Dr. Afshin Pourmokhtarian

Associate Professor, Construction Management, Wentworth Institute of Technology

[Dr. Afshin Pourmokhtarian @apourmok]

@TK_HelpDesk Thank you SO MUCH for your prompt follow-up and care. I am grateful for receiving all 6 luggage.

[Dr. Afshin Pourmokhtarian @apourmok]

@TurkishAirlines the worst customer service! I will never fly them again and will discourage everyone from choosing them! Lost 6 baggage, and nobody is taking responsibility! Called 6 times, every time different answers: they are on their way, they arrived, and now they are lost!

[Dr. Afshin Pourmokhtarian @apourmok]

@lrhutyra Congratulations! Awesome news!

[MIT CRE @MITCRE]

Will #sustainability in the #builtenvironment come at the cost of #environmentaljustice? A new joint @mitcre, @wentworthinst, & HBRAMA report examines & highlights the need for #policy interventions to keep #housing in MA #affordable. More: https://t.co/bUE8LnM8PN

[Dr. Afshin Pourmokhtarian @apourmok]

Ditto! After 16 years, it is about time to say goodbye!!!

[Kix @Kix]

Cancel @Netflix!!! Won't let me share my password when I'm paying premium for 4 devices at once? Why should it matter where those devices are? What if I own 2 homes? What if I travel constantly? Bye! #netflix #cancelnetflix

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

Thanks to ChatGPT, hundreds of AI apps are being released every week now.

But very few of them are meant for academic purposes.

Here are 15 AI-powered apps to supercharge your academic writing and reading — with free tutorials:

[Scientific American @sciam]

Gas stoves produce emissions that can harm human health and the environment. Experts answer questions about the dangers and how to limit them. https://t.co/VOgGp7VKZz

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

MLK Day is the perfect day to remind everyone that another name for “Critical Race Theory” is “Actual American History”.

[New Scientist @newscientist]

Research has found that methane leaking from gas-burning cookers in US homes has a climate impact comparable with the carbon dioxide emissions from about 500,000 petrol cars
https://t.co/3aqI1Z8NMD

[Ed Hawkins @ed_hawkins]

Mapping changes in temperature: every year from 1850 to 2022

[Dr. Robert Rohde @RARohde]

172 years of global warming shown 90 seconds.

Adding carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to the atmosphere by using fossil fuels is transforming the Earth.

[Geoffrey Supran @GeoffreySupran]

Pretty surreal to see our new study, which reveals Exxon's shockingly accurate global warming predictions, on the front page of BBC, NPR, The Guardian, etc. 🙃

Thank you to all the journalists covering our work.🙏

#ExxonKnew @NaomiOreskes @rahmstorf
https://t.co/JDtT9njDK4

[Bill McKibben @billmckibben]

Exxon knew, to the tenth of a degree, how much they were going to warm the planet.
Important and sad new study from @NaomiOreskes @GeoffreySupran @rahmstorf
https://t.co/PH2KpXnYD9

[Dr. Afshin Pourmokhtarian @apourmok]

What are the chances??! I reviewed 2 papers for a conference proceedings and I was Reviewer#2 in both!!! :)

[10-K Diver @10kdiver]

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Get a cup of coffee.

In this thread, I'll walk you through "Gambler's Ruin".

This is a classic exercise in probability theory.

But going beyond the math, this exercise can teach us a lot about life, business, and investing.

[Mark Woodley @MarkWoodleyTV]

This is what you get when you ask the sports guy to come in to cover a blizzard in the morning show.

[Ben Meer @SystemSunday]

How to avoid burnout.

Get 7 types of rest: