My first ~decade on this app I refused to find out how it works. I threw ideas into the void, it was beneath me to concern myself over it
But now that I actually know how it works I can throw my ideas into the void much more effectively!
If you're curious here's How Twitter Works
Thinking about this cause @coldhealing was describing their x-ray Algorithm vision (that they ought to write about) and I told them that a refusal to engage with the mechanics of the platform is basically equivalent to closing your eyes walking across town
(Which is what I did)
Mar 27 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
Just saw it twice in twelve hours, and I was thrilled that Villeneuve hates Dune as much as me and Tolkien
He ripped the black antihuman heart out of Herbert's story and stitched in plausible motivations
He nailed Herbert's worldview with the repeated shot: kneeling before power
Yeah, yeah, the genius of Dune is that the hero is actually powerless
Everybody in the world of bleak sixties environmentalist Herbert is controlled by invisible strings, the irony of prescience is that Paul can see the strings but remains powerless against them
Nov 11, 2023 • 29 tweets • 6 min read
People are curious about what you learn interviewing 20+ nyc women about dating apps, so here we go
Buckle your seatbelts, pour a cuppa, and put your men-are-from-mars-women-are-from-the-seventh-circle culture war gladii and scuta aside
Let's take the numbers first:
27: women interviewed
25: avg age
11: interviews that were themselves first dates (the girls knew what they were getting into, it was actually a great opener)
8: avg hrs app usage
1: times I spit out my fake tooth in front of an interviewee
0: avg # of dates a woman had per week
Jul 31, 2023 • 21 tweets • 6 min read
"Everything you eat is making you sick and reducing your testosterone."
I heard this a few weeks back and dismissed it because it sounds like a conspiracy, and slapping down dumb conspiracies makes me feel smart!
Except, uh, guys? We might actually be in trouble. Let me explain.
The idea is, basically, an herbicide we use to grow everything messes with gut microbes that maintain your testosterone levels. We've missed this so far because we haven't understood the gut biome's effect on T until the last few years!
Yeah, yeah, the genius of Dune is that the hero is actually powerless