The slow descent into madness. https://t.co/lSu78ljYoY
— Ben Gilbert (@gilbert) May 23, 2023
via Twitter https://twitter.com/gilbert
May 23, 2023 at 10:49AM
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 ;-)
The slow descent into madness. https://t.co/lSu78ljYoY
— Ben Gilbert (@gilbert) May 23, 2023
The entire U.S. Treasury market visualized https://t.co/58M45TAuJV
— Conks 🥷 (@concodanomics) May 22, 2023
on may 8th i deleted my tweets (I know the date because I tweeted about it). but when I checked my timeline this morning, twitter had restored some old re-tweets without warning. it's yet another illustration of twitter's unpredictable infrastructure: https://t.co/ACHYDUntod
— James Vincent (@jjvincent) May 22, 2023
Here’s how I used AI to clone a 60 Minutes correspondent’s voice to trick a colleague into handing over her passport number. I cloned Sharyn’s voice then manipulated the caller ID to show Sharyn’s name with a spoofing tool. The hack took 5 minutes total for me to steal the info. https://t.co/bYUooZWOiH
— Rachel Tobac (@RachelTobac) May 21, 2023
Remains of the Kurta-Pajama Rajiv Gandhi was wearing, his shoes & socks on 21st May 1991 when he was assassinated. I don't think I have seen this image before! https://t.co/oIUdvSxOlQ
— avataram (@avataram) May 21, 2023
ChatGPT is a statistical representation of things found on the web, which will increasingly include ITS OWN output (directly and second hand). You post something picked up from it & it will use it to reinforce its own knowledge. Progressively a self-licking lollipop. Enjoy #AI https://t.co/l7q0FhnurS
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) May 21, 2023
Rural ingenuity when there is no power https://t.co/d2tac4i2Op
— Technology (@TechnoIogyvid) May 21, 2023
Supernova never fail to impress. This is a single star becoming visible for a week or so inside a galaxy of hundreds of billions of stars. There is a lot of energy available when gravity gets to work on clouds of hydrogen and helium. Great photo @xRMMike ! https://t.co/jyTriSHKH3
— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) May 21, 2023
"After all, who would be deterred from an international vacation by the prospect of paying another 20% for it? Only those who might not be able to afford it." @peegeekay's alt take on India's virtually clownish 20% tax on foreign vacations. The Nutgraf 👉🏾https://t.co/voXFQwsP8E https://t.co/xSiLTKgg4u
— Rohin Dharmakumar (@r0h1n) May 21, 2023
What utter nonsense this is, @RBI ! You're losing total respect with everyone in India. This presumption that everyone is a criminal is not how a decent central bank is expected to behave. https://t.co/Uk9RRZCS6U
— Deepak Shenoy (@deepakshenoy) May 20, 2023
2000-Rupee notes are BEING WITHDRAWN from circulation. Please note this is NOT demonetisation of the notes. They remain legal tender . That means you can go to a shop and buy goods with it. Please spread this word, before people panic @RBI @CNBCTV18News 1/
— Latha Venkatesh (@latha_venkatesh) May 19, 2023
A family of four travels abroad and only one earner. Retired people may have savings but no income. People travel for work - my first five years I barely had taxable income but needed three passports for the visas. Easily explains any difference, if there was thought put to it. https://t.co/kV7hBj9HT9
— Deepak Shenoy (@deepakshenoy) May 19, 2023
@zSVkB1RMQYqtVVj @anulekha_ray That's the point really Lrs should have been deducted earlier also
— Deepak Shenoy (@deepakshenoy) May 18, 2023
https://t.co/ErIBXtxFp6
— Archillect (@archillect) May 18, 2023
This is big. By removing rule 7, this changes the game. Every international credit card transaction, from today, made by an individual => will be under LRS limits. Means 5% TCS till July 1. And 20% Tax collected at source after that. (Can be adjusted against other taxes) https://t.co/kCzgoYpDa2
— Deepak Shenoy (@deepakshenoy) May 17, 2023
TITANIC ALERT!!! Revealed as never seen before... an exclusive look at the first full-sized digital scan of the world’s most famous wreck… #Titanic https://t.co/PL3jiLnHKb
— Rebecca Morelle (@BBCMorelle) May 17, 2023
John Fetterman asks Silicon Valley Bank exec if they should have work requirements: “Republicans want a work requirement for SNAP, for hungry families…Shouldn’t you have a working requirement after we bail out your bank?” https://t.co/MEsq7kQVyL
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) May 16, 2023
Quite legit actually. The Icelandic rabid explorer Erik the Red, who established the first settlement on Greenland, decided to name it so to scam Icelandic people into taking long, expensive, one-way trips to settle on the land. Half the people died before they reached Greenland. https://t.co/dgdmPy6XrE
— Sandhya Ramesh (@sandygrains) May 16, 2023
finally got the first edition encarta running (thanks @nypl!) it’s from 1993. only one “george bush” on here! no euro! what else should i look up!!! https://t.co/wXtoFygOSU
— depths of wikipedia (@depthsofwiki) May 15, 2023
Peeling back the nat gas demand onion a bit, May Industrial nat gas demand finally cresting 5 year averages. Recall industrial took a big step back in 2022 as prices spiked. A thesis for this year was that Euro deindustrialization should show up in incremental industrail gas… https://t.co/BrZ0XDPiNH https://t.co/LCFUtXhWFs
— Jamie Heard (@JamieHeard5) May 15, 2023
Sundar Pichai messages Google exec October 12, 2021 https://t.co/o1lbU2Ka9d
— Internal Tech Emails (@TechEmails) May 15, 2023
Arsenal have had a great season but when the going got tough they struggled. It seems now the narrative is that it’s City’s strength,injuries and a tough run in is the cause. These are normal factors that need pricing into a title race. Arsenal have dropped 12 pts in 7 games! Won… https://t.co/4YayeSF3l6 https://t.co/BtSSyJWfRC
— Gary Neville (@GNev2) May 15, 2023
“Mazak thodi hai. CrPC hai sahab. Kaha likha hua hai ki ek vakhya (sentence) aur puch skte hai? We won’t go beyond CrPC. Please show us that this is mandatory provision in CrPC that the police is required to ask [the complainant]? We are not lawmakers,” bench told Upadhyay.
— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) May 15, 2023
Lok Sabha is adjourned. The Budget and the TCS rule were introduced in Feb. Amendments were passed in March. Ah, the joys of recycling for SEO. https://t.co/Gr1I7O1HAJ
— Neil Borate (@ActusDei) May 14, 2023
Twitter now censoring political opponents, fulfilling a shocking 100% of government free speech censorship requests across the globe. Before Elon took over, more than half these requests were denied! https://t.co/3d8pJHlKaS
— LeGate🤠 (@williamlegate) May 14, 2023
https://t.co/dDknsFf15n https://t.co/eKJwQQf4Ks
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) May 13, 2023
I Don't Care About Karnataka Election Results Because I Live in Delhi. https://t.co/R11yF9uFaE
— Nautankibaaj ® (@PAPA__Tweets) May 13, 2023
#Languages change as this #map shows. Do you pronounce the "r" in "arm"? England 1950 vs 2016. Source: https://t.co/sXlfQSjPua https://t.co/fYC8sSyB22
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) May 13, 2023
Another example of why an army of trained amateur paleontologists is in our discipline's interest: just received these photos today of a whole forest of fossil trees exposed along the coast of Boularderie Island. Photos from last year. Probably lost to Fiona... and science. https://t.co/n0zYxz9ksb
— Jason Loxton (@jason_loxton) May 12, 2023
Delightful Eurovision piece by @MarieSegger with a nice chart by @eljlees looking at song languages https://t.co/zlpHrCObjr
— Alex Selby-Boothroyd (@AlexSelbyB) May 12, 2023
‘As a former home minister who had overseen the Intelligence Bureau, Zail Singh was aware that his telephones were certainly tapped. He would take visitors, if the chat was to be confidential, into the Mughal Gardens. He was convinced his study was bugged. https://t.co/0kds8bLFQG
— Simranjeet Singh (@ourtrueabode) May 12, 2023
Hum Dekhenge is a revolutionary poem written by Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz in 1979 after the military coup by Zia ul haq. It was first sung by Iqbal Bano and the poem has been part of the Pakistan socialist movement since the 1980s. Atleast do some fact-checking, Firstpost. https://t.co/b06D1PxYl9
— Advaid അദ്വൈത് (@Advaidism) May 12, 2023
The real line is 11.32, as @VGokhale59 points out. कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्त: | "I am time, the source of destruction of worlds."
— Dhruva Jaishankar (@d_jaishankar) May 12, 2023
Choice 1. Start a fraud stock tips telegram channel, charge 5000 Rupees fee per month, get 2000 people to join it, and make 12 Crore a year Choice 2. Be a decent human being What would you choose here? A Mercedes with Bluetooth parking or without Bluetooth parking? 😏 https://t.co/KaEg7Ls0W9
— Abid Hassan 🇮🇳 (@abidsensibull) May 12, 2023
🔥 OMG! #India #Lithium “Media reports published in various newspapers regarding the finding of large lithium reserves by the Geological Survey of India, in Degana area, Nagaur district, Rajasthan are completely baseless and misleading,” the survey organisation said"… https://t.co/GKXUuck2SC
— Anas Alhajji (@anasalhajji) May 11, 2023
Maybe not THE best but the guy went from 40+ seconds behind P19 to as high a P4 WITHOUT a SC in the W13. https://t.co/f2kuBV1B8K https://t.co/8gXA0NABDD
— JB⁴⁴ (@Roadrunner_F1) May 10, 2023
#Thread Another city, another neighbourhood, another stream but same story This is about a nala that flows through the dense urban concrete jungle of #Hyderabad city. It flows through Padma colony of nallakunta neighbourhood and eventually joined Musi river. https://t.co/Tdj842sIDw
— Raj Bhagat P #Mapper4Life (@rajbhagatt) May 10, 2023
That's true. I did a brief teardown of the scammy APK that was sent to @nikhiljoisr da. Here are some preliminary findings https://t.co/5qYckHvW5n
— Abhijeet Gaur (@abhijeetgaur16) May 10, 2023
My god!! This is serious. Who in govt stooped to this and on whose orders https://t.co/L5lxstu1l5
— Latha Venkatesh (@latha_venkatesh) May 10, 2023
I did not see this coming: Japan, South Korea to link radar systems to track N.Korea missiles. https://t.co/r0PhYhpZFY
— Bonnie Glaser / 葛來儀 🇺🇦 (@BonnieGlaser) May 10, 2023
Today I saw the impossible but possible in Physics https://t.co/HOwWXetLId
— Physics (@physicsvids_) May 9, 2023
Amphibolite ...because Earth without Art is just eh... #science #art #nature #colors #rocks #crystals #minerals #wallart #geology #lines https://t.co/mnunCIL0Q3
— micROCKScopica (@micROCKScopica) May 9, 2023
His trigger for starting a career writing was an altercation with an British man who wrote and produced a play which showed Indians in poor light, and told him to "go write his own" if he didn't like the depiction of Indians on stage. So he did just that.
