pic.twitter.com/8JLwrIf4zW
— Kenneth Dredd (@KennethDredd) January 21, 2021
Are night lights (NL) a reliable proxy for local GDP?
— Sam Asher (@thesamasher) January 21, 2021
An answer, in our paper “Development Research at High Geographic Resolution” aka the SHRUG paper (forthcoming at WBER). 🧵1/14
TL;DR: don’t trust existing GDP elasticities. With @paulnovosad @tobiaslunt @ryu_matsuura pic.twitter.com/dpRUy5Hjvy
Also, I'd like to know what non-micro cap alt coin has the fastest growing user or wallet base outside of ETH.
— Raoul Pal (@RaoulGMI) January 21, 2021
#Delhi
— Raj Bhagat P #Mapper4Life (@rajbhagatt) January 21, 2021
Night time land surface temperature (2020 Mean) on the left ; Urban area on the right pic.twitter.com/OtKptvsH5C
Check. Out. This. Calcite.
— Rich Taylor (@RockhoundRich) January 21, 2021
That is all.
This calcite is brought to you by @AnnaBirdian 🤩#ThinSectionThursday #geology #rocks #ZeissNatRes pic.twitter.com/FDlS3wrrKO
Seasonal Rhythms | #Afghanistan 🇦🇫 #Bangladesh 🇧🇩 #Bhutan 🇧🇹 #India 🇮🇳 #Nepal 🇳🇵 #Pakistan 🇵🇰 #SriLanka🇱🇰 pic.twitter.com/QEvAeGpM82
— Iban Ameztoy (@i_ameztoy) January 21, 2021
Seasonal Rhythms | #Afghanistan 🇦🇫 #Bangladesh 🇧🇩 #Bhutan 🇧🇹 #India 🇮🇳 #Nepal 🇳🇵 #Pakistan 🇵🇰 #SriLanka🇱🇰 pic.twitter.com/QEvAeGpM82
— Iban Ameztoy (@i_ameztoy) January 21, 2021
So happy that USA has finally rejoined the Pittsburgh Agreement. Welcome back!
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) January 21, 2021
Since folks are asking the the #Wellerman I thought I’d oblige! #startrek #trektok pic.twitter.com/L5lSJPOzta
— Jeremy (@Condiment_Games) January 19, 2021
“This could’ve been an email” pic.twitter.com/kn68z6eDhY
— Ashley K. (@AshleyKSmalls) January 20, 2021
Wow! This study, with 1.7M observations from 33K people, shows that income (in log units), contrary to prev claims, does predict happiness all the way up the income scale. The relationship
— Michael McCullough (@ME_McCullough) January 20, 2021
>$75K is as strong as <$75K.https://t.co/WzUFYPFfjS
I bet @jean_twenge could say more. pic.twitter.com/DDzO7V2lq2
Remarkable image of cross-bedding at Mount Sharp on Mars captured by Curiosity on 2 November 2014 pic.twitter.com/ai3K8hcBt0
— Professor Howard Falcon-Lang (@falconlang) January 20, 2021
Some of my favorite Bernie Sanders sightings today: pic.twitter.com/Pxta5BO7Uu
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) January 21, 2021
The internet really can be magical pic.twitter.com/Jrwkj2twii
— Ashley Holub, PhD (@ashtroid22) January 21, 2021
I was too innocent and too GAY to deserve a Pardon from Trump. I only mattered to Don Jr. when he needed to make a comment about me to boost his social media post. Boy were we all stupid to believe he actually stood for Equal Justice? His corrupt friends all come first. pic.twitter.com/ysGfwnqlHi
— Joe Exotic (@joe_exotic) January 20, 2021
Hello @Twitter! I’m here to make an impact with @VWGroup, especially on political issues. And, of course, to get some of your market shares, @elonmusk – after all, our ID.3 and e-tron have won the first markets in Europe. Looking forward to productive discussions!
