Twitter Bookmarks for September 2023

The word “retarded” was used as a euphemism because people got offended by “moron,” which was literally invented from scratch by a scientist to be a dispassionate scientific term because people got offended by “feeble minded.” Whatever word we pick next will also become an

— tedfrank (@tedfrank) September 30, 2023

10 concepts that explain the modern world 1. Parkinson’s Law: Companies become bigger and worse over time. Clerks manufacture work for each other as overall capacity dips. When British Navy ships went down from 68 to 20, officials increased by 78%. 2. Chesterton Fence: If you

— oldbooksguy (@oldbooksguy) September 28, 2023

As a native New Yorker who studied transit planning in London, I've been thinking a lot about how congestion pricing will differ for NYC in 2024 vs. LDN in 2003, and what that means for the policies put into place between now and next year. A few thoughts:

— JohnSurico (@JohnSurico) September 25, 2023

— PicturesFoIder (@PicturesFoIder) September 23, 2023

kaitlin olson's audition for sunny is very special to me, dee came so close to being just a female voice of reason but kaitlin wanted her to be just as fucked up as the others, she made dee. also rcg laughing in the bg is adorable, rob had no idea she was the future love of his

— FlVESTARWOMAN (@FlVESTARWOMAN) September 19, 2023

Things I know at 43 that I wish I knew at 23: 1. Stop using your workouts to burn fat at the gym. Use them to build muscle & get strong. 2. You'll never know how important good health is until you lose it. 3. Quit porn. The damage it does to your brain is too great of a cost.

— CoachDanGo (@CoachDanGo) September 19, 2023

2 senior software engineers pushing to prod during the weekend and approving each other's PRs with "YEAH" and "BROTHER" messages

— tekbog (@tekbog) September 16, 2023

10 thoughts on incentives: 1. Don't ask your barber if you need a haircut. 2. "I can fix the $32 trillion US debt problem in 5 minutes. You pass a law that when there’s a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members congress are ineligible for re-election” - Warren

— george__mack (@george__mack) September 16, 2023

— InternetH0F (@InternetH0F) September 9, 2023