something about LA is that you can be at a party and the hottest people you’ve ever seen will start talking about the times they’ve encountered ghosts and you’re just supposed to be like woah yeah i’ve heard that happens
My students are going through job interviews & folks are still being asked dumb brainteaser questions. Stop!🚩Google found brainteasers were in no way predictive of job performance🚩Worse: "Narcissism & sadism explained the likelihood of using brainteasers in an interview.” 1/ pic.twitter.com/ZK0zT3YMLW— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) November 28, 2022
“I don’t think I’ve fully internalized how frankly bizarre the world of suburban mega churches are. And I’m saying that as somebody who attended one as a kid”
At the foundation of dysfunctional family dynamics is denial. Everyone must remain in denial to keep the relationships going. Waking up would mean we have to mourn the story of our family in favor of the truth.— Dr. Nicole LePera (@Theholisticpsyc) November 25, 2022
And they do. In Q1 of last year, Tesla's entire profit came from selling half a billion dollars of carbon credits to other carmakers.
Which hey, good for them, but in reality it means driving and owning a Tesla hasn't actually reduced global emissions at all. 6/
This is quite possibly the most romantic thing I’ve ever seen. I hope they get married and sweetly retell this story at every gathering they have while looking into each other’s eyes and finishing each other’s sentences. I love football https://t.co/sn8gbMcy9Q
I think about how much of culture came from physical limitations. Serifs came from calligraphy. The Leslie effect and plate reverb came from physical devices.What limitations will generate the stylistic flourishes of the future? Diffusion models creating too many fingers?— Sho Kuwamoto (@[email protected]) (@skuwamoto) November 26, 2022
I think about how much of culture came from physical limitations. Serifs came from calligraphy. The Leslie effect and plate reverb came from physical devices.
What limitations will generate the stylistic flourishes of the future? Diffusion models creating too many fingers?
I’m often searching for new & interesting instrumental & ambient music, probably because that’s the music I spend a lot of time with as I write. If you’re the same, you might like these 20 albums from 2022 🧵— Jordan Tannahill (@TannahillJordan) November 25, 2022
Thanks to Siouxsie Sioux, Bob Fosse’s Rich Man’s Frug, Lisa Loring, Lene Lovich, Denis Lavant, and archival footage of goths dancing in clubs in the 80’s. Helped me out on this one. https://t.co/zlxlv1JUW4
There are ongoing debates about the merits––or lack thereof––of antidepressants. The question shouldn't be just whether they "work" or not but rather when, for whom, in what context, and what––when they fail––is needed instead?A thread about antidepressants and politics: 1/— Eric Reinhart (@_Eric_Reinhart) November 24, 2022
If anyone is teaching them to cold message others and ask for their time without even talking to them first and building a relationship, they're teaching the wrong thingProfessionals will want to help if they at least feel like you're not looking at them in a transactional way— lara mendonça O HEXA VEM 🇧🇷 (@laraisuncool) November 25, 2022
we talk about Marvel’s irreparable damage to film, art, and whatnot, but we don’t mention how they’re the reason every studio is (wrongly) starting to think their opening logo needs to reference everything they’ve done or made in the past https://t.co/Yh83Z0p0A3
I want to see kendall jenner take an improv class. and she’s not allowed to take a xanax or get an IV of vitamins beforehand. then I want kourtney to tour the factory where they make cheez its (this is a 2 hour episode) then I want kylie to do ayahuasca https://t.co/T2jc4kWLhr
Experts can't seem to agree on the best way to decarbonize the grid.Is the answer in renewables? Nuclear? Or do we need a new breakthrough technology?Here's what you need to know 🧶👇— Matt Loszak (@MattLoszak) September 23, 2022
Week 1: 50% of their colleagues were fired - and some of these people as well.Week 2: Some of them were called back. RTO mandated: https://t.co/0op7COalb7Week 3: all of them clicked “yes” to longer hours, all while the majority of devs resigned.Week 4: now.So, so cruel.— Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz) November 24, 2022
I found a "fuck marvel" community and thought it would be complaining about disney monopolies or the homogenization of media, the reality is much funnier https://t.co/bfsPoA6bap