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