BJ Neilsen (@localshred) 's Twitter Profile
BJ Neilsen

@localshred

Family, Travel, Head of Engineering @commsor, Climbing, Piano, Soccer. Eternal Student. Be Excellent to each other. Amor Fati. IG: localshred

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linkhttp://localshred.github.io/ calendar_today28-01-2011 07:13:02

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I learned yesterday that Ξ” (alt-J) (easily one of my fav bands of the last 5-8 years) is named Alt-J b/c they love triangles and on a mac you type β€œAlt-J” to make a triangle like this βˆ† and I was deeply satisfied by that random piece of wikipedia knowledge thanks internet

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This is stunning! To allow riders to better view autumn leaves, the driver of this Eizan Electric Railway train on the Kurama Line switches off the lights so passengers can better view this "Maple Tunnel" outside #Kyoto. Another reason to love #Japan's rail culture.

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Thread. Something happened this week for the first time in all of human history and nobody seems to have noticed. Humanity passed through a Filter. Let me explain. Among astronomers and associated science nerds, there's something called the Fermi Paradox. 1/

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As a kid who was raised conservative Christian in the 80s, I was led to believe that the way to avoid getting AIDS was to only sleep with your spouse. (1/…)

Johann Hari (@johannhari101) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you no longer enjoy talking to people with different views, your personality is likely being distorted by social media algorithms that promote rage & tribalism. You don’t have to live like this.

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Back in June, I help my mom clean out her pool shed. There's a strand of old twinkle lights with plastic flamingos. "Throw them out," she says. "They don't work." But I see that the flamingos came off easily, so I start to pull them off. "I can do something with these."

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Sunday read. This is hilarious. Engineers are competing who creates the worst UI on Reddit. I think the winners are: 1/ Enter your phone number