— joyojeet pal (@joyopal) May 9, 2023
Smells like another podium 😅 #F1 @alo_oficial 🌺 https://t.co/P5KvoryOSP
— Formula 1 (@F1) May 8, 2023
I have been geeking out about increasing healthspan or how to live a good life until the end. I have no doubt that the answer is to be content and never stop being active mentally and physically. Money can't buy this, and he is the best example. 5/5
— Nithin Kamath (@Nithin0dha) May 8, 2023
Despite Indian inflation being lower than the west, and our interest rates being higher than the west - there's no enthu for our debt. Because we restrict how much and when and what they can buy. Less than 25% of our "FPI limits" in debt are used. And less than 7% by SWFs etc https://t.co/PACd3bCX1W
— Deepak Shenoy (@deepakshenoy) May 8, 2023
PPFAS MF will complete 10 years this month. A CAGR of 19% (on Flexicap). AUM up 200 times from 150 crore to 30,000 crore. A remarkable success story. But what’s the DNA behind it? I would argue 4 things: Focus on a single scheme or handful of schemes (not a thicket of schemes… https://t.co/USzsBwzFME https://t.co/CdD9aZqLG0
— Neil Borate (@ActusDei) May 8, 2023
People in the Middle Ages knew the earth was round, as you can see from this 900 year old drawing. So where did the myth come from that Medieval people thought the earth was flat? Well, it was once an important part of America's national identity... https://t.co/IvOROliXSt
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) May 8, 2023
3,000 units sold in the first month. 2 million sold in the first 1.5 years. 400 million Walkman devices were sold over the next 30 years. https://t.co/8B5MEROlIJ
— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) May 7, 2023
Bromance #DNICon @JGHertzler https://t.co/0OFWNVmbEb
— Sid City (@sidcityonline) May 7, 2023
And a tech team. And running ML models that has a lot of infra cost. I am sure ONDC can manage this by charging 2-4% commission.
— mjs (@manasjsaloi) May 7, 2023
Today I'm looking back at 1905: a time of great hats... https://t.co/8DbaqErjKK
— Pulp Librarian (@PulpLibrarian) May 7, 2023
"They put Bashir with Jadzia because that was expected, but we didn't spark on screen. And then there's this man...who is a lizard...that sparks all over the place. And if that isn't @StarTrek in a nutshell..." #DNICon https://t.co/Ssf45ACpxk
— Sid City (@sidcityonline) May 6, 2023
OTD: The #StarTrekVoyager episode "Tuvix," which is as loved as it is hated. It definitely inspires some fascinating debates about morality. Did Captain Janeway make the right call? Tell us why or why not! https://t.co/3dPLIIh1TI
— TrekMovie.com (@TrekMovie) May 6, 2023
World map according to Google Street View in 2023 https://t.co/O5xJDnFYFj
— Amazing Maps (@amazingmap) May 5, 2023
Sebi is reportedly considering introducing performance fees in #mutualfunds. This is a bad idea. Why? 1) MFs are simple to understand, simple to invest. They need to stay simple. 2) Performance fees incentivize excessive risk taking. 3) Benchmarks can be gamed and performance… https://t.co/Dkj7UfM3WV https://t.co/3cGr9kKeIf
— Neil Borate (@ActusDei) May 5, 2023
Leaked Google document: “We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI” The most interesting thing I've read recently about LLMs - a purportedly leaked document from a researcher at Google talking about the huge strategic impact open source models are having https://t.co/q2lsjTHKGS
— Simon Willison (@simonw) May 4, 2023
Lower Decks is mostly lazy comedy writing AND lazy fan service. Seven's introduction on VOY should have been the last time we ever saw the Borg. Q's first VOY episode should have been the last time we ever saw him. The first two seasons of ENT were better than the last two. https://t.co/jbCUg8dzOM
— Steve Shives (@steve_shives) May 3, 2023
Over the past 4 decades, I thought I'd seen every possible *ex post* spin by investors & traders who lost money. This is about the perfect zero-imagination excuse. Indeed, Bitcoin is a product designed by toddlers for use by children. https://t.co/beBq0kGcCU
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) May 3, 2023
As good as Arsenal have been, good heavens, Chelsea is a shambles at present.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) May 2, 2023
India needs more female participation rate. If it means more divorces, that should be ok...what's important is the independence of women who have their own income. Of course divorce isn't necessary but a higher divorce rate will be a byproduct https://t.co/mg2zacDnmn
— Deepak Shenoy (@deepakshenoy) May 2, 2023
Don’t know about others, but I have Steppe ancestry. Not very common though - 1/4200 in #23andme #BrahminsrRussians https://t.co/qSeTBXEeIe
— avataram (@avataram) May 2, 2023
GST numbers are looking good. But what are we comparing UPI against? These transactions were earlier happening in cash. So, there is no way to compare. Just because I pay a local vendor digitally against physically earlier, doesn't mean number of transactions has gone up. https://t.co/sSQuUBhAJL
— शिक्षित बेरोज़गार (@kaul_vivek) May 2, 2023
gotta say, one of the annoying things about gala commentary this year is how many ppl have nothing to contribute other than to say, "fuck rich ppl." do you understand these things were made by skilled craftspeople? the clothes didn't pop out of a whizzing clothes-making machine? https://t.co/JrKF7VECVP
