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Following @visakanv on twitter be like https://t.co/oz0VZSlrlu
(This is true for me too. Welcome to my mind!) https://t.co/aEh3QmLjdv
1. ornamental ironwork https://t.co/D6O0poBBvi
Cool story: In 1817, this guy Walter McFarlane was born in Torrance, near Glasgow, Scotland. He worked for a jeweller, then apprenticed with a blacksmith. He then bought over Saracen Foundry, which is responsible for a STAGGERING amount of ornamental ironwork around the world https://t.co/5u6Iab1t51
2. red bull https://t.co/L87Rt6X7Ld
3. arabic calligraphy https://t.co/VPTuRfaXkw
Arabic calligraphy has the best aesthetics of all the languages IMO if I could learn one script overnight for purely aesthetic expression, it would have to be Arabic, no contest. They have the *best* curves, and a very interesting, non-linear relationship with space https://t.co/HQgK8bhc7v
4. garlic chilli sauce https://t.co/kjhcCzW1kB
The first question, of course, is what are chillies even? how many kinds of chillies are there? what is the definition of a chilli? let's dig into the etymology of the related words ok so chili – aztec word capsicum – french botanist word pepper – maybe sanskrit/persian https://t.co/LLJ6I6L6Y3
5. soviet aesthetics https://t.co/Ud4mC2Klem
6. beautiful custom guitars https://t.co/mFrcgdswiW
Hutchinson Guitar Concepts makes the most beautiful guitars in the world. Art. He works WITH the body of the instrument, not ON it. He respects negative space. Tempo. Rhythm. Pacing. Scale. Few artists appreciate the soul of their work this well. If he did tattoos I'd fly to him https://t.co/gPXmMVGqWl
7. chop suey fonts https://t.co/pKIq3ctwAu
does anybody know the origin story behind the "kung fu" font? who was the first person who came up with it? this one is called "Ginko", then there are all these "Asian style fonts", "Chinese style fonts"... what's the story here? "Wonton fonts"... https://t.co/WYWfEAFqhs
8. (some of) the Sony story, from the Walkman to the PlayStation https://t.co/EN7EAFuEfW
Sony's story begins with Masaru Ibuka [1908–1997]. He graduated from Waseda in 1993, worked in movie film processing, then served in the Navy as a researcher during WW2. After WW2, he started a radio repair shop in the bombed out Shirokiya Department Store in Nihonbashi, Tokyo https://t.co/vppPIzBu0Z
9. Laphroaig whisky https://t.co/FRsrQq4b8u
Where do we start? How about "Scottish whisky"? For starters, turns out there are over a HUNDRED whisky distilleries in Scotland. Wow. I have also tried Macallan, Glenmorangie, Glenlivet, Lagavulin, Bowmore... that's less that 5% of all the whiskies. Wild. Why so much whisky? 🥃 https://t.co/yCJmB2Gm9t
10. Dunhill cigarettes https://t.co/mawbnDa0oV
We begin with Mr. Alfred Dunhill [1872–1959]. He was born in Hornsey, London, and his father ran a saddlery in Euston Road (picture unrelated). Seems like the critical part of the story is, Alfred witnessed the rise of the automobile, and modified his dad's biz to meet it https://t.co/OuiUp3vHCt
11. Christian aesthetics in Japanese media https://t.co/ARIqJ4mZFO
Has anybody done a blogpost or thread about Japanese animes & games where the villains have a certain... Christian aesthetic? 4 games come to mind: Breath of Fire 2, Bayonetta, Final Fantasy XIII, and Devil May Cry. I feel like there’s a “the Church is secretly evil” vibe https://t.co/SExhfJC2Ux
12. L’arc~en~Ciel basslines https://t.co/2l6goE7XmG
13. Bexel, a Korean battery company – I’ll likely go into AA batteries themselves in a future update https://t.co/FqcpXI0bPD
14. Tiger beer – every country has its own boring beer that's available everywhere + everyone's kinda okay with, and this is Singapore's https://t.co/VulQMEtloX
Amazingly (to me), Tiger Beer doesn't have an english Wikipedia page of its own. There's a page for it in Dutch (I hit the translate button), which is an odd fact. SG has a *very* active Wikipedian community so I'm surprised they haven't made a page for our #1 (I'm assuming) beer https://t.co/mkouqOwBbW
15. The 1999 JTSS Total Defence Day Incident https://t.co/d99GjQF0PC
to reiterate: in 1999, a group of 8 older boys walked into a singaporean secondary school, with the (ignorant) blessings of the school administration, physically beat the students, and then left! apparently without ever facing any consequences. life before social media was wild
16. The use of old gods in corporate logos – Mars in particular https://t.co/0q364Ta9WU
TIL that Staedtler's logo is not just any random soldier, but it's supposed to be Mars, the Roman god of war. His Greek equivalent, Ares, was treated with some revulsion, but Mars was glorified by the Romans. The month of March is named after him https://t.co/9u8GdIFNyi
17. The A/B testing of Evony Online ads https://t.co/kz7L55IHi1
Do ya'll remember EVONY? I don't know if anybody ever cared about the game itself, but the ads... the ads are a magnificent, breast-y story of A/B testing that goes all the way to double D's and beyond It started innocuously enough. which do you think got more clicks? 🍒 https://t.co/sPNBuDz4dk
18. the marketing + positioning genius of @ladygaga https://t.co/7PTQpPqcrK
been procrastinating for years on an essay exploring how lady gaga chose to be weird as a positioning strategy in order to get the attention (for her hard-won talent) that would make her a star. she knew she couldn't get to where she is by playing it straight https://t.co/vver9z2q5m
19. taylor swift https://t.co/X9zFeTOSgT
20. mean girls https://t.co/ydXnJ6AOr4
21. Logitech mice https://t.co/EzyoPBZAAX
I've been finding that it's often most interesting to start with "so who are the people who made this" – and in this case, it turns out that Logitech was founded in Lausanne, Switzerland. These are Daniel Borel (Swiss), Pierluigi Zappacosta (Italian) and Giacomo Marini (Italian) https://t.co/IwYC4LsknG
22. Pulling on some architecture and history threads while trying to appreciate Mission High School, bear Dolores Park in SF https://t.co/5Np5rkf2wl
So, what do we know? Mission is the oldest high school in SF that's still on its original site – since 1896! It gets its name from Mission San Francisco de Asís (or Mission Dolores), which is THE oldest surviving structure in SF. Multiple threads to pull on here... https://t.co/2OqByZNFmS
23. "Why are there crushed stones alongside rail tracks?" https://t.co/wPm2fi0UNK
24. Chen Wen Hsi, the painter responsible for the gibbons on Singapore's $50 note https://t.co/ckEB8h1QFR
25. my theory of tattoos https://t.co/UCdyZVxG7V
26. the joy of mathematics https://t.co/6df6d2EFoJ
27. Nutella https://t.co/XBx4Lkgsv9
Nutella is made by Ferrero, the Italian company that also makes Kinder Bueno, Kinder Surprise & Ferrero Rocher. Ferrero is a very secretive company– Michele Ferrero (son of Pietro Ferrero, the founder) was the richest man in Italy ($20B), yet you don't really hear much the family https://t.co/XjTTOsMjiw
28. robots in Japanese culture https://t.co/iycooFmXin
Anecdotally: Post-War Japan, after having atomic bombs dropped on them, rapidly modernized – making leapfrog developments in infrastructure and hardware. In the 80s they seemed like they could be the next global superpower (comments from /r/cyberpunk) https://t.co/vk3tIfuQfl https://t.co/bB9IFhU9T9
29. twin-stick shooters, and how video games teach spatial awareness https://t.co/QsFsB4zxKh
Right – turns out what I'm looking for are examples of "twin stick shooters" – games that require you to use one stick to move, and another stick to reorient. Here's Beacon, which is one such game. I've been thinking about this a lot while helping my wife get better at FPS games https://t.co/boaxXKTphZ
30. Ramanujan [1887–1920] https://t.co/4wN1sTeOH9
I want to do a thread about Srinivasa Ramanujan, the mathematician. He lived a short but brilliant life of 32 years. He was born in 1887 in Erode, and he lived and died in Kumbakonam – not too far from where my grandparents were from https://t.co/nxQm6im0Bl
31. Lady Columbia, and other personifications like her https://t.co/JvaqKvlsSf
Googled “manifest destiny” and was tickled to find this painting by John Gast: American Progress (1872). That’s Columbia, she was a personification of the USA who predated Lady Liberty... and SHE’S LAYING TELEGRAPH CABLES!! And also driving the indigenous people off their land https://t.co/wrFcnfkdCy
32. pewter https://t.co/kjZIUNUHHt
33. the iconography of hindu deities https://t.co/rRqsMQWZkl
A thing I've been curious abt is, what I personally think of as "the old style of Hindu iconography". If you look up Hindu gods now, there's a very distinctive aesthetic. Eg, here's a pretty iconic depiction of Krishna revealing his cosmic infinitude to Arjuna before the battle https://t.co/l7Xv3HSbYy
34. The history and cultural impact of the Polaroid camera https://t.co/BE6pXoQCMC
35. “Math is actually fascinating if you get to learn it at your own pace in a curiosity-led way” thread https://t.co/cqusuBcprf
Shall we? Let’s do this! What is trigonometry? Trigonometry begins with the cult of Triangle worship Would you like the secrets of the universe? You must recite the Pythagorean prayer before you may obtain it. Recite it!!! [Mr. Visa gets dragged out of class by security] https://t.co/StXfcXRzuo
36. Steve Vai https://t.co/nuEAbYJJh4
Feel like doing a Steve Vai aesthetics thread. Steve and I share the same birthday (06/06), and while I've never been a ~huge~ fan of his music personally, I admire his embodiment of his own aesthetics. At his peak (IMO), he had this interesting xeno-magick-conjurer vibe going on https://t.co/TDVFsf0tKb
37. Jukeboxes https://t.co/lnuZCrsdIM https://t.co/WimE5Ce8ho
“In its height of popularity in the mid-1950s, approx. 750,000 jukeboxes were in use across the 🇺🇸. That dipped during the ‘70s & ‘80s, but w/ the advent of CD tech & a growing antiques market, the number of jukeboxes presently in use is a solid 250,000.” https://t.co/XjNiCLDjEX https://t.co/ssM0ix5MYM
38. Jimi Hendrix https://t.co/cieLuW5obr https://t.co/9roR5rhOAX
39. Steve Jobs https://t.co/psvlbVkOLZ https://t.co/KqA79qP7nl
40. VS Ramachandran https://t.co/rNPkCwJbkr https://t.co/TWLgcl4pWX
Dr. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, physician-trained neuroscientist. Born in Tamil Nadu in 1951, his father wanted him to be a doctor, so he completed medical school. He then become a researcher in human visual processing, then phantom limbs, & more https://t.co/vpZSr9IQW2 https://t.co/XWoiPZdPzm
41. draw this again https://t.co/ZLEHFIJmK3
One of my favorite memes from over a decade ago (!!!) was "draw this again", where artists would revisit their older work and reinterpret it I love paying close attention to what changes and what stays the same, and to how they get better at achieving their own intent https://t.co/btf9mpKXFJ
42. iconography for artists https://t.co/FTwN1xql7p
this is now a thread about iconic visuals first some, supporting evidence that eilish actually got this done this is not an easy feat!! a lot of more successful artists (i'm thinking maybe even rihanna and beyonce?? or mariah carey, etc?) don't have such iconic images https://t.co/Ji8UrBQroX
43. spiderwebs🕸 https://t.co/y24qglz1u6
if you google image search "spider web", you get all these pretty, perfect webs i'm more curious about the ugly, messy and imperfect ones – I feel like there's a wisdom in them something about how to adapt, rebuild, repair, and how to allocate resources https://t.co/AlnKGjYYDr
44. Edgar Allen Poe and his reply guy George W. Eveleth https://t.co/0kJ4D4zI3Z
45. Gustave Eiffel's work → the World's Fair → gamelan music... https://t.co/nHXEw7VU7P
Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower in 1889, for the World's Fair. If you look at his earlier work, you can kinda trace the evolution of his style: Bourdoux bridge (1860) Maria Pia Bridge (1877) Garabit Viaduct (1884) Colbert Bridge (1888) https://t.co/c2OAyvC6wA https://t.co/f6OIY5B7Xs
46. the paintings of Liu Kang https://t.co/8hQco4DiFh
47. trash cans https://t.co/hVPO6mJVBr
48. neon lights https://t.co/0QHixzKcDd
51. Ramon Maiden https://t.co/C09oZjidVU
finding out the origin of the name of this color Chartreuse was such a fckin trip. "It was named because of its resemblance to the green color of a French liqueur called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764." ok, why is the drink called that? https://t.co/Cpt8e44R8c
TIL about Erasmus – (probably well known to Europeans, there's a student exchange named after him) – one of the most prolific men of letters in the 1500s, corresponding with literally hundreds of people. he was born out of wedlock, both of his parents died in the plague... https://t.co/msUcui2O6H
~50 years after Erasmus came Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), an ordained Catholic priest who was called "the post-box of Europe". He was mutuals with Descartes, Pascal, Hobbes, Galileo, Huygenes. If you wanted to get something to someone, you sent it to him, and he'd reroute it https://t.co/v8SdXhAROq https://t.co/xnQQQSho7K
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was born to a wealthy family, raised in Oakland CA. Both her parents died by the time she was 17. At Radcliffe College, she was a student of William James, who called her brilliant and encouraged her to go to med school. She got bored and flunked out https://t.co/13AvlZ8RA3
George Bernard Shaw was born 1856 in Dublin, won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1925, having written over 60 plays. He moved to London at 20, and struggled to establish himself, and embarked on a "rigorous process of self-education". He lived to a ripe old age of 94 https://t.co/75VNziXaSt https://t.co/1J1d7VSCAN
curious about the history of Spongebob Squarepants. Its creator Stephen Hillenburg sadly died in 2018 aged 57, from ALS He was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's oceanography as a kid, became marine biologist Oh and he worked as a fry cook after high school... of course https://t.co/SkhF4K8mTS
40. VS Ramachandran https://t.co/rNPkCwJbkr https://t.co/TWLgcl4pWX
Dr. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, physician-trained neuroscientist. Born in Tamil Nadu in 1951, his father wanted him to be a doctor, so he completed medical school. He then become a researcher in human visual processing, then phantom limbs, & more https://t.co/vpZSr9IQW2 https://t.co/XWoiPZdPzm
41. draw this again https://t.co/ZLEHFIJmK3
One of my favorite memes from over a decade ago (!!!) was "draw this again", where artists would revisit their older work and reinterpret it I love paying close attention to what changes and what stays the same, and to how they get better at achieving their own intent https://t.co/btf9mpKXFJ
42. iconography for artists https://t.co/FTwN1xql7p
this is now a thread about iconic visuals first some, supporting evidence that eilish actually got this done this is not an easy feat!! a lot of more successful artists (i'm thinking maybe even rihanna and beyonce?? or mariah carey, etc?) don't have such iconic images https://t.co/Ji8UrBQroX
43. spiderwebs🕸 https://t.co/y24qglz1u6
if you google image search "spider web", you get all these pretty, perfect webs i'm more curious about the ugly, messy and imperfect ones – I feel like there's a wisdom in them something about how to adapt, rebuild, repair, and how to allocate resources https://t.co/AlnKGjYYDr
44. Edgar Allen Poe and his reply guy George W. Eveleth https://t.co/0kJ4D4zI3Z
45. Gustave Eiffel's work → the World's Fair → gamelan music... https://t.co/nHXEw7VU7P
Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower in 1889, for the World's Fair. If you look at his earlier work, you can kinda trace the evolution of his style: Bourdoux bridge (1860) Maria Pia Bridge (1877) Garabit Viaduct (1884) Colbert Bridge (1888) https://t.co/c2OAyvC6wA https://t.co/f6OIY5B7Xs
46. the paintings of Liu Kang https://t.co/8hQco4DiFh
47. trash cans https://t.co/hVPO6mJVBr
48. neon lights https://t.co/0QHixzKcDd
51. Ramon Maiden https://t.co/C09oZjidVU
finding out the origin of the name of this color Chartreuse was such a fckin trip. "It was named because of its resemblance to the green color of a French liqueur called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764." ok, why is the drink called that? https://t.co/Cpt8e44R8c
TIL about Erasmus – (probably well known to Europeans, there's a student exchange named after him) – one of the most prolific men of letters in the 1500s, corresponding with literally hundreds of people. he was born out of wedlock, both of his parents died in the plague... https://t.co/msUcui2O6H
~50 years after Erasmus came Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), an ordained Catholic priest who was called "the post-box of Europe". He was mutuals with Descartes, Pascal, Hobbes, Galileo, Huygenes. If you wanted to get something to someone, you sent it to him, and he'd reroute it https://t.co/v8SdXhAROq https://t.co/xnQQQSho7K
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was born to a wealthy family, raised in Oakland CA. Both her parents died by the time she was 17. At Radcliffe College, she was a student of William James, who called her brilliant and encouraged her to go to med school. She got bored and flunked out https://t.co/13AvlZ8RA3
George Bernard Shaw was born 1856 in Dublin, won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1925, having written over 60 plays. He moved to London at 20, and struggled to establish himself, and embarked on a "rigorous process of self-education". He lived to a ripe old age of 94 https://t.co/75VNziXaSt https://t.co/1J1d7VSCAN
curious about the history of Spongebob Squarepants. Its creator Stephen Hillenburg sadly died in 2018 aged 57, from ALS He was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's oceanography as a kid, became marine biologist Oh and he worked as a fry cook after high school... of course https://t.co/SkhF4K8mTS
39. Steve Jobs https://t.co/psvlbVkOLZ https://t.co/KqA79qP7nl
40. VS Ramachandran https://t.co/rNPkCwJbkr https://t.co/TWLgcl4pWX
Dr. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, physician-trained neuroscientist. Born in Tamil Nadu in 1951, his father wanted him to be a doctor, so he completed medical school. He then become a researcher in human visual processing, then phantom limbs, & more https://t.co/vpZSr9IQW2 https://t.co/XWoiPZdPzm
41. draw this again https://t.co/ZLEHFIJmK3
