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Complex systems afficionado. Maximiser of positive externalities

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Agnes Pockels was nineteen years old when she noticed something strange in the dishwater. It was 1881. She was standing at the sink in her family's home in Brunswick, Germany, watching the way grease moved across the surface of the water. The way soap changed everything. The way…

DrJackKruse's tweet image. Agnes Pockels was nineteen years old when she noticed something strange in the dishwater.
It was 1881. She was standing at the sink in her family's home in Brunswick, Germany, watching the way grease moved across the surface of the water. The way soap changed everything. The way…

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The media cannot and must not separate itself from the destiny of truth. Transparency of sources and ownership, accountability, quality, clarity, and objectivity are the keys to truly opening citizens' rights for all peoples.


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Each child actually adds far more than this, as we don’t relate merely to other individuals—we also relate to the emergent dynamics between those individuals. The simplest example of this emerges when moving from dyad to triad: Say you’re a husband and you have a child. Now…

MattPirkowski's tweet image. Each child actually adds far more than this, as we don’t relate merely to other individuals—we also relate to the emergent dynamics between those individuals.

The simplest example of this emerges when moving from dyad to triad:

Say you’re a husband and you have a child. Now…

every child you add to your family adds much more than one new relationship third child = four more relationships fourth child = five more relationships

simonsarris's tweet image. every child you add to your family adds much more than one new relationship

third child = four more relationships
fourth child = five more relationships


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Technological innovation can be a form of participation in the divine act of creation. It carries an ethical and spiritual weight, for every design choice expresses a vision of humanity. The Church therefore calls all builders of #AI to cultivate moral discernment as a…


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So far in 2025, @TheOceanCleanup has been collecting an average of 3200 kg of trash for every hour of the year.

So far in 2023, @TheOceanCleanup has been collecting an average of 750 kg of trash for every hour of the year.

BoyanSlat's tweet image. So far in 2023, @TheOceanCleanup has been collecting an average of 750 kg of trash for every hour of the year.


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One of the big things holding back the kingdom of god is that there are entire classes of objects that we ignore the aesthetics of: parking lots, power outlets, invoices

Even invoices should be thoughtful

kail_designs's tweet image. Even invoices should be thoughtful


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Today I’m launching Swipe -- a new way to steer image models. The idea is simple – start with a prompt, swipe left / right to steer the model towards what you’re thinking of.


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Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists. You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth, made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?


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>be Luana >born in Brazil >spend childhood as a ballerina, 8 hours a day, Bolshoi-level discipline >97 kids fighting for ONE spot at Bolshoi >become a 0.001% ballerina >go to Austria for a Swan Lake Season. >age 18, say "bye" to ballet >want to join where the smartest and…

notgustadev's tweet image. >be Luana
>born in Brazil
>spend childhood as a ballerina, 8 hours a day, Bolshoi-level discipline 
>97 kids fighting for ONE spot at Bolshoi
>become a 0.001% ballerina
>go to Austria for a Swan Lake Season.

>age 18, say "bye" to ballet
>want to join where the smartest and…

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There was a period of several decades in the mid 15th century when the Flemish bookmakers produced books with the vellum dyed black, which could only be inscribed with gold or silver ink. This one is called "The Black Hours", from the Morgan Library in New York.

AHomelyHouse's tweet image. There was a period of several decades in the mid 15th century when the Flemish bookmakers produced books with the vellum dyed black, which could only be inscribed with gold or silver ink. This one  is called "The Black Hours", from the Morgan Library in New York.
AHomelyHouse's tweet image. There was a period of several decades in the mid 15th century when the Flemish bookmakers produced books with the vellum dyed black, which could only be inscribed with gold or silver ink. This one  is called "The Black Hours", from the Morgan Library in New York.

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I suspect the limits of what 'a guy in his garage' is capable of in 2025 is way, way more than anyone realizes.

This guy just built a 2 billion fps camera in his garage Dudes rock

pronounced_kyle's tweet image. This guy just built a 2 billion fps camera in his garage

Dudes rock


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one of the many great examples of how something seemingly frivolous (an industry focused on “make car go fast”) led to lives being saved once you really internalize the implications of this, you never dismiss anything as frivolous ever

The best F1 partnership ever was when the Ferrari pit crew team helped a UK Children's Hospital improve its ICU hand-off process in the 1990s. A new protocol dropped the error rate from 30% to 10%. How? After reviewing surgery operation footage, Ferrari F1 advised: ▫️a new…

TrungTPhan's tweet image. The best F1 partnership ever was when the Ferrari pit crew team helped a UK Children's Hospital improve its ICU hand-off process in the 1990s.

A new protocol dropped the error rate from 30% to 10%.

How? After reviewing surgery operation footage, Ferrari F1 advised:

▫️a new…


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Okay I think this tweet is the first time anyone has called Janus the Jane Goodall of AI but I think it fits :p Many people were mad at Jane Goodall for anthropomorphizing chimps, but by allowing herself to go deep with chimps she was able to understand things about them that no…


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roerich (1874 - 1947) has a unique style and take on christian imagery. going post some of his paintings i have found interesting in that sense. joan of arc:

owenbroadcast's tweet image. roerich (1874 - 1947) has a unique style and take on christian imagery. going post some of his paintings i have found interesting in that sense. 

 joan of arc:

nicholas roerich has the definitive image of saint pantaleon in my mind. the way the earth is painted here, you really get the sense that these healing forces are just springing up from the earth, freely available if you know how to harvest and prepare them. a true "wise man":

owenbroadcast's tweet image. nicholas roerich has the definitive image of saint pantaleon in my mind. the way the earth is painted here, you really get the sense that these healing forces are just springing up from the earth, freely available if you know how to harvest and prepare them. a true "wise man":


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Extraordinary video. Too many extraordinary things to count. Most won't understand


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Virtuoso musicians talk about this all the time. When he was coming up, Steve Vai’s alternate-picking was a comparative weak spot, so he religiously drilled scales & runs to a metronome 8–12 hours a day for years. Eventually he realized that no matter how much he practiced, his…

zarathustra5150's tweet image. Virtuoso musicians talk about this all the time. When he was coming up, Steve Vai’s alternate-picking was a comparative weak spot, so he religiously drilled scales & runs to a metronome 8–12 hours a day for years. Eventually he realized that no matter how much he practiced, his…

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is this real? this is a significantly better humanoid demo than I’ve seen out of any American lab, who tend to make highly scripted and produced clips

This is incredible



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before I forget: - having a unique and distinct taste is a sign of an expert - being generic indicates lack of intrinsic motivation or domain exposure - whatever you write or create or engineer or code, make it *yours*. - You cannot do this if ur casting about for what others…


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