— Herbert Diess (@Herbert_Diess) January 20, 2021
NYC Instagram is so quick pic.twitter.com/Br6TarGXXb
— Rania Said (@rania_tn) January 20, 2021
Biden: ‘Man, We Are So Fucked’ #InaugurationDay pic.twitter.com/5vKED2yjgB
— The Onion (@TheOnion) January 20, 2021
Relatable pic.twitter.com/IU3uU27f1g
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) January 20, 2021
this is janet yellen’s cozy world we’re just living in it pic.twitter.com/qO2rsaBY6y
— Elizabeth Pancotti (@ENPancotti) January 20, 2021
He seems like a very happy old man looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see! pic.twitter.com/G8gObLhsz9
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) January 20, 2021
Just hours before he left office, Trump revoked a rule he signed that imposed a five-year lobbying ban for admin officials and a lifetime ban on lobbying for foreign governments.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 20, 2021
Hi mate. Welcome aboard. Let me show you where they keep the booze. You’ll need it. https://t.co/3p53dWhRqh
— Steve Smith (@stevesmithffx) January 20, 2021
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This is a piece of the Moon, found in Antarctica in 1982.
— Prof. Paul Byrne (@ThePlanetaryGuy) January 19, 2021
But this mix of angular lighter chunks and darker material doesn't form on its own. This happens when rocks are smashed and reconstituted.
We have no easy means of grasping the impact violence that shaped the Moon. pic.twitter.com/e4vK5FiTTN
Equity markets in 2020...the story via charts. By IDFC Mutual Fund
— menaka doshi (@menakadoshi) January 19, 2021
Full report 👇https://t.co/1vyUk4dwFr pic.twitter.com/d0gIOIC4se
Still getting anxious mail from people who worry about how America will pay down its debt. Folks, we don't have to pay it down. Here's what happened after WWII: 1/ pic.twitter.com/nVJYboi91z
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 19, 2021
"The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home."
— Wonder of Science (@wonderofscience) January 19, 2021
— Carl Sagan
Zoom out from Earth to the edge the Universe.
Animation Credit: ESO/L.Calçada. Music: Monolake pic.twitter.com/GeRoYFisZQ
Rishabh Pant during his batting to Tim Paine Spiderman Spiderman 🤣🤣🤣 #AUSvsIND #INDvAUS #RishabhPant pic.twitter.com/JZjZUr0CE4
— All Might (@DhabbuShengdana) January 19, 2021
No. It's not cold, it's a vacuum. Less than an atom per cubic centimeter. Far too low to allow for convection in that amount of time.
— James S.A. Corey (@JamesSACorey) January 18, 2021
The moisture boils off. It doesn't freeze. https://t.co/y2wmOUC91k
With growing demand for a Development Finance Bank to bolster infra financing, @latha_venkatesh explains what a Development Finance Bank is and why it is needed. pic.twitter.com/uzblwoI0Gb
— CNBC-TV18 (@CNBCTV18News) January 19, 2021
we need a complete shutdown of graphic design until we can figure out what the hell is going on pic.twitter.com/yvx7asRB2M
— Liz Franczak (@liz_franczak) January 18, 2021
We all needed Gabba.
— Ramki (@ramkid) January 19, 2021
Each for our own reasons. Each of us, with our own insecurities, fears, shortcomings, sadnesses, failures, bugbears, broken bodies, bruises, and misfortunes. We needed to see that they could be confronted. And conquered.
We all needed Gabba.
This will take a while to sink in..by far the Greatest come back in the history of Indn Crkt..@ajinkyarahane88 deserves kudos & lot more..fr keeping remarkable cool..& calculated manoeuvres on the field..@ajinkyarahane88 reminds o #TigerPataudi at his best.!!
— Bishan Bedi (@BishanBedi) January 19, 2021
With news of the village finally leaking, we may add some color to other developments. We'll see what time allows today. https://t.co/aIoiVGHQcW
— Chris Biggers (@CSBiggers) January 18, 2021
Future generations will forever remember this series as the one where Rishabh Pant randomly started singing "spider man spider man tune churaya mere dil ka chain" pic.twitter.com/wX8NPANzWt
— Ashoka (@ABVan) January 19, 2021
Practically every inch under Florida is under water. The limestone bedrock beneath Florida is porous and basically all underwater caves, and can’t support tunnels. Level of naivety is astounding. https://t.co/BBmKJgrULf
— Ryan Deto (@RyanDeto) January 18, 2021
After much investigation and conversations with people on here, I’ve formed a relatively robust theory of what may be happening with Tether.
— Travis Kimmel (@coloradotravis) January 18, 2021
This thread will attempt to lay it out with neutral language for the purpose of discussion.
