Join us. This is going to be fantastic Maria Konnikova Heather H. Burris, MD, MPH

Otra entrevistada brillante ha sido Maria Konnikova. No os fiéis de lo bien que se lo pasa en las mesas. Detrás de su sonrisa se esconde una asesina en serie. #EPTMontecarlo PokerStars España

Another favorite #Cavafy poem on this, his birthday—and, in its remarkable terseness, one of the hardest to translate: “Voices”:

#poetry #translation #literature

ejecting the free press from the 'liberated zone'

I’ll always be a night owl. Here’s why. The early morning meetings don’t work for all chronotypes and solid research proves it. waking up at the buttcrack of dawn isn’t helpful for all and it just makes us tired. 😴 Maria Konnikova The New Yorker

newyorker.com/science/maria-…

Just two PokerStars Team Pros about to start the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event. Good luck, us!

Barny Boatman

Love this thread.

beyond parody

NEW: UCLA medical school's mandatory health equity class teaches students that weight loss is a 'hopeless endeavor' and that 'ob*sity' is a slur 'used to exact violence on fat people.'

The full syllabus has shocked prominent doctors—the former dean of Harvard Medical School.🧵

With others, I salute #HelenVendler , her rare mind for poetry, esp. #JohnAshbery , & her good heart. I have story or two, but nothing to match this, from #RitaDove :

'El gran farol' de Maria Konnikova es un excelente relato de como esta psicóloga (y escritora) se adentró en el mundo del póker. En el libro nos cuenta distintos aspectos del juego, que van más allá de la simple apuesta

No no, *that* street!

We should all take care of da Earth! It is da only planet with cookies on it! 🍪🌎 #EarthDay

For everyone who is interested in Columbia but has not actually been to campus, it’s worth reading the student journalists who are reporting on this daily. columbiaspectator.com

This is horrifying. Kudos to the Columbia students doing this reporting.

Couldn’t be more excited, Erik Larson. 🥳

Accurate.

Thanks so much for reading 🙏🏻☺️. (And yes, Erik Seidel is the GOAT. Clearly.) See you in Monte Carlo!

It’s the 12 year anniversary of Newt Gingrich being bitten by a penguin

Love this anecdote, courtesy of Greg Ross at Futility Closet. futilitycloset.com/2024/04/15/mad…