One of my favorite memes from over a decade ago (!!!) was "draw this again", where artists would revisit their older work and reinterpret it I love paying close attention to what changes and what stays the same, and to how they get better at achieving their own intent https://t.co/btf9mpKXFJ
42. iconography for artists https://t.co/FTwN1xql7p
this is now a thread about iconic visuals first some, supporting evidence that eilish actually got this done this is not an easy feat!! a lot of more successful artists (i'm thinking maybe even rihanna and beyonce?? or mariah carey, etc?) don't have such iconic images https://t.co/Ji8UrBQroX
43. spiderwebs🕸 https://t.co/y24qglz1u6
if you google image search "spider web", you get all these pretty, perfect webs i'm more curious about the ugly, messy and imperfect ones – I feel like there's a wisdom in them something about how to adapt, rebuild, repair, and how to allocate resources https://t.co/AlnKGjYYDr
44. Edgar Allen Poe and his reply guy George W. Eveleth https://t.co/0kJ4D4zI3Z
45. Gustave Eiffel's work → the World's Fair → gamelan music... https://t.co/nHXEw7VU7P
Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower in 1889, for the World's Fair. If you look at his earlier work, you can kinda trace the evolution of his style: Bourdoux bridge (1860) Maria Pia Bridge (1877) Garabit Viaduct (1884) Colbert Bridge (1888) https://t.co/c2OAyvC6wA https://t.co/f6OIY5B7Xs
46. the paintings of Liu Kang https://t.co/8hQco4DiFh
47. trash cans https://t.co/hVPO6mJVBr
48. neon lights https://t.co/0QHixzKcDd
51. Ramon Maiden https://t.co/C09oZjidVU
finding out the origin of the name of this color Chartreuse was such a fckin trip. "It was named because of its resemblance to the green color of a French liqueur called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764." ok, why is the drink called that? https://t.co/Cpt8e44R8c
TIL about Erasmus – (probably well known to Europeans, there's a student exchange named after him) – one of the most prolific men of letters in the 1500s, corresponding with literally hundreds of people. he was born out of wedlock, both of his parents died in the plague... https://t.co/msUcui2O6H
~50 years after Erasmus came Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), an ordained Catholic priest who was called "the post-box of Europe". He was mutuals with Descartes, Pascal, Hobbes, Galileo, Huygenes. If you wanted to get something to someone, you sent it to him, and he'd reroute it https://t.co/v8SdXhAROq https://t.co/xnQQQSho7K
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was born to a wealthy family, raised in Oakland CA. Both her parents died by the time she was 17. At Radcliffe College, she was a student of William James, who called her brilliant and encouraged her to go to med school. She got bored and flunked out https://t.co/13AvlZ8RA3
George Bernard Shaw was born 1856 in Dublin, won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1925, having written over 60 plays. He moved to London at 20, and struggled to establish himself, and embarked on a "rigorous process of self-education". He lived to a ripe old age of 94 https://t.co/75VNziXaSt https://t.co/1J1d7VSCAN
curious about the history of Spongebob Squarepants. Its creator Stephen Hillenburg sadly died in 2018 aged 57, from ALS He was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's oceanography as a kid, became marine biologist Oh and he worked as a fry cook after high school... of course https://t.co/SkhF4K8mTS
40. VS Ramachandran https://t.co/rNPkCwJbkr https://t.co/TWLgcl4pWX
Dr. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, physician-trained neuroscientist. Born in Tamil Nadu in 1951, his father wanted him to be a doctor, so he completed medical school. He then become a researcher in human visual processing, then phantom limbs, & more https://t.co/vpZSr9IQW2 https://t.co/XWoiPZdPzm
41. draw this again https://t.co/ZLEHFIJmK3
One of my favorite memes from over a decade ago (!!!) was "draw this again", where artists would revisit their older work and reinterpret it I love paying close attention to what changes and what stays the same, and to how they get better at achieving their own intent https://t.co/btf9mpKXFJ
42. iconography for artists https://t.co/FTwN1xql7p
this is now a thread about iconic visuals first some, supporting evidence that eilish actually got this done this is not an easy feat!! a lot of more successful artists (i'm thinking maybe even rihanna and beyonce?? or mariah carey, etc?) don't have such iconic images https://t.co/Ji8UrBQroX
43. spiderwebs🕸 https://t.co/y24qglz1u6
if you google image search "spider web", you get all these pretty, perfect webs i'm more curious about the ugly, messy and imperfect ones – I feel like there's a wisdom in them something about how to adapt, rebuild, repair, and how to allocate resources https://t.co/AlnKGjYYDr
44. Edgar Allen Poe and his reply guy George W. Eveleth https://t.co/0kJ4D4zI3Z
45. Gustave Eiffel's work → the World's Fair → gamelan music... https://t.co/nHXEw7VU7P
Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower in 1889, for the World's Fair. If you look at his earlier work, you can kinda trace the evolution of his style: Bourdoux bridge (1860) Maria Pia Bridge (1877) Garabit Viaduct (1884) Colbert Bridge (1888) https://t.co/c2OAyvC6wA https://t.co/f6OIY5B7Xs
46. the paintings of Liu Kang https://t.co/8hQco4DiFh
47. trash cans https://t.co/hVPO6mJVBr
48. neon lights https://t.co/0QHixzKcDd
51. Ramon Maiden https://t.co/C09oZjidVU
finding out the origin of the name of this color Chartreuse was such a fckin trip. "It was named because of its resemblance to the green color of a French liqueur called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764." ok, why is the drink called that? https://t.co/Cpt8e44R8c
TIL about Erasmus – (probably well known to Europeans, there's a student exchange named after him) – one of the most prolific men of letters in the 1500s, corresponding with literally hundreds of people. he was born out of wedlock, both of his parents died in the plague... https://t.co/msUcui2O6H
~50 years after Erasmus came Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), an ordained Catholic priest who was called "the post-box of Europe". He was mutuals with Descartes, Pascal, Hobbes, Galileo, Huygenes. If you wanted to get something to someone, you sent it to him, and he'd reroute it https://t.co/v8SdXhAROq https://t.co/xnQQQSho7K
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was born to a wealthy family, raised in Oakland CA. Both her parents died by the time she was 17. At Radcliffe College, she was a student of William James, who called her brilliant and encouraged her to go to med school. She got bored and flunked out https://t.co/13AvlZ8RA3
George Bernard Shaw was born 1856 in Dublin, won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1925, having written over 60 plays. He moved to London at 20, and struggled to establish himself, and embarked on a "rigorous process of self-education". He lived to a ripe old age of 94 https://t.co/75VNziXaSt https://t.co/1J1d7VSCAN
curious about the history of Spongebob Squarepants. Its creator Stephen Hillenburg sadly died in 2018 aged 57, from ALS He was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's oceanography as a kid, became marine biologist Oh and he worked as a fry cook after high school... of course https://t.co/SkhF4K8mTS
38. Jimi Hendrix https://t.co/cieLuW5obr https://t.co/9roR5rhOAX
39. Steve Jobs https://t.co/psvlbVkOLZ https://t.co/KqA79qP7nl
40. VS Ramachandran https://t.co/rNPkCwJbkr https://t.co/TWLgcl4pWX
Dr. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, physician-trained neuroscientist. Born in Tamil Nadu in 1951, his father wanted him to be a doctor, so he completed medical school. He then become a researcher in human visual processing, then phantom limbs, & more https://t.co/vpZSr9IQW2 https://t.co/XWoiPZdPzm
41. draw this again https://t.co/ZLEHFIJmK3
One of my favorite memes from over a decade ago (!!!) was "draw this again", where artists would revisit their older work and reinterpret it I love paying close attention to what changes and what stays the same, and to how they get better at achieving their own intent https://t.co/btf9mpKXFJ
42. iconography for artists https://t.co/FTwN1xql7p
this is now a thread about iconic visuals first some, supporting evidence that eilish actually got this done this is not an easy feat!! a lot of more successful artists (i'm thinking maybe even rihanna and beyonce?? or mariah carey, etc?) don't have such iconic images https://t.co/Ji8UrBQroX
43. spiderwebs🕸 https://t.co/y24qglz1u6
if you google image search "spider web", you get all these pretty, perfect webs i'm more curious about the ugly, messy and imperfect ones – I feel like there's a wisdom in them something about how to adapt, rebuild, repair, and how to allocate resources https://t.co/AlnKGjYYDr
44. Edgar Allen Poe and his reply guy George W. Eveleth https://t.co/0kJ4D4zI3Z
45. Gustave Eiffel's work → the World's Fair → gamelan music... https://t.co/nHXEw7VU7P
Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower in 1889, for the World's Fair. If you look at his earlier work, you can kinda trace the evolution of his style: Bourdoux bridge (1860) Maria Pia Bridge (1877) Garabit Viaduct (1884) Colbert Bridge (1888) https://t.co/c2OAyvC6wA https://t.co/f6OIY5B7Xs
