Marc Timme

First principles thinking | Data analytics | Future mobility, energy & sustainability | Complex systems dynamics | Mathematics | Physics

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"If you're unwilling to adapt to the future, you'll justify the past." (James Clear)

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@farzyness where is your own voice?

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@memeAverse99 @StevenBartlett Are you aware that Russia is faking elections since at least two decades?

Note the spikes at 95%, 90%, 85% etc.

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@valleylily56 @FareedZakaria When have you been traveling?

In Germany, wooden benches in trains faded out shortly after WWII.

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California's failure to build high-speed rail is maybe the most egregious example of America's inability to deliver modern infrastructure.

Perhaps it could learn from another Western country with one of the world's largest and cheapest high-speed train networks: Spain.

I explained:

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If you have a new hypothesis for anything (in and outside science), open by saying why others will be skeptical, then show why those reasons don’t apply.

(adapted from Sean Carroll ... )

[Curt Jaimungal @TOEwithCurt]

Sean Carroll (@seanmcarroll) doesn’t care whether a new theory comes from an actor or a physics PhD. He cares whether its author understands the theory it would replace, the Standard Model. His advice: open by saying why physicists will be skeptical, then show why those reasons don’t apply.

Full episode: https://t.co/klNYkGlO9h

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Would be catastrophic!

Everybody gets healthcare.

No one wants that.

It's communist.

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

Trump: If Democrats win, “You’re going to be thrown into a system where everyone gets healthcare.”

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We are the cows of the future.
(Yuval Noah Harari)

[kitze 🛠️ tinkerer.club @thekitze]

beautiful explanation. this is 100% happening. https://t.co/637WwcoLwQ

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The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent [and illegal] efforts to intimidate someone [based on personal views instead of the law] should outrage all Americans [...].

Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her[e] — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say. But that’s exactly what the Trump Administration is doing to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.

To understand why this is so appalling, it’s important to know the facts. Congresswoman Omar came to this country with her father when she was 12 years old. Five years later, her father became a naturalized citizen. If Ilhan had been 18 at the time, she would have had to apply for citizenship separately. But because she was 17, she became a naturalized citizen automatically.

Congresswoman Omar went on to graduate from college, work as a community organizer, become the first Somali-American legislator elected to public office in the U.S., and win a seat in Congress. There, she has been one of the Trump Administration’s fiercest critics, which has led the president to repeatedly single her out as someone who he believes does not belong in this country.

Now the Administration is actively trying to deport Congresswoman Omar, seemingly based solely on the unsubstantiated theory that she was actually 18 when her father was naturalized, and therefore is not a citizen. Federal agents have raided her home, confiscated personal records, and seized her phone — all to try and uncover a nonexistent smoking gun from 20 years ago that will somehow make their case.

Think about that. The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president. And it’s not the first time this has happened. Under President Trump, the Justice Department has repeatedly gone after those he considers his political enemies — from the Attorney General of New York, to the former head of the FBI, to members of the Federal Reserve.

In those cases, the prosecutions either stalled or were dismissed for having no basis in law, and the same is likely to happen in this case. But not before Congresswoman Omar’s life has been turned upside down, her legal bills have piled up, and she’s been forced to spend time fighting unsubstantiated charges instead of serving the people of Minnesota.

The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views. Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.

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Amazon-Chef Jeff Bezos:

Wenn ihr wählen geht: Wählt nicht jemanden, der sagt, der oder die oder diese Gruppe sind Schuld und auf andere mit dem Finger zeigt, denn das bedeutet wahrscheinlich, dass die er oder sie keine echte Lösung hat.

Wer eine Lösung hätte, würde daran arbeiten, statt andere zu beschuldigen.

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Define retard.

Thomas Watson was an American businessman who was the chairman and CEO of IBM and oversaw the company's growth into an international force for four decades.
https://t.co/Wj4HoldGe6

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Zelenskyy simply and accurately explains why giving up the Donbas won’t end the war:

"Putin says he wants the Donbas, but why, at the start of the full-scale invasion, was he trying to occupy Kyiv?

Is that the east of our country? Is that the Donbas?

No, that’s the capital. Without a capital, there is no state. Putin wants to destroy Ukraine.

For us, the question is not about withdrawing from the Donbas.

The real question is the survival of our state. We stand and fight, because what is the alternative? To be destroyed.

Simply put, not everyone feels this because Ukraine is still standing. We have stabilized the battlefield.

We are grateful to our partners in Europe, America, and other countries, Japan is helping, Canada is helping, Australia, New Zealand, whoever can.

Ukraine stands against such a powerful enemy as Russia. We stand, otherwise we will be destroyed. It’s always difficult, you know, in communications with partners, to find the right words, the warnings that they will truly understand.

Putin wants to destroy us. He doesn't respect us, our sovereignty, or our territorial integrity. He genuinely believes that we are not a country, not a nation. So do you really trust that he only needs the eastern part of our country?

Of course that will never be enough for him. And what will happen if we fall? How many people, I don’t know, maybe twenty million Ukrainians, will come to Europe? Because Putin will destroy our homes and force us out. For me, this is absolutely clear.

That’s why we are standing strong, defending our country. Yes, with pain, with huge losses. That’s why we are asking: stop the killing. And as I have heard so many times from POTUS, 'they have to stop the killing.'

Russia is killing us on our own territory. They came onto our land and keep pushing further. They do not want to stop. They do not even want to freeze the war, as you can see.

So, do you think what Putin really wants is just the eastern part of our country? No. It will never be enough for a person like him."

@BohuslavskaKate

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Gute Nachricht!?
@kathakritzelt

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Gute Nachrichten aus dem brasilianischem Urwald:

Und wer ist dafür verantwortlich bzw. wer regiert Brasilien?
Natürlich kein Konservativer oder Rechter, sondern ein grün/linker Politiker.

Es ist überall das Gleiche auf der Welt.

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@iamtomnash Meet who?

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@elonmusk @tbpn @WalterIsaacson Everyone is perfect.

And everyone has room for improvements.

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Ab 2035: Keine Hightech-Verbenner, keine E-Fuels, keine Wasserstoff-Autos, keine "hocheffizienten"-Verbrenner?

Diese werden wirtschaftlich keine Rolle mehr spielen.

Elektro-PkW kommen sehr schnell. Wenn die deutsche Industrie dort nicht vor mit dabei ist, ist sie abgehaengt.

https://t.co/CsLJc78qV1

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@Markus_Soeder Elektroautos kommen, exponentiell, VOR 2035.

Keine Wasserstoffautos, die vor wenigen Jahren noch "in" waren.

Keine eFuels-betriebenen

Keine Autos mit "hocheffizienten" Verbrennern, die es thermodynamisch nicht geben kann.

https://t.co/zFJxzLlm7g

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Ohne Nachweis wisseschaftlich klingen

und dann solche Kommentare erhalten:

Ein sehr interessantes und gut geführtes Interview. Ein großes Lob an Robert für die ausgezeichneten Fragen zu diesem komplexen Thema. Besonders gefallen hat mir die detaillierte Erläuterung der wissenschaftlichen Forschungsmethode. Dies könnte Skeptikern helfen, die seit Langem vertretenen Ansichten unvoreingenommen zu hinterfragen.

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@beaf95 use the zettel