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 flowchart.fun)
twitter.com/krishnanrohit/stat

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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? t.co/uatihDybDU
twitter.com/MrGeorgeFrancis/st

RT @nasjaq__
"if we get back on the Henry Adams curve, with energy and population growth in their historic proportions, by 2200 we would reach the status of a Kardashev Type I civilization - with 100x todays population and 100x power/capita - and that's only from a 2.5% growth rate" 🤯

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 mp.weixin.qq.com/s/gQkzsxQBJED
twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/14678

RT @ToughSf
Martian explorers scale the 'Phobos Monolith', a 90m tall pile of debris from an ancient impact while their spacecraft orbits overhead.
by Thomas-Peters.
deviantart.com/thomas-peters/a

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!
twitter.com/atroyn/status/1461

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.
twitter.com/balajis/status/145

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: orbitfab.com/news

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: 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...
twitter.com/LabPadre/status/14

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