46. the paintings of Liu Kang https://t.co/8hQco4DiFh
47. trash cans https://t.co/hVPO6mJVBr
48. neon lights https://t.co/0QHixzKcDd
51. Ramon Maiden https://t.co/C09oZjidVU
finding out the origin of the name of this color Chartreuse was such a fckin trip. "It was named because of its resemblance to the green color of a French liqueur called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764." ok, why is the drink called that? https://t.co/Cpt8e44R8c
TIL about Erasmus – (probably well known to Europeans, there's a student exchange named after him) – one of the most prolific men of letters in the 1500s, corresponding with literally hundreds of people. he was born out of wedlock, both of his parents died in the plague... https://t.co/msUcui2O6H
~50 years after Erasmus came Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), an ordained Catholic priest who was called "the post-box of Europe". He was mutuals with Descartes, Pascal, Hobbes, Galileo, Huygenes. If you wanted to get something to someone, you sent it to him, and he'd reroute it https://t.co/v8SdXhAROq https://t.co/xnQQQSho7K
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was born to a wealthy family, raised in Oakland CA. Both her parents died by the time she was 17. At Radcliffe College, she was a student of William James, who called her brilliant and encouraged her to go to med school. She got bored and flunked out https://t.co/13AvlZ8RA3
George Bernard Shaw was born 1856 in Dublin, won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1925, having written over 60 plays. He moved to London at 20, and struggled to establish himself, and embarked on a "rigorous process of self-education". He lived to a ripe old age of 94 https://t.co/75VNziXaSt https://t.co/1J1d7VSCAN
curious about the history of Spongebob Squarepants. Its creator Stephen Hillenburg sadly died in 2018 aged 57, from ALS He was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's oceanography as a kid, became marine biologist Oh and he worked as a fry cook after high school... of course https://t.co/SkhF4K8mTS
40. VS Ramachandran https://t.co/rNPkCwJbkr https://t.co/TWLgcl4pWX
Dr. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, physician-trained neuroscientist. Born in Tamil Nadu in 1951, his father wanted him to be a doctor, so he completed medical school. He then become a researcher in human visual processing, then phantom limbs, & more https://t.co/vpZSr9IQW2 https://t.co/XWoiPZdPzm
41. draw this again https://t.co/ZLEHFIJmK3
One of my favorite memes from over a decade ago (!!!) was "draw this again", where artists would revisit their older work and reinterpret it I love paying close attention to what changes and what stays the same, and to how they get better at achieving their own intent https://t.co/btf9mpKXFJ
42. iconography for artists https://t.co/FTwN1xql7p
this is now a thread about iconic visuals first some, supporting evidence that eilish actually got this done this is not an easy feat!! a lot of more successful artists (i'm thinking maybe even rihanna and beyonce?? or mariah carey, etc?) don't have such iconic images https://t.co/Ji8UrBQroX
43. spiderwebs🕸 https://t.co/y24qglz1u6
if you google image search "spider web", you get all these pretty, perfect webs i'm more curious about the ugly, messy and imperfect ones – I feel like there's a wisdom in them something about how to adapt, rebuild, repair, and how to allocate resources https://t.co/AlnKGjYYDr
44. Edgar Allen Poe and his reply guy George W. Eveleth https://t.co/0kJ4D4zI3Z
45. Gustave Eiffel's work → the World's Fair → gamelan music... https://t.co/nHXEw7VU7P
Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower in 1889, for the World's Fair. If you look at his earlier work, you can kinda trace the evolution of his style: Bourdoux bridge (1860) Maria Pia Bridge (1877) Garabit Viaduct (1884) Colbert Bridge (1888) https://t.co/c2OAyvC6wA https://t.co/f6OIY5B7Xs
46. the paintings of Liu Kang https://t.co/8hQco4DiFh
47. trash cans https://t.co/hVPO6mJVBr
48. neon lights https://t.co/0QHixzKcDd
51. Ramon Maiden https://t.co/C09oZjidVU
finding out the origin of the name of this color Chartreuse was such a fckin trip. "It was named because of its resemblance to the green color of a French liqueur called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764." ok, why is the drink called that? https://t.co/Cpt8e44R8c
TIL about Erasmus – (probably well known to Europeans, there's a student exchange named after him) – one of the most prolific men of letters in the 1500s, corresponding with literally hundreds of people. he was born out of wedlock, both of his parents died in the plague... https://t.co/msUcui2O6H
~50 years after Erasmus came Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), an ordained Catholic priest who was called "the post-box of Europe". He was mutuals with Descartes, Pascal, Hobbes, Galileo, Huygenes. If you wanted to get something to someone, you sent it to him, and he'd reroute it https://t.co/v8SdXhAROq https://t.co/xnQQQSho7K
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was born to a wealthy family, raised in Oakland CA. Both her parents died by the time she was 17. At Radcliffe College, she was a student of William James, who called her brilliant and encouraged her to go to med school. She got bored and flunked out https://t.co/13AvlZ8RA3
George Bernard Shaw was born 1856 in Dublin, won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1925, having written over 60 plays. He moved to London at 20, and struggled to establish himself, and embarked on a "rigorous process of self-education". He lived to a ripe old age of 94 https://t.co/75VNziXaSt https://t.co/1J1d7VSCAN
curious about the history of Spongebob Squarepants. Its creator Stephen Hillenburg sadly died in 2018 aged 57, from ALS He was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's oceanography as a kid, became marine biologist Oh and he worked as a fry cook after high school... of course https://t.co/SkhF4K8mTS
39. Steve Jobs https://t.co/psvlbVkOLZ https://t.co/KqA79qP7nl
40. VS Ramachandran https://t.co/rNPkCwJbkr https://t.co/TWLgcl4pWX
Dr. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, physician-trained neuroscientist. Born in Tamil Nadu in 1951, his father wanted him to be a doctor, so he completed medical school. He then become a researcher in human visual processing, then phantom limbs, & more https://t.co/vpZSr9IQW2 https://t.co/XWoiPZdPzm
41. draw this again https://t.co/ZLEHFIJmK3
One of my favorite memes from over a decade ago (!!!) was "draw this again", where artists would revisit their older work and reinterpret it I love paying close attention to what changes and what stays the same, and to how they get better at achieving their own intent https://t.co/btf9mpKXFJ
42. iconography for artists https://t.co/FTwN1xql7p
this is now a thread about iconic visuals first some, supporting evidence that eilish actually got this done this is not an easy feat!! a lot of more successful artists (i'm thinking maybe even rihanna and beyonce?? or mariah carey, etc?) don't have such iconic images https://t.co/Ji8UrBQroX
43. spiderwebs🕸 https://t.co/y24qglz1u6
if you google image search "spider web", you get all these pretty, perfect webs i'm more curious about the ugly, messy and imperfect ones – I feel like there's a wisdom in them something about how to adapt, rebuild, repair, and how to allocate resources https://t.co/AlnKGjYYDr
44. Edgar Allen Poe and his reply guy George W. Eveleth https://t.co/0kJ4D4zI3Z
45. Gustave Eiffel's work → the World's Fair → gamelan music... https://t.co/nHXEw7VU7P
Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower in 1889, for the World's Fair. If you look at his earlier work, you can kinda trace the evolution of his style: Bourdoux bridge (1860) Maria Pia Bridge (1877) Garabit Viaduct (1884) Colbert Bridge (1888) https://t.co/c2OAyvC6wA https://t.co/f6OIY5B7Xs
46. the paintings of Liu Kang https://t.co/8hQco4DiFh
47. trash cans https://t.co/hVPO6mJVBr
48. neon lights https://t.co/0QHixzKcDd
51. Ramon Maiden https://t.co/C09oZjidVU
finding out the origin of the name of this color Chartreuse was such a fckin trip. "It was named because of its resemblance to the green color of a French liqueur called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764." ok, why is the drink called that? https://t.co/Cpt8e44R8c
TIL about Erasmus – (probably well known to Europeans, there's a student exchange named after him) – one of the most prolific men of letters in the 1500s, corresponding with literally hundreds of people. he was born out of wedlock, both of his parents died in the plague... https://t.co/msUcui2O6H
~50 years after Erasmus came Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), an ordained Catholic priest who was called "the post-box of Europe". He was mutuals with Descartes, Pascal, Hobbes, Galileo, Huygenes. If you wanted to get something to someone, you sent it to him, and he'd reroute it https://t.co/v8SdXhAROq https://t.co/xnQQQSho7K
