Elaine's sister, Angela Chao is married to Jim Breyer,
Harvard Global Advisory Council &
Advisory Board at Stanford & Founding Member of Stanford Institute for Human-Assisted AI
Head of Accel
Frederic Libersat of Ben-Gurion University in Israel and colleagues discovered that the venom of the jewel wasp targets a specific area of the brain responsible for initiating movement.
Ben-Gurion University (BGU) and Pennsylvania State University Researchers Publish a Review of Zombie Parasites in.bgu.ac.il/en/pages/news/…
"Prof. Frederic Libersat at BGUand Prof. David Hughes at PSU published a review that focuses on mind control in Parasite–Insect Associations."
Aug 13 • 25 tweets • 15 min read
2015: "Titagarh Wagons acquired the business of Firema Transporti S.p.a.. in partnership with Adler Plastic Spa which will hold 10% equity stake in the Italian Company and Paolo Scudieri will be director in Titagarh Firema Adler" business-standard.com/article/news-c…
"Titagarh Wagons, one of the largest freight car manufacturers in India... the Italian subsidiary Titagarh Firema supplies double-decker multiple units to Trenitalia and builds metro cars & trams for the European market"
"From recently released court documents, which I broke in a story for Bari Weiss’s Common Sense, show us senior government bureaucrats scrambling to find a scientific rationale for the travel mandate mere days before it was due to come into force."
Rupa Subramanya
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Aug 12 • 37 tweets • 16 min read
Shimon Peres at Buck's restaurant Woodside, you say?
"Harari’s remarks were made in an interview with Chris Anderson, the head of TED, published on Tuesday. He assessed widespread contemporary disillusionment among “common people” as being rooted in a fear of being “left behind” in a future run by “smart people.”"
Anderson again🙄
Aug 11 • 18 tweets • 8 min read
2015 : "David Beckham leaves his private jet and travels in a limousine, from where he steps into the opulent Venetian casino in Macau, becoming the central attraction of a masquerade ball in full swing. ..Beckham has become the public face of The Venetian..."
- The Guardian
" I consider the possibility that the Effective Altruism (EA) movement has overlooked the potential of using pre-university education as a tool to promote positive values and grow the EA movement"
Aug 9 • 24 tweets • 10 min read
"German aerial photographer Tom Hegen specialises in documenting the traces we leave on the earth's surface. His work provides an overview of places where we extract, refine and consume resources with his latest series exposing the “Lithium Triangle.”" tomhegen.com/collections/th…
Lol.
"Andre Balazs, Candace Bushnell and Roger Waters attend Book Party hosted by Anne and Jay McInerney Celebrating "The Carrie Diaries" by Candace Bushnell at Private Residence on May 20, 2010 in New York City."
" Roger Waters and Andre Balazs attend Book Party hosted by Anne Hearst McInerney, Candace Bushnell & Nicole Miller Celebrating "HOW IT ENDED" by Jay McInerney at CRU Restaurant on April 6, 2009"
Phyllis is an independent director for Alaska
Air Group, a NYSE listed company. She served on the
Nordstrom board of directors from 2005-2016 belizeangrove.org/wp-content/upl…
"Phyllis Campbell, Chairwoman of all Northwest business of JP Morgan Chase, past president and CEO of The Seattle Foundation .. her board work incl: Alaska Airlines and non-profits like PATH" - Rotary Club Seattle
"Prof. Jeffrey Sachs is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and the President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He has also served as the chair of the COVID-19 commission for the Lancet... " currentaffairs.org/2022/08/why-th…
Aug 7 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
"The government intended to advance and vote on the Online Safety Bill last month, but the scheduled vote was postponed until a new Prime Minister of the UK can be chosen. Members of Parliament should take this opportunity to insist that the bill be tossed out entirely. "
"If the Online Safety Bill passes, the UK government will be able to directly silence user speech, and even imprison those who publish messages that it doesn’t like."
"Startup Zelp, founded by Francisco Norris, uses pioneering technology to convert methane burped out by dairy and beef herds into water and carbon dioxide in an attempt to stem emissions."