1/
Excellent piece from UBS on #Bitcoin
— Michael Goodwell (@MichaelGoodwell) January 18, 2021
It focuses on Bitcoin, but also touches on other
cryptocurrencies and central bank digital currencies.
It addresses 9 major, fundamental questions:
/1
1/16
— Michael Pettis (@michaelxpettis) January 18, 2021
It is a little frustrating to see the response many analysts had to the GDP growth data Chinese released today. These numbers aren’t especially good, and they certainly shouldn’t have been surprising. Back in April and May, when most analysts...https://t.co/3bWjc5oEN2
Tadaaaaaaaaa !
— Closer To Space (@ClosertoSpace) January 18, 2021
Voici tous les lanceurs chinois ayant jamais volé, avec également quelques projets.
Tout est à l'échelle. pic.twitter.com/teLtKECPZA
“Any chance I could get you guys to leave the Senate wing?”
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) January 17, 2021
“We will. I’ve been making sure they ain’t disrespectin’ the place.”
“O.K., I just want to let you guys know—this is, like, THE sacredest place.”
(via @NewYorker @michaelluo)pic.twitter.com/S3vIViXCcH
New: ProPublica sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users to create an immersive, first-person view of the Capitol riot as experienced by those who were there. https://t.co/qxoXPxPWCr
— ProPublica (@propublica) January 17, 2021
She could handle that. pic.twitter.com/pYU7EIl5nL
— The Expanse (@ExpanseOnPrime) January 17, 2021
Reaffirming what BJP MP @TapirGao has been warning for a year - startling satellite images show the extent of the Chinese intrusion in a part of Arunachal. 📷@planetlabs
— Vishnu Som (@VishnuNDTV) January 18, 2021
Exclusive: China Has Built Village In Arunachal, Show Satellite Images https://t.co/prnWia0zq4 via @ndtv
Animals interrupting wildlife photographers. A thread:
— Joaquim Campa (@JoaquimCampa) January 17, 2021
1. 📸 Dan Dinu pic.twitter.com/FYfohHAucq
If Jaane bhi do yaaro had released in 2021, the entire cast including Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani and Satish Shah would have been in jail by now for the climax scene
— Yeh Log ! (@yehlog) January 18, 2021
That’s the problem with kids these days.
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) January 17, 2021
No focus.
Peter Weirs film is brilliant. An exacting, detail oriented, epic tale of fidelity to Empire & service, regardless of the cost.
Incredible cinematography by Russell Boyd & a majestic soundtrack.
Definitely an adults movie. https://t.co/22yjNtQRbg
I love the idea behind this! @IMDb ratings by language of the film. German and Russian audiences appear to be VERY critical. Intuitively this seems correct. Source: https://t.co/eORkhnxXcv pic.twitter.com/RwDQ7dYtl5
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) January 17, 2021
To friends in India. Based on my decade of research on drug regulations and safety in India, here's my takeaway on the two Covid vaccines available. if you can get access to Covishield, take it NOW. If you are able to stay safe and isolated - wait on Covaxin. Here's why. (Thread) pic.twitter.com/10LaNE52qk
— dwai banerjee (@dwai_banerjee) January 16, 2021
1/5: Many people think @elonmusk is smart until he steps into their area of expertise & pretends to be an expert. They then realize he is only a pretengineer.@TESLAcharts calls this "the realization". Here's Musk stepping into something I know a bit about: $TSLAQ $TSLA
— Sir Fraudalot (@fraudalot) January 16, 2021
Following a detailed analysis of the #Climate positions of the American Petroleum Institute (API), @Total announces its decision not to renew its membership for 2021.https://t.co/EDqMdZwo3t
— Total Press Office (@TotalPress) January 15, 2021
#thinsectionthursday
— micROCKScopica (@micROCKScopica) January 14, 2021
Graphitic Granulite (Kerala, India, left) vs. Spinifex-textured Olivine (Gorgona, Colombia, right)
Which is your favourite?#science #art #geology #rocks #minerals #crystals #photography #microscope #sciart #scicomm #colors #wallart pic.twitter.com/2G6SfNzEpF
Indian government offers $4.7bn in subsidy for solar water pumps and other onsite solar for farms, to reduce the $15bn annual cost of subsidising power to agriculture. 31GW of solar for farms expected by 2023. From @vgombars.https://t.co/x0rlJG5UV2
— Jenny Chase (@solar_chase) January 15, 2021
There is a reason why in ancient Egypt hippos were thought to be one of the guardians of the underworld(Amit) also known as the Devourer of the Dead. They are one of the deadliest animals and would often kill people in rivers and flip boats. Don’t mess with hippos. https://t.co/rmfXXADO0f
— Shannon Stirone 💀 (@shannonmstirone) January 15, 2021
Magnað sjónarspil.