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was born to a wealthy family, raised in Oakland CA. Both her parents died by the time she was 17. At Radcliffe College, she was a student of William James, who called her brilliant and encouraged her to go to med school. She got bored and flunked out https://t.co/13AvlZ8RA3
George Bernard Shaw was born 1856 in Dublin, won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1925, having written over 60 plays. He moved to London at 20, and struggled to establish himself, and embarked on a "rigorous process of self-education". He lived to a ripe old age of 94 https://t.co/75VNziXaSt https://t.co/1J1d7VSCAN
curious about the history of Spongebob Squarepants. Its creator Stephen Hillenburg sadly died in 2018 aged 57, from ALS He was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's oceanography as a kid, became marine biologist Oh and he worked as a fry cook after high school... of course https://t.co/SkhF4K8mTS
40. VS Ramachandran https://t.co/rNPkCwJbkr https://t.co/TWLgcl4pWX
Dr. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, physician-trained neuroscientist. Born in Tamil Nadu in 1951, his father wanted him to be a doctor, so he completed medical school. He then become a researcher in human visual processing, then phantom limbs, & more https://t.co/vpZSr9IQW2 https://t.co/XWoiPZdPzm
41. draw this again https://t.co/ZLEHFIJmK3
One of my favorite memes from over a decade ago (!!!) was "draw this again", where artists would revisit their older work and reinterpret it I love paying close attention to what changes and what stays the same, and to how they get better at achieving their own intent https://t.co/btf9mpKXFJ
42. iconography for artists https://t.co/FTwN1xql7p
this is now a thread about iconic visuals first some, supporting evidence that eilish actually got this done this is not an easy feat!! a lot of more successful artists (i'm thinking maybe even rihanna and beyonce?? or mariah carey, etc?) don't have such iconic images https://t.co/Ji8UrBQroX
43. spiderwebs🕸 https://t.co/y24qglz1u6
if you google image search "spider web", you get all these pretty, perfect webs i'm more curious about the ugly, messy and imperfect ones – I feel like there's a wisdom in them something about how to adapt, rebuild, repair, and how to allocate resources https://t.co/AlnKGjYYDr
44. Edgar Allen Poe and his reply guy George W. Eveleth https://t.co/0kJ4D4zI3Z
45. Gustave Eiffel's work → the World's Fair → gamelan music... https://t.co/nHXEw7VU7P
Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower in 1889, for the World's Fair. If you look at his earlier work, you can kinda trace the evolution of his style: Bourdoux bridge (1860) Maria Pia Bridge (1877) Garabit Viaduct (1884) Colbert Bridge (1888) https://t.co/c2OAyvC6wA https://t.co/f6OIY5B7Xs
46. the paintings of Liu Kang https://t.co/8hQco4DiFh
47. trash cans https://t.co/hVPO6mJVBr
48. neon lights https://t.co/0QHixzKcDd
51. Ramon Maiden https://t.co/C09oZjidVU
finding out the origin of the name of this color Chartreuse was such a fckin trip. "It was named because of its resemblance to the green color of a French liqueur called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764." ok, why is the drink called that? https://t.co/Cpt8e44R8c
TIL about Erasmus – (probably well known to Europeans, there's a student exchange named after him) – one of the most prolific men of letters in the 1500s, corresponding with literally hundreds of people. he was born out of wedlock, both of his parents died in the plague... https://t.co/msUcui2O6H
~50 years after Erasmus came Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), an ordained Catholic priest who was called "the post-box of Europe". He was mutuals with Descartes, Pascal, Hobbes, Galileo, Huygenes. If you wanted to get something to someone, you sent it to him, and he'd reroute it https://t.co/v8SdXhAROq https://t.co/xnQQQSho7K
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was born to a wealthy family, raised in Oakland CA. Both her parents died by the time she was 17. At Radcliffe College, she was a student of William James, who called her brilliant and encouraged her to go to med school. She got bored and flunked out https://t.co/13AvlZ8RA3
George Bernard Shaw was born 1856 in Dublin, won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1925, having written over 60 plays. He moved to London at 20, and struggled to establish himself, and embarked on a "rigorous process of self-education". He lived to a ripe old age of 94 https://t.co/75VNziXaSt https://t.co/1J1d7VSCAN
curious about the history of Spongebob Squarepants. Its creator Stephen Hillenburg sadly died in 2018 aged 57, from ALS He was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's oceanography as a kid, became marine biologist Oh and he worked as a fry cook after high school... of course https://t.co/SkhF4K8mTS
37. Jukeboxes https://t.co/lnuZCrsdIM https://t.co/WimE5Ce8ho
“In its height of popularity in the mid-1950s, approx. 750,000 jukeboxes were in use across the 🇺🇸. That dipped during the ‘70s & ‘80s, but w/ the advent of CD tech & a growing antiques market, the number of jukeboxes presently in use is a solid 250,000.” https://t.co/XjNiCLDjEX https://t.co/ssM0ix5MYM
38. Jimi Hendrix https://t.co/cieLuW5obr https://t.co/9roR5rhOAX
39. Steve Jobs https://t.co/psvlbVkOLZ https://t.co/KqA79qP7nl
40. VS Ramachandran https://t.co/rNPkCwJbkr https://t.co/TWLgcl4pWX
Dr. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, physician-trained neuroscientist. Born in Tamil Nadu in 1951, his father wanted him to be a doctor, so he completed medical school. He then become a researcher in human visual processing, then phantom limbs, & more https://t.co/vpZSr9IQW2 https://t.co/XWoiPZdPzm
41. draw this again https://t.co/ZLEHFIJmK3
One of my favorite memes from over a decade ago (!!!) was "draw this again", where artists would revisit their older work and reinterpret it I love paying close attention to what changes and what stays the same, and to how they get better at achieving their own intent https://t.co/btf9mpKXFJ
42. iconography for artists https://t.co/FTwN1xql7p
this is now a thread about iconic visuals first some, supporting evidence that eilish actually got this done this is not an easy feat!! a lot of more successful artists (i'm thinking maybe even rihanna and beyonce?? or mariah carey, etc?) don't have such iconic images https://t.co/Ji8UrBQroX
43. spiderwebs🕸 https://t.co/y24qglz1u6
if you google image search "spider web", you get all these pretty, perfect webs i'm more curious about the ugly, messy and imperfect ones – I feel like there's a wisdom in them something about how to adapt, rebuild, repair, and how to allocate resources https://t.co/AlnKGjYYDr
44. Edgar Allen Poe and his reply guy George W. Eveleth https://t.co/0kJ4D4zI3Z
45. Gustave Eiffel's work → the World's Fair → gamelan music... https://t.co/nHXEw7VU7P
Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower in 1889, for the World's Fair. If you look at his earlier work, you can kinda trace the evolution of his style: Bourdoux bridge (1860) Maria Pia Bridge (1877) Garabit Viaduct (1884) Colbert Bridge (1888) https://t.co/c2OAyvC6wA https://t.co/f6OIY5B7Xs
46. the paintings of Liu Kang https://t.co/8hQco4DiFh
47. trash cans https://t.co/hVPO6mJVBr
48. neon lights https://t.co/0QHixzKcDd
51. Ramon Maiden https://t.co/C09oZjidVU
finding out the origin of the name of this color Chartreuse was such a fckin trip. "It was named because of its resemblance to the green color of a French liqueur called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764." ok, why is the drink called that? https://t.co/Cpt8e44R8c
TIL about Erasmus – (probably well known to Europeans, there's a student exchange named after him) – one of the most prolific men of letters in the 1500s, corresponding with literally hundreds of people. he was born out of wedlock, both of his parents died in the plague... https://t.co/msUcui2O6H
~50 years after Erasmus came Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), an ordained Catholic priest who was called "the post-box of Europe". He was mutuals with Descartes, Pascal, Hobbes, Galileo, Huygenes. If you wanted to get something to someone, you sent it to him, and he'd reroute it https://t.co/v8SdXhAROq https://t.co/xnQQQSho7K
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was born to a wealthy family, raised in Oakland CA. Both her parents died by the time she was 17. At Radcliffe College, she was a student of William James, who called her brilliant and encouraged her to go to med school. She got bored and flunked out https://t.co/13AvlZ8RA3
George Bernard Shaw was born 1856 in Dublin, won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1925, having written over 60 plays. He moved to London at 20, and struggled to establish himself, and embarked on a "rigorous process of self-education". He lived to a ripe old age of 94 https://t.co/75VNziXaSt https://t.co/1J1d7VSCAN
curious about the history of Spongebob Squarepants. Its creator Stephen Hillenburg sadly died in 2018 aged 57, from ALS He was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's oceanography as a kid, became marine biologist Oh and he worked as a fry cook after high school... of course https://t.co/SkhF4K8mTS
