Simon Amarasingham

Exploring the application of creativity to innovation, problem solving and technology

[Simon Amarasingham @simonrumi]

I've been getting interested in #behaviouralscience #decisionmaking and generally how to figure out humans....and my article was just posted on the Medium publication "An Idea" https://t.co/0mZMSzH7ds

[Simon Amarasingham @simonrumi]

Now is a good time to support brands like @HandM and @Nike who are not supporting the #Uighurs #forcedlabor camps run by the #Chinese
https://t.co/Gh3KHQu3Bv

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Mitch McConnell, who refused to reconvene the Senate before January 19 to allow Trump's impeachment trial to start while he was still in office, says the Senate lacks jurisdiction to hold Trump to account because he's no longer in office.

[Jonathan Capehart @CapehartJ]

Shorter McConnell: The Trump defense was garbage and lies, but, you know, technicalities, narrow definitions and blind eyes to past impeachments.

[Yamiche Alcindor @Yamiche]

Sen McConnell arriving at his reasoning for why he voted to acquit former Pres Trump says he believes Constitution says Congress cannot convict Trump bc he is no longer in office.

So McConnell believes it’s unconstitutional to convict Trump but he believes riot was his fault.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

A portion of Highway 1 near Big Sur, Calif., collapsed this week and fell into the Pacific Ocean after heavy rains caused a “debris flow” of trees, boulders, water and mud, leaving behind a 150-foot-wide gap.
https://t.co/FMgmIfUIaU

[Simon Amarasingham @simonrumi]

Per @TheEconomist "If every eligible person in the state cast a #ballot, according to our analysis of #polling and #census data, #Texas would probably be a #Democratic state." https://t.co/FzF4OytHis

[Simon Amarasingham @simonrumi]

A #timelapse sequence of the #storm this morning in the #SanFrancisco #BayArea https://t.co/k4A9rqBOyN via @YouTube

[Simon Amarasingham @simonrumi]

@TheEconomist has written many articles explaining that #Immigration helps, not hurts a country's #economy. To reduce it is to shoot yourself in the foot. # https://t.co/hXPgYSU3mU #GlobalCitizen

[Simon Amarasingham @simonrumi]

This headline made me laugh: "Intelligence Officials Reportedly Struggle To Brief Trump Because He’s Like A Giant Toddler" https://t.co/JmfaKEnmCk via @VanityFair

[Simon Amarasingham @simonrumi]

A petite parody of the President for your perousal
https://t.co/TQw307Brtt

[Simon Amarasingham @simonrumi]

@NewsHour please bring back the #wrinkles! @JudyWoodruff doesn't have skin like porcelain in real life, and sometimes the smoothing effect looks really bizarre. Please consider dialing it back

[Simon Amarasingham @simonrumi]

Why are we putting up with these repeated #recessions? Is that some thing we really have to put up with in our #economy? Could this be a better way to do things?:
https://t.co/or5utGfUbd

[Simon Amarasingham @simonrumi]

While we're all stuck inside waiting for a #vaccine for the #coronavirus can we all agree that #vaccination is a good thing and put the silly, anti-vaccination #ConspiracyTheory to bed

[Simon Amarasingham @simonrumi]

The #Startup, a large publication within Medium, picked up my article about embracing #failure and as a way to mitigate disasters. It was written before #covid19 hit the US but it applies.

https://t.co/38D7FbYEn1

[Simon Amarasingham @simonrumi]

Wanna be a #dictator? Use an eemergency as an exxuae to curetail #CivilLiberties, then you can start jailing people for #sedition https://t.co/M1x8MsVJpQ

[Simon Amarasingham @simonrumi]

A question for #HealthCareProfessionals - if we are looking at a shortage of #ventilators, has anyone considered using #CPAP machines for less critical cases?
There must be many more CPAP machines than ventilators and while not ideal, would surely be better than nothing

[Simon Amarasingham @simonrumi]

If we have #juries made up of regular #citizens, why not #parliaments also? This is the idea @BSHennig talks about in this ted talk https://t.co/zH2lWyOFKa

[Simon Amarasingham @simonrumi]

Does "holding people #accountable" after a #disaster has occurred really work? I think it has the opposite effect.
https://t.co/i9oRUc6uXi

[Simon Amarasingham @simonrumi]

Ah-ha! Burried in this article is an explanation of why #polls were wrong just prior to the 2016 #election. It is still a problem. https://t.co/mPH5GCyLlP via @TheEconomist