Christos Makris

Sometimes science, sometimes arts, usually somewhere in between.

[Richard Sever @cshperspectives]

Massive news: eLife to abolish accept/reject decisions: papers will just be “peer reviewed”. Others can argue about this, but lots of interesting consequences. 1/9 https://t.co/FedRxI62iC

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: income inequality in US & UK is so wide that while the richest are very well off, the poorest have a worse standard of living than the poorest in countries like Slovenia https://t.co/gtHvhNsnuT

Essentially, US & UK are poor societies with some very rich people.

A thread:

[Bill Demirkapi @BillDemirkapi]

The Uber hack is quite severe and wide ranging. Wishing their blue teams the best of luck and love during this understandably difficult period. Some thoughts & observations based on what we've seen so far 👉 1/N

[Mara Holmes // MaraBunny @MaraHolmes_]

By age 30 you should have a 20 in your primary Ability Score, a +1 weapon or better, and several Greater Healing Potions.

[Joshua Bonhotal @jbonhotal]

Thinking, Fast and Slow is a book everyone should read.

But, only 7% of people who’ve started it ever made it to the end.

21 insights from the best book you never finished:

[Gautam Kamath @thegautamkamath]

🧵Fields medalist June Huh shares an early math experience: a chess puzzle in the game "The 11th Hour." Story and figures from https://t.co/XhijJjwbJ3.

Can you swap the positions of the black and white knights? Seems hard, right? A new perspective makes it almost trivial! 1/n

[Michael Black @Michael_J_Black]

GRAB is a new dataset of human-object interactions with full body motion and contact. We use it to train GrabNet, which generates realistic hand poses for unseen objects. At #ECCV2020 with @OmidThri, @n__ghorbani, @dimtziwnas Code, data, video, paper: https://t.co/svqqXnjY4U

[Tom Merry @tomeracles]

Hey @ImperialRSM folks, shall we talk about the two statues proudly flanking our entrance? They memorialise Julius Wernher and Alfred Beit, leading figures in the South African gold and diamond industry in the late 19th century (cue alarm bells). (📸 Google StreetView) [1/12]

[EIT Climate-KIC Cyprus Hub @EITCkicCY]

Can't get more simple than this!!!

[Emi Kayserilioglu @eminations]

A Turkish Cypriot male named
Ahmet Gokhan has been missing since 01.06.2020 If anyone has seen him or has information regarding his whereabouts please get in touch.
He was last seen in Canning Town.
#MissingPerson
#LondonPolice
#CanningTown
#PleaseHelp

[Deputy Ministry RID/Υφυπουργείο ΕΚΨΠ @DepMinRIDcy]

Join #HackTheCrisisCyprus on 3-5/04, a Digital Hackathon, aimed at the development of applications leading to #COVID19 relevant solutions. Organised by @hackcyprus & @RISE, under the auspices of the @digitalchampcy of the DepMin @cyprus_ridp https://t.co/4D9ZDRe2RA

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Inspired by Edwin Abbott’s satirical novel ‘Flatland’, ‘Squaring the Circle’ is the first in Troika’s series of perspective sculpture that is perceived in correlation to the position of the observer [more, 2013: https://t.co/eyntFEDFV5]

[EU_Eurostat @EU_Eurostat]

8% of all tertiary students are mobile students from abroad 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓

The largest shares observed in:
🇱🇺 Luxembourg (47%)
🇨🇾 Cyprus (23%)
🇦🇹 Austria (17%)

While the lowest in 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇪🇸 Spain and 🇬🇷 Greece (all 3%).

Interested to know more ❓

🆕 https://t.co/j6t4TJzUHT

[EU Environment @EU_ENV]

It's #EarthOvershootDay.
We've already used up all natural resources that #OurPlanet can renew in 2019!
We need to #MoveTheDate!
We can cut down on #singleuseplastics & waste 🥤
We can go circular ♻
We can commute smarter 🚲
Let's 💚 our 🌍
👉🏽 https://t.co/MgEAuQeAfY

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

Joining forces with aquariums around the world to fight #PlasticPollution! The millions who visit aquariums every year will be mobilised to rethink the way we use plastic.
We all need to change our consumption habits to protect #OurOcean.
https://t.co/GQSPIaZUCm #PlasticsStrategy

[Fiona Mullen @FionaMullenCY]

<And #Cyprus price competitiveness is about to take another hit when the state monopoly passes the Co2 fines (coming 2020) onto consumers no choice. 2/3

[Fiona Mullen @FionaMullenCY]

Why #Cyprus needs to take advantage of the rapid fall in solar energy prices. Oil-linked dirty fuel really hits our price competitiveness 1/3