Peter Drake HAS MOVED @peterdrake@qoto.org

RT @JohnFPfaff@twitter.com
This, from a pretty harsh review of Gladwell’s new book, is an EXCELLENT lesson on why you should always track down the original source of seemingly-unlikely statistics.

Because often secondary sources launder really bad counting.

The review is here: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/when-malcolm-gladwell-says-nothing-at-all/597697/

RT @sadanduseless@twitter.com
Pulsing Umbilical Cord iPhone Charger by Japanese Designer Mio Izawa https://www.sadanduseless.com/weirdest-phone-charger-ever/

RT @juice3wavy@twitter.com
i just heard a wolf howl for the first time and i am CRYING... please listen

RT @mjbeers1@twitter.com
Today I asked our undergraduate course assistants what instructors have done that helps them learn, and what doesn’t help them learn. Here is what they said:

RT @catherineols@twitter.com
Wow, what a plot twist in the abstract! (@sandsubramanian@twitter.com et al)

RT @thedndbags@twitter.com
DM: "Ok, this mission requires stealth. How are you approaching?"

#DnD Players:

RT @DickKingSmith@twitter.com
“Difficulties strengthen the mind as labour does the body.”
Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher (4BC-66AD.)

RT @LucyStats@twitter.com
☝️ Never too early to bring up the possibility of Simpson’s Paradox

RT @erinfranmc@twitter.com
The first time I got stuck in vim

RT @katewillaert@twitter.com
Did you know the first computer game with a narrative doesn't have its own Wikipedia entry?

Did you know the first writer of a narrative in a computer game was a woman?

Let me tell you about The Sumerian Game.

(Thanks @frankcifaldi@twitter.com for finding and scanning this pic.)

RT @TheOnion@twitter.com
World’s Cartographers Continue Living Secret Life Of Luxury On Idyllic, Never Disclosed 8th Continent https://trib.al/igUBGTk

RT @KR1573N@twitter.com
Okay, so I love "struggle marks." These are everyday markings and indicators of some sort of failure (missed key hole scrapes, handprints on a glass door you pull, coffee splashes by a door, slip trails on a snowy path, etc.)

If you find them, send them my way. 😆

RT @SlenderSherbet@twitter.com
A ninja must see underneath the underneath.

📹: Imgur user Mikec311

RT @BBCTwo@twitter.com
Natiform, collywobbles... it's 7 words you didn't know you needed, with @sanditoksvig@twitter.com! 😀📚 #QI

RT @AnnieDuke@twitter.com
Having people learn effective misinformation techniques by playing a game where they are #fakenews producers appears to inoculate them, improving ability to spot & resist it, regardless of political ideology, age or education.

Super interesting!

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0279-9

RT @VPestilenZ@twitter.com
I was today years old when I realized air bags have to be extremely precise to not harm you instead of saving