The greatest Unsolved problems in Modern Physics. A Visual Thread 👇

A real-time crisis—like this possible coup in Russia—is exactly the moment when one needs verified accounts to filter out news from bullshit rumors. This is also exactly the moment to remember that Elon Musk has burned this once-useful information ecosystem to the ground.

Affirmative action was never about admitting unqualified Black kids. It was always about ensuring qualified Black kids could also get accepted despite a world of systemic racism. The “unqualified admission” you’re thinking of are legacy students—like how Kavanaugh got into Yale.

Elon Musk is like a Scooby Doo villain who dresses up as a ghost to scare everyone away from the theme park but forgets that his business is theme parks

In this Ohio diner, it was a tradition: add some nice cocktails to the brunch menu, wait for the same sex couples to arrive, and then deny them service. But now the woke mob is taking all of that away.

Yesterday was a good barometer for the standing of Twitter’s new CEO. The site under went into crisis, ostensibly caused by its owner, and she has yet to say anything publicly.

In a new blog post, Arvind Narayanan and I examine the paper suggesting a decline in GPT-4's performance. The original paper tested primality only on prime numbers. We re-evaluate using primes and composites, and our analysis reveals a different story. aisnakeoil.com/p/is-gpt-4-get…

The CEO of Warner Bros Discovery Inc is David Zaslav. David was paid $498,915,318 between 2018 and 2022. That's a half a billion dollars for four years of "work". It's safe to say that Warner Bros can afford to pay their fucking writers and actors, they just don't want to.

The assertion that Jews could have easily resisted during deportations to extermination simply due to their numerical strength compared to the guards oversimplifies the dire circumstances they faced during the Holocaust. Acts of resistance did occur in various forms across

I guess Donald Trump found some votes in Georgia after all

Republican congressional leaders showcase superhuman abilities to speed-read by condemning Georgia’s criminal charges against Donald Trump fifteen seconds after the lengthy 97-page indictment was unsealed.

Republicans should be forced to carry Kevin McCarthy to term, even if it endangers the life of the party.

I know I've already commented on this a few times, but the Twitter Notes on this tweet continue to be excellent. The fact than Penn didn't just open with a mea culpa and apology to Dr. Karikó speaks volumes.

Vancouver is notable because of its careful approach to the environment - by ensuring only rich people have a chance to enjoy it. Poor? Middle class? New? Struggle to live in Vancouver or leave. “Careful” planning at its finest!

I don’t know the name of the Swedish man who came to the Israeli embassy in Sweden to lay down 900 roses in memory of the slaughtered victims, but I know I love him and hold him in my heart forever.

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As a professional pedestrian in Richmond it’s fun to know that if I am murdered by a distracted driver while in a crosswalk that the Richmond RCMP will blame me.