#Strange

visa is AFK working on @introspectVV

visakanv

Strange and funny first-principles-y conversation with wife: if you wanna fix problems, you need to have some kind of model in your mind for how problems get fixed. I think

Stock-umm

steak_umm

gather around beeflings. today we're going to get into the meaty history of memes. the term "meme" itself was defined by richard dawkins in 1976 as a medium for information

Kwasi Kwakwa (@RealSci_Nano)

RealSci_Nano

Now we can move on to talking about microscopes proper. For people who don't work with them for a living, you probably haven't seen once since school and you remember

Per Bylund

PerBylund

The problem with (and for) #SiliconValley is their lack of #entrepreneurship. Yes, really: they're bad at being entrepreneurs, at providing the entrepreneurial function in the economy. To put it differently,

Ouiem Chettaoui

OuiemCh

1) In a fascinating turn of events Tunisian #Islamist party #Nahdha & reborn former regime party #FreeDestour party led by #AbirMoussi r both supporting Security Forces in what they consider

Rabbi Oren Hayon

RabbiHayon

A THREAD, about grief and bereavement:Like many of you, I’ve been doing a lot of reading about racism and the history of slavery in America. One of the best resources

Torsten Hoefler

thoefler

Details on @GoogleAI's DNN supercomputer based on TPUv3. Nice writeup released while first numbers of TPUv4 show up as mlperf results (2.5-3.7x faster)! Some key points and comments below. Including

Lauri Donahue

LauriDonahue

The Qan0n failed screenwriter dude was on Scriptshadow in 2012!!!!Genre: ComedyA print shop owner who moonlights as a counterfeiter finds himself in over his head after a money deal gone

Laura Lippman

LauraMLippman

Good morning, Baltimore. A thread on walking and writing. It will be boring but possibly helpful if you wish to walk or write more. In my pre-pandemic life, there was

Pine Baron

SpiritofPines

The deepest secrets are found in silence.A thread on my experience spending 9 days in total silence. Before I start I have to say clearly that I DO NOT recommend

Small History NS

smallhistory

Hi! I've been meaning to do this for a while. A thread about 19th-century Nova Scotian newspapers and what @smallhistory is about. I'm a historian and this account grew out

Samuel Herron

Rogersworthe

Since I've spent three years off and on working on a translation of the Paschal Canon by St. John of Damascus, I'm going to post some observations here as a

MgS🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

MgS_2011

Anybody else find it more than passing strange that an Indian actor is taking shots at Canada's PM? /1I have a theory about this. #cdnpoli https://twitter.com/KanganaTeam/status/1322540736689000449 Like we are seeing

Quinn Cummings

quinncy

A small story:When Kid was little, I joked the way she would rebel against her parents was to become a cheerleader, then attend Bob Jones University, marrying a young man

Robert Macfarlane

RobGMacfarlane

Barry Lopez passed away yesterday evening, making his last great journey.His work –– graceful, meticulous, ethical, compassionate, from Arctic Dreams to Common Ground to Horizon & far beyond –– shaped

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

I've been a freelancer - a contractor - for most of my life, but I've also been a salaried employee and an hourly employee and there is a significant difference

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