— derek guy (@dieworkwear) May 2, 2023
Batteries big enough to power mid-sized US cities seems like a pretty important development https://t.co/cf80lej6JG
— Silvio Marcacci (@Silvio_Marcacci) May 1, 2023
@greg16676935420 Your humor is so primitive and coarse, I prefer genuine bullshitters. They can be funnier. Really.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) May 1, 2023
#BREAKING: $BKSY releases the 1st & only #satellite image of an alleged airship at a military base in #China. The rare image was captured on Nov. 4, 2022 at 9 a.m. local time at the Korla East Test Site. Read the full release here: https://t.co/ujwxEN2TD4 #BlackSky #OSINT https://t.co/C2tbwQrFbW
— BlackSky (@BlackSky_Inc) May 1, 2023
A wild Guenther Steiner appears 😂 #Fit4F1 @HaasF1Team https://t.co/tsdT5IAtss
— Pirelli Motorsport (@pirellisport) May 1, 2023
1860's New York City, United States of America https://t.co/4l2JMjrXSU
— Vintage Maps (@vintagemapstore) Apr 30, 2023
''And Checo Perez wins the Azerbaijan GP'' https://t.co/ZmAcsIlbl9
— F1 MEMES (@f1trollofficial) Apr 30, 2023
They were really committed to those Taylor Swift references 😅 https://t.co/3QtPFMzV34
— ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) Apr 29, 2023
Indians bought 4.3 bn dollars worth of real estate in the UAE last year*, roughly 35,000 crore. For context, the top 5 Indian developers had a turnover of 15,000 cr in FY 22 *The Economist
— mohitsatyanand (@mohitsatyanand) Apr 29, 2023
LECLERC TAKES POLE IN BAKU!!! #AzerbaijanGP #F1 https://t.co/uFOwyhl5SN
— Formula 1 (@F1) Apr 28, 2023
How is HDFC allowed to ask for a 6 month bank statement for prepayment at all? This is utterly silly. Have heard this from three people now. RBI has banned charging any penalty on pre-closure or prepayments, even if the customer has taken a loan from someone! https://t.co/QdwT7Zp0vk
— Deepak Shenoy (@deepakshenoy) Apr 28, 2023
@SwatiDugar_ Why? You Mumbai people will only drive up prices of real estate even more if you get refunds :)
— Deepak Shenoy (@deepakshenoy) Apr 28, 2023
Any thoughts !!! https://t.co/gCYA81zsGu
— Real oilfield jobs (@rigfriends) Apr 28, 2023
Here is some more info on how to go about, NeonForge on Medium did a good write up https://t.co/eu3bR3kewB https://t.co/6V14KVBKzB
— Linus (●ᴗ●) (@LinusEkenstam) Apr 27, 2023
Charles "Piano Man" Leclerc has a hit on his hands! 🎹😍 #AzerbaijanGP @Charles_Leclerc https://t.co/s4FaNf5Rbo
— Formula 1 (@F1) Apr 27, 2023
Ludicrously good. https://t.co/I9zk1twMii
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) Apr 27, 2023
Having 61k followers & spreading fake!!! That’s not even from India. It’s in Istanbul Archaeology Museum in Turkey The mystery of Istanbul’s rocket carving was found in Tushpa, Turkey in 1973, which is now known as Toprakkale this figure carved out of yellowish-brown stone… https://t.co/rgrmC9qxXr https://t.co/4udIl8Fyhl
— 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐝 (@sidd_sharma01) Apr 27, 2023
It works only if you were in good company (which is known in hindsight) If you were in GE, or Credit Suisse (which were good cos) buying PUT would have made you wealthy. https://t.co/RHDHbdW7e8
— Contrarian EPS (@contrarianEPS) Apr 27, 2023
California's famous duck curve, updated for 2023. CAISO now routinely flirts with near-zero net loads on the sunniest spring days. https://t.co/uTj0SzrE3k
— Brian Bartholomew (@BPBartholomew) Apr 26, 2023
🗣 "Dinesh Karthik is part time cricketer and full time commentator". Vikrant Gupta was not wrong. #RCBvsKKR #IPL2023 https://t.co/euK6ustkdc
— Himanshu Pareek (@Sports_Himanshu) Apr 26, 2023
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov is upset about Tucker’s firing. For some reason. https://t.co/XgBhaoJfEm
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) Apr 26, 2023
Staggering: “1% of Indians take 45% of flights, 2.6% of Indians invest in mutual funds, 6.5% of users are responsible for 44% of UPI transactions, and 5% of users account for a third of the orders placed on Zomato.” https://t.co/5QTPUwC6uz
— Lavanya Mohan (@lavsmohan) Apr 26, 2023
Say what you will about Elon Musk’s Twitter feed, but it’s done more in a few short years to dispel the myth of American meritocracy than just about anything in the past century. https://t.co/1MHE4JZLTv
— Matt Novak (@paleofuture) Apr 25, 2023
BREAKING: Elon Musk has allegedly revealed a secret alt account where he pretends to be a child version of himself posting a lot of bizarre sexual content https://t.co/HaItr9Cl31
— The Serfs (@theserfstv) Apr 25, 2023
@nntaleb "Consider a turkey that is fed every day," Taleb writes. "Every single feeding will firm up the bird's belief that it is the general rule of life to be fed every day by friendly members of the human race 'looking out for its best interests,' as a politician would say. "On the… https://t.co/399JlKjK9J
— John Collias (@JohnJcollias) Apr 24, 2023
On Sachin Tendulkar's 50th birthday, @ovshake42 took up the mammoth task of ranking all his Test hundreds, from the first in Manchester to the final in Cape Town. Which one is your favourite? #SachinTendulkar #HappyBirthdaySachin https://t.co/zL9xxiFoqg
— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) Apr 24, 2023
It's finally race week again 👴 https://t.co/cGGG7X0F0A
— ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) Apr 24, 2023
