Simon Young

I am fed up with US politicians calling their opponents the agents of China. This kind of behavior is very much like the totalitarian government who likes to label their political enemies as the agents of foreign power. It’s a dangerous trend. It’s a slippery slope. It legitimizes the political violence and eventually removes the legal due process against the political enemies.

@RepFine Wait, are you calling me an agent, or Sanders & AOC? Or both? I'm confused!

How to say you’re a Chinese agent without saying you’re a Chinese agent.

@cremieuxrecueil 20 years ago in China, only the top students can enroll in teaching schools.

Teachers average among the least intelligent university graduates. Little of what they 'learn' is even relevant to what they end up doing. In a given year, the lowest-scoring groups on the GRE, SAT, and ACT are usually those pursuing degrees in education.

@MarioNawfal Because subway is the fastest way of transportation in inner city of Beijing

🇨🇳 BYD's CEO was spotted riding the subway to the Beijing Auto Show. Wang Chuanfu took Line 15 like everyone else. Runs a $150 billion company, still takes public transport. Best marketing BYD never paid for.

@Rainmaker1973 The study assumes the tooth of Neanderthal and modern human develops at the same rate to derive the age. How valid is this assumption?

A groundbreaking study of a remarkably well-preserved Neanderthal infant has revealed that Neanderthal babies developed at a strikingly rapid pace. At just six months old, the child—known as Amud 7—was already approximately the same size as a one-year-old modern human. The nearly complete skeleton, discovered in Amud Cave in northern Israel and dating to between 51,000 and 56,000 years ago, includes over 100 bone fragments. At first glance, the infant appeared significantly older due to its robust bones, thick limbs, and relatively large skull. However, detailed analysis of tooth development and microscopic enamel growth lines confirmed the child was only about six months old at the time of death. This mismatch highlights a key difference in early life history: Neanderthals did not simply look different as adults—they followed a distinct developmental trajectory from infancy. The study shows that Neanderthal infants experienced accelerated somatic growth, resulting in more robust bodies and evidence of quicker brain expansion compared to modern humans. This rapid development likely demanded significantly higher energy intake in the crucial early months of life. Such a growth strategy may have offered important survival advantages in the harsh Ice Age environments of Europe and western Asia, where stronger, faster-maturing bodies could better withstand cold, resource scarcity, and physical demands. Despite these differences, Neanderthals and modern humans were closely related. Genetic studies confirm that the two groups interbred, and many people today carry small amounts of Neanderthal DNA in their genomes. This discovery, based on the most complete Neanderthal infant skeleton ever found, adds a fascinating new chapter to our understanding of Neanderthal life. Far from being mere distant relatives, they were a distinct population of humans who adapted to a very different world through unique patterns of growth and development. [Been, E., et al. (2026). "Rapid growth in a Neandertal infant from Amud Cave in Israel." Current Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2026.03.054]

@Linahuaa What’s your definition of maturity? Feeling tired from ambition, become more calculated, speaking less truth for afraid of offending others?

There's not much difference between Elon Musk and a 20yo guy in terms of maturity. I feel that men have stopped maturing- I can't tell the difference between a 17yo and 57yo dude on this platform either, based on writing. As an older woman- if you have the money- you might as well date the hotter younger guy (Gen Z is more looksmaxxed and fitter) Many divorced Chinese women are doing this nowadays, and they seem happier.

@Rainmaker1973 They retired too early

In Italy, one of the hobbies for older men is “Umarell”. Retired men who enjoy watching construction sites while giving unsolicited advice

Even the rich don’t necessarily live in those penthouses, they pay property taxes, which funds the city. Kick them out will reduces the economic vibrancy of NYC, reduce those ultra luxury properties value. Even the price of those properties reduce by 50%. It won’t help poor to buy those properties. In the meantime, property tax reduces significantly on those properties.

The tax would affect only homes that are worth more than $5 million and are not being used as the primary residence of the owner. It would raise about $500 million annually to help close the city's budget gap. Seems like a good idea.

@WR4NYGov His venture in chip manufacturing will likely be another challenge he has never faced before. TSMC or Samsung are not GM, VW or Toyota.

