Retired General Mark Milley to Bob Woodward about Trump:
"I had suspicions when I talked to you about his mental decline and so forth, but now I realize he's a total fascist."
— Axios (@axios)
Posts
(1) Isaac Saul on X: "1/ ALRIGHT Y'ALL. ELECTION FRAUD DEBUNKING MEGA THREAD. I’m following claims of fraud and looking into them. I think I’ve solved most now. Nothing is holding up under any scrutiny so far so I’m making a thread to track in one place. Please RT! #ElectionResults2020 #Election2020" / X
— Isaac Saul (@Ike_Saul)
VP Kamala Harris gave a press conf at FEMA hq but this is how she addressed the workers right after.
This. This is why I go so hard for her. 🗳️
— Renee 🪷 (@PettyLupone)
Alex Cristache on X: "Individual Color Ramps and Data Visualization scales based on the beautiful #MindfulPalettes no. 110 Color Palette. #Tailwind #TailwindCSS https://t.co/oCtF8DomJ8" / X
— Alex Cristache (@AlexCristache)
Enjoy halloween because mariah carey is defrosting as we speak
— Hoshi (@HoshizoraOW)
You’ve already seen progressive linear blur, but let me introduce you to the radial variant:
— Julien Sagot (@Barbapapapps)
I was trying to figure out why Los Angeles feels so different. It's not just that a lot of rich people moved out, it's that the middle class don't live there anymore. All these neighborhoods are now super expensive so it sucked families out, and with them the teenagers that…
— Joseph Kahn (@JosephKahn)
Reminder: HR departments don’t approve performance raises to force turnover so they can stay busy hiring and onboarding. It’s always cheaper to just give the employee you already have the raise they requested, but they never do that because retention isn’t a KPI.
— Shrimp Billionaire (@fentanylbrownie)
(3) Jake Tropila on X: "I COME WITH THE RAIN (2009, Trần Anh Hùng): Josh Hartnett traverses an expansive Hong Kong in search of a messianic figure. Delirious and elliptical, with shades of Mann and Assayas, plus the soundtrack’s by Radiohead. Seek this out. https://t.co/HIflLFj1YR" / X
— Jake Tropila (@JakeTropila)
a workflow for creating svg's.
- use mid journey to generate an image
- use depth anything to generate a depth map
- segment the image by depth
- turn the image into a mask
- convert the mask into an svg
you can try it in the comments.
— Silicon Jungle (@JungleSilicon)
(1) David K 🎹 on X: "If you have React code that looks like this, please: 1. Delete it 2. Use React Query (@tanstack/react-query) instead It handles the caching, state transitions, and edge-cases that you forgot to handle. Fetching data is not what useEffect is for. https://t.co/dRofNxzinJ" / X
1. Delete it
2. Use React Query (@tanstack/react-query) instead
It handles the caching, state transitions, and edge-cases that you forgot to handle.
Fetching data is not what useEffect is for.
— David K 🎹 (@DavidKPiano)
(1) APOideas on X: "Prey mammals have micron-scale guard hairs that act as thermal antennas to detect incoming predators, which are innervated directly to the cortex and spinal column for optimized reaction time. The environment is awash in non-visible informational light. All of nature is a https://t.co/HomLmIrkhq" / X
Prey mammals have evolved microscopic guard hairs that function as thermal antennas, allowing them to detect predators through non-visible light, highlighting the complex and information-rich nature of the environment beyond human perception.
