Nikhil

"When you've read history, you are no longer excused by ignorance." - Omar Mohammed

I was a teacher for 7 years. My wife still is one. This was/is the routine every single time.

Being an adult is somehow being both the lab rat and the scientist running the experiment.

This is wild - somebody did a deep dive into the real stories behind this famous XKCD: sheets.works/data-viz/hol...

Ms Hamilton coined the term “software engineering”.

Anyone calling it Super Intelligence tells you everything you need to know.

Relatable.

Ah, they renamed Skynet as well?

This is taking the "iced coffee interview" discussion to truly hilarious extremes 😄

Where is Stanislav Petrov when we need him the most?

Here’s the best view of an aurora I’ve ever seen (and that includes watching a solar storm from a Fairbanks snow bank).

I wonder why they didn't film the Game of Thrones finale here. Or did they?

Gander, Newfoundland. 🇨🇦 Stories of positivity on a dark day. "Come from Away" is a beautiful rendition of that spirit.

Impressed with the battery that didn't give up from the cold 🥶

Yay! About time that people moved away from using the Mercator projection. #maps youtu.be/iHkMK4n925c

Gloria Steinem, Dolly Parton.... Truly inspirational women who personified the correct meaning of the word "strength". Their passing is a huge loss to the society we find ourselves in today.

I can get behind that. ⛵

. @ourfakehistory.bsky.social The path me and my dog inadvertently traced this morning while listening to the back episode of "What went down on Easter Island". It sure looks like a slightly-tilted Moai head on Rapa Nui. Totally unplanned, but as a nerd, I'm happy it turned out that way.

We’re not changing it.

Sunlight glinting off of Lake Ontario caught by astronauts aboard the International Space Station on June 14, 2012, and May 29, 1999. flic.kr/p/2sxFSWs flic.kr/p/2sxH1fK

Now that #Canada🍁 is no longer beholden to the USA, can we refrain from using the term "gasoline" and correctly start calling it "petrol" like the rest of the English speaking, metric loving world? #ElbowsUp

I'm happy that Count Binface has taken the stigma out of seeing otherworldly characters in official spaces, outside of a Halloween party. They seem to be more in touch with the on-ground reality than earthly humans.

Perfect. 200/10. No notes.

Time to throw some light (pun entirely intended) on an important source of #data. bigthink.com/strange-maps...

A flight full of MAD scientists is how I read the post. #SolarEclipse

⭐The Numbers: When politics and the stars align 🪐It's Eric's turn to quiz Philippe, by combining his two passions : Space and politics ! thenumberspod.ca/posts/when-p...

I'd like to get to a state of the world where questions like this become the most debated things on the open internet, not the politics of rage, hate, hypocrisy and closeted racism.

Still somewhat limited. Majority of British "rocks" were quarried in Asia and China. And Latin America should also have a huge, gaping chasm from where a lot of the "rocks" were quarried that today adorn other European countries like Spain and Portugal. #geopolitics #colonialism

Brilliant opportunity 👌🏻 #history

The team at @wired.com, always asking the right questions, as they strike the balance of being a company (Condé Nast) and being on the correct side of history.

The proto @fakehistoryhunter.net. #Odyssey

Ahem.

As a map enthusiast, I find these animal and bird migration #maps absolutely fascinating. There's often so much to dig into and understand.

I hope the fact that Russell is extremely unlikely to win the WDC in 2026 will actually mentally release him from the pressure and the anxiety over the engine issues and diabolically bad racing luck, so that he can enjoy himself on track, win some races and get podiums, his Merc team willing. #F1

Messi is just a different class of footballer. Always takes the ball forward and dribbles past two men. Everyone else is playing the game at half speed. #WorldCup

Turns out that once you start playing actual football instead of focusing on wrestling on a football pitch, you can score goals and win the game. #WorldCup #EngArg

From before Spain's quarterfinal game, I wished for them to win the #WorldCup2026 final. They're halfway there. I'd pay to watch the prize giving ceremony if they win.

Note from my notebook from 2016 which I find has only grown in pertinence in the intervening decade.

I can definitely relate with this.

400% tariff of all products coming in from Belgium, starting tomorrow? One per goal? #WorldCup

#FIFA

To be filed under #HistoricJokes #WorldCup2026

Introverts stay up very late at night because it’s the only time they truly get to be alone

"Bounces back" is a bit of an understatement. #F1

A traveler asked: “How could ancient people possibly understand mathematics?” Excellent question. We accidentally invented geometry while trying to avoid carrying rocks incorrectly.