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Sherry on X: "You repeat what you don’t repair and you transmit what you don’t transform—that’s why weaknesses we haven’t mastered or fears we haven’t conquered create patterns overtime (Eg. Certain things become “triggers”). When we anticipate danger that hasn’t happened yet, that’s anxiety." / X
Sherry on X: "You repeat what you don’t repair and you transmit what you don’t transform—that’s why weaknesses we haven’t mastered or fears we haven’t conquered create patterns overtime (Eg. Certain things become “triggers”). When we anticipate danger that hasn’t happened yet, that’s anxiety." / X
#self improvement#introspection
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Sherry on X: "You repeat what you don’t repair and you transmit what you don’t transform—that’s why weaknesses we haven’t mastered or fears we haven’t conquered create patterns overtime (Eg. Certain things become “triggers”). When we anticipate danger that hasn’t happened yet, that’s anxiety." / X
Brian Goldstone on X: "Carole and her kids were sent home, and she was taken off the waitlist for a donor match. Her doctors have promised to appeal @Cigna's decision next week. In the meantime, there is concern about the cancer spreading. If that happens, a transplant will no longer be an option." / X
Brian Goldstone on X: "Carole and her kids were sent home, and she was taken off the waitlist for a donor match. Her doctors have promised to appeal @Cigna's decision next week. In the meantime, there is concern about the cancer spreading. If that happens, a transplant will no longer be an option." / X
Carole, a cancer patient and single parent, was denied a previously approved double lung transplant by Cigna right before the surgery, causing public outrage and leading to a promised appeal by her doctors alongside a social media campaign urging Cigna to reverse their decision.
#threads#healthcare#govt/policy#lobbying#metrics v humanities#public-life/cost-of-living#see-replies
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Brian Goldstone on X: "Carole and her kids were sent home, and she was taken off the waitlist for a donor match. Her doctors have promised to appeal @Cigna's decision next week. In the meantime, there is concern about the cancer spreading. If that happens, a transplant will no longer be an option." / X
Massimo on Twitter / X
Massimo on Twitter / X
a full USB drive theoretically weighs less than an empty one because storing data as binary ones removes electrons from the flash memory transistors, reducing the overall mass, while an empty drive full of zeros contains more electrons.
#amusing#storage#tech#hardware
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Massimo on Twitter / X
Malcolm Ocean on X: "my systems theory of unconscious frame control: conditions: 1. two+ people have sufficiently different experiences of reality 2. one of them desperately wants something from the other (money, sex, approval. can go both ways simultaneously!) 3. they attempt to communicate" / X
Malcolm Ocean on X: "my systems theory of unconscious frame control: conditions: 1. two+ people have sufficiently different experiences of reality 2. one of them desperately wants something from the other (money, sex, approval. can go both ways simultaneously!) 3. they attempt to communicate" / X
#mental models#persuasion#difficult-convos#threads
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Malcolm Ocean on X: "my systems theory of unconscious frame control: conditions: 1. two+ people have sufficiently different experiences of reality 2. one of them desperately wants something from the other (money, sex, approval. can go both ways simultaneously!) 3. they attempt to communicate" / X
Bipolar Express ❄️🍉 on X: "How do you start dating fr? Everyone I’ve dated has literally just fallen from the sky. I’ve put zero effort into finding people and my therapist said her goal for me is to go on one date a week 😭" / X
Bipolar Express ❄️🍉 on X: "How do you start dating fr? Everyone I’ve dated has literally just fallen from the sky. I’ve put zero effort into finding people and my therapist said her goal for me is to go on one date a week 😭" / X
#dating#see-replies
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Bipolar Express ❄️🍉 on X: "How do you start dating fr? Everyone I’ve dated has literally just fallen from the sky. I’ve put zero effort into finding people and my therapist said her goal for me is to go on one date a week 😭" / X
anton (𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊) 🏴‍☠️ on X: "good morning from san francisco. now that the dust has settled on the first round of the openai debacle, it’s time to start asking some questions two of the board members who voted altman out, helen toner and tasha mccauley are deeply enmeshed in ‘effective altruism’" / X
anton (𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊) 🏴‍☠️ on X: "good morning from san francisco. now that the dust has settled on the first round of the openai debacle, it’s time to start asking some questions two of the board members who voted altman out, helen toner and tasha mccauley are deeply enmeshed in ‘effective altruism’" / X