Happy 50th birthday to Sachin Tendulkar! The Limited edition Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph named after him. You can see the threads on the strap are the colors of the Indian flag. https://t.co/9pMyEbDSn5
— avataram (@avataram) Apr 24, 2023
when you mix Abd, Buttler & Warner "you get Ajinkya Rahane" https://t.co/Wt3SnefbET
— ` stan ajju (@kurkureter) Apr 23, 2023
Taylor Series - Official Trailer | Netflix https://t.co/Rg6JLJE7sP
— Epsilon (@PerlaFadl) Apr 23, 2023
Sad, this one had to go. Foodhall@Palladium.. Iconic format creation project for me. With Rakeshji, Avinash, Dharmesh, Jay, Shelly 🙏🏽. The branding needed KB’s audacity to choose the ‘foodhall blue’ for a food store! Many firsts, ably taken a lot further by, @avnibiyani https://t.co/15wXmkQYP6
— SupermarketWala (@SupermarketWala) Apr 22, 2023
The best part is the line after this https://t.co/jU5pgvlwQT https://t.co/qPMxvaYfnM
— Sahil Rizwan (@SahilRiz) Apr 22, 2023
@KeepersDan I'm also getting really, really tired of Paramount trying to turn Star Trek into Star Wars. The Ent-D Death Star run was just...silly IMO. I know the entire industry is basically chasing Disney at this point but c'mon, that's just a little TOO on the nose.
— TheEdIsNotAmused (@ThEdIsNotAmused) Apr 21, 2023
On April 13, we detected a large maneuver by Object 53357, the PRC’s experimental spaceplane. This maneuver resulted in a decrease in altitude from 613 - 355 km. Shown below: the previous orbit is in orange and the new one is in blue. https://t.co/5RtfjfZcXl
— LeoLabs (@LeoLabs_Space) Apr 21, 2023
Here’s the thing about authoritarians: they use words like ‘freedom’ and ‘liberty’ purely for oratorical effect, not because of any belief in them. At the end of the day they always think they have a right to tell you what to do with your life and your property. https://t.co/SLShwxMmKp
— coloradotravis (@coloradotravis) Apr 21, 2023
Me with my Gold tick looking at all the Fintwit Influencer bluetick bois and gurlz https://t.co/DECmOn42TJ
— Abid Hassan 🇮🇳 (@abidsensibull) Apr 21, 2023
NEW: Have confirmed that LeBron, who has 52 million followers and has said he won’t pay for verification, was emailed by a Twitter employee with the offer to have his sub comped “on behalf of Elon Musk.” James did not accept but his account is showing that he paid anyway.
— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) Apr 20, 2023
FINALLY - now nobody will think I actually paid for that thing.
— JerryRigEverything (@ZacksJerryRig) Apr 20, 2023
So now I’ve got a minute to talk. In some ways the Superheavy flip after engine failures resembles those seen by Astra and Firefly. The vehicle flipped because fins and flaps mean the center of drag is in front of center of mass, so it’s aerodynamically unstable.
— Scott Manley (@DJSnM) Apr 20, 2023
Using lots of engines is a challenging design… so a failure on the first launch is definitely a learning opportunity. https://t.co/gI82IsKSTR
— Geoff Brumfiel (@gbrumfiel) Apr 20, 2023
When does this become fraud? It’s been 76 days and no one has gotten even a single penny https://t.co/IbmqpXie5Z
— @BennettTomlin@mstdn.social (@BennettTomlin) Apr 20, 2023
Yeah I think we’ll call it a stage.. #OFS https://t.co/i7dMVIqnsw
— De La Rosa (@Tejanobrown) Apr 19, 2023
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— Out of Context Human Race (@NoContextHumans) Apr 19, 2023
Why Architecture Is Important (and what it says about us) A short thread... https://t.co/0yTiZJDvx7
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) Apr 19, 2023
US coal power generation as % thermal share (coal + gas) has been the lowest on record the last 2 days https://t.co/CQjYgoGKxz
— O&G OG (@EnergyCredit1) Apr 18, 2023
Statistics say that most people who smoke will get affected in some way of the other pretty badly, eventually, for sure. And yet they continue smoking Statistics say that degenerate driving in unsafe cars without seatbelts increases your risk of death exponentially, and yet… https://t.co/HvKHeBFXyK
— Abid Hassan 🇮🇳 (@abidsensibull) Apr 18, 2023
Everyone's smart casuals are not the same. MarK Zuckerberg wears- what look like - simple T shirts except that he wears Brunello Cucinelli T shirts which retail for more than US$ 300+ and Steve Jobs wore black turtlenecks but only from Issey Miyake https://t.co/lPPV55jsLk
— Samir Arora (@Iamsamirarora) Apr 18, 2023
Manmohan Singh introduced the concept of indexation into our tax system, and it is a powerful one. It adjusts your purchase price to account for inflation and lowers your tax bill accordingly. Not fully, but generally 75% of the actual inflation rate. It applies to assets such as… https://t.co/Haa7QB0maH https://t.co/DkmCoonwEi
— Neil Borate (@ActusDei) Apr 18, 2023
Tourists vs locals in San Francisco, by @enf. The red dots are photos taken by tourists and the blue ones photos by locals. (Yellow could be either.) https://t.co/Qpo6Wb0THC
— Paul Graham (@paulg) Apr 17, 2023
𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 😍 Leo Messi and @KMbappe were on a whole other wavelength 🔥 https://t.co/I29URDs74s
— Ligue 1 English (@Ligue1_ENG) Apr 16, 2023
Every now and then, I come across the incredibly banal neoliberal, libertarian, collegiate rubbish, that the top 3% of Indians bear the burden of funding the rest of the country, since they are the only ones who pay income-tax. There are innumerable ways to prove that this is....
