nobody WANTS to spend their money on political campaigns. but we WANT this, don’t we? let’s put our money where our mouth is. d…

Every time I see a spider I think of this book. So maybe it was a good book? https://t.co/nPtALTFkIn

The “lies spread faster than truth online” study is quite interesting and more nuanced than I expected https://t.co/lmxnLOl2Dm

05 December, 1995: AP writes on Microsoft, Netscape, Java, and the forthcoming "JavaScript". https://t.co/NCjh8MOgB3

"It doesn't matter what they smell like, or that they spell words slightly differently, some would say, more correctly." https://t.co/qrdDu1h88M

Starbucks Unveils $7 Wake-Up Slap https://t.co/EUxIQnLyYV https://t.co/OnAGvRVfUE

It's kinda nice not having opinions about everything. I highly recommend it.

"Those making between $25,000 to $50,000 a year are the most into (scooter share), and those making above $200,000 are the lea…

THIS IS THE BEST TELEVISION SCENE TO EVER HAPPEN IN TELEVISION HISTORY https://t.co/52yBhmGUfo

can't thank @dubistkomisch enough for this paypal → google authenticator article! https://t.co/Bt5NZaO21I

if Obama was president and a tape existed of him telling lawyer to pay off his mistress in cash the GOP would have repeal…

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"connecting people as much as possible, all the time, is a de-facto and unambiguous good" turned out to be .. uh .. not as true as *anyone* thought

I just installed Chrome 68 and now the web is totally insecure. THANKS CHROMEBAMA https://t.co/2JZeFuimeE

This nerf rivals minigun is everything I ever dreamed it would be.. and so much more https://t.co/luuuJylbHI

IT'S ALIVE! chrome 68 rolls to stable today, and with it, all HTTP pages are marked "not secure". happy "HTTP-bad" day, intern…

What is the current state of the art in browser fingerprinting? JS library? (This is an anti-troll plugin related idea)

Some coloring book iOS app the kids downloaded auto-renews at $5.99 *per week*. That's some 💩

"It was introduced in 1952 .. and is essentially a more advanced version of the German Enigma machine." https://t.co/gV9kCoYfrw

"Places where people live close together vote Democratic, places where they live farther apart vote Republican. Under some electoral systems this would not matter very much. Under America’s it has come to matter a lot" https://t.co/1ix7222UNI

"Scherbius was first confronted with problems because no one showed interest or even noticed his invention." https://t.co/wulsOeaDND

The software to create the black hole in the movie 'Interstellar' is a full implementation of Einstein's equations in 40,000…

This is a great point. Netflix’s “chaos monkey” is a service that deliberately (&temporarily) kills other key services — t…

We have 106 days until the election, and I guarantee each day will be action-packed with Trump drama, Russia stories, NFL kne…

Introducing Rockstar - a proposal for a Turing-complete programming language in which you can write programs that are als…

This series by @bymariandrew on instagram made me cry, I miss New York so much. You should follow her. https://t.co/dRr4EGBYQE

This blog post touches on one of the key causes of bad software & missed schedules. Premature abstractions, unnecessary…

Stark results from MIT’s Laboratory for Social Machines: False information retweeted by more people than the true stuff, and…

Charlie the Unicorn is ten years old: https://t.co/pegHQZpuH7

The most irrational thing I've learned after starting an online business: customers that pay more for SaaS products are alw…

“Friends can exert a measurable and ongoing influence on your health behaviors in a way that a diet never can . . . The mos…

I love this. When the Far Side came out in 1982, paleontologists realised they'd never actually named that part of a stego…

Before you think any nice thoughts about Reddit itself (AskHistorians is run by volunteers, not the company), remember: Reddit’s…

"The first step in improving the quality of our arguments is to stop thinking of them as fights or competitions. . . . The…

Our nine year old is now 100% complicit in the tooth fairy mythos. "Dad, I'll just put this tooth here, right on the edge of the bed, so the tooth fairy can find it." 😭

100% emoji running in a macOS terminal, generated by 8kb of code. https://t.co/JJRu238T6M

So good. https://t.co/elDWCDmm5Z

Go ahead and express gratitude. People who receive thank you notes are far more touched and feel far less awkward than the…

Research study on racial discrimination in taxis versus ride hailing services. Blacks were 73% more likely to have their…

Holy moses, David Letterman had Grace Hopper on as a guest in 1986? https://t.co/w7Sxq5FJuw I *did not know this*

Ask yourself: am I even good enough to suffer from impostor syndrome?

This nerf rivals minigun is everything I ever dreamed it would be.. and so much more https://t.co/luuuJylbHI

Timeline of the far future https://t.co/proJHHAYvE

this is it. this is, truly, the best reddit post https://t.co/FrptNdiodg https://t.co/0eEqo7ofPW

Lane Davis was a far-right, pro-Trump media figure looking for his big break. Then he stabbed his father to death. Amazing story f…

I misspoke. I meant to say I “wouldn’t” be right here waiting for you.

