Ernie Schell

Never a dull moment! Open mind, ever exploring. Consults on OMS Systems and Returns 3PLs; Business blog at Personal blog

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

BREAKING: Another plane heading to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport almost collided with a helicopter the night before the tragic collision, per CNN.

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

7 Oct 1943, Ottla Kafka, beloved sister of author Franz Kafka, was gassed on arrival at Auschwitz after volunteering to escort a group of orphans from the Terezin ghetto so they wouldn’t be afraid

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Nurse dies as Uganda confirms new Ebola outbreak https://t.co/sxnKk30Qij

[EdwardMO 🌻 @EdwardHMO]

Singer and actress Marianne Faithfull has died at the age of 78. She passed away peacefully in London today, in the company of her loving family...

Photographed in 1964.

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

The practice of using the letters x, y, and z to represent unknown quantities in mathematical equations can be attributed to the French mathematician René Descartes. Descartes introduced this notation in his work "La Géométrie" (Geometry), which was published in 1637.

In this book, he used letters from the end of the alphabet (x, y, z) to represent unknowns in algebraic equations, while letters from the beginning of the alphabet (a, b, c) were used for known quantities. Descartes' introduction of this symbolic notation was a significant development in the history of algebra, as it provided a standardized way to express mathematical relationships and equations. This notation is still widely used in mathematics today.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

It is critical to take action on this now

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Horror story hits the news as a toddler, mother, and grandmother are hauled off to an immigration detention center by Trump's goons because they were speaking Spanish — even though they're American citizens.

This is the worst case scenario...

According to a report from Telemundo Puerto Rico, the three innocent Americans were detained in Milwaukee and dragged off by U.S. officials.

A member of their family stated that they were minding their own business, shopping at a department store when they were detained. Their request to speak to officers was denied until they arrived at the detention center.

"My sister, speaking in English, explained that, not only are they American citizens, but that they are from Puerto Rico, they were born in Puerto Rico," said the family member. The individual spoke anonymously to Telemundo out of fear for their family.

The detained mother eventually produced documents including birth certificates, at which point the officials became apologetic — presumably because they're afraid of a lawsuit.

"I’m so sorry," said one official.

The family was then forced to call and pay for a ride from the facility, putting even more unfair strain on them.

It's still unclear which agency detained them, since ICE's mass detainment and deportation operations are being aided by U.S. Marshals, the DEA, and the FBI.

Please retweet and ❤️ if you think that the family should sue the Trump administration immediately — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new pro-democracy social network that is exploding in popularity because Twitter and Facebook are trying to stop its growth — which is only making Tribel grow even faster. Please follow us on Tribel to get all of our breaking news alerts sent straight to your phone or computer by clicking the following link: https://t.co/HnJzSKj4Hp

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

The president can veto or support legislation. He can make recommendations to Congress. But he doesn't have the unilateral right to change laws.

Trump has very little respect for the rule of law & our Constitution. He is moving us toward authoritarianism.

We must stop him.

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Experiments are the only means of knowledge at our disposal. The rest is poetry, imagination.

- Max Planck

[Matt @chleeebs]

Most consequential cabinet confirmation of our lifetime. #ConfirmRFK

[Anup @Anupvibes]

@PhysInHistory Albert Einstein photographed by Ben Meyer at Einstein's home in Santa Barbara, showcasing the renowned physicist's relaxed demeanor.

[Ahmad Hijazi @_AhmadHijazi]

"
He just couldn’t be gloomy as he expected he would be when she told him.
It was as if he was looking at another story, not his own.
He would admire the unfolding events, instead of being affected by his own destiny.
"

Vantage Point. Passing Clouds.

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

I believe in intuition and inspiration. ... At times I feel certain I am right while not knowing the reason. When the eclipse of 1919 confirmed my intuition, I was not in the least surprised. In fact I would have been astonished had it turned out otherwise. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.

-- as mentioned in Cosmic Religion : With Other Opinions and Aphorisms (1931) by Albert Einstein

📷A. Einstein photographed by Ben Meyer at Einstein's home in Santa Barbara, Caltech Archives Image

[NIK HUNO 🦉 @NikHuno]

In 1974, Steve Jobs traveled to India to understand the meaning of life.

Less than a year later, he came back with principles that turned Apple into a $3 trillion business.

Here are his 6 forgotten lessons that will change how you see life:

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

But the mathematicians of the nineteenth century failed miserably to grasp the equally great opportunity offered to them in 1865 by Maxwell. If they had taken Maxwell's equations to heart as Euler took Newton's, they would have discovered, among other things, Einstein's theory of special relativity, the theory of topological groups and their linear representations, and probably large pieces of the theory of hyperbolic differential equations and functional analysis. A great part of twentieth century physics and mathematics could have been created in the nineteenth century, simply by exploring to the end the mathematical concepts to which Maxwell's equations naturally lead.

- Freeman Dyson, as mentioned in Missed opportunities. Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 78 (1972)

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Unsupervised full self-driving begins

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Our hearts break for the families who lost loved ones in the tragic plane and helicopter crash at DCA. Michelle and I send our prayers and condolences to everyone who is mourning today, and we’re grateful to the first responders who are doing everything they can to help under extremely difficult circumstances.

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

BREAKING: 1,179 illegal immigrants arrested by ICE today, the highest so far.

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

BREAKING: President Trump orders the d*ath penalty to be pursued in all cases involving the m*rder of a law enforcement officer or a capital crime committed by an illegal immigrant.