— Aunindyo Chakravarty (@AunindyoC) Apr 16, 2023
1/ Many ppl see Dil Se & feel repulsed at SRK's stalking + sexual assault Ppl write it off - saying it aged badly. Bollywood glorified stalking then. How could SRK - Bollywood's blue-eyed boy - be such a creep? What if I told you.. we aren't supposed to like SRK in Dil Se? 👀 https://t.co/VpupNthg39
— enthucutlet (@_waabi_saabi_) Apr 16, 2023
Two thoughts from John Muir “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” “The power of imagination makes us infinite.”
— Jim O'Shaughnessy (@jposhaughnessy) Apr 16, 2023
Only one of these photos is real, I promise. https://t.co/jdWP4knKcP
— Kevin M. Gill (@kevinmgill) Apr 16, 2023
Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, Saitama, Japan https://t.co/Z2Dz6CMZQ6
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) Apr 15, 2023
"Because Andamanese languages remained uninfluenced by the diffusion of other big language families in the region, they have unique grammatical structures rarely available in other Asian languages." @avtansa on languages of the islanders in Southasia: https://t.co/tXBwcn348S
— Himal Southasian (@Himalistan) Apr 15, 2023
In Portimao a car has flipped and hit the top of the fence and landed in the grandstands, luckily no one was injured 😳 📷 petete3mil https://t.co/HmiNZCndOD
— WTF1 (@wtf1official) Apr 14, 2023
By the 2021-2022 academic year, Darwin's theory was quietly removed from the examination syllabus for the students of Class 9 and Class 10. By 2022-2023, the topic of evolution was completely purged from school textbooks, Al Jazeera has learnt. https://t.co/punvHMf0eb
— Srishti (@seekingsrishti) Apr 14, 2023
In summary: 🎯A lot of purely random portfolios beat the index, i.e. blind luck, often misattributed to manager skill. 🎯Luck has more impact on concentrated portfolios - intuitive since just a couple of big winners/losers have outsized impact. https://t.co/Jf2uq0nX3g
— Anoop (@CalmInvestor) Apr 14, 2023
He led the team that drafted our constitution. He opposed Article 370, wanted a uniform civil code & resigned when his bill demanding equal share for women in inheritance & equal status in marriage was stalled in parliament. On his 132nd birth anniversary, remembering a giant
— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) Apr 14, 2023
Wrote in the TOI about kingly violence, feat. amputated noses, human beings ripped apart, butchered religious leaders, etc. The point being that kingship as an *institution* was linked to violence. Brutality wasn't purely a Mughal monopoly as some believe. https://t.co/OX0zRMSf1T https://t.co/HNmh1Hio5Y
— Manu S Pillai (@UnamPillai) Apr 14, 2023
Why is it that people who knew so much about crypto also know so much about AI? Like what's the skill transfer there? Are blockchain and ML models fundamentally similar technologies
— Daniel (@growing_daniel) Apr 13, 2023
The McKay/Carter Gate Bridge from #Stargate Atlantis was maybe the single coolest idea the entire IP ever came up with. Total waste only having it around for like a year. They should have built that thing up into a massive starbase thing where they could moor all their 304s etc.
— Daniel Orrett (The Sojourn) (@KeepersDan) Apr 13, 2023
This is a very typical feint by Elon in interviews to push away obvious issues as out of hand, aided by a woefully underprepared interviewer. There are plenty of examples and the reporter should have had a list of them and also been able to reference various studies. #mediafail https://t.co/oSIicB11za
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) Apr 12, 2023
This has absolutely nothing to do with "speculation" about Musk's "'everything app' hopes" and everything to do with re-incorporating in Nevada, following the Delaware Chancery Court's clear signal that it won't tolerate Musk's abundant nonsense. https://t.co/jq7mI9uqbG
— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) Apr 11, 2023
Saudi Arabia's energy minister Prince Abdulaziz appeared in a documentary series aired by Saudi-owned MBC Group, where he talked about the 2020 decision to flood the oil markets (remember when Russia didn't agree with the cut output). #OOTT
— Amena Bakr (@Amena__Bakr) Apr 11, 2023
Does this mean Sundar had to Pitch AI? https://t.co/yKAyTtcj8O
— Vaidehi Murthy (@ButVai) Apr 11, 2023
The most insane part of the final ball chaos is that after Harshal Patel whiffed on an initial BRONSE attempt on Ravi Bishnoi, Bishnoi then left his crease early even more egregiously on the subsequent ball that was actually delivered by Harshal. He could have run him out 2x. https://t.co/RxnIBK0ZiE
— Peter Della Penna (@PeterDellaPenna) Apr 10, 2023
Mistakes made by ChatGPT in fields I know well (and insights on the way it bullshits) actually made me gain respect for ChatGPT and lose respect for intellectuals. For I now can see more clearly what I dislike about people I dislike. https://t.co/jCdpIa4jGt
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) Apr 9, 2023
some chip creators hide "easter eggs" inside their chips and there’s a whole culture around sleuthing and finding them https://t.co/HcnADi6CvS
— microscopic images. (@microscopicture) Apr 9, 2023
Missed yesterday's Rahane special. Saw the highlights today. Stroke of genius by csk to play Jinx at Wankhede, a ground he knows like he knows the sequence of stations on the central line.