“In an age of despair, it's one way to remember what the internet was designed to do.” https://t.co/0QJ9qV2xKA

🖊 by @tomgauld https://t.co/56kCynH8rS

When you work with a hydrogeologist and she makes this awesome aquifer cake and then pours milk on it to show how it works, it m…

There is a Comic Sans monospace font. Sort of https://t.co/OJrvqozAiP http://t.co/Gk1X1WeNMa

There are 111 days until the midterm elections. Please—ignore the Trump Show, which is designed to distract and derail you. F…

If you are a Machine Learning/AI researcher based in the U.S and looking for a more politically stable country, I am recr…

This.. is.. amazing. The Queen throws shade as only she can. 👑 https://t.co/1VPp1gYXCi

Well, at least you can say you lived through the worst presidency in American history. ☹

🏛️ It's an election year!
👉🏾 Visit https://t.co/Tesbh9EbPd & enter your zipcode
🤷🏾‍♀️ What: It scans the Twitter timel…

Designing for addiction, with interactive examples https://t.co/oRSgQnwdzI

I forced a bot to watch over 1,000 hours of Olive Garden commercials and then asked it to write an Olive Garden commer…

JOMO https://t.co/PlxXEJYkFv

Unlimited and constant connection to every human on earth may not be .. healthy? https://t.co/vMpyKUnLBK

On this day in 2006: Twitter launches https://t.co/sOcRM15rtC

Flight attendant checking overhead bins, sees four skateboards Him, jokingly: "is Tony Hawk on this flight or something?" Loo…

“If you walked through a city without looking up at any billboards, could advertisers yell at you?” https://t.co/rEc0hfLp4W

I’m gonna narrowly give it to Samsung. Samsung has the most terrifying clown emoji. https://t.co/kMMlcIRdz9

Why programming is fun: a single character mistake can ruin your entire project. Good times, people. GOOD TIMES. https://t.co/nCRn9MZjZ8

"Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure." https://t.co/EPjPKsJxOP

"Where are you working now?"
"Oh, I work at..." *mumbles incoherently* https://t.co/6ggV0cpIVJ

can't believe they canceled Vivaldi after just four seasons

Just opened my “Ship It!” deck from @PostlightStudio and am feeling extremely triggered reading through the “blocker” cards http…

I'd like a Purge sequel that deals with the awkwardness of the next day. Like you turn up at work and everyone's all "where…

“Conflict breeds users and drives viewer counts, driving advertisers and required profits. After all, who would invest in a company that loses money?“ https://t.co/0ZsIVxk5Hz

someone sent us a prepper bunker catalog and it is AMAZING https://t.co/2Gfw9RKCfs

@voidqk @nothings It should be interpreted as "flag for problems so moderators see it INSTEAD of replying". Not literally do nothing!

Guido van Rossum stepping down from running Python. Handing over decision making to core committers. End of an era. 🙀 htt…

https://t.co/MSlroenvBb https://t.co/tdAduznegJ

Sabertron Kickstarter was supposed to ship Xmas 2014. Miraculously, they are still going and may ship something soon. Boo to the people 💩ing on them -- I'll always upvote dedication and effort. https://t.co/MmuPGGFErS

So iOS "battery health (beta)" only applies to iPhone? There's no way to see battery health on iPad?

"No one enjoys being a disciplinarian, but the results will speak for themselves." https://t.co/LqJ3Rp9Gm2 https://t.co/JAPcTcipLs

Meanwhile, in Vancouver https://t.co/wAYhNY2a2g

Fiendishly clever: DOOM, except every frame is a random dot autostereogram. https://t.co/2HKEwHv4K8

We’ve all been tricked by a marketing campaign. I’m disgusted and appalled! https://t.co/qbLDcLJQXH

For perspective, an iPhone 6s has a slightly faster SoC than the Pentium 4415Y CPU in the less-expensive Surface Go (to be announced tomorrow)

After the shift to an open-plan office space, people spend 73% *less* time in face-to-face interactions -- and 67% *more* t…

Wild bee: just getting snack Me: no prob bee Mason bee: just make house Me: build a way b Honey bee:jus sampling the lavend…

Bad Blood is a stressful read for me. Theranos has all the bad elements of every startup I've ever encountered, but amplifie…

In business, when two people always agree, one of them is unnecessary. To help your team become more creative: - Fight harm…

Some good news for working women: female top performers are sometimes valued more than male top performers bc of what the…

The Polish historian & political scientist Jerzy Targalski remained completely unruffled during our interview when this happ…

@mathowie Did you know Tom Scholz has a Master's in mechanical engineering at MIT, and invented/built his own gear to recor…

"if two songs have similar tempos, use similar production software, and are in the same language, they can appear to synchronize in a number of different ways, whether it’s unintentional or whether one was “inspired” by the other." https://t.co/0Vnu4dD0Dn

Chinese police informants collecting their rewards while wearing crazy masks never ever gets old https://t.co/CYGg3e5XeW

Watch the income distribution in America change https://t.co/lwTe1sd8gU

There's a thin line between telling folks that programming skill often matters less than team skills, product sense, &…

@theodoredziuba LIES

They must've gathered enough data on stop signs and storefronts... https://t.co/ya36PjeAfP

Cathy Denis song playing at the airport. Now there’s a name I’ve not heard in years.

Men: read this to understand yourself https://t.co/5DumY0Lqod
If you love a man, you may wish to even if you aren't one.

“a pint of ice cream in the 1760s easily cost about as much as the average worker made in a week, if not more” https://t.co/bSiiQIrdhC

“The foundational myth of an entire generation of Americans was the false promise that education was priceless—that its value was above or beyond its cost.” https://t.co/1bYEUKSKeu

There are few things more pathetic than the state of the Android tablet market. Even psychotic android superfans will all but tell you to get an iPad. Current least-worst option is the ASUS ZenPad 3S https://t.co/mDlSf3Wtm5

Can't believe I've never put two and two together, but @codinghorror , the name of your blog is from Steve McConnell's book…