40. VS Ramachandran https://t.co/rNPkCwJbkr https://t.co/TWLgcl4pWX
Dr. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, physician-trained neuroscientist. Born in Tamil Nadu in 1951, his father wanted him to be a doctor, so he completed medical school. He then become a researcher in human visual processing, then phantom limbs, & more https://t.co/vpZSr9IQW2 https://t.co/XWoiPZdPzm
41. draw this again https://t.co/ZLEHFIJmK3
One of my favorite memes from over a decade ago (!!!) was "draw this again", where artists would revisit their older work and reinterpret it I love paying close attention to what changes and what stays the same, and to how they get better at achieving their own intent https://t.co/btf9mpKXFJ
42. iconography for artists https://t.co/FTwN1xql7p
this is now a thread about iconic visuals first some, supporting evidence that eilish actually got this done this is not an easy feat!! a lot of more successful artists (i'm thinking maybe even rihanna and beyonce?? or mariah carey, etc?) don't have such iconic images https://t.co/Ji8UrBQroX
43. spiderwebs🕸 https://t.co/y24qglz1u6
if you google image search "spider web", you get all these pretty, perfect webs i'm more curious about the ugly, messy and imperfect ones – I feel like there's a wisdom in them something about how to adapt, rebuild, repair, and how to allocate resources https://t.co/AlnKGjYYDr
44. Edgar Allen Poe and his reply guy George W. Eveleth https://t.co/0kJ4D4zI3Z
45. Gustave Eiffel's work → the World's Fair → gamelan music... https://t.co/nHXEw7VU7P
Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower in 1889, for the World's Fair. If you look at his earlier work, you can kinda trace the evolution of his style: Bourdoux bridge (1860) Maria Pia Bridge (1877) Garabit Viaduct (1884) Colbert Bridge (1888) https://t.co/c2OAyvC6wA https://t.co/f6OIY5B7Xs
46. the paintings of Liu Kang https://t.co/8hQco4DiFh
47. trash cans https://t.co/hVPO6mJVBr
48. neon lights https://t.co/0QHixzKcDd
51. Ramon Maiden https://t.co/C09oZjidVU
finding out the origin of the name of this color Chartreuse was such a fckin trip. "It was named because of its resemblance to the green color of a French liqueur called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764." ok, why is the drink called that? https://t.co/Cpt8e44R8c
TIL about Erasmus – (probably well known to Europeans, there's a student exchange named after him) – one of the most prolific men of letters in the 1500s, corresponding with literally hundreds of people. he was born out of wedlock, both of his parents died in the plague... https://t.co/msUcui2O6H
~50 years after Erasmus came Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), an ordained Catholic priest who was called "the post-box of Europe". He was mutuals with Descartes, Pascal, Hobbes, Galileo, Huygenes. If you wanted to get something to someone, you sent it to him, and he'd reroute it https://t.co/v8SdXhAROq https://t.co/xnQQQSho7K
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was born to a wealthy family, raised in Oakland CA. Both her parents died by the time she was 17. At Radcliffe College, she was a student of William James, who called her brilliant and encouraged her to go to med school. She got bored and flunked out https://t.co/13AvlZ8RA3
George Bernard Shaw was born 1856 in Dublin, won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1925, having written over 60 plays. He moved to London at 20, and struggled to establish himself, and embarked on a "rigorous process of self-education". He lived to a ripe old age of 94 https://t.co/75VNziXaSt https://t.co/1J1d7VSCAN
curious about the history of Spongebob Squarepants. Its creator Stephen Hillenburg sadly died in 2018 aged 57, from ALS He was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's oceanography as a kid, became marine biologist Oh and he worked as a fry cook after high school... of course https://t.co/SkhF4K8mTS
39. Steve Jobs https://t.co/psvlbVkOLZ https://t.co/KqA79qP7nl
40. VS Ramachandran https://t.co/rNPkCwJbkr https://t.co/TWLgcl4pWX
Dr. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, physician-trained neuroscientist. Born in Tamil Nadu in 1951, his father wanted him to be a doctor, so he completed medical school. He then become a researcher in human visual processing, then phantom limbs, & more https://t.co/vpZSr9IQW2 https://t.co/XWoiPZdPzm
41. draw this again https://t.co/ZLEHFIJmK3
One of my favorite memes from over a decade ago (!!!) was "draw this again", where artists would revisit their older work and reinterpret it I love paying close attention to what changes and what stays the same, and to how they get better at achieving their own intent https://t.co/btf9mpKXFJ
42. iconography for artists https://t.co/FTwN1xql7p
this is now a thread about iconic visuals first some, supporting evidence that eilish actually got this done this is not an easy feat!! a lot of more successful artists (i'm thinking maybe even rihanna and beyonce?? or mariah carey, etc?) don't have such iconic images https://t.co/Ji8UrBQroX
43. spiderwebs🕸 https://t.co/y24qglz1u6
if you google image search "spider web", you get all these pretty, perfect webs i'm more curious about the ugly, messy and imperfect ones – I feel like there's a wisdom in them something about how to adapt, rebuild, repair, and how to allocate resources https://t.co/AlnKGjYYDr
44. Edgar Allen Poe and his reply guy George W. Eveleth https://t.co/0kJ4D4zI3Z
45. Gustave Eiffel's work → the World's Fair → gamelan music... https://t.co/nHXEw7VU7P
Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower in 1889, for the World's Fair. If you look at his earlier work, you can kinda trace the evolution of his style: Bourdoux bridge (1860) Maria Pia Bridge (1877) Garabit Viaduct (1884) Colbert Bridge (1888) https://t.co/c2OAyvC6wA https://t.co/f6OIY5B7Xs
46. the paintings of Liu Kang https://t.co/8hQco4DiFh
47. trash cans https://t.co/hVPO6mJVBr
48. neon lights https://t.co/0QHixzKcDd
51. Ramon Maiden https://t.co/C09oZjidVU
finding out the origin of the name of this color Chartreuse was such a fckin trip. "It was named because of its resemblance to the green color of a French liqueur called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764." ok, why is the drink called that? https://t.co/Cpt8e44R8c
TIL about Erasmus – (probably well known to Europeans, there's a student exchange named after him) – one of the most prolific men of letters in the 1500s, corresponding with literally hundreds of people. he was born out of wedlock, both of his parents died in the plague... https://t.co/msUcui2O6H
~50 years after Erasmus came Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), an ordained Catholic priest who was called "the post-box of Europe". He was mutuals with Descartes, Pascal, Hobbes, Galileo, Huygenes. If you wanted to get something to someone, you sent it to him, and he'd reroute it https://t.co/v8SdXhAROq https://t.co/xnQQQSho7K
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was born to a wealthy family, raised in Oakland CA. Both her parents died by the time she was 17. At Radcliffe College, she was a student of William James, who called her brilliant and encouraged her to go to med school. She got bored and flunked out https://t.co/13AvlZ8RA3
George Bernard Shaw was born 1856 in Dublin, won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1925, having written over 60 plays. He moved to London at 20, and struggled to establish himself, and embarked on a "rigorous process of self-education". He lived to a ripe old age of 94 https://t.co/75VNziXaSt https://t.co/1J1d7VSCAN
curious about the history of Spongebob Squarepants. Its creator Stephen Hillenburg sadly died in 2018 aged 57, from ALS He was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's oceanography as a kid, became marine biologist Oh and he worked as a fry cook after high school... of course https://t.co/SkhF4K8mTS
40. VS Ramachandran https://t.co/rNPkCwJbkr https://t.co/TWLgcl4pWX
Dr. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, physician-trained neuroscientist. Born in Tamil Nadu in 1951, his father wanted him to be a doctor, so he completed medical school. He then become a researcher in human visual processing, then phantom limbs, & more https://t.co/vpZSr9IQW2 https://t.co/XWoiPZdPzm
41. draw this again https://t.co/ZLEHFIJmK3
One of my favorite memes from over a decade ago (!!!) was "draw this again", where artists would revisit their older work and reinterpret it I love paying close attention to what changes and what stays the same, and to how they get better at achieving their own intent https://t.co/btf9mpKXFJ
42. iconography for artists https://t.co/FTwN1xql7p
this is now a thread about iconic visuals first some, supporting evidence that eilish actually got this done this is not an easy feat!! a lot of more successful artists (i'm thinking maybe even rihanna and beyonce?? or mariah carey, etc?) don't have such iconic images https://t.co/Ji8UrBQroX
43. spiderwebs🕸 https://t.co/y24qglz1u6
if you google image search "spider web", you get all these pretty, perfect webs i'm more curious about the ugly, messy and imperfect ones – I feel like there's a wisdom in them something about how to adapt, rebuild, repair, and how to allocate resources https://t.co/AlnKGjYYDr
