Daniel

“You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." — Winnie the Pooh

[Nigel Farage MP @Nigel_Farage]

Reform is currently winning 1 in 3 seats all over the country.

We are a truly national party and here to stay.

[Daniel @danielmaslo_]

Since we have begun to discuss the happy life, I beg of you not to answer me in the manner usual in the Senate, when, after cancelling the debate, they proceed to a division and cry: ‘This side has the majority.’ For that very reason it is the worse side. Matters do not stand so well with mankind that the majority should prefer the better course: the fact that the crowd of adherents is large is always a proof that it is the worse.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[Daniel @danielmaslo_]

While reading Edward Gibbon, I came across what is probably the best description of Marcus Aurelius.

The virtue of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was of a severer and more laborious kind. It was the fruit of many a learned conference, of much patience and application, of many a night spent in study and reflection. At the age of twelve years he embraced the rigid system of the Stoics, which taught him to submit his body to his mind, his passions to his reason; to consider virtue as the only good, vice as the only evil, and all other things as things indifferent. His Meditations, composed in the tumult of a camp, are still extant; and he even condescended to give lectures of philosophy in a more public manner than seemed consistent with the modesty of a sage or the dignity of an emperor. But his life was the noblest commentary on the precepts of Zeno of Citium. He was severe to himself, indulgent to the imperfections of others, just and beneficent to all.

He lamented that Avidius Cassius, who excited a revolt in Syria, had disappointed him by a voluntary death of the pleasure of converting an enemy into a friend; and he justified the sincerity of that sentiment by moderating the zeal of the senate against the adherents of the rebel. He detested war as the disgrace and calamity of human nature; but when the necessity of a just defence called upon him to take up arms, he readily exposed his person to eight winter campaigns on the frozen banks of the Danube, which at length proved fatal to his constitution. His memory has been revered by a grateful posterity, and above a century after his death, many persons preserved the image of Marcus among those of their household gods.

[Daniel @danielmaslo_]

As I have written before, and will repeat once again, Marco Rubio is one of the greatest diplomats of the 21st century. He is currently attempting the impossible, striving to establish justice while having his hands tied.

[Daniel @danielmaslo_]

I believe Marco Rubio is one of the greatest diplomats of the 21st century. Today at the talks, they skillfully navigated the chaotic situation created by Trump to Ukraine’s advantage, making it seem like it was all part of the plan.⬇️

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

When you throw a ball at a wall, you can be sure it will bounce back at you.

You would be extremely surprised if the ball suddenly appeared on the other side of the wall. In quantum mechanics this type of phenomenon is called tunnelling and is exactly the type of phenomenon that has given it a reputation for being bizarre and unintuitive.

The 2025 #NobelPrize laureates in physics John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis, used a series of experiments to demonstrate that the bizarre properties of the quantum world can be made concrete in a system big enough to be held in the hand. Their superconducting electrical system could tunnel from one state to another, as if it were passing straight through a wall. They also showed that the system absorbed and emitted energy in doses of specific sizes, just as predicted by quantum mechanics.

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

Here's my 4+ hour conversation with Pavel Durov (@durov), founder and CEO of Telegram. This was one of the most fascinating and powerful conversations I've ever had in my life.

We discuss everything from his philosophy on freedom to government bureaucracies, intelligence agencies, human nature, mathematics, encryption, great engineering & design, education, family, and his philosophy on life.

It's here on X in full and is up everywhere else (see comment). It is translated and dubbed into Russian, Ukrainian, French, and Hindi.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
3:07 - Philosophy of freedom
6:15 - No alcohol
14:20 - No phone
20:16 - Discipline
41:28 - Telegram: Lean philosophy, privacy, and geopolitics
56:50 - Arrest in France
1:13:01 - Romanian elections
1:23:56 - Power and corruption
1:33:29 - Intense education
1:45:29 - Nikolai Durov
1:49:58 - Programming and video games
1:54:11 - VK origins & engineering
2:11:24 - Hiring a great team
2:20:40 - Telegram engineering & design
2:39:42 - Encryption
2:44:39 - Open source
2:49:26 - Edward Snowden
2:51:58 - Intelligence agencies
2:53:10 - Iran and Russia government pressure
2:56:19 - Apple
3:03:16 - Poisoning
3:29:28 - Elon Musk
3:35:31 - Money
3:44:23 - TON
3:54:13 - Bitcoin
3:57:12 - Two chairs dilemma
4:03:52 - Children
4:15:02 - Father
4:19:33 - Quantum immortality
4:26:05 - Kafka

[Grant Sanderson @3blue1brown]

There is a lot about Euclid’s Elements that is easily misunderstood. Some proofs seem to have logical gaps. Some constructions seem pointless, others seem needlessly convoluted.

