The most powerful paradoxes of life:

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What a time to be alive when you can read a science based essay like this from some random account, instead of waiting to read the exact same thing 6 months from now on the NYT Lab Leak 2.0 bprice.substack.com/p/lab-leak-20

Being an independent contractor sucks for a lot of reasons, but it also affords you the unique ability to tell people to fuck off in delightful ways.

Update: US official: The Russians provided weapons that killed Americans for decades, so why should the delivery of fighters to Ukraine lead to a direct war?

Another incredible case of Murdoch Maths…

BREAKING: U.S. annualized inflation just peaked 17 percent for the first time since WW2, the highest rate in 75 years. The media are misreporting the real data, and I’ll explain why. 1/

This discussion between a Google engineer and their conversational AI model helped cause the engineer to believe the AI is becoming sentient, kick up an internal shitstorm and get suspended from his job. And it is absolutely insane. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

Great drawings for weekend…

Alongside the Nanxi River in China, nestled between lush steep mountains is Yanjin county, widely considered to be the world’s narrowest city

Hank Green I made this zoom out using my own images!

Fixed Mortgage "Cliff" - A thread - There has been quite a bit of debate about this issue in recent days, so I thought I would try and put into perspective with some data. - Around 46% of fixed loans will expire in 2023, which accounts for ~18% of mortgages overall. 1/

The movement of the tectonic plates along the fault captured by satellites at Nurdağı, Turkey, following the 6-7 February earthquakes. The relative shift is around 3-4 meters [📷Andreas Schafer, Maxar Technologies]

Probably the best thing you'll see today. In 2017, a group of developers hilariously competed for who could create worst volume control interface in the world. The results 🧵 1/22

Stare at the red dot on her nose for 30 seconds, then look at a plain wall while blinking fast and discover what is an afterimage [read more: bit.ly/2FcSKeu] [source: buff.ly/3AfcACk]

Looks like a little bitch to me

Today might have seen the biggest physics discovery of my lifetime. I don't think people fully grasp the implications of an ambient temperature / pressure superconductor. Here's how it could totally change our lives.

Former US intelligence official David Grusch says under oath that the US government is in possession of UFOs and non-human bodies

In England "booster shot" is spelled "borchestershire shot".

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