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Indiscriminate laziness

Does Communism work?

Posted on 2022/02/16 by Carl Robitaille

Plus de 3000 notifications plus tard (j'ai compté de tête), je pense qu'on peut tous se mettre d'accord là-dessus pic.twitter.com/lKEqaVxzR0
— Peggy Sastre (@nikitakarachoi) February 16, 2022

A century of global deaths from disasters

Posted on 2022/02/16 by Carl Robitaille

A century of global deaths from disasters

How did global deaths from disasters change over the last century (ish)? 👇

We've become more resilient. This will be increasingly important in our adaptation to climate change.

New chart on @OurWorldInData: https://t.co/vNQxvLkNUo pic.twitter.com/0Q1rpUPqLd
— Hannah Ritchie (@_HannahRitchie) February 16, 2022

Pour ce 15 février, anniversaire des pendaisons montréalaises de 1839 un petit fil sur le cas de Charles Hindelang, Français exécuté avec les Patriotes canadiens.

Posted on 2022/02/16 by Carl Robitaille

Pour ce 15 février, anniversaire des pendaisons montréalaises de 1839 un petit fil sur le cas de Charles Hindelang, Français exécuté avec les Patriotes canadiens. pic.twitter.com/wHklswxABP
— Dr Edouard Baraton. Un maudit Français du Québec. (@BaratonEdouard) February 15, 2022

Gauss proved the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra in his doctorial dissertation in 1799.

Posted on 2022/02/16 by Carl Robitaille

Gauss proved the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra in his doctorial dissertation in 1799.
— Algebra Etc. (@AlgebraFact) February 15, 2022

‘Nature laughs at the difficulties with integration.’ — Pierre-Simon de Laplace

Posted on 2022/02/16 by Carl Robitaille

'Nature laughs at the difficulties with integration.' — Pierre-Simon de Laplace
— Analysis Fact (@AnalysisFact) February 15, 2022

La tolérance atteindra un tel niveau…. –Dostoïevski

Posted on 2022/02/16 by Carl Robitaille

En sommes-nous rendu là?… pic.twitter.com/KOWt7iHXha
— Denise®️✨✨✨💙🇨🇦 (@denise_septem) February 13, 2022

Why Do We STILL Use Lead Pipes?!

Posted on 2022/02/16 by Carl Robitaille

The most epic fights in science

Posted on 2022/02/16 by Carl Robitaille

A vision of the future from 1969

Posted on 2022/02/15 by Carl Robitaille

A vision of the future from 1969: pic.twitter.com/s4Ba9AgeDh
— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) February 12, 2022

Here’s that pair of 1990/2010 Shanghai Bund photos as an overlaid GIF

Posted on 2022/02/15 by Carl Robitaille

Here's that pair of 1990/2010 #Shanghai Bund photos as an overlaid GIF pic.twitter.com/FKdJl6aK1S
— Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 (@wallylms.bsky.social) (@wallylms) November 29, 2017