Richard Gorrie

Herstory, History, Ourstory. And other stuff.

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[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

In the state of Wyoming, USA, lies a real hydrological oddity. It's a small stream (creek) that is thought to be one of a just a few examples in the world. It is placed so precariously and perfectly that it's hard to believe it is able to exist.

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[Pascal Bornet @pascal_bornet]

A 16-year-old just exposed a problem that goes far beyond physics.

He explained dimensional reality in 9 minutes more clearly than most institutions have managed in decades.

What struck me was not only how smart he was.
It was how simple he made it feel. That is rare.

We are used to seeing complex ideas wrapped in jargon, status, equations, and academic distance, as if difficulty itself were proof of depth.

Then a teenager with a webcam comes along and breaks the whole illusion.

No gatekeeping. No performance. No intellectual theater. Just clarity.
And that is what makes this so powerful.

xkcdHatGuy, or “Danny” as some viewers knew him, walked people from 1D to 4D in a way that millions could actually see, feel, and understand.
Hand gestures.
Simple sketches.
Tesseracts on paper.
A visual explanation of how a higher-dimensional being might perceive our world all at once.

For many people, it was the first time dimensional physics stopped sounding abstract and started feeling real.

That should concern every expert, every teacher, and every institution.
Because the barrier was never intelligence.
The barrier was explanation.

What I find fascinating is how often we mistake complexity for credibility.
We make knowledge harder than it needs to be.
We protect it with language.
We hide it in systems.
And then we act surprised when people disengage.

This story cuts through all of that.

One teenager proved that when truth is explained clearly enough, people do not need to be persuaded to care.
They understand immediately.

And then came the predictable part:
the internet turned a human story into a myth.

He vanished.
Conspiracies spread.
People imagined censorship, hidden knowledge, even dimensional beings.

But the truth was much more human, and much more important.

Sudden visibility. Pressure. Mental health struggles. Identity collapse.

That part matters. Because behind every viral breakthrough is still a person, and we often forget how quickly the crowd can turn clarity into pressure.

To me, this is the deeper lesson.

The future will not belong only to those who know the most.
It will belong to those who can make the complex feel undeniable.

That is true in science.
It is true in business.
It is true in AI.
And it is becoming more urgent by the day.

Who do you think creates more impact now: the person with the deepest knowledge, or the person who can make difficult ideas finally click for everyone else?

#Innovation #Physics #ScienceCommunication #Education #Leadership #AI #FutureOfLearning #Clarity #KnowledgeSharing

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

If the United States is at war, then Pete Hegseth is a war criminal. If the United States is not at war, then Pete Hegseth is a murderer.

What Pete Hegseth ordered the military to do violates international law. Double tap strike on the B1 bridge in Iran while the rescue team were on-site is succession to target first responders assisting victims of the initial attack.

Under the Geneva Conventions, you are obligated to rescue victims of the first attack. Abandoned any survivors and bombing them along with rescue teams is illegal, immoral, and a war crime.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

If any other president had pardoned - pardoned! - a man like this, they would have probably been impeached by now.

Trump gets away with this kind of gross shit, day after day:
https://t.co/EjfiSBwqoX

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

Absolute bombshell on live TV. US Senator Chris Coons confirms Israel intentionally assassinated the exact Iranian leader the Trump Administration was trying to negotiate peace with. Israel deliberately sabotaged diplomacy to trap Washington in an endless war.

[AnthonyAndrews @anthon7yandrews]

This needs an update but it shows decades of fraud and evasion of accountability that would have put most Americans in jail. Please read and share/repost.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Thomas Massie is sounding the alarm.

Congress is about to pass a liability shield for Bayer — a foreign corporation — that would strip Americans of the right to sue when glyphosate gives them cancer.

Massie: “This is not to grant farmers immunity. This is to grant corporations immunity. If you contract non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma from this chemical — you won’t be able to sue.”

Bayer has already paid billions settling cancer lawsuits.

This bill ends future lawsuits permanently.
RFK Jr. built his brand on MAHA.

Trump is urging Republicans to pass it anyway.

[Patrick Harris, Sr @PatrickHarrisSr]

@AOC diagnosed the problems/symptoms well, but she is incorrectly stated the root cause.

In that clip, she said "income inequality" twice and went on to talk about the impact of concentrated economic power.

The root issue is not 'income,' it's wealth. We need to be clear about the root issue if we want any chance at solving the issue.

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

In Munich, AOC connects income inequality to the rise of authoritarianism.

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

Marc Elias: I am here to sound a larger and louder alarm than I ever have before. [Trump's] is setting up the mechanism to seize ballots in 2026. He has found a prosecutor in Missouri. That prosecutor apparently has nationwide jurisdiction, so he has found a willing prosecutor to do these things.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Sen. Gallego: Trump is suing your agency for $10 billion. Where would that $10 billion come from?

Bessent: The general fund

Sen. Gallego: So, taxpayers.

Bessent: Yes

[Bindy Whirwink @Bindy_Whirwink]

@GeoRebekah At the 34 second mark(This video is from the official Forbes YouTube channel)

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Trump reversed decades of national security objections to selling advanced AI chips to UAE. National security experts were alarmed.

But there was a secret. Before the deal, UAE had sent $187M to the Trumps and $31M to the Witkoffs in secret payments.

Mind blowing corruption.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

WOW. Remember when Dick Durbin cornered Pam Bondi on the Epstein files

Durbin: “Who gave the order to flag records related to Trump?”

Bondi: “I’m not going to discuss anything about that.”

The files are real. The flagging is real. The refusal to answer is real.

You don’t dodge a question like that unless someone powerful is being protected. Fast forward to today and we have millions of files she claimed didn't exist that further implicated her boss.

She needs to stand trial.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

“How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.”

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

Rep Thomas Massie (R-KY) & Rep Ro Khanna (D-CA) ask Justice Dept for meeting to review full Epstein files:

“We have seen a blanket approach to redactions in some areas, while in other cases, victim names were not redacted at all. Congress cannot properly assess the Department’s handling of the Epstein and Maxwell cases without access to the complete record”

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

It was not a hoax,

I cannot be bullied,

I am not done,

and this is why those in power are doing everything in their power to defeat me.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

If your representative, Democrat or Republican, is still silent about the Epstein files, or claiming it’s “much ado about nothing,” it’s time to elect a new one. Check their public statements today.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Within hours of the Epstein file release,

a superPAC funded by Israel-first billionaires Miriam Adelson, Paul Singer, and John Paulson, who himself appears in Epstein’s black book,

bought another $800,000 of TV ads against me.

I’ll still win, but if I lose, it was worth it.

[Sean Casten @SeanCasten]

Let's be clear. Donald Trump will indict the Fed Chair, kidnap foreign leaders and kill American citizens if it distracts you from asking WTF is in the Epstein files because HIS BASE doesn't like pedophiles. None of this is normal. But everything he does is from weakness RN.