Can't ChatGPT be used to install plugins for a benign and democratic leadership to "Make [country] Great Again"? Wait, you're telling me that is not how things work? Oh "ye of little faith".

The procrastinator in me feels attacked.

The "iterate and fail fast" process in startups, which DOGE was a great exponent of, doesn't work with nation states. Neither does the dismantle and disappear logic. To even think that a repressive regime in perpetual war mode wouldn't have a succession plan is delusion of the highest order.

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

The eternal relevance of this piece is remarkable, thanks to the human conditions called tribalism and narcissism.

The long 2010s are finally over

Wait what theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...

NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results" and i was like. oh!

Fantastic game, Team #Canada. It was a privilege to watch it. The energy was electric. Sorry for the result. #IceHockey #Olympics

One thing that has always fascinated me about the USA. 👇🏻

The Dow is over 50,000!

Absolutely epic.

100% in agreement.

Good hair day.

To put it another way: the most important aircraft in WWII was unarmed

"Its a calling."

Wiarton Willie 🇨🇦 seemed to be more optimistic about an early spring when compared to Punxsutawney Phil 🇺🇲. A sign of the times we live in, surely. #GroundhogDay

Catherine O'Hara. Thank you for everything. We were very fortunate to have witnessed your acting repertoire for more than three decades.

Too cute to debunk ;)

In the early days of iPhone apps, there was one that showcased the most famous speeches in human history, like Lincoln's Gettysburg address. This speech from @mark-carney.bsky.social should easily rank among the best in the past century, if not all of human #history. globalnews.ca/news/1162087...

Clear vision of leadership, without rambling and shouting.

Perfectly illustrates the current state of the online media and the polarized society, with the "real" existential issues coming at us thick and fast.

This makes sense to me.

I love quirky liveries on airplanes. This was a special one because it combined two off my interests: #StarWars and airplanes. End of an era, as this airplane completes its final flight with this C-3PO livery, with the R2-D2 livery retired last year. #avgeek

If you have time to doom scroll, you have time to read books!

My drawing skill feels attacked! On the other hand, I'm fairly certain this is a horse, which means that I "ace" the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.

this is a fascinating statistic. i would assume this is to a great degree simply the obvious fact that green energy is by definition a growth sector. fossil fuels is not, notwithstanding the big run up in production in FF in the last 20 years.

This 100%. The "subtext" of #history and the "context" of events are more important than simply the names of the belligerents or the headline results.

The silent heroes we need but don't always deserve.

support independent media. idk what else to say right now.

The original GOAT airplane in terms of its versatility. #aviation

Beautifully put 👏🏻👏🏻

In a world of Charlie Kirks, be a Charlie Day.

But the company owner crossed $600B in net worth. I mean, priorities.

Just heard this on the news… Social media is asbestos, great if there’s a fire, but the rest of the time it’s killing you. Agree.

I thought the back covers of books were reserved for such details, and for deeper questions you had to, I don't know, actually read the book?

I don't understand most of these carbon removal projects. I think right now, the most effective carbon removal strategy is to grow a tree, and then burry it like 30 feet underground and let it turn into coal. We really don't have anything that works better than that.

Pre-race. One picture. Thousand words. I'm so happy for Lando Norris for winning this year's WDC! #F1

This is tragic, but it is also how brain drain begins. And it is usually one-directional.

This, exactly. I call it "opportunistic conservatism". In a societal setting it plays on the basic human instincts of fear and tribalism, which can be easily exploited by populists. Julius Ceaser was one exponent, but the tale goes back far into history.

Incredibly interesting. A testament to how tech can be used for doing good and enriching the historical record. #history

Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.

Fabulous thread 🧵

When I talk to students about public speaking or teaching, I always bring this up: Just tell people when you don't know something! It's remarkably powerful b/c it signals to your audience that you know the boundaries of your expertise and they can trust what you DO talk about.

The limits of our personal experience and the value of statistics 🧵 How many people do you know by name? One study found that the average American knows 611. In a world of 8 billion, that’s less than 0.00001%. A 100,000th of a percent. We can’t see much of the world through our direct experience

Seconded. Also, the "blanket" analogy is perfect.

"Overdelivering on smaller promises is a shortcut to trust, loyalty and resilience."

Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have. Python foundation said no and rejected the grant. If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.

I love historical deep dives like this. It serves as a proxy for the journey that a particular #culture has been on. #history www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I recently came across this YouTube channel that posts Stormtroopers doing vlogs about places and planets in the galaxy far, far away. I must admit, the force is strong on those vlogs. #StarWars youtube.com/@stormtroope...