44. Edgar Allen Poe and his reply guy George W. Eveleth https://t.co/0kJ4D4zI3Z
45. Gustave Eiffel's work → the World's Fair → gamelan music... https://t.co/nHXEw7VU7P
Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower in 1889, for the World's Fair. If you look at his earlier work, you can kinda trace the evolution of his style: Bourdoux bridge (1860) Maria Pia Bridge (1877) Garabit Viaduct (1884) Colbert Bridge (1888) https://t.co/c2OAyvC6wA https://t.co/f6OIY5B7Xs
46. the paintings of Liu Kang https://t.co/8hQco4DiFh
47. trash cans https://t.co/hVPO6mJVBr
48. neon lights https://t.co/0QHixzKcDd
51. Ramon Maiden https://t.co/C09oZjidVU
finding out the origin of the name of this color Chartreuse was such a fckin trip. "It was named because of its resemblance to the green color of a French liqueur called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764." ok, why is the drink called that? https://t.co/Cpt8e44R8c
TIL about Erasmus – (probably well known to Europeans, there's a student exchange named after him) – one of the most prolific men of letters in the 1500s, corresponding with literally hundreds of people. he was born out of wedlock, both of his parents died in the plague... https://t.co/msUcui2O6H
~50 years after Erasmus came Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), an ordained Catholic priest who was called "the post-box of Europe". He was mutuals with Descartes, Pascal, Hobbes, Galileo, Huygenes. If you wanted to get something to someone, you sent it to him, and he'd reroute it https://t.co/v8SdXhAROq https://t.co/xnQQQSho7K
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was born to a wealthy family, raised in Oakland CA. Both her parents died by the time she was 17. At Radcliffe College, she was a student of William James, who called her brilliant and encouraged her to go to med school. She got bored and flunked out https://t.co/13AvlZ8RA3
George Bernard Shaw was born 1856 in Dublin, won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1925, having written over 60 plays. He moved to London at 20, and struggled to establish himself, and embarked on a "rigorous process of self-education". He lived to a ripe old age of 94 https://t.co/75VNziXaSt https://t.co/1J1d7VSCAN
curious about the history of Spongebob Squarepants. Its creator Stephen Hillenburg sadly died in 2018 aged 57, from ALS He was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's oceanography as a kid, became marine biologist Oh and he worked as a fry cook after high school... of course https://t.co/SkhF4K8mTS
38. Jimi Hendrix https://t.co/cieLuW5obr https://t.co/9roR5rhOAX
39. Steve Jobs https://t.co/psvlbVkOLZ https://t.co/KqA79qP7nl
40. VS Ramachandran https://t.co/rNPkCwJbkr https://t.co/TWLgcl4pWX
Dr. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, physician-trained neuroscientist. Born in Tamil Nadu in 1951, his father wanted him to be a doctor, so he completed medical school. He then become a researcher in human visual processing, then phantom limbs, & more https://t.co/vpZSr9IQW2 https://t.co/XWoiPZdPzm
41. draw this again https://t.co/ZLEHFIJmK3
One of my favorite memes from over a decade ago (!!!) was "draw this again", where artists would revisit their older work and reinterpret it I love paying close attention to what changes and what stays the same, and to how they get better at achieving their own intent https://t.co/btf9mpKXFJ
42. iconography for artists https://t.co/FTwN1xql7p
this is now a thread about iconic visuals first some, supporting evidence that eilish actually got this done this is not an easy feat!! a lot of more successful artists (i'm thinking maybe even rihanna and beyonce?? or mariah carey, etc?) don't have such iconic images https://t.co/Ji8UrBQroX
43. spiderwebs🕸 https://t.co/y24qglz1u6
if you google image search "spider web", you get all these pretty, perfect webs i'm more curious about the ugly, messy and imperfect ones – I feel like there's a wisdom in them something about how to adapt, rebuild, repair, and how to allocate resources https://t.co/AlnKGjYYDr
44. Edgar Allen Poe and his reply guy George W. Eveleth https://t.co/0kJ4D4zI3Z
45. Gustave Eiffel's work → the World's Fair → gamelan music... https://t.co/nHXEw7VU7P
Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower in 1889, for the World's Fair. If you look at his earlier work, you can kinda trace the evolution of his style: Bourdoux bridge (1860) Maria Pia Bridge (1877) Garabit Viaduct (1884) Colbert Bridge (1888) https://t.co/c2OAyvC6wA https://t.co/f6OIY5B7Xs
46. the paintings of Liu Kang https://t.co/8hQco4DiFh
47. trash cans https://t.co/hVPO6mJVBr
48. neon lights https://t.co/0QHixzKcDd
51. Ramon Maiden https://t.co/C09oZjidVU
finding out the origin of the name of this color Chartreuse was such a fckin trip. "It was named because of its resemblance to the green color of a French liqueur called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764." ok, why is the drink called that? https://t.co/Cpt8e44R8c
TIL about Erasmus – (probably well known to Europeans, there's a student exchange named after him) – one of the most prolific men of letters in the 1500s, corresponding with literally hundreds of people. he was born out of wedlock, both of his parents died in the plague... https://t.co/msUcui2O6H
~50 years after Erasmus came Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), an ordained Catholic priest who was called "the post-box of Europe". He was mutuals with Descartes, Pascal, Hobbes, Galileo, Huygenes. If you wanted to get something to someone, you sent it to him, and he'd reroute it https://t.co/v8SdXhAROq https://t.co/xnQQQSho7K
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was born to a wealthy family, raised in Oakland CA. Both her parents died by the time she was 17. At Radcliffe College, she was a student of William James, who called her brilliant and encouraged her to go to med school. She got bored and flunked out https://t.co/13AvlZ8RA3
George Bernard Shaw was born 1856 in Dublin, won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1925, having written over 60 plays. He moved to London at 20, and struggled to establish himself, and embarked on a "rigorous process of self-education". He lived to a ripe old age of 94 https://t.co/75VNziXaSt https://t.co/1J1d7VSCAN
curious about the history of Spongebob Squarepants. Its creator Stephen Hillenburg sadly died in 2018 aged 57, from ALS He was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's oceanography as a kid, became marine biologist Oh and he worked as a fry cook after high school... of course https://t.co/SkhF4K8mTS
40. VS Ramachandran https://t.co/rNPkCwJbkr https://t.co/TWLgcl4pWX
Dr. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, physician-trained neuroscientist. Born in Tamil Nadu in 1951, his father wanted him to be a doctor, so he completed medical school. He then become a researcher in human visual processing, then phantom limbs, & more https://t.co/vpZSr9IQW2 https://t.co/XWoiPZdPzm
41. draw this again https://t.co/ZLEHFIJmK3
One of my favorite memes from over a decade ago (!!!) was "draw this again", where artists would revisit their older work and reinterpret it I love paying close attention to what changes and what stays the same, and to how they get better at achieving their own intent https://t.co/btf9mpKXFJ
42. iconography for artists https://t.co/FTwN1xql7p
this is now a thread about iconic visuals first some, supporting evidence that eilish actually got this done this is not an easy feat!! a lot of more successful artists (i'm thinking maybe even rihanna and beyonce?? or mariah carey, etc?) don't have such iconic images https://t.co/Ji8UrBQroX
43. spiderwebs🕸 https://t.co/y24qglz1u6
if you google image search "spider web", you get all these pretty, perfect webs i'm more curious about the ugly, messy and imperfect ones – I feel like there's a wisdom in them something about how to adapt, rebuild, repair, and how to allocate resources https://t.co/AlnKGjYYDr
44. Edgar Allen Poe and his reply guy George W. Eveleth https://t.co/0kJ4D4zI3Z
45. Gustave Eiffel's work → the World's Fair → gamelan music... https://t.co/nHXEw7VU7P
Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower in 1889, for the World's Fair. If you look at his earlier work, you can kinda trace the evolution of his style: Bourdoux bridge (1860) Maria Pia Bridge (1877) Garabit Viaduct (1884) Colbert Bridge (1888) https://t.co/c2OAyvC6wA https://t.co/f6OIY5B7Xs
46. the paintings of Liu Kang https://t.co/8hQco4DiFh
47. trash cans https://t.co/hVPO6mJVBr
48. neon lights https://t.co/0QHixzKcDd
51. Ramon Maiden https://t.co/C09oZjidVU
finding out the origin of the name of this color Chartreuse was such a fckin trip. "It was named because of its resemblance to the green color of a French liqueur called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764." ok, why is the drink called that? https://t.co/Cpt8e44R8c
TIL about Erasmus – (probably well known to Europeans, there's a student exchange named after him) – one of the most prolific men of letters in the 1500s, corresponding with literally hundreds of people. he was born out of wedlock, both of his parents died in the plague... https://t.co/msUcui2O6H
