#Magnitude

someotherva

atharva_karn

I'm sorry, but bad people don't win. nobody does. life isn't a competition. we're not background characters because we're not in a story. yes we're flawed, and nobody is perfect.

Edward Snowden

Snowden

The worst part of cryptocurrency transforming into dragon-level wealth is witnessing good people emotionally devolve into dragons themselves: so intellectually paralyzed by the fear that everyone they see threatens their

Donald Welsh

DonaldWelsh16

Its monday morning again and your weekly reminder that you are in the midst of the largest social policy disaster in Canadian history. Its a catastrophic failure across the entire

Mika McKinnon

mikamckinnon

Dear coastal Alaska:Pay attention & be ready to head inland.Dear coastal PNW:Keep an eye on the news until we have tsunami confirmation.https://twitter.com/nws_ntwc/status/1318296316141658113 Subduction zone earthquakes involve vertical

Chris Rowan

Allochthonous

A (late!) coda to this thread. Did you know that even after 60 years, the Earth is still 'feeling' the effects of this massive earthquake? [1/12]https://twitter.com/Allochthonous/status/1264198073007382529 Plate motions are slow

Paul Furber

paul_furber

#BigDickAnon Update: Behind the Curtain In CA Edition. An anon rolled for our man with the XL codpiece and got a reply here:https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/252307865/#q252320175ID: 4HXEOymr#BigDickAnon "Right now I am busy in

Ana Benítez

anabenlop

We just uploaded a preprint on the generality of the island rule. This rule has been supported & rejected by several authors since it was first postulated in 1964 by

Shrubbery Covid Capital - 19

agnostoxxx

Since the geniuses at the Fed decided to start buying $HYG (probably because some senator was long), lets have some fun and look at some constituents that will benefit from

Saplings Capital

CapitalSapling

Archimedes once said "If you give me a lever and a place to stand, I can move the world"The best businesses are the ones that have optionality in terms of multiple levers that allow it

Mark Joseph Stern

mjs_DC

If Senate Democrats do not threaten to expand the Supreme Court after Republicans install a justice in the middle of an election (or during the lame duck), they will have

Magnificent Adult Baby

QiaochuYuan

it's ludicrous how few people know about this paper, so, friendly reminder that the fermi paradox was completely resolved in 2018 and it turned out to be because multiplying point

John Scotus

John_Scotus

Interesting. Compare with China. The first evidence of the new virus infecting humans was in late November (but not identified until Dec 10). Mitigation efforts did not begin until Wuhan

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

My brilliant colleagues @C_BruceLockhart and @BobHaslett illustrate some important points here:• There are major doubts over the Chinese numbers • But there’s less doubting the general pattern — largely containing

Mark Changizi

MarkChangizi

Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) estimatesUK: 0.4% - 1.4%Iceland: 0.01% - 0.19%Princess Cruise: 0.38% - 2.7%CEBM summary estimate: 0.1% - 0.26%.https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/global-covid-19-case-fatality-rates/ Whereas the average bloke on the street is

Vikram Chandra

vikramchandra

Here's what many experts feel should be done immediately:This is like a war - India needs firm, decisive leadership. Having first centralised power on Covid, the centre now seems to

Mateusz Fafinski

Calthalas

Why do historians use terms like "the Middle Ages" or "the Renaissance" but get cross about it all the time? And keep forbidding things like "the Dark Ages"? Isn't it