A true story of a time I got hired at my "dream company" with my "dream job" only to find out that everyone there thought I was "the most annoying fucking person alive." Link in replies.

Known fix everything switches: - incapacitating repeat criminal offenders - nuclear power - by-right housing construction - teaching kids to sound out words - monetary compensation for blood and organ donors

he was fidgeting because especially if you're a generous teacher it's really uncomfortable to be confronted with this kind of proud stupidity

What a huge disappointment, as I was a big fan of Sacks. Pinker also blasts The New Yorker for publishing his stuff for years without fact-checking it, though they tout themselves as scrupulous fact checkers. More in Steve's thread.

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China's nuclear ambition is massive: rapidly expanding its fleet to become the world leader by 2030, aiming for over 200 reactors by mid-century to replace coal, ensure energy security & reduce pollution

The air you breathe while in flight is the low-pressure air from outside which is compressed by the engine and then piped into the cabin. If the engine is leaking in some way, its fumes can be mixed into that air you breathe. Not sure how much I believe the article, but this is

Also: It's literally called a "Model T".... As in "T" for Testosterone. Extremely gigachad-coded vehicle.

I've been looking at small plots of farmland and am becoming convinced I ought to buy a few acres, deer fence it, and plant it up with nut trees. Priced everything out, I can afford it -- and I am convinced it'd pay dividends better than the stock market. It's a $30k 7-ac

“Ask Jeeves” is an excellent response to “Why would you say that about P. G. Wodehouse?” It’s a weird response to “Why do you want to hear a bear eat a guy?”

The longer the British economy flatlines, the weaker the “series of unfortunate events” (financial crisis, Brexit, Covid) theory explaining it looks.

I so wanted to write this paper. If you spend a few minutes on OpenRouter, you will see how vibrant and competitive this market is, contrary to what OpenAI and Anthropic investors would like to believe. Thanks for sharing!

“Apollo entered 2025 with many of its private credit funds holding roughly 20 per cent exposure to software groups, but has cut that concentration by almost half, Rowan told some investors in private meetings at a Goldman Sachs conference on Wednesday”

This is the equivalent of a half-inch deep pothole on a particularly desolate stretch of a Wyoming interstate...

BREAKING: 3 U.S. soldiers shot and wounded in an ambush in Syria during an anti-ISIS patrol near Palmyra. The soldiers have been airlifted to the Al-Tanf base on the border with Iraq and Jordan

If you're familiar with Carney's work, this is an admission against interest.

ABC News and AP get this story 180° wrong, once again in precisely the same direction that they always err. 🤔 abcnews.go.com/Business/wireS…

An article laser targeted at triggering me. Declining number of listed public companies, Superior returns available in private markets. Public companies are older and slowing growing. wsj.com/finance/invest…

3 Americans were murdered in Syria by an ISIS Islamic extremist.

Tell me again about how Russia is serious about negotiating a peace deal when they throw out demands like this