~50 years after Erasmus came Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), an ordained Catholic priest who was called "the post-box of Europe". He was mutuals with Descartes, Pascal, Hobbes, Galileo, Huygenes. If you wanted to get something to someone, you sent it to him, and he'd reroute it https://t.co/v8SdXhAROq https://t.co/xnQQQSho7K
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was born to a wealthy family, raised in Oakland CA. Both her parents died by the time she was 17. At Radcliffe College, she was a student of William James, who called her brilliant and encouraged her to go to med school. She got bored and flunked out https://t.co/13AvlZ8RA3
George Bernard Shaw was born 1856 in Dublin, won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1925, having written over 60 plays. He moved to London at 20, and struggled to establish himself, and embarked on a "rigorous process of self-education". He lived to a ripe old age of 94 https://t.co/75VNziXaSt https://t.co/1J1d7VSCAN
curious about the history of Spongebob Squarepants. Its creator Stephen Hillenburg sadly died in 2018 aged 57, from ALS He was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's oceanography as a kid, became marine biologist Oh and he worked as a fry cook after high school... of course https://t.co/SkhF4K8mTS
39. Steve Jobs https://t.co/psvlbVkOLZ https://t.co/KqA79qP7nl
40. VS Ramachandran https://t.co/rNPkCwJbkr https://t.co/TWLgcl4pWX
Dr. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, physician-trained neuroscientist. Born in Tamil Nadu in 1951, his father wanted him to be a doctor, so he completed medical school. He then become a researcher in human visual processing, then phantom limbs, & more https://t.co/vpZSr9IQW2 https://t.co/XWoiPZdPzm
41. draw this again https://t.co/ZLEHFIJmK3
One of my favorite memes from over a decade ago (!!!) was "draw this again", where artists would revisit their older work and reinterpret it I love paying close attention to what changes and what stays the same, and to how they get better at achieving their own intent https://t.co/btf9mpKXFJ
42. iconography for artists https://t.co/FTwN1xql7p
this is now a thread about iconic visuals first some, supporting evidence that eilish actually got this done this is not an easy feat!! a lot of more successful artists (i'm thinking maybe even rihanna and beyonce?? or mariah carey, etc?) don't have such iconic images https://t.co/Ji8UrBQroX
43. spiderwebs🕸 https://t.co/y24qglz1u6
if you google image search "spider web", you get all these pretty, perfect webs i'm more curious about the ugly, messy and imperfect ones – I feel like there's a wisdom in them something about how to adapt, rebuild, repair, and how to allocate resources https://t.co/AlnKGjYYDr
44. Edgar Allen Poe and his reply guy George W. Eveleth https://t.co/0kJ4D4zI3Z
45. Gustave Eiffel's work → the World's Fair → gamelan music... https://t.co/nHXEw7VU7P
Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower in 1889, for the World's Fair. If you look at his earlier work, you can kinda trace the evolution of his style: Bourdoux bridge (1860) Maria Pia Bridge (1877) Garabit Viaduct (1884) Colbert Bridge (1888) https://t.co/c2OAyvC6wA https://t.co/f6OIY5B7Xs
46. the paintings of Liu Kang https://t.co/8hQco4DiFh
47. trash cans https://t.co/hVPO6mJVBr
48. neon lights https://t.co/0QHixzKcDd
51. Ramon Maiden https://t.co/C09oZjidVU
finding out the origin of the name of this color Chartreuse was such a fckin trip. "It was named because of its resemblance to the green color of a French liqueur called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764." ok, why is the drink called that? https://t.co/Cpt8e44R8c
TIL about Erasmus – (probably well known to Europeans, there's a student exchange named after him) – one of the most prolific men of letters in the 1500s, corresponding with literally hundreds of people. he was born out of wedlock, both of his parents died in the plague... https://t.co/msUcui2O6H
~50 years after Erasmus came Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), an ordained Catholic priest who was called "the post-box of Europe". He was mutuals with Descartes, Pascal, Hobbes, Galileo, Huygenes. If you wanted to get something to someone, you sent it to him, and he'd reroute it https://t.co/v8SdXhAROq https://t.co/xnQQQSho7K
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was born to a wealthy family, raised in Oakland CA. Both her parents died by the time she was 17. At Radcliffe College, she was a student of William James, who called her brilliant and encouraged her to go to med school. She got bored and flunked out https://t.co/13AvlZ8RA3
George Bernard Shaw was born 1856 in Dublin, won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1925, having written over 60 plays. He moved to London at 20, and struggled to establish himself, and embarked on a "rigorous process of self-education". He lived to a ripe old age of 94 https://t.co/75VNziXaSt https://t.co/1J1d7VSCAN
curious about the history of Spongebob Squarepants. Its creator Stephen Hillenburg sadly died in 2018 aged 57, from ALS He was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's oceanography as a kid, became marine biologist Oh and he worked as a fry cook after high school... of course https://t.co/SkhF4K8mTS
40. VS Ramachandran https://t.co/rNPkCwJbkr https://t.co/TWLgcl4pWX
Dr. Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, physician-trained neuroscientist. Born in Tamil Nadu in 1951, his father wanted him to be a doctor, so he completed medical school. He then become a researcher in human visual processing, then phantom limbs, & more https://t.co/vpZSr9IQW2 https://t.co/XWoiPZdPzm
41. draw this again https://t.co/ZLEHFIJmK3
One of my favorite memes from over a decade ago (!!!) was "draw this again", where artists would revisit their older work and reinterpret it I love paying close attention to what changes and what stays the same, and to how they get better at achieving their own intent https://t.co/btf9mpKXFJ
42. iconography for artists https://t.co/FTwN1xql7p
this is now a thread about iconic visuals first some, supporting evidence that eilish actually got this done this is not an easy feat!! a lot of more successful artists (i'm thinking maybe even rihanna and beyonce?? or mariah carey, etc?) don't have such iconic images https://t.co/Ji8UrBQroX
43. spiderwebs🕸 https://t.co/y24qglz1u6
if you google image search "spider web", you get all these pretty, perfect webs i'm more curious about the ugly, messy and imperfect ones – I feel like there's a wisdom in them something about how to adapt, rebuild, repair, and how to allocate resources https://t.co/AlnKGjYYDr
44. Edgar Allen Poe and his reply guy George W. Eveleth https://t.co/0kJ4D4zI3Z
45. Gustave Eiffel's work → the World's Fair → gamelan music... https://t.co/nHXEw7VU7P
Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower in 1889, for the World's Fair. If you look at his earlier work, you can kinda trace the evolution of his style: Bourdoux bridge (1860) Maria Pia Bridge (1877) Garabit Viaduct (1884) Colbert Bridge (1888) https://t.co/c2OAyvC6wA https://t.co/f6OIY5B7Xs
46. the paintings of Liu Kang https://t.co/8hQco4DiFh
47. trash cans https://t.co/hVPO6mJVBr
48. neon lights https://t.co/0QHixzKcDd
51. Ramon Maiden https://t.co/C09oZjidVU
finding out the origin of the name of this color Chartreuse was such a fckin trip. "It was named because of its resemblance to the green color of a French liqueur called green chartreuse, introduced in 1764." ok, why is the drink called that? https://t.co/Cpt8e44R8c
TIL about Erasmus – (probably well known to Europeans, there's a student exchange named after him) – one of the most prolific men of letters in the 1500s, corresponding with literally hundreds of people. he was born out of wedlock, both of his parents died in the plague... https://t.co/msUcui2O6H
~50 years after Erasmus came Marin Mersenne (1588-1648), an ordained Catholic priest who was called "the post-box of Europe". He was mutuals with Descartes, Pascal, Hobbes, Galileo, Huygenes. If you wanted to get something to someone, you sent it to him, and he'd reroute it https://t.co/v8SdXhAROq https://t.co/xnQQQSho7K
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was born to a wealthy family, raised in Oakland CA. Both her parents died by the time she was 17. At Radcliffe College, she was a student of William James, who called her brilliant and encouraged her to go to med school. She got bored and flunked out https://t.co/13AvlZ8RA3
George Bernard Shaw was born 1856 in Dublin, won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1925, having written over 60 plays. He moved to London at 20, and struggled to establish himself, and embarked on a "rigorous process of self-education". He lived to a ripe old age of 94 https://t.co/75VNziXaSt https://t.co/1J1d7VSCAN
curious about the history of Spongebob Squarepants. Its creator Stephen Hillenburg sadly died in 2018 aged 57, from ALS He was inspired by Jacques Cousteau's oceanography as a kid, became marine biologist Oh and he worked as a fry cook after high school... of course https://t.co/SkhF4K8mTS
trying to find the end of a @visakanv thread be like https://t.co/x5J55d6TSs