Eric Johnson

Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and tall...

[PC Gamer @pcgamer]

The world's first trombone rhythm game is instantly a GOTY contender. And no, I'm not kidding. Turn up the volume and hear Beethoven like you've never heard it before. https://t.co/Qu7Cmkhjzc

[Eric Johnson @yongbin99]

Memory foam:sex::Sandy beaches:running

[Dogs doing things @dogsdoingthings]

Dogs observing that history repeats itself first as tragedy, then as farce, and then as The Aristocrats.

[Existential Comics (find me on bluesky) @existentialcoms]

One thing that a lot of people don't understand is that smart people can still be dumb as fuck. In fact, having high intelligence does very little to prevent you from being a fucking idiot.

[Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz]

The doge rule for derivatives:

[Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz]

My older daughter is now inundating me with math memes. Since you guys seem to like them (I’ll admit, I do too!), here are a few more.

[Nein. @NeinQuarterly]

Sorry, sir. This is not a democracy. It is a painting of a democracy.

[Existential Comics (find me on bluesky) @existentialcoms]

People in England must just wake up every day and thank god that America exists, which continually saves them from being the dumbest country on earth.

[Eric Johnson @yongbin99]

@HuShuo They’re tacti-COOL!

[Eric Johnson @yongbin99]

What are the chances we come out of this #impeachment debacle with renewed hope and a sense that the process really does work? I'm thinking zero, but then I've always been an optimist...

[Melinda Howard @MelindaHoward4]

According to Greek Mythology, Chiron was a half horse, half human doctor.

This made him the Centaur for Disease Control.

[Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy]

[at the police station]

"what is this man charged with"

"bayesianism"

"does he have any priors"

[Open Culture @openculture]

Bryan Magee (RIP) Presents In-Depth, Uncut TV Conversations With Famous Philosophers

The talented popularizer of philosophy passed away today at age 89.

https://t.co/zp09mREG68

[Mike Pesca @pescami]

It’s almost as if Mueller is here against his will, in the belief that he did his job; because it’s not up to him to help the Democrats do their jobs. It’s almost like that.

[Eric Johnson @yongbin99]

@RichardDawkins We tried this in America... Unfortunately this train of thought neglects the evidence that the public's sense of the ridiculousness of the situation is almost immediately re-calibrated, and what had seemed absurd is no longer outside the norm.

[Sean Ehrlich @SeanDEhrlich]

Nixon visited Mao in China; FDR visited Stalin in the USSR; Ike visited Franco in Spain; Clinton Assad in Syria: Ford Ceacescu in Romania. Say what you will about this visit, but let’s not pretend that Trump is violating some norm by meeting a murderous dictator in their country.

[Aaron Paul Sullivan @apsullivan]

Actually, it’s only existentialism if it comes from the existentialism region of France. Otherwise, it’s just sparkling anxiety.