— €irikur Jónsson (@Eirikur_J) January 13, 2021
Snjóflóð í Pokhora Nepal síðastliðinn laugardag. pic.twitter.com/iIQp2QR0c7
Prof. John G. Ramsay, the Father of Modern Structural Geology, has passed away. Ramsay was a pioneer and forward thinker who shaped Structural Geology to become the science we know today.
— Alexstrekeisen (@alexstrekeisen) January 14, 2021
________________________________#alexstrekeisen #geology #thinsection #structuralgeology pic.twitter.com/uWk6VW06Th
The pattern in conspiracy theories is always *partial* facts presented as evidence. https://t.co/3SfX0QHbTJ
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) January 14, 2021
Cochlear implants are the key piece of tech shown in this video. What’s wild is that ~20 electrodes are used to transduce an acoustic signal to the brain via the auditory nerve (a job typically requiring 16,000 tonotopically organized inner hair cells) https://t.co/xe80drLCl9
— Well, that's odd (@whatdouwager) January 14, 2021
Yes, we all need to look critically at inconsistencies of our policy and enforcement. Yes, we need to look at how our service might incentivize distraction and harm. Yes, we need more transparency in our moderation operations. All this can’t erode a free and open global internet.
— jack (@jack) January 14, 2021
Why are you reading this now? https://t.co/HqSG01Qn5w
— Michael (@profplum99) January 13, 2021
*Hanuma Vihari
— Hanuma vihari (@Hanumavihari) January 13, 2021
lol pic.twitter.com/FZcmNwv23a
— Evan Hill (@evanchill) January 12, 2021
Abstract 2198
— Prof. Paul Byrne (@ThePlanetaryGuy) January 12, 2021
A broken island,
straight lines abounding, suggests:
a fractured Io.#LPSC2021 #LPSCHaiku @LPSCHaiku pic.twitter.com/u8YMV4dV7Q
New Bloomberg article today about how, as of mid-2020, the Bank of Russia holds more gold than dollar assets as reserves for the first time, as part of their ongoing de-dollarization efforts along with some gold price appreciation. https://t.co/J32ybIA8P2 pic.twitter.com/3dKd4HEciU
— Lyn Alden (@LynAldenContact) January 12, 2021
The role of Western Ghats:#Map shows 2020 rainfall overlaid on a terrain map. Left side is Kanyakumari District which received more rainfall and on the right side is Tirunelveli Dist which is rainshadow! pic.twitter.com/QfZpkJa368
— Raj Bhagat P #Mapper4Life (@rajbhagatt) January 12, 2021
This month US Americans got a small glimpse of what a coup might feel like, and they are rightly outraged. One might hope this would provoke some reflection on the *actual* coups that the US itself has perpetrated around the world. Here are some of them:
— Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) January 12, 2021
You just have to donate some money once to a needy person. Then it becomes a continuous process of messages and calls. I think your No gets shared amongst the NGOs.
— Sandeep Thapar (Veteran) (@sandythapar) January 12, 2021
It's counterproductive as it turns off one's genuine impulse of donating for a good cause.
SOCIAL MEDIA & TRUMP
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) January 11, 2021
1/ Remember that social media got Trump elected.
Twitter decided to not be a vehicle for violent insurrection against elected government.
There is no possible evidence that can convince conspiracy weirdoes that the election, ANY election, isn't rigged.
1. A giant offshore wind project in NY would substantially increase the region's carbon-free energy, relieve grid congestion, & lower prices. It's being blocked by NIMBYs. Specifically, the wealthy residents of Wainscott, NY have formed Citizens for the Preservation of Wainscott.
