Month: November 2017
November 30, 2017
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Orson Welles on Cold Reading
Orson Welles discusses the nature of ‘cold reading’, a type of analysis used by many phony psychics and fortune tellers to trick their customers into thinking they indeed do have special powers, and how some can become so skilled at it that they actually trick themselves into believing they are…
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November 29, 2017
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2017 is half patriarchy smashing and half democracy trashing.
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Too soon
— no context the good place (@nocontexttgp) November 29, 2017
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OMG OMG OMG
Black Museum. pic.twitter.com/cuq0zV1izY
— Black Mirror (@blackmirror) November 29, 2017
November 27, 2017
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Yessss! I am now a proud patron of Ariel Waldman on @Patreon, and you should be too:
https://www.patreon.com/arielwaldman?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=plshare
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Yessss! I am now a proud patron of Geeta Dayal on @Patreon, and you should be too:
https://www.patreon.com/geetadayal?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=plshare
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She was the PTA mom everyone knew. Who would want to harm her?
Framed: Chapter 1 The cop wanted her car keys. Kelli Peters handed them over. She told herself she had nothing to fear, that all he’d find inside her PT Cruiser was beach sand, dog hair, maybe one of her daughter’s toys. They were outside Plaza Vista School in Irvine, where she had watched her…
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Jesus
— Peanuts On This Day (@Peanuts50YrsAgo) November 27, 2017
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OMG OMG OMG
Crocodile. pic.twitter.com/eQL6XDkyCW
— Black Mirror (@blackmirror) November 27, 2017
November 26, 2017
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Canada
.@ShaniaTwain just entered the #GreyCup halftime show on a dogsled. Tune in to @CFLonTSN now to catch the show! pic.twitter.com/JOcgFzox3X
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) November 27, 2017
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💡Am I Introverted or Rude?
💡Are Lullabies a battle between parent and child?
💡Is Human Evolution Uneven?
💡Weed helps Alzheimers?
💡AI Brain Implants for Mood Disorders?
💡The Myth of Superhuman AI
💡Fraud in the AI Age
💡Futura is 90
http://www.stupidmonkeybrain.com/issues/stupid-monkey-brain-issue-6-83778
pic.twitter.com/QhZZCdG48Y
November 25, 2017
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Mark Vessey's spinal snaps: https://t.co/LD2ynpFgGe
— Paul McAuley (@UnlikelyWorlds) November 25, 2017
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That joke isn’t funny anymore
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November skies
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I’m proud of my newsletter. Subscribe and validate my pride!
http://www.stupidmonkeybrain.com/archive/83778
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OMG OMG OMG
Arkangel. pic.twitter.com/gYQUPCW1vz
— Black Mirror (@blackmirror) November 25, 2017
November 24, 2017
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Bit of a screen size vs metadata fail happening here. pic.twitter.com/UstrVCokQo
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Pivot of the century!
Today on Brand New (Reviewed): New Name, Logo, and Packaging for @PronglesChips (previously @CAH) by 45 Irving #prongles https://t.co/M9AR4WNpnn pic.twitter.com/MyMSjrkN2L
— UnderConsideration (@ucllc) November 24, 2017
November 21, 2017
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Also not reachable on Snapchat
.@Snapchat has a unique audience; 35% of Snap users not reachable on @Facebook that day and 46% not reachable on @instagram https://t.co/cSpkURKbTR pic.twitter.com/EbaQYpNW43
— Jeremy Liew, Partner at Lightspeed (@jeremysliew) November 21, 2017
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I’m dubious that this #NetNeutraity image, purportedly from Portugal, is real. Has this been verified? What’s the URL? pic.twitter.com/uGXW6iSRKB
November 18, 2017
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“Just as society begins to open its eyes, two prominent cases threaten to severely complicate matters.”
After Al Franken and Roy Moore, We Are Dangerously Close To Botching The #MeToo Moment
https://www.thedailybeast.com/after-al-franken-and-roy-moore-we-are-dangerously-close-to-botching-the-metoo-moment
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“pulsing outward from the diseased heart of the conservative media, where empirical reality is disdained unless it’s useful, and lies and bad faith are treated as morally neutral instruments of advancing political goals.”
Breitbart’s Coming Exploitation of the Believe Women Movement
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My weekly survey of ways our stupid monkey brains fail us, and super machine brains will probably do the same, is here:
http://www.stupidmonkeybrain.com/archive/82638
November 17, 2017
November 16, 2017
November 13, 2017
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I’m thrilled that @lyft is finally coming to Toronto!
https://blog.lyft.com/posts/canada-here-we-come
pic.twitter.com/DHfbVEr4cH
November 11, 2017
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I’d still like to see Canada go faster
Compare the foreign-born share of the population in different countries. Consider Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Kingd… pic.twitter.com/T3XtwNa2I7
— HumanProgress.org (@HumanProgress) November 11, 2017
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🤦🏻♂️
Pretty graphic in @globetoronto – labels are reversed. pic.twitter.com/X9hkiAEB4q
— Kevin Speicher (@KSpeicher) November 11, 2017
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This looks like a New Order publicity shot.
Portrait Composition (Margaret Schall),1928 by avant-garde photographer Florence Henri #womensart pic.twitter.com/JyW3BeqTR6
— #WOMENSART (@womensart1) November 11, 2017