critiques and pitfalls of the effective altruism movement
#threads#critiques#startups#vc#trends#ethics#public-life
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anton (𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊) 🏴‍☠️ on X: "good morning from san francisco. now that the dust has settled on the first round of the openai debacle, it’s time to start asking some questions two of the board members who voted altman out, helen toner and tasha mccauley are deeply enmeshed in ‘effective altruism’" / X
🌀 on Twitter / X
🌀 on Twitter / X
My first essay since “THE NEW TECHNOLOGIST” ManifestoIn “DIGITAL QUALITY OF LIFE” I set a reminder about why we came to work for computers / the internet in the first place…Taking a lot of inspiration from Nicholas Negroponte, cofounder & first director of the MIT Media Lab pic.twitter.com/Oydg6Bk411— 🌀 (@HipCityReg) December 9, 2023
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UN News on Twitter / X
UN News on Twitter / X
#BREAKING United States vetoes Security Council draft resolution that would have demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, and immediate and unconditional release of all hostagesVOTEIn Favour: 13Against: 1 (US)Abstain: 1 (UK) pic.twitter.com/hY0YcJ1JKF— UN News (@UN_News_Centre) December 8, 2023
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PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 on Twitter / X
PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 on Twitter / X
🚨 NEW ISRAELI ARMY'S LIE EXPOSED 🚨THE PHOTOS THEY RELEASED CLAIMING TO BE HAMAS FIGHTERS SURRENDERING FROM TUNNELS ARE DEBUNKEDField reports confirm they're civilians, some kidnapped from a UN shelter.Shockingly, our journalist colleague Diaa Al-Kahlot, the office director… pic.twitter.com/JwrwGcMyYY— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) December 7, 2023
#israel-palestine#discourse/counterclaims
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PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 on Twitter / X
James Rosen-Birch 🕊️ on X: "WHAT PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR KILL COMPANIES? we set out to answer this question as part of our work a little while ago, did a few hundred interviews, and built out a network model -- which revealed seven interconnected loops! (h/t to @visakanv who convinced me to share results!)" / X
James Rosen-Birch 🕊️ on X: "WHAT PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR KILL COMPANIES? we set out to answer this question as part of our work a little while ago, did a few hundred interviews, and built out a network model -- which revealed seven interconnected loops! (h/t to @visakanv who convinced me to share results!)" / X
#business/hierarchy#work/productivity#leaders#startups#threads#best practices
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James Rosen-Birch 🕊️ on X: "WHAT PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR KILL COMPANIES? we set out to answer this question as part of our work a little while ago, did a few hundred interviews, and built out a network model -- which revealed seven interconnected loops! (h/t to @visakanv who convinced me to share results!)" / X
Ryan Broderick on Twitter / X
Ryan Broderick on Twitter / X
The emphasis on altering how our memories work with AI is probably the most dangerous and insidious thing I've ever seen. Luckily, no one involved with any of these projects has any real concept of what people might actually want from AI, so, at least for now, we're safe. https://t.co/9NrovtGazc— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) December 6, 2023
#see-replies#future#discourse#critique#ai#startups
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Ryan Broderick on Twitter / X
Visakan Veerasamy on X: "a snippet from a conversation with a friend that’s still ringing with me: when you’re young, say 14-22, it’s hard to properly imagine how your existing social reality is going to change. you may feel a sense of loyalty to your friends, such that the idea going out and seeking new…" / X
Visakan Veerasamy on X: "a snippet from a conversation with a friend that’s still ringing with me: when you’re young, say 14-22, it’s hard to properly imagine how your existing social reality is going to change. you may feel a sense of loyalty to your friends, such that the idea going out and seeking new…" / X
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Visakan Veerasamy on X: "a snippet from a conversation with a friend that’s still ringing with me: when you’re young, say 14-22, it’s hard to properly imagine how your existing social reality is going to change. you may feel a sense of loyalty to your friends, such that the idea going out and seeking new…" / X
Tiberius on X: "A survivor of the rave on October 7th spoke to Israel Radio. She confirmed: “the terrorists did not harm us, they even gave us the opportunity to drink and calmed us down while we panicked.” "When the police came, they started shooting everywhere. Four people were dead…" / X