— David Roberts (@drvolts) January 11, 2021
Our new paper on judicial bias in India’s lower courts, using new data from 6 million criminal court cases. ⬇️
— Paul Novosad (@paulnovosad) January 11, 2021
Do Muslims or women get better outcomes when their cases are heard by Muslim / female judges?
Surprise: No evidence on bias! 🧵 1/11https://t.co/8WCaFkU57A
My message to my fellow Americans and friends around the world following this week's attack on the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/blOy35LWJ5
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) January 10, 2021
1. Short thread - on the various claims we're seeing from Republican politicians over the last few days that the Democratic push for accountability is "divisive." Damn right it's divisive - that is what it has to be.
— Henry Farrell (@henryfarrell) January 10, 2021
Take a doomscrolling break and look around Venus https://t.co/JdVr8fbVbF
— Shannon Stirone 💀 (@shannonmstirone) January 11, 2021
This ice thawing from underneath is rather mesmerising... pic.twitter.com/8kI7Cdy5Lr
— ElizabethRose Murray (@ERMurray) January 10, 2021
THREAD: Now that @Amazon @awscloud has announced they will no longer host @parler_app, many have speculated that they will just “find another host.”
— Dave Troy (@davetroy) January 10, 2021
Here is why that’s not so simple and what it will likely mean for the app’s future. First, let’s look at where things are...
1. (THREAD) So, it seems like the deplatforming debate is once again kicking off, so I thought I would introduce some of the earlier work that was done in this area back when ISIS was buck wild on social media. What have we learned over the last six years might be useful today:
— Amarnath Amarasingam (@AmarAmarasingam) January 10, 2021
I am constantly amazed at what people feel they can describe as “not having much money”. pic.twitter.com/KqcmJkhxvO
— Jo (@Jo_dB) January 10, 2021
A message from Spyros @spyrosmakrid: his account was hacked and suspended; @Twitter appears to have a yuuuge backlog.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) January 10, 2021
Please slow down the conspiracy theories. It requires some effort to refrain from falling into easy narratives. https://t.co/zgYou1QufW
If you’re a truly hardcore libertarian (like hardest-core), do you even recognize the constitution as legitimate?
— Travis Kimmel (@coloradotravis) January 10, 2021
Like... are you just gonna let foundations of government tell you what the basis of modern society is like that?
so, Parler is removing posts too https://t.co/cwfXseI21e pic.twitter.com/PfLVCEX7zK
— Davey Alba (@daveyalba) January 9, 2021
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I was at Amzn in 2000 when the internet bubble popped. Capital markets dried up & we were burning $1B/yr. Our biggest expense was datacenter -> expensive Sun servers. We spent a year ripping out Sun & replacing with HP/Linux, which formed the foundation for AWS. The backstory:
— Dan Rose (@DanRose999) January 8, 2021
In 1470 astronomer Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli suggested sailing west across the Atlantic was a quicker way to reach the Spice Islands than the route around Africa. Columbus was influenced by him. The map superimposes Toscanelli's ideas on a modern map. https://t.co/drbgOve8Cj pic.twitter.com/Dwl67WKLSC
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) January 8, 2021
You can cook a chicken by slapping it at 3725.95 mph, an impossible task by any human means.
— aden (@ade__n) January 8, 2021
If you do succeed however, you will not only cook the chicken but also decimate its entire structure, causing a violent explosion.
This is a simulation of the slap using FEA. pic.twitter.com/QDjEbcuQnq
With zero new products since her price target unveiled. Still Level 2. No semi. No solar roof. Buffalo plant forgotten. No flying roadster. No Cybertruck. No Insurance. No battery making. No off grid charging. Just tequila & satin shorts for the win. Congrats crazy eyes Cathy. https://t.co/haS19UEOfh
— Barnacle Bill (@FalconWingFail) January 7, 2021
I NEED TO USE YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNT. pic.twitter.com/fhsDCW4pAE
— mrs_mcwopper (@curves_n_chaos) January 7, 2021
no, you can't eat a whole ass capybara pic.twitter.com/Ca2v76aMUx
— Ad Infinitum (@Ad_Inifinitum) January 7, 2021
Cordierite phenocryst with cyclic twinning, immersed in a vitreous groundmass in a Rhyolite from San Vincenzo, Tuscany (Italy). XPL (with lambda plate) image, 20x (FOV = 1mm)#ThinSectionThursday #cordierite #rhyolite #tuscany #italy pic.twitter.com/QarsCmXiDC
— Alexstrekeisen (@alexstrekeisen) January 7, 2021
What 90,000 PSI of water can do.pic.twitter.com/89QAzGwwNN
— Universal Curiosity (@UniverCurious) January 7, 2021
Unbelievable footage from ITV News @robertmooreitv who went into the Capitol with the Trump mob as they stormed it pic.twitter.com/N1wXbWgxOA
— Matthew Garrahan (@MattGarrahan) January 6, 2021
This guy really just typed 'Georgia flag' into Amazon and clicked on the top result pic.twitter.com/jpL7XIUI0U
— Eoin. (@eoinburgin) January 6, 2021
And you thought "Taking A Knee" was too much!?!
