Michael McCormick

Learning as much as I can about whatever I can.

[Oxford Economics @OxfordEconomics]

Though some evidence suggests the US banking sector has stabilised after the turmoil in March, it's only partial and the stresses we have already seen will have consequences. Deposit losses have been large, and tighter credit conditions will hurt growth: https://t.co/tH9X6TB1EC

[Jeremy Wayne Tate @JeremyTate41]

There is no childhood experience I relish more than my dad reading The Old Man and the Sea to me. I remember the sound of his voice, I remember every detail of the book, it was 35 years ago.

Read good books to your children

[Roman History @romanhistory1]

History of Architecture - The Pantheon

Image from Facebook page Ancient Explorers

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Why read a self-help book published in 2023 when you could read one that was a best seller for 1,500 years?

This is the Consolation of Philosophy, written by a man called Boethius while he was in prison, awaiting execution, in 523 AD.

Here are its 8 most powerful ideas:

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This documentary by Eugenio Monesma illustrates how traditional pitchforks were made. It took 6 years starting from when the hackberry sprouts began to be oriented until it was ready for field work

[video (ES), EN subtitles: https://t.co/4bzKiTEDyc]
https://t.co/3qcGB2TYf6

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This peak amid the Pacific ocean is taller than it is wide (562 m in elevation vs 300 m across): it looks like a fantasy novel place and it really exists

[read more: https://t.co/yAY0gZ3wQw]

[Amazing Physics @amazing_physics]

The Human eye looks like a black hole 🕳 👁

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

Using two telescopes and over 280,000 individual photos, I captured my most detailed image of our moon. The full size is over a gigapixel. Trust me, you’ll want to zoom in on this one.

[The Chivalry Guild @ChivalryGuild]

Sir Gawain and Lady Ragnelle—

If we were putting together a list of the most loyal of heroes, Sir Gawain would have to rank high, right up there with Samwise Gamgee and others. Let's look at how his loyalty was rewarded. 🧵

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

The absolutely massive chain for the Titanic’s anchor, c. 1909.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

"I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size zero." - Sophia Loren 1965

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Niterói Contemporary Art Museum (1996)

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília (1973, renovated 2013)

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Brazil is home to some of the most beautiful and diverse architecture in the world, from Baroque to Brutalism. Here's just a few of the best:

Library of the Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, Rio de Janeiro (1887)

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Hippos can’t swim. So how do they move through water? They leverage their own buoyancy and bone density to charge through the water

[read more: https://t.co/Qdk8SDnAP3]
[📹 realalishahraki: https://t.co/444AE0aaPC]

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Run run.. 😂

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Just outside the city of Klevan in Ukraine, a nearly two-mile stretch of private railway has turned the surrounding trees into an enchanting natural tunnel. It's called the Tunnel of Love

[read more: https://t.co/2p5K0H4m14]

[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn @AI_Solzhenitsyn]

“If we do not wish to be ruled by a coercive authority, then each of us must rein himself in...”

#Solzhenitsyn

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Sea lions riding huge waves near Santa Barbara Island, California

They do this for various reasons, including fun, to conserve energy, and to navigate through the water more efficiently.

[Ryan Lawler: https://t.co/lPisuKFhy9]