— Ramki (@ramkid) Apr 9, 2023
A short thread of photographic firsts... The first ever underwater photo, taken in 1899 by Louis Boutan: https://t.co/NewyepV168
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) Apr 9, 2023
The entire ' but if they got out of our way ' debate is dumb because of this There is 0 barrels of oil from Fed leases on the TX side of the Permian TX so big they have to grow for US to grow Period https://t.co/p0Zath5We6
— O&G OG (@EnergyCredit1) Apr 8, 2023
@David32375134 This is the thing I’ve been trying to express as well. The yield curve is not a “forecaster” it’s a mechanical siphon when it inverts, which directly causes capital destruction because money is temporal in nature. https://t.co/3JrAzfZpKS
— @coloradotravis@mastodon.cloud (@coloradotravis) Apr 8, 2023
For posterity. And this was AFTER Taibbi went out of his way to not say anything bad about Elon when he was getting grilled/dunked on by Mehdi Hasan a day earlier. https://t.co/MbUbg2mExQ
— ben k (@Benshooter) Apr 7, 2023
Substack put out a statement. Doomberg tweeted that it was being suppressed. I tried to like Doomberg's tweet, and Twitter said no. https://t.co/uQbwX09oO6
— Lyn Alden (@LynAldenContact) Apr 7, 2023
From Semafor. They've got Musk's number. Yet, so much of the media continues to lap up the Saving the World BS. For example: by taking Master Plan 3 seriously. Here's the reality: https://t.co/hkgAqfZ6EJ
— Russ Mitchell (@russ1mitchell) Apr 7, 2023
Where do we begin with Dr. Devi Shetty? A few thoughts and tips to avoid panicking 👇🏼 1. Sudden cardiac arrest is just that - "sudden", either there was a coronary plaque vulnerable to rupture (we call it a thin cap fibrous atheroma) or a genetic cardiomyopathy/arrhythmia (1/n) https://t.co/EvdJBbMjOM
— Varun C. MD, DM (@drcheruvarun) Apr 7, 2023
By popular demand, we added CAGR to our FY returns table. My thanks to @SatyaSontanam for putting this data together. #personalfinance #investing https://t.co/DSbtJiqScd
— Neil Borate (@ActusDei) Apr 7, 2023
Me: "Why not [fix the error]? Do you not have editors at [your site] The Racket?" Matt Taibbi: "I didn't realize that until now." https://t.co/TnbS8oZ1rj
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) Apr 6, 2023
Damon Hill on Fernando Alonso: "I would ask Alonso to defend me in case of murder". “I get the feeling that he doesn't think much of driving, he needs to do something else. He goes around saying: 'Can I do the strategy too? Give me more information'." “He needs to become team… https://t.co/Oyy04dogJE
— Fastest Pitstop (@FastestPitStop) Apr 6, 2023
NBA superstar Joel Embiid taught himself to shoot by watching YouTube vids. His explanation is amazing. https://t.co/Ued6B70Imt
— Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) Apr 5, 2023
There is increasing evidence Musk has absolutely no clue what is going on within his own companies, and it’s tweets like these where current and former employees question what they ever saw in him. https://t.co/e3SfAMnZmo
— Taylor Ogan (@TaylorOgan) Apr 5, 2023
F1 car evolution 1950 to Now https://t.co/yXx4PTHN5O
— Evolution Of Life (@EvoIutlon) Apr 3, 2023
If you’re an Indian auto rickshaw driver, especially one from Delhi, then please don’t take this the wrong way, because I realise it could seem most disrespectful, although I assure you that it definitely isn’t intended as such, but you’re all lunatics.
