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An Indonesian “researcher” faked a number of studies and traveled to Denmark to present them under different assumed names by changing hijabs between presentations (/ht @MishaTeplitskiy)
The 1994 World Cup in the US is still the highest attendance World Cup, either by total or by average attendance [Wikipedia] (h/t someone on Twitter):
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James Evans@profjamesevans
We trace this to the Nostalgia Effect: scientists cite older work as careers progress, ~1 month per career year. The paper that most anchors a researcher's career is typically published TWO YEARS before their own first publication. Imprinting that persists for decades.
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EigenGender 🔸 is going to vibecamp@EigenGender
the problem with virtue ethics is that you’re forced to conclude that Mackenzie Scott is a good person
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TierZoo@TierZoo
the amount of times I was ordered to make a product both less nutritious AND less tasty because the marketing department told me the focus group was afraid of a completely harmless food additive made me want to tear my hair out
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Kitten 🐈@kitten_beloved
Very interesting piece about Bill Watterson and his particular ethos about creative work
I often think about how Watterson struggled with daily deadlines, but then once free of them never produced anything of note for the rest of his life
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Calvin and Hobbes and the Price of Integrity
4:58 PM · Jun 14, 2026 · 24K Views
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In Brazil, there is no standard electrical voltage, so individual plugs will be marked with the voltage that they carry1.
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Apparently, the 110V one really carries 127V, but it takes appliances designed for 110V, so they sign it like that.