Arni Heimir

What's the only country in the world with no mosquitoes? @DropAPinShow

@JordanRuntagh Is there a TMI pod coming soon?

Did a deep dive into why Bob Dylan looked like he wanted to k himself at the "We Are the World" session 🥳

Wow.

'We are not free as long as weapons of war are allowed in the hands of untrained, unchecked citizens' — Actor Melissa Joan Hart delivered passionate remarks calling for gun reform at a Senate roundtable event. Hart has become a tireless gun safety advocate in recent years.

Jeff Bezos explains what it means to disagree and commit “Disagree and commit is a really important principle that saves a lot of arguing.” There will be disagreements in any endeavor in life where you have teammates. “In society, and inside companies, we have a bunch of mechanisms we use to resolve disputes. And a lot of them are really bad. An example of a really bad way of coming to an agreement is compromise.” He continues: “The advantage of compromise as a resolution mechanism is that it’s low energy, but it doesn’t lead to truth… You shouldn’t allow compromise to be used when you can know the truth.” Another bad resolution mechanism is the more stubborn person winning: “You have two executives who disagree and they just have a war of attrition. And whichever one gets exhausted first, capitulates to the other one. Again you haven’t arrived at truth and it’s very demoralizing.” Jeff tells people on his team to never get to a point where you’re resolving something by who gets exhausted first: “Escalate that. I’ll help you make the decision.” When making decisions, you want to get as close to the truth as possible: “Exhausting the other person is not truth-seeking. And compromise is not truth-seeking.” But there are a lot of cases where no one knows the real truth and that’s where “disagree and commit” comes in: “Escalation is better than war of attrition. Escalate to your boss and say ‘we can’t agree on this. We like each other and respect each other, but we strongly disagree with each other and need you to make a decision so we can move forward.’ Decisiveness and moving forward on decisions as quickly as you responsibly can is how you increase velocity. Most of what slows things down is taking too long to make decisions.” Companies tend to organize hierarchically in which the more senior person ultimately makes the decision. But as Jeff explains in the clip below, that wasn’t always the case—he would often be the one to disagree and commit: “I would often say: ‘You know what, I don’t think you’re right. But I’m going to gamble with you and you’re closer to the ground truth than I am. I’ve known you for 20 years—you have great judgement. I don’t know that I’m right either—all of these decisions are complicated. Let’s do it your way.’ But at least then you’ve made a decision, and I’m agreeing to commit to that decision. I’m not going to be second guessing it. I’m not going to be sniping at it. I’m not going to be saying ‘I told you so.’ I’m going to actively try to make sure it works. That’s a really important teammate behavior.”

I REGRET NOTHIN

George W. Bush reacts to Middle East violence in 2002

@pattonoswalt Ironically she wanted to pay and she was arrested.

Can’t believe the Safdie Brothers went and made a secret MODOK movie. (The psionic blast at the :21 mark is perfect)

@krassenstein What we should remember is that working professionals in Hollywood generally work long hours

Ron Perlman is clearly angry about the lack of pay by Hollywood studios & directors. I personally feel that his threatening language is a bit over the top and I warn you all about the language of the video below. With that said, it's important to realize that the actors on strike are not on strike because of the salaries of Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt. They are on strike for the the people who work behind the scenes. For example here are the average salaries for the following movie set jobs: Extras: $20-$21 per hour Prop Maker: $44,660 per year Camera Operator: $58,210 per year Sound Mixer: $59,413 per year Script Writer: $60,371 per year Makeup Artist: $75,160 per year Anyway, thoughts on Perlman's video?

@RichardERoeper I’m interested to see what Tracy Flick is up to.

Think about some of your favorite movies. They end on the perfect note, right? It's great fun to imagine the lives of these characters after the closing credits. Alas, we keep getting films and TV shows that revisit these characters years later--and it's almost always a letdown.

@IngaLalu 45okr. Langt síðan

Hvað kostar einn kaffibolli (americano eða uppáhellt) á kaffihúsinu sem þið fóruð á síðast?

In 1995 a group of NASA scientists studied the effects of various drugs on spiders, specifically on the way they weave their webs. 🤨 The LSD one looks good. The Caffeine seems to be more messed up than the one on Speed 😂 The Marijuana spider got halfway done and gave up.

THE MATRIX was released 24 years ago today. One of the most iconic and groundbreaking movies of its generation, the making of story is a fascinating one. A THREAD 1/25

A Japanese house constructed without any nails over 100 years ago

Why is he always falling at the same place even though the vehicle is moving ahead?

A magical close encounter with a Barn Owl at RSPB Greylake in Somerset last night. 😍 #WorldWildlifeDay 🦉

Barn Owl coming straight at me! 😮😍 Spent a magical hour watching this beauty at RSPB Greylake in Somerset this evening, just me and the Owl..... magic!! 😀😍🦉

Since they brought back the dress colour illusion, I think it's fair to bring this one back. so what do you hear, YANNY or LAUREL?