At 43 years old, future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander walked off the mound for the final time after one of the greatest pitching careers in baseball history. His daughter ran up to the mound to give him a hug and he gets emotional
This guy's chickens kept getting targeted by hawks, so he started feeding local crows. Now he has an army of crows that patrols his property and chases the hawks away.
Maverick Viñales had to jump off his bike at nearly 125 mph after realizing the brakes had failed. He had a split second to choose between slamming into the wall or throwing himself onto the asphalt. No serious injuries from this is insane
Marc Andreessen on why Starlink may be the most misunderstood success story in tech right now:
“Elon’s not the first guy who said we’re going to do satellite-based internet access.
There was Bill Gates, Craig McCaw. Complete catastrophe, total bankruptcy, complete disaster.
Elon’s like, ‘I know, I’m going to do another three of those. We’re starting as a side project at the rocket ship company.’
If the rockets are reusable, we’re going to be launching them all the time. What’s going to go in the rockets? I could wait for the customers to come to me, or I could just put up my own satellites.
Anybody who knew anything about the history of satellites knew that was the craziest idea in the world.
And of course it’s like this giant success. It’s the side project.
It’s clearly the least studied and understood thing I know of in the world right now.”
Gregg Braden: "Is there more CO₂ in the atmosphere now than there was 10 years, 20, 50, 100 years ago? The answer is absolutely yes."
"Is it a bad thing? The answer is no."