Each of these provides a window into how the ancient Greeks thought about math and the philosophical role that geometry played.

In the fifth and final of a series of guest videos I've been posting, @BenSyversen delves into a question anybody who has had to do ruler and compass constructions in a geometry class may have wondered: What's the point?

https://t.co/nqKLQ7zQ4b

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal.

If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist.

If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian.

If you believe political opponents should be punished with violence or death, you're a terrorist.

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

I hope I'm wrong.

But tonight feels like some sort of invisible line has been crossed that we didn't even know was there. The last time I felt like this was 9/11 when it was clear, without knowing the how and the what, that the world was about to change forever.

Like the rules of the game had been permanently altered and there was simply no going to back to the innocent, peaceful past.

I didn't feel like this when an attempt was made on President Trump's life. If I had to rationalise why I didn't, I guess it's because several US Presidents have been shot at and even assassinated. Somehow it was within the realms of the possible, no matter how awful.

But to murder a young father simply for doing debates and mobilising young people to vote for a party that represents half of America? This is something else.

Charlie's death is a tragedy for his wife, his children and his family. I don't pray often. I am praying for them tonight.

But I fear his murder will be a tragedy for all of us in ways we will only understand as time unfolds.

I hope I'm wrong.

[Daniel @danielmaslo_]

Remember

Liberalism is a disease in all its manifestations.

We must cure our society of this disease, even if it hurts.

[Grant Sanderson @3blue1brown]

Guest video 3/5 while I'm on leave is now up! It's by a former SoME winner, covering key ideas in statistical mechanics to create a simple and discrete model mirroring the behavior of a fluid transitioning between a liquid and gaseous state. Enjoy!

https://t.co/iGbPe8v3zy

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

A scorpion-inspired pressure sensor described in #ScienceAdvances successfully helped six-legged intelligent robots avoid “predators” and hunt “prey.” https://t.co/zahV1EhIVr

[Quanta Magazine @QuantaMagazine]

Tensors are instrumental in physics, machine learning and even biology. Einstein once begged a friend to help him understand them, fearing he was going mad. Joseph Howlett explains how they work: https://t.co/OAkmeNPoEl

[Daniel @danielmaslo_]

An Honest Conversation With Tommy Robinson https://t.co/7dWT6r8J1q via @YouTube

And one of the most important interviews this week. It is important to hear this opinion and try to understand it.

[Daniel @danielmaslo_]

I highly recommend watching it.

[Daniel @danielmaslo_]

https://t.co/RkzkfUQO0f

[Office of Nuclear Energy | US Department of Energy @GovNuclear]

NUCLEAR 101: Uranium is enriched for use in nuclear reactors by increasing the concentration of uranium-235.

This often involves using a centrifuge to remove some of the heavier U-238, leaving a more fission-friendly end product.

Learn more: https://t.co/8Hs0rpwizO

[Daniel @danielmaslo_]

—Operational lifetime - 60 years
—Only four operator-controlled variables (control rods, helium circulator, feedwater pump and turbine throttle valve)

[Daniel @danielmaslo_]

A very impressive project. I recently read and studied information about this reactor. The only thing I want to say is that it is one of the most promising projects I have seen. I hope that the US government will support the developers. Some information about the reactor⬇️

[Office of Nuclear Energy | US Department of Energy @GovNuclear]

WATCH: @xenergynuclear is developing this high-temperature gas reactor that they say can’t melt down.

[Daniel @danielmaslo_]

—Conservative design not requiring new material development and or code cases
—Steam pressure and temperature designed to provide steam to Commercially Off The Shelf Steam Turbine / Generator sets
—Multi pass fuel cycle (average 6 passes) with online refueling