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Suman Subedi

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when do I stop dreaming that I’m months into a semester and about to fail a class I forgot about? I have a phd


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I miss Dhilo. RT if you what Dhilo is and if you miss it as well 🥲


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“When cynicism becomes the default language, playfulness and invention become impossible. Cynicism scours through a culture like bleach, wiping out millions of small, seedling ideas.” A great reboot of the spirit: brainpickings.org/2017/09/21/cai…


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This. Not only proof of evolution, but proof animals are better than us. Wait for it.


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You would pay thousands to move time back one year. The same thousands you would pay one year from now. Save yourself empty wishes and regrets. Act today.


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"Much of the difference between what is heaven and what is hell is branding." - Nassim Taleb #marketing


सोच आधी रातको: नेपालमा गर्नलाई छ सिक्नलाई छैन


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there is no elite conspiracy, our elites are hapless losers


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One pattern I'm noticing is people who joke about the pandemic are reliably met with some form of "how DARE you joke about this when people are dying" scolding. For many people, humor is the best way to cope in hard times. It's fine if that's not how you cope—but MYOB.


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If anyone feels like taking a (free) online Yale course during this period of isolation, here are two of mine that I'm pretty happy with: Moralities of Everyday Life: coursera.org/learn/moraliti… Intro Psych: coursera.org/learn/introduc… (these are fine for high school students, btw)


Social distancing functions like a fish swarm. The rules are simple and local, but all must follow. An outlier can bring a bunch of neighbors to the mouth of danger.

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If you’re on lockdown and looking for a new #podcast, I am hosting one you might like. It’s called “The Joy of x”. We’ve posted 7 episodes so far, with new ones every Weds. Give us a try and share your reactions by replying below! Thanks, and stay safe. quantamagazine.org/tag/the-joy-of…

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The Joy of x | Quanta Magazine

The acclaimed mathematician and author Steven Strogatz interviews some of the world’s leading scientists about their lives and work.


The bad weather always looks worse through a window. -Tom Lehrer. Even more so through the window of Twitter.


Interesting, discord is a great platform for this.

The most active Portal Community is on Discord:



Nuclear technology is extremely catastrophic even if checked by upmost safety standards. And the thing still as a weapon one command away to liftoff is beyond sanity. Once it takes off, no one has a plan. icrc.org/en/war-and-law…


"It's our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique" -A perfect speech by Conan O'Brien, silly, intelligent and deep (gets real from 16:00) youtu.be/KmDYXaaT9sA via @YouTube


A quick thought. Religion does not have a monopoly on spirituality. It must not have. They got mixed up in the outset, at least in eastern civilization. Now its time to untwine. #imightbeparaphasing #radicalthought #freespeech


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With interest in space exploration from the likes of @JeffBezos and @ElonMusk, @WhartonKnows - with the help of Prof. @NicSiggelkow - weighs in on the commercial space travel trend. whr.tn/2WnYGNo


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