— James May (@MrJamesMay) Apr 3, 2023
Probably the best thing you'll see today. In 2017, a group of developers hilariously competed for who could create worst volume control interface in the world. The results 🧵 1/22
— 0xDesigner (@0xDesigner) Apr 2, 2023
That ChatGPT passes exams is much more a reflection on exams than information about ChatGPT. #WittgensteinsRuler
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) Apr 1, 2023
This tweet has been deleted. As always. https://t.co/u4RDcB9GmJ https://t.co/loeTQBbroO
— McAdams (@_CJSW) Apr 1, 2023
We're a loooooong way, AI. When asked about the battle of Amioun, which plotted Greek-speaking Byzantines ag. Aramaic-speaking Monothelites, GPT-3.5 made up a story of Islamic invasion in 632, based on the general history. I tried with GPT-4, which said "No such battle". https://t.co/HBGUnkYHTK
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) Mar 31, 2023
ICYMI - F1 QUALIFYING FORMAT UPDATE INCOMING (possibly!) - could be implemented at Baku if the vote is positive. FRI - 1hr FP1, QUALIFYING for the Sunday's race SAT - QUALIFYING for SPRINT then SPRINT race SUN - RACE DAY #F1 #AusGP #AustralianGP #Formula1 https://t.co/p8f3dLZ4D4
— FormulaNerds 🤓🏁 (@Formula_Nerds) Mar 31, 2023
Some picture makes you so happy . This is one such picture . This is Pooja . She stays at Siddarth Nagar - Andheri West . She buys vegetables without single use plastic . We facilitate . The last mile problem - single use plastic bag - throw and use - out . https://t.co/jBxsgT3iS0
— Afroz shah (@AfrozShah1) Mar 31, 2023
Ghevars are still being served in real-estate - where the real wealthy actually invest. Why should someone selling a 50Cr bungalow benefit from LTCG or 54EC bonds? Debt funds are now incapable of delivering real-returns post tax. https://t.co/wsiYCkjzOY
— Vashistha Iyer (@uptickr) Mar 30, 2023
Here’s the recipe that Renfields use in service to the strategic efforts by China, Russia and billionaire accelerationists to destabilize the US in narrative-space. 1: Start your thread with an anti-US premise like “losing its reserve currency status” or “ditching the dollar”. https://t.co/67wKFqGX4e
— Ben Hunt (@EpsilonTheory) Mar 30, 2023
I was wrong to say sell.
— Cassandra B.C. (@michaeljburry) Mar 30, 2023
I used to think that 'govt-service' was the norm for older generations and today's youth are all about entrepreneurship and the private sector. Apparently not. One in 5 taxpayers is a govt employee or pensioner and this number has doubled since FY 13! Source: Lok Sabha Question… https://t.co/NUpNCXQf66 https://t.co/djzoEK1qW6
— Neil Borate (@ActusDei) Mar 30, 2023
@FastestPitStop They'll be putting speed limits on the track next week
— Ben Webb (@B_webb2003) Mar 30, 2023
Fernando Alonso is asked about the “como 33” trend: VER: “It’s a good number.” ALO: “He’s still using number 1, I will ask for 33 next year. Hopefully we can reach the number [33] in terms of wins and then we can go for 34!” https://t.co/H6ClOw5U4l
— Autosport (@autosport) Mar 30, 2023
I hacked into a @Bing CMS that allowed me to alter search results and take over millions of @Office365 accounts. How did I do it? Well, it all started with a simple click in @Azure… 👀 This is the story of #BingBang 🧵⬇️ https://t.co/9pydWvHhJs
— Hillai Ben-Sasson (@hillai) Mar 29, 2023
Well now I have seen everything 🫤 https://t.co/WmEF66kRkT
— Rituparna Chatterjee (@MasalaBai) Mar 29, 2023
So last night, my friend @heyanshuman had a date that happened to be at a Hyatt. This punathon ensued this morning. You're welcome. https://t.co/mfPRqEQfIT
— Narayan Devanathan (@twinsighter) Mar 29, 2023
Still, they are useful, if and only if one can tolerate and/or hide their hallucinations and their tendency to unleash dangerous untruths.
— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) Mar 28, 2023
Yes yes. We take this train to go to office everyday. https://t.co/HgFJnEWWBU
— vadakkus (@vadakkus) Mar 28, 2023
Finally, we understand why Twitter engineers have been sleeping at their desks. To make sure catturd2 is in everyone’s feeds. https://t.co/VR83NOIUi9 https://t.co/7hvN0mFfWJ
— @coloradotravis@mastodon.cloud (@coloradotravis) Mar 28, 2023
Elon before buying Twitter: I want this to be the free speech center of the world. Elon ever since: If you don’t pay me every month nobody will see anything you say 🤗 https://t.co/wyLc2b5tmI
— Mac (@GoodPoliticGuy) Mar 28, 2023
The feds have CZ's phone, things are getting SPICY https://t.co/WRpKgDr5Oa
— @BennettTomlin@mstdn.social (@BennettTomlin) Mar 27, 2023
Thats bc you also said it 3 years ago only to see it subsequently go to a 30 year high https://t.co/pgXNRPa7wE
— Santiago Capital (@SantiagoAuFund) Mar 27, 2023
@F1 @ausgrandprix 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 https://t.co/xv75bY8YFr
— Fernando Alonso (@alo_oficial) Mar 27, 2023
Something wild is happening on the Midjourney subreddit. People are telling stories and sharing photos of historic events - like the “Great Cascadia” earthquake that devastated Oregon in 2001. The kicker? It never happened. The images are AI-generated. https://t.co/2ziHJYsTDK
— Justine Moore (@venturetwins) Mar 26, 2023
MEN IN BLACK https://t.co/Fw322xR7sB
— VFX VIDEO (@vfx_videos) Mar 26, 2023
NSFW but this is an incredible song by Neha Kakkar+ Yo Yo Honey Singh https://t.co/p3Eq0ml9ky
— Deepak Shenoy (@deepakshenoy) Mar 25, 2023
The boys in Brooklyn could only hope for this level of drip https://t.co/MiqkcLQ8Bd
— Nikita S (@singareddynm) Mar 25, 2023
Photographer Birk Möbius photographed a plane being struck by lightning while inside a rainbow. https://t.co/geoBfXmqHL
— Fascinating (@fasc1nate) Mar 25, 2023