Kevin Kestler

Insights & Analytics at @NBCUniversal Local, @penn_state & @wvuimc alum, tormented D.C. sports fan, tech & science nerd, gearhead.

[kottke.org @kottke]

Incredibly crisp and smooth video of Io and Europa orbiting Jupiter, constructed from a series of stills taken by the Cassini probe. I've watched this a dozen times and it's mind-blowing. https://t.co/GjQ0KqSByu

[Kevin Kestler @kkestler]

https://t.co/eTgkoQ51vl

[Kevin Kestler @kkestler]

@JPFinlayNBCS @MichaelWargo11 Not sure if I should be impressed or terrified. Probably both.

[Randall Munroe @xkcd]

Average Familiarity https://t.co/KNPJMsq3vL

[Kevin Kestler @kkestler]

@MichaelWargo11 @JJReganNBCS

[Kevin Kestler @kkestler]

Possibly the most Italian thing I've ever seen https://t.co/3LOgh8MWCT

[Kevin Kestler @kkestler]

@MichaelWargo11

[kottke.org @kottke]

This is a nice map, but we do this every four years. Misleading area-based US election maps have been "fixed" for decades. It's just that the media won't stop using them. https://t.co/KyKUFKgzKo

[Scott Galloway @profgalloway]

The largest *donors* to the GOP have been Sheldon Adelson & Koch Industries. But the biggest *supporters* of the GOP have been Mark Zuckerberg & Jack Dorsey.

#nomercynomalice
https://t.co/bLlMRtAUZ9

[Kevin Kestler @kkestler]

PSA: Your new iPhone 12 or 12 Pro might need contact tracing re-enabled https://t.co/a3cv5WFR3S

[kottke.org @kottke]

"Refusing to wear a face covering during a pandemic, or insisting on mingling indoors with large groups, isn't like following the church of your choice. It's more like dumping raw sewage into a reservoir that supplies other people's drinking water." https://t.co/NBD6iYSVFq

[Kevin Kestler @kkestler]

@JPFinlayNBCS That’s a TD in the Big Ten, apparently

[Kevin Kestler @kkestler]

@AlexRMarquez @JenksDC @BrianJacksonTV Actually true. Try listening with headphones and you can probably hear both at once.

[Kevin Kestler @kkestler]

@JenksDC @BrianJacksonTV The name of it is almost as weird as the thing itself: the McGurk effect.

Unfortunately, knowing how it works does nothing to stop it from messing with your head for the rest of the day.

https://t.co/n7NQtxiVPD

[Kevin Kestler @kkestler]

“I don’t know about you, but this makes me think about the neutrality of technology, how software is built, who builds it, and for whom it is designed.” https://t.co/nLKc5d7yBk

[Kevin Kestler @kkestler]

Facebook’s latest integrations with Instagram could make it harder for regulators to break up the company https://t.co/TVC54CPuS3

[Kevin Kestler @kkestler]

What could possibly go wrong? https://t.co/fseg4pwxF3

[Kevin Kestler @kkestler]

"It is harder today for the government to access and analyze independent, unbiased information, and easier to avoid processes that might compel that information’s consideration."
https://t.co/39ClQTWNDh

[Kevin Kestler @kkestler]

https://t.co/NXTzTaa8NS

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

In case you missed the debate… https://t.co/Wpe93hZ2iY