Tiberius on X: "A survivor of the rave on October 7th spoke to Israel Radio. She confirmed: “the terrorists did not harm us, they even gave us the opportunity to drink and calmed us down while we panicked.” "When the police came, they started shooting everywhere. Four people were dead…" / X
#discourse/counterclaims#israel-palestine
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Tiberius on X: "A survivor of the rave on October 7th spoke to Israel Radio. She confirmed: “the terrorists did not harm us, they even gave us the opportunity to drink and calmed us down while we panicked.” "When the police came, they started shooting everywhere. Four people were dead…" / X
clare on Twitter / X
clare on Twitter / X
nice unhealthy coping mechanism did you get it from your mom— clare (@sadderlizards) December 4, 2023
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clare on Twitter / X
guy on X: "the copy of the hunger games I read as a kid included a quote from suzanne collins where she talked about coming up with the idea after flicking between reality tv and iraq war coverage and it was basically the first time I ever realised art could be about things" / X
guy on X: "the copy of the hunger games I read as a kid included a quote from suzanne collins where she talked about coming up with the idea after flicking between reality tv and iraq war coverage and it was basically the first time I ever realised art could be about things" / X
the copy of the hunger games I read as a kid included a quote from suzanne collins where she talked about coming up with the idea after flicking between reality tv and iraq war coverage and it was basically the first time I ever realised art could be about things— guy (@guymrdth) November 20, 2023
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guy on X: "the copy of the hunger games I read as a kid included a quote from suzanne collins where she talked about coming up with the idea after flicking between reality tv and iraq war coverage and it was basically the first time I ever realised art could be about things" / X
anu ☻ on X: "classes smart people should be required to take (part 2) - how to actually think less - how to make decisions without having all the information - how to not turn a hobby into work - how to separate what you want from what you think you should want - how to accept failure - how…" / X
anu ☻ on X: "classes smart people should be required to take (part 2) - how to actually think less - how to make decisions without having all the information - how to not turn a hobby into work - how to separate what you want from what you think you should want - how to accept failure - how…" / X
#self improvement
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anu ☻ on X: "classes smart people should be required to take (part 2) - how to actually think less - how to make decisions without having all the information - how to not turn a hobby into work - how to separate what you want from what you think you should want - how to accept failure - how…" / X
𝙰𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛 on X: "Falling in love should feel like an irrefutable proof of the existence of God and like a testament to His benevolent genius. Nothing about it is ambivalent or half-hearted, I am not 'of two minds' about her, I am unequivocally hers, forever, until my life is over. Period. 1/ https://t.co/cBW3dCuXLh" / X
𝙰𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛 on X: "Falling in love should feel like an irrefutable proof of the existence of God and like a testament to His benevolent genius. Nothing about it is ambivalent or half-hearted, I am not 'of two minds' about her, I am unequivocally hers, forever, until my life is over. Period. 1/ https://t.co/cBW3dCuXLh" / X
#threads#relationships#religion#introspection#ideals
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𝙰𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛 on X: "Falling in love should feel like an irrefutable proof of the existence of God and like a testament to His benevolent genius. Nothing about it is ambivalent or half-hearted, I am not 'of two minds' about her, I am unequivocally hers, forever, until my life is over. Period. 1/ https://t.co/cBW3dCuXLh" / X
Visakan Veerasamy on X: "Enjoyed this video from @noclipvideo interviewing @corybarlog about directing God of War. [17m] This bit about the game impacting a player and his relationship with his own father, to me this is the heart of art itself https://t.co/N4XJrZc01a https://t.co/w9ECezW28T" / X
Visakan Veerasamy on X: "Enjoyed this video from @noclipvideo interviewing @corybarlog about directing God of War. [17m] This bit about the game impacting a player and his relationship with his own father, to me this is the heart of art itself https://t.co/N4XJrZc01a https://t.co/w9ECezW28T" / X
thread on gaming youtube
#interviews#games#identities/masculinity#clips#social media#social-impact#art
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Visakan Veerasamy on X: "Enjoyed this video from @noclipvideo interviewing @corybarlog about directing God of War. [17m] This bit about the game impacting a player and his relationship with his own father, to me this is the heart of art itself https://t.co/N4XJrZc01a https://t.co/w9ECezW28T" / X