James McHugh

[Laura Pausini @LauraPausini]

Ayer ha sido algo espectacular. Estoy muy emocionada y muy feliz de haber tenido la suerte de compartir, no solo esta noche, sino también 30 años juntas por el mundo, con muchos ideales, valores e ideas en común.

@shakira, te admiro muchísimo por tu manera de ser, por no haberte rendido nunca y por transmitir siempre un mensaje de fuerza y esperanza a todos.

Eres una gran artista. Te adoro muchísimo. Gracias por esta noche. 🤍

[Ben van Kerkwyk - UnchartedX @UnchartedX1]

One of my favorite pieces to show people on the Giza Plateau - a little off the main thoroughfare, to the side of the 'mortuary' temple of the middle pyramid complex.
The so called 'couch' blocks - really they're granite cornice blocks (including a cornice corner) that were part of the top or upper level of the granite casing stones, that once fully encapsulated the gigantic limestone core masonry (some of those blocks massing up to 450+ tons!) of this huge structure.

While it's in an extreme state of disrepair due to extreme erosional damage (how long did that take you might ask), the upper pyramid or 'mortuary' temple is, or was, far larger and more impressive than the mighty and much better know Valley temple, that sits next to the Great Sphinx at the other end of the causeway. Itself a marvel of megalithic engineering, the valley temple has/had 16 great square granite pillars in it's court, while the upper pyramid temple had 24, along with a much larger footprint, and the remnants of several are still viewable.

The couch blocks display remarkable aspects of advanced machining into a very hard material, aswanian granite. Consistent radii and compound curves, very smooth and polished surfaces despite many thousands of years in the elements. As per @chrispdunn 's analysis, they display machining characteristics similar to techniques used today to strengthen potential stress or break lines.

It's just lying there, out in the sun, usually next to where they park the camels with all their poop. Never ceases to amaze me - and I love showing it to engineers who visit Egypt with me.

#egypt #pyramids #machining

[James McHugh @explode]

PSA for small business owners: AI images made in Windows Paint or Photos carry a hidden, unique ID in the pixels - one tied to the prompt you typed, issued by Microsoft's servers. Not a problem for most people, but you should know it's there.

https://t.co/MVMamGeKLq

[Dave Rubin @RubinReport]

A few words on my friend Scott Adams…

[Mehdi Sadaghdar @ElectroBOOMGuy]

@SaltyGoat17 @grok compare the annual deaths due to gun violence between US and Australia, both total and percentage wise. And conclude which country has better gun control to prevent violence.

[Ben van Kerkwyk - UnchartedX @UnchartedX1]

In Egypt at the moment - we made some interesting new observations at the incredible and #megalithic Osirion, at Abydos. More content on this to come! I have a full walkthrough vid from a previous visit on youtube here: https://t.co/W0Qa1omuZf

[Ben van Kerkwyk - UnchartedX @UnchartedX1]

Many thanks to my friend the great @joerogan for having me back on his juggernaut of a podcast again! Always a fun conversation, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. https://t.co/E5VwCjNtD5

[James McHugh @explode]

SQ228 diverted

[James McHugh @explode]

SQ228 dumping fuel ?

[James McHugh @explode]

@elonmusk :-)

[James McHugh @explode]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[James McHugh @explode]

@adamzwar Wow - no Gary's in the state of Victoria either. You can check here:
https://t.co/iE9oLrf2Mu

[James McHugh @explode]

@mtaibbi 7 months ago Joe Biden threatens to "bring an end to" The Nord Stream Gas Pipeline. "I promise you we will be able to do it."
https://t.co/lCdy33oMFJ

[James McHugh @explode]

@andersondotau Congratulations Gavin. Enjoy your retirement!!

[James McHugh @explode]

@96mitchclarke He won it easily too. But they are still going to kick him out using ministers privilage.

[COPA @opencryptoorg]

COPA just won its first hearing against Craig: https://t.co/fThCdz5Xjj. Interesting read. Why did he try to get the court to block that evidence though?🤔

[Bobby Lee - Ballet: World's EASIEST Cold Storage! @bobbyclee]

Just 2 weeks left until my @Tesla #Cybertruck giveaway! I promised in Summer 2020 that I’ll give one away if #Bitcoin price exceeds $40k this year! (Now adding 2nd and 3rd prizes.)

To enter contest, just (1) Follow me and (2) Retweet this. See full rules: https://t.co/QoqLwwRq7u

[James McHugh @explode]

@cobie 👍

[James McHugh @explode]

@96mitchclarke @theheraldsun Well done Mitch 👍

[James McHugh @explode]

@andersondotau Congratulations Gavin. Well earned.