this is completely orthogonal to the (very interesting) conversation in thread, but this is an awesome tool and I can't believe I haven't come across it before
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RT @krishnanrohit
@visakanv Fair, updated for ya
(I love this site http://flowchart.fun)
https://twitter.com/krishnanrohit/status/1589563222658801664
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RT @MrGeorgeFrancis
This would not just be for creating exotic pets, it could have important commercial use. Macaques monkeys are used to pick coconuts in Thailand and Jack the Baboon helped to run railways in South Africa.
What work could we get trained high IQ monkeys to do? https://t.co/uatihDybDU
https://twitter.com/MrGeorgeFrancis/status/1476032107612983301
I'm so used to only seeing these shots from the ISS that it took me a moment to realize what I was looking at
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RT @AJ_FI
Shenzhou-13 astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu will deliver a live space lecture from the China Space Station at 0740 UTC (2:40 am Eastern, 15:40 Beijing time) Dec. 9 (Thursday), CMSA announces. Will be broadcast on CCTV https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/gQkzsxQBJEDW7zQQTuCjPw
https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1467828145290104835
RT @ToughSf
Martian explorers scale the 'Phobos Monolith', a 90m tall pile of debris from an ancient impact while their spacecraft orbits overhead.
#space #art by Thomas-Peters.
https://www.deviantart.com/thomas-peters/art/Mars-from-Phobos-877607783
My honest response to this was "how did they get that, it's not out until Novem- dammit."
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RT @atroyn
this is for the launch of this new book. it’s big!
https://twitter.com/atroyn/status/1461172722650681345
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RT @meanderingexile
This paraphrasing of Soros' reflexivity principle from https://allenfarrington.medium.com/the-complex-markets-hypothesis-44c2b2b191d2 is probably the clearest statement of it I've come across.
https://twitter.com/meanderingexile/status/1357652482659295232
petition to make vcs dress like caesar instead of those puffy vests
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RT @balajis
What comes after VC thesis statements and portfolio pages?
The tech tree. A constantly updated open source map of everything you want to fund, how it interrelates, and what remains to be built. A vision of the definite future that still accommodates uncertainty and creativity.
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1456163613857570821
mentally I am here
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RT @SpaceLiminalBot
https://twitter.com/SpaceLiminalBot/status/1446803119027937283
RT @OrbitFab
Orbit Fab is working with industry leaders to provide the RAFTI™ Open License, defining a common interface for refueling satellites in space.
Read our press release: http://orbitfab.com/news
#gasstationsinspace #RAFTI #space #spaceindustry #openlicense
RT @Rainmaker1973
In a world first, scientists on Thursday piloted a camera-equipped ocean drone that looks like a robotic surfboard into a Category 4 hurricane barreling across the Atlantic Ocean. The small craft battled 15 m high waves inside Hurricane Sam [read more: https://buff.ly/3B4BMeo]
storms and rockets are a bad practical combination but make for awesome aesthetics
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RT @LabPadre
Talk about weird science... #SpaceX #Starbase #BocaChica #Texas #Starship
https://twitter.com/LabPadre/status/1444126120568365056