Why does it seem like Elon is struggling with xAI?   In one particular way, this is harder than anything Elon has done before.   All his other companies were built against competition that was old and not innovating much. Car industry, rocket industry, and tunnel boring. Neuralink had no established competition.   xAI was built to compete against new, highly innovative teams that were hotly competing with each other, and all of them had a head start. This is the first time he's tried to win this kind of competition at scale. It might be why he's never built a mobile phone.   But don't forget the rule: Never Bet Against Elon

@MarioNawfal I developed a habitual suspicion of anything with a name of “quantum” in it.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Reports claim the CIA used a classified tool called “Ghost Murmur” to locate a downed U.S. pilot in Iran by detecting a human heartbeat from miles away. The tech, allegedly built by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, uses quantum magnetometry, sounding more sci-fi than battlefield reality. However, experts are split on whether this is a real breakthrough or not. Either way… if true, hiding just got a lot harder. Source: The Sun

@RealDianeYap Because breakfast is not an important thing for man! And many men have ADHD.

Married for 18 years and he STILL doesn’t know what she wants for breakfast? Why are men so allergic to paying attention? A woman would know this about a person within a week of dating and never forget.

@RealDianeYap Hatch it. Then you will know for sure.

Today I found a rather large egg by the lake. What is it? Should I eat it? Poll below ⬇️

@LensScientific @grok , how does Lacrymaria use the organic material of the microorganism it engulfed inside its cells? Does it use every bits of material from the microorganism it eats. Does it poop out things it doesn’t need. How does the digestion system work inside Lacrymaria?

Despite being just one cell, Lacrymaria olor is a formidable predator that hunts and consumes other microorganisms. 📽: James Weiss

The upside of the US being so chaotic is that it's easier for high agency people.* China does a good job lifting the floor, but it also caps the ceiling. Very broadly speaking. *This came out of a convo where a friend from a very well known high performing organization that actually operates in absolute chaos and I were discussing why those very capable people thrive there, and not just that, but why they haven't ever tried to fix it

For the first time: A graph of SAT scores by race with Jews separated out, along with Asian subgroups disaggregated! The within-group spread of East Asians is larger than the gap between Jews and gentile Whites.

There are different types of Asian immigrants: high tech workers, asylum seekers, family reunion, rich people moving assets to US. The low income ones are typically asylum seekers and family reunification. No matter how they come here, their kids usually will do well and move up into middle class or higher, especially for East Asians.

Why do Asians have such a high poverty rate in New York City? Is this a genuine phenomenon, or do they have low reported income because they work in cash businesses?

When a man assaulted California politician @SpeakerPelosi's husband in San Francisco, he got life in prison with no parole. When a man kills an Asian senior citizen for sport in San Francisco, the progressive @SFSuperiorCourt releases him.

It's official: A San Francisco judge just suspended the sentence of Antoine Watson, Grandpa Vicha's killer, and released him on probation. The judge said she thought imprisonment would have a "poor impact" on Watson. This is the state of SF courts. gli.st/lvyg5lck

Tomorrow, the killer of Grandpa Vicha is expected to walk free. His pretrial detention already exceeded the max sentence of four years. This is SF "justice." gli.st/yamkccqy

A Seattle man who shot and killed an eight-month pregnant Korean-American woman and nearly killed her husband when they were driving to work has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. Cordell Goosby m—rdered Elina Kwon and her unborn baby in June 2023 when they were stopped at a red light. Prosecutors did not charge him for killing the baby due to concerns about protecting abortion in the liberal state. After hearing testimony from defense medical experts that Goosby was "insane" at the time of the shootings, the prosecution agreed to have the case ended through the not guilty motion. Goosby will be committed to an institution and regularly evaluated to see if he is fit to be released to the public. ngocomment.com

@historydefined What a miserable life to be a queen: sealed in a jail cell for 50 years, the only thing in life is: eat and lay eggs.

A queen termite has a long lifespan and is typically the oldest termite in the colony. Termite queens can live 25 to 50 years, with peak egg production for up to 10 years. When the queen dies and the pheromone she uses to block reproductives' development is no longer produced, a new queen will develop in the colony.