One of my most strongly held beliefs is that the world is a lot more positive sum than people realize, and mistakenly believing we're playing zero sum games is one of the biggest sources of inequality and inefficiency
A Denver area worker was shocked and saddened to learn that, in line with American tradition, his employer was requiring him to work additional hours as a result of his being identified as one of the organization’s top performers of the year. https://t.co/bG28aUcmFk
New at The Watch:
An in-depth look at the flaws in forensic firearms analysis. This field has been used in U.S. courts for a century and sent tens of thousands of people to prison, despite no firm foundation in science.
A quick thread . . .
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What's happening in Oklahoma right now should be national news. The state's death penalty machinery is steamrolling checks and balances to execute Richard Glossip, despite the fact that most elected officials have significant doubt about his guilt.
https://t.co/Rm6hzgrXB3
With San Francisco's algebra education debacle, more debates about meritocracy, and the CHIPS Act hitting labor shortages, I thought this would be a good time to re-up my post about the need for broad-based math education in America:
https://t.co/UlELY7uamt
A young girl didn’t want to slaughter the goat she raised for 4H. The state senator who bought the goat at auction agreed to let it live out its days eating weeds. But sheriff’s deputies drove 500 miles to kill the goat and teach a 9-year-old a lesson.
https://t.co/3U5dY27paR
Driver acting like a maniac just to get 1 car ahead in a line of traffic. We see it every single day. Apparently this scumbag had his 4-year-old in the car too. No sign will ever deter this lunacy.
@FantasticBros lol, yeah whats up with that? Anytime you hear someone say, "I don't care if you're [insert bright color]..." you know its about to take a wrong turn.
unironically he's making history as the first hoodie and shorts guy to be elected to the senate in US history. it's an extremely underrepresented group
congrats to every Twitter employee who commits their entire venv/ for avoiding the layoffs. Elon needs allstars like you who can push 200k lines of code in a single merge.
Suddenly, a genius appears and offers you one of these skills, which one do you take?
🟠 Nadal's forehand
🟢 Federer's volley
🔵 Djokovic's return
🔴 Alcaraz's speed
🟣 Wawrinka's backhand
⚫ Isner's serve
🟡 Kyrgios' trick shots
⚪ Medvedev's celebrations