uair01

Mostly just a retweeter and no opinion leader! - Sometimes: urban exploration, scientific observation, invisible city, psychogeography, conceptual art, fungi.

[𝒥𝑒𝓈𝓈 @worldreads]

terrible time to have a history degree & pattern recognition skills

[Gustavo Libson @gustlib]

Graves incidentes en Zurich por la eliminación de Suiza

[GBC @GBC_Press]

🚨 BREAKING:

Russian thinker Alexander Dugin:

The sudden death of Lindsey Graham can be the black mark sent to Trump. I doubt it were Iranians. Most realistic it was Mossad job in order to push Trump to renew full scale war with Iran. It clearly means “you are the next”. Lindsey Graham was the shadow of Trump, his black self

[uair01 @uair01]

And let him take it in linen bags in the summer, or cotton bags in the winter, and place them on the afflicted area. And if he is not able to do that, let him drink diluted beer.

[uair01 @uair01]

@XianyangCB
Mercury in the Talmud!

As a remedy for hemorrhoids, let him bring acacia [akika], and aloe [ilava], and mercury, and silver dross, and a bundle [ḥumreta] of fragrant herbs [defilon], and feces of pigeons [ḥamimta].

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

People shift political expression to fit the social norms in the room

When political talk surfaces in everyday chats, it puts people in a bind. Do they speak their mind, or adjust their political opinion to fit the room they are in?

New research finds that individuals modify their expressed stance to align with the dominant tone of the group.

Participants randomly assigned to liberal- or conservative-leaning chat groups shifted their expressed stance in the direction of the group, demonstrating that social context alone was sufficient to alter political expression.

Political expression are not simply a window into personal belief, but function as a socially calibrated act.

These findings suggest that political talk in everyday settings may distort one's impression of surrounding opinions, not because disagreement is absent, but because it may remain unspoken.

https://t.co/WxFRgRGOkT

[Spycraft101 @spycraft101]

Japanese workers examine a counterfeit
"superbill" that has been reprinted at 400x magnification to search for discrepancies. These superbills were likely printed in North Korea at the direction of the secretive Room 39 organization and were practically undetectable for decades.

1/5

[uair01 @uair01]

@DullClayCutter
Saw this in a zine sale. Someone said it's something very special. Not your technique, but maybe still interesting.

[uair01 @uair01]

@robkhenderson This is very good. Thanks!

[uair01 @uair01]

@robkhenderson This good book presents him plausibly as an unfeeling psychopath. So maybe no stress at all. Can recommend.

Madoff Talks: Uncovering the Untold Story Behind the Most Notorious Ponzi Scheme in History
Jim Campbell
https://t.co/uWbbfAmuJa

[Edward N Luttwak @ELuttwak]

Iran's Twelver Shi'ism awaits the return of the redeemer Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan who is alive but hidden since 874, in fear of being killed by Sunnis. Now it also has a Supreme Leader in hiding Mojtaba Khamenei absent even at his father's funeral. Leaves you-know-who in charge

[uair01 @uair01]

@nntaleb Lockdown mode. That reduces attack surface but also (alas) reduces functionality. More resilient, still not antifragile.

[uair01 @uair01]

@bryancsk I thought I was a barbaric simpleton for liking Uniqlo fashion. You reassure me.
Note: COS is also good.

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

I've always thought that the campaign against "ultra-processed" foods was mindless. What the heck does that even mean: the more things you do to food, the less healthy it is? New RCTs and analyses confirm that the stigma is meaningless (it's calories, fiber, & other causes, not "ultraprocessing") and even harmful: it encourages RFKj's MAHA quackery. I suspect that food researchers are subject to class bias: food that poor people like and can afford must be unhealthy. https://t.co/LaVlWVSd9F

[uair01 @uair01]

Short story >>> The lamp of Gaza
This is the ChatGPT generated version. Maybe it's better? It has more explicit geopolitics.
https://t.co/3UvLNuYdOo

[uair01 @uair01]

Short story >>> The Breaking of Vessels
A Kabbalistic story generated by manipulating symbols.
https://t.co/7V82pdWjJB
Second experiment with AI generated stories. This is Claude. Prompt below.

[uair01 @uair01]

@XianyangCB Brancusi couldn't do it better!

[آرش @aramithek]

Bush on Iraq war: “I thought they were all Muslims” (on diff between Shia and Sunni)

Trump on Iran war: “I thought people hated him” (on Khamenei funeral)

Americans are cursed to be ruled by the most incurious idiots on planet earth

[Arwa @ArwaWorld]

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