The sad decline of One Times Square. From beautiful Beaux Arts flatiron, to modernism, to giant billboard. And despite the shortage of land in NYC, the building has been vacant for years. pic.twitter.com/GvP2UT0EZe
— Robert Kwolek (@RobertKwolek) January 2, 2019
“When we renovate this old building, let’s kill everything that was interesting, charming and beautiful about it.” #DesignFail pic.twitter.com/BmKXppYkHu
— George Hahn (@georgehahn) January 5, 2019
The Pallas’s cat has the best facial expressions pic.twitter.com/w6lB4UNRnq
— 41 Strange (@41Strange) January 4, 2019
Succulents grow the most during the spring and summer. Once fall rolls around the plants like to take a break. During their fall/winter dormant period, watering should be reduced… – See more at: https://t.co/ittkS9W3d1
— World of Succulents (@SucculentWorld) January 2, 2019
Unsurprisingly self-driving cars are not as easy to make as boosters said 2 years ago. Also, looks like they’ll be used to automate and deskill the heavily unionized transportation sector: https://t.co/cCYUu2POXy v
— david a banks (@DA_Banks) January 5, 2019
Happy National Bird Day. Starling murmurations function through chaos theory and critical mass mathematics, but they also wander into the realm of poetry, imagination, and spirit. Look up! https://t.co/b9LryeadcQ
— Lyanda Lynn Haupt (@LyandaHaupt) January 5, 2019
Amiens Cathedral Labyrinth @atlasobscura https://t.co/oIfyEO2Jnt
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 4, 2019
Forbes is developing AI that writes first drafts of articles https://t.co/ycIOqxhtWi
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 4, 2019
I just published https://t.co/T4SvMFOgCY
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) January 2, 2019
Some people say, “I don’t think it’s right for the government to restrict car usage; people should be free to do what they want.”
But they’re forgetting that by designing streets like this, many local gov’ts have already effectively banned riding a bike, with a penalty of death. pic.twitter.com/SfWJ4E4m7q
— Laura Goodfellow 🚌🏃🏼♀️ (@transitrunner) January 2, 2019
#UCDavis‘ @JamieLPeyton continues success with innovation burn care for animals. https://t.co/0vGIzPC3V3
— UC Davis Vet Med (@ucdavisvetmed) January 2, 2019
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