Sree Sreenivasan
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CEO, @Digimentors • co-host @NobelPrize Peace Conf • prof @uniluiss • ex-CDO @nycgov @metmuseum @columbia • https://t.co/VUV1UzHRq0 • #NYTReadalong
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Joined April 2008
LBJ breaks ground for JFK's national memorial-- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts--December 1964, a year after the assassination (RFK in rear):
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🚨 Rand Paul breaks ranks: “We have never decided to just shoot unarmed smugglers without proof. It’s horrendous. It’s illegal. It’s immoral… I’m not sending American kids to die for oil.” That’s not the left talking. That’s a Republican senator calling it what it is.
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“I've suffered a great many catastrophes in my life. Most of them never happened.” -Mark Twain
91.4% of worries experienced by people with anxiety never come true.
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This is not a debate about the hijab. That’s a distraction. It’s about courtesy, consent and power. A CM whose win was powered by women must especially apologise immediately whatever his intent was. My take on Nitish Kumar and pulling the Hijab off the face of a female doctor
#Opinion | Bihar hijab incident: Crossing red lines on bodily autonomy "Even if CM Nitish Kumar’s intentions were innocuous, he violated the norms of acceptable behaviour in pulling off a woman’s scarf covering her head," @BDUTT ✍🏻 https://t.co/j3NjtZLbbV
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Because, of course. #becauseofcourse
Checks notes: End of 2025? Yes Number of autonomous "Robotaxis"? Zero Anybody surprised?
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Checks notes: End of 2025? Yes Number of autonomous "Robotaxis"? Zero Anybody surprised?
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George Bush must be watching this and feeling so dumb that he thought he needed to bother with all that pretense
Trump on Venezuela: "They took all of our oil and we want it back. They illegally took it."
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Mitt Romney - MITT ROMNEY - writing for the New York Times today about the importance of raising some taxes on the ultra-wealthy, and closing loopholes he calls "caverns" that protect billionaires.
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There’s no getting around this if we want to avoid the deficit cliff ahead.
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What does it take to achieve the highest level of human performance? Across athletics, science, chess, and music @ScienceMagazine
https://t.co/e9EFbJyXQ5
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Top Trump econ advisor on Trump's rambling address last night: "I thought it was a real home run speech. And the thing that really made me the happiest was how much attention he paid to details."
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TIL UC Berkeley has 7 parking spots reserved exclusively for Nobel laureates who get free parking for life. Winning a Nobel to get a parking spot... makes sense to me as a motivation.
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Being in nature reduces fatigue and boosts attention. 34 experiments: After walking, playing, and learning in parks, forests, or water, kids & teens show better focus and self-control. Not all outdoor time is equal. Green and blue spaces are more refreshing than urban settings.
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Because, of course. #becauseofcourse
Trump’s social media company is attempting a $6 billion merger with a nuclear fusion company. TAE Technologies partnered with the UK’s atomic agency this month, has financial backing from the Russian gov, and hopes to see fusion power the AI revolution https://t.co/63e2MTXX84
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Wow--DOJ has a *big* problem: Over the past eight weeks, the dismissal rate of criminal complaints in D.C. has risen to 21%, compared to 0.5% over the past decade. https://t.co/ASSuSJap62
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In years past, it was relatively rare for a federal court to question the Justice Department's competency or good faith. But such questions are becoming more common.
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When I was a medical student I heard recordings of whooping cough. It was a horrible sound of suffering children. I have never heard it in person thanks to vaccines. The fact that this disease is back is terrifying. Please ensure you and your family are vaccinated #vasccineswork
Whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop.
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Because, of course. #becauseofcourse
Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid https://t.co/yw6LzB0gQw via @TPM
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For the closely watched basket of bananas, beef, electricity, and coffee, prices on the shelf continue to increase or remain at higher levels as 2025 ends.
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that leaves a very worrying 8.6% of my worries
91.4% of worries experienced by people with anxiety never come true.
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