- Prey mammals possess micron-scale guard hairs that act as thermal antennas
- These hairs are directly connected to the cortex and spinal column for rapid reaction to predators
- The environment contains abundant non-visible "informational" light
- Nature is described as a "luminous symphony" and a "dance of light and shadow"
- Predators have adaptations to mask their thermal signatures, such as cold noses and specific attack postures
- The post links to a scientific paper about infrared antenna-like structures in mammalian fur
- The author clarifies that "informational" light refers to light containing information, either biogenic (from organisms) or abiogenic (e.g., from the sun)
- All living organisms emit light through ultra-weak photon emission (UPE)
- Healthy organisms emit light differently (in frequency, periodicity, and coherence) compared to diseased systems
- The author compares this difference to melodic music versus discordant sound
- Humans also emit light, though this is not elaborated on in the given excerpt
- The post suggests that nature is an excellent nano-engineer
- There's a brief mention of emission theory of vision, though not expanded upon
- The author's tone is informative and enthusiastic about the complexities of nature and light beyond human perception
(1) August Lamm on X: "I'm calling it right now: abstention is the next big thing. Sobriety, celibacy, digital minimalism, dumb phones, religion. The age of hedonistic hyper-consumption is over. We're moving into a new and peaceful age marked by moderation and self-discipline. I can't wait." / X
— August Lamm (@AugustLamm)
(1) derek guy on X: "To understand why black tie requires you to cover your waist, it helps to know a little about the history of men's dress. 🧵 https://t.co/uA4mNdahFP" / X
thread about trraditional men's fashion and the different kinds of formal wear to wear for different occasions
(1) Maddy on X: "I do feel like there's a lot of misunderstanding about Alicent and Rhaenyra's relationship in the first season into the second that comes from people not fully understanding Alicent's reaction to the Driftmark fight" / X
nice character analysis for Alicent in House of the Dragon
(1) Leo Gebbie on X: "Easily my favourite piece of gen AI content in some time. Majestic Source: https://t.co/vcjoJ5miyf https://t.co/c8pGX1v52M" / X
uncanny ai generated video of a biking accident
sabrina carpenter: so what's the joker?
barry keoghan: he's sart of like an evil porson
— JOEL GOLBY STAN ACCOUNT (@joelgolby)
ngl if youve started liking tr*mp in the last few months I think you should consider yourself as having a “weak memetic immune system”
whatever beliefs you hold are flimsy enough to be swayed by good stories and good PR and politically you’re little more than an infection vector
— Markov (@MarkovMagnifico)
she has that same simultaneous quality of surprise in every turn of phrase yet perfectly coherent and meaningful overarching symbolism we celebrate in our greatest modernist poetry of last century. truly the best contemporary culture has to offer
— Leah Tigers (@9BillionTigers)
Senators were chosen by state legislatures, and their terms were staggered & considerably longer than house terms so that they are *less* responsive to “the will of the people.”
It’s a check on the House, the one body that carried a direct responsibility to constituents. 6/11
— Trey Ferguson (@PastorTrey05)
Watch World War I Every Day On The Western Front In 60 Seconds
— Brilliant Maps (@BrilliantMaps)
horrific
— mother earth 🫒 (@feminterrupted)
The media is interviewing a politician's girlfriend right now. I won't say which one. My ex-husband was in the closet for our entire marriage so it's extremely painful to watch it from the outside. If she knows - good luck. If she doesn't it's tragic.
Thread of once married women who realized their husband was gay
Received my adoption file.
Hard to read, especially the part about how desperately my mom wanted medical care. The agency said they'd pay for it but only if she went through with the adoption. If she chose to keep me, she had to pay all the money back.
What a coercive tactic.
— KaylaWrites (@kidcancermom)
Last week I spoke about how we build ultra-reliable AWS services. It's my favourite talk that I've given. Everyone I've asked has told me that they learned something new and interesting 😃 Here I'm going to tweet some highlights to tempt you to watch ...
— Colm MacCárthaigh (@colmmacc)
The Art of Filming Sex Safely and the Case for an Intimacy Coordinator Oscar
deep dive into intimacy coordinators
Can we STOP promoting LASIK like it's some miracle cure? No one should be getting LASIK, it's INCREDIBLY fucking dangerous. The industry LIED to consumers about its safety. I am LEGALLY FUCKING BLIND after LASIK. I have friends who have attempted suicide bc of LASIK!
— Chris Alvino (@ChrisAlvino)
This type of creativity is rare in tourism ads these days, most of which blend into each other. This is different, a typical understated Norse sense of dry humor. From . Well done, more needed in this series.
— Rafat Ali, Media Operator & Dad (@rafat)
(2) Linus on X: "Making a thread of some DALL-E 2 (not 3!) generated images I find strikingly beautiful. this kind of varied, surreal, almost soulful style is hard to find in modern RL/preference-tuned models, and I think it's a huge loss. thinking of fine-tuning SD 1.5 on this dataset https://t.co/dhunYcaZWB" / X
thread of nicer looking ai-generated images
(2) Andy Matuschak on X: "Malleable software efforts may unexpectedly benefit from AI integration efforts! Apple wants Siri to be able to understand and act on data in apps, so it needs devs to expose their nouns and verbs. So we get high-DX modern versions of, roughly, AppleScript dictionary APIs!" / X
Apple wants Siri to be able to understand and act on data in apps, so it needs devs to expose their nouns and verbs. So we get high-DX modern versions of, roughly, AppleScript dictionary APIs!
— Andy Matuschak (@andy_matuschak)