Being human is a team sport.
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Ever see a bus lane and thought it looked empty? Think again! Each bus lane can move more people per minute faster than a typical lane for cars.
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A Surgeon uses a robotic arm to fold a paper crane during laparoscopic surgery practice..
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Thread of cool maps you've (probably) never seen before 🧵
1. All roads lead to Rome
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In a world increasingly filled with leaders who have changed laws, killed people, and stormed parliaments to cling to power, Joe Biden just flipped the script.
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Scientists have been communicating with apes via sign language since the 1960s; apes have never asked one question.
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Image from a horror movie? Nope.
That’s the very real close-up photo of an ant.
An ant.
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"Perfection is impossible.
In the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of those matches.
But what percentage of points did I win?
54%
In other words, even top ranked tennis players win barely more than half the points they play.
When you lose ever second point on average, you learn not to dwell on every shot.
You teach yourself to think:
'Okay, I double faulted...it's only a point.'
'Okay, I came to the net and I got passed again...it's only a point.'
Even a great shot, an overhead backhand smash that ends up on ESPN's top 10 playlist – that too is just a point.
Here's why I'm telling you this.
When you're playing a point, it has to be the most important thing in the world. And it is.
But when it's behind you, it's behind you.
This mindset is crucial – because it frees you to fully commit to the next point with intensity, clarity, and focus."
–@rogerfederer
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A mother gives her daughter an unforgettable moment in her life.
A wonderful moment!
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Here’s an idea for better cities: Make owners of big SUVs & pickups pay more for parking permits.
That's what's happening in Montreal, the first North American city to try it.
In @CityLab, I explored a novel way to fight back against car bloat. 🧵
bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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I’m as guilty as anyone else here but I feel like we are getting less coverage of events in Haiti than are warranted relative to the actual impact that crises there tend to have on the United States. – at Washington, DC
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The biggest story in this graph is that we owe the vast majority of online reviews to women.
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Could AI therapists have a major positive effect on the future? Imagine if everyone on Earth had free, 24/7 access to an endlessly knowledgeable psychologist who had worked with millions of patients and had a superhuman understanding of human psychological patterns.
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You may not know you needed to hear Hillbilly-Asian Fusion music, but you do.
Wait for the Asian to fuse, baby…