— NAACP (@NAACP) January 6, 2021
For the record this was the US Capitol during the BLM Protestors pic.twitter.com/hyqneRtqMD
— $600. (@MartyOropeza) January 6, 2021
Elegant work @jbloom_lab suggests mutation to receptor binding domain in Covid variant that emerged in South Africa and now Brazil could partially escape medical countermeasures and prior immunity. Both countries are having dense epidemics in their summer. https://t.co/gWzhsAqTE8
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) January 5, 2021
Just to remind you, the Sun fucking hates comets. pic.twitter.com/M7PxjrZUo0
— Dr. Paul Byrne (@ThePlanetaryGuy) January 5, 2021
India: Vaccines are about safety, efficacy, and trust.
— Faheem Younus, MD (@FaheemYounus) January 4, 2021
It’s a risky strategy to start vaccinating a population without scientifically published phase 3 trials showing safety and high efficacy. True for any country. Any vaccine.
Vaccine Nationalism is dangerous. https://t.co/tAMkh1LgwA
It it ok to both realize a lockdown is needed to suppress COVID and protect health services, as well as despair at being in another lockdown.
— Prof. Devi Sridhar (@devisridhar) January 4, 2021
Lockdown-version1_v2_v2.1_v2.2_final_FINAL_FinalReviewersComments_FINAL2_ActualFinalLockdown.txt
— Heidi Thiemann (@heidi_teaman) January 4, 2021
The current status of SpaceX's Starship & Superheavy prototypes. 4th January 2021 pic.twitter.com/aAhtMbM4iP
— Brendan (@brendan2908) January 4, 2021
The biggest story in tech no one’s talking about is Uber discovering they’d been defrauded out of $100M - or 2/3 of their ad spend.
— Nandini Jammi (@nandoodles) January 3, 2021
And all bc Sleeping Giants kept bugging them to block their ads on Breitbart. pic.twitter.com/SiS3MndewS
So, here's a comparison of Chandrayaan 2 vs Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter imagery of the same part of the lunar surface under broadly similar lighting conditions.
— Scott Manley (@DJSnM) January 4, 2021
In theory the new image has higher resolution.
Which is which? pic.twitter.com/JsLcvpcYAC
I have complex feelings about this piece (h/t @jesswade)
— Prof Christopher Jackson (@seis_matters) January 3, 2021
‘A Slap in the Face’: The Pandemic Disrupts Young Oil Careers - The New York Times. https://t.co/pBRoUjVqQX
My definition of success: pic.twitter.com/0TuCHNhqoP
— Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) January 3, 2021
My analysis of the paper released by #BharatBiotech researchers & the Press Statement by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Restricted Emergency approval of 1out of 3 COVID-19 virus vaccine from Bharat Biotech: A thread...
— Dr Sumaiya Shaikh (@Neurophysik) January 3, 2021
I've never felt more emotional from any piece of cinema. pic.twitter.com/etJxarMFX6
— Justin McDaniel 🏳️🌈 (@JUSTINtime4aLAF) January 2, 2021
Two years ago today Chang'e-4 made the first ever soft landing on the far side of the Moon. This is the mesmeric footage of the descent and touchdown. Both the lander and Yutu-2 are still operational (hibernating until start of lunar day 25 starting early Jan. 8). pic.twitter.com/qunGmOWDpX
— Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) January 3, 2021
Leaving 2020 like Don Draper pic.twitter.com/Pc9mBJEeU7
— Mad Men Quotes (@MadMenQts) January 1, 2021
