Michael👨🏼‍💻MacAskill

We thank the reviewers for their very helpful suggestions which we now have incorporated in our manuscript.

Hello, I am Pixel Plato. I make pixel art based on classical artworks and architecture. I'm looking forward to this new year to make new and interesting things! #PortfolioDay #pixelart

@hisotalus New Zealand used to have a TV licence fee on the UK model. Without any real organisation or campaign, slack Gen Xers like me just never bothered signing up for it when we left home. Eventually the non-compliance was so high, the govt caved and abandoned it 20+ years ago.

It’s been a mystery why Roman concrete often lasted thousands of years, but ours decays in mere decades. Turns out they incorporated chemicals in a process that induces self-healing; scientists at MIT just figured this all out - in 2022. Extraordinary. news.mit.edu/2023/roman-con…

Windows 95 launch in 1995

Contemporary Islamic architecture is redefining perceptions of tradition in a modern global world. Here are 15 contemporary examples of Islamic architecture from around the world, that highlight innovative uses of forms & materials through context and locality A thread…

There are other countries where this millennial-specific trend is clear, especially in the Anglosphere. Here's Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.

Do people become conservative with age? An update with 21 countries and 546,013 individuals. The fascinating plot comes from @jburnmurdoch, based on the UK and US, and shows; 1. People become more right-wing with age. 2. Millennials are different. But is this true everywhere?

@nicholdav @ceptional Sorry, just saw this (not so active on Twitter these days). DM me your email and I’ll see if I can dig it out for you when I get home.

@Sakkaden @ceptional apologies for weirdly replying to a thread from 2019 but can you share this citation? Sci-hub link is dead. I'm reading Hommel et al now, as well as Braitenberg's Vehicles that spends a lot of time on contralateral projections. Curious to know alternative theories on decussation.

I’ve been training some @DeepLabCut models to track jumping spider retinas. Work in progress!

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

Exploring out how Greenland looks in ten different projections for #30DayMapChallenge Day 4 Green.

A map of every European City

Birds are fed by their parents in their infancy. When the time comes to feed themselves, there can be some confusion when the food does not go into their mouth by itself.

Please don't make me do this again. If Cheddar Man has *any* single living descendant then he is the ancestor of LITERALLY EVERYONE ON EARTH. Not metaphorically, or conceptually, but actually mathematically. All humans. Everyone. みんな. Tout le monde. 每个人. katoa. हर कोई.

Colour Palette of the Lakes of New Zealand Poster available at andrewdc.co.nz/product/colour… #map #nz #newzealand #lakes