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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Oddly, the highest (Mount Whitney) and lowest (Death Valley) points are next door neighbors. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 18, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

US elevation tiles. Source: reddit user u/newishtodc https://t.co/cmGSNiOIWf — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 18, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

It really is pretty incredible when you think about it. https://t.co/mA3FTHAfBO — PolitiTweet.org

Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar

In 1967, Arthur C. Clarke spoke about the future of mobile phones https://t.co/qwvCGNqWh8

Posted Feb. 17, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

2002 NYT article about the iPhone. https://t.co/lCFMsd0Kax https://t.co/TU6JXwHML8 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 17, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

It’s funny that Biden’s like still only kind of famous. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 17, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@henrywarren We’d like to do that but have not yet. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 16, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Gonna be a photo finish https://t.co/DaQ9ezmdk8 — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Which answer do you think people are least likely to choose in this poll? To get it right your answer has to be the least picked.

Posted Feb. 16, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

A lightning strike filmed at 7000 fps. Source: GPL, Florida Institute of Technology https://t.co/cz51O5oiV1 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 16, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@kottke @pca2 So satisfying to have every YouTube video you were ever briefly obsessed with assembled into a single playlist. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 16, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Bipartisan outrage is fun, we should do it more often. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 16, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Stat from https://t.co/Oznm4KoCbc — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 16, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

In NY, a new group became vaccine eligible today and no one can find an available appointment. Meanwhile, NY has 1… https://t.co/CHOuhRQ6rY — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 16, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@JohnsonLareg You did incredibly awful. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 15, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Which answer do you think people are least likely to choose in this poll? To get it right your answer has to be the least picked. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 15, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Incredibly fun: https://t.co/wrpu98kv1B App is even better: https://t.co/YWsS09ATlv — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 15, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@Liv_Boeree @IgorKurganov 👶👶 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 15, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@MsMelChen This is an old favorite of mine https://t.co/HkF8BxuupW — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 14, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Antarctica in exile. Source: @NASA https://t.co/VZLcwWWIu8 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 14, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

RT @JesseAbraham: If money = the root of evil then money² = evil. and if time is money, then time² = evil. Times Square is evil. I knew i… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 14, 2021 Retweet
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

RT @Rainmaker1973: All the ~7.3 billion people composing the human race today, would fit into this cube [source, by @waitbutwhy and read mo… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 14, 2021 Retweet
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

"The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding." – Will Durant on studying history — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 13, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Related https://t.co/eJVPFDhy6z — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 12, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

There’s at least one thing you’ve been assuming people judge you badly about behind your back that’s actually total… https://t.co/7hE8yg2CuS — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 12, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

These kinds of vicious cycles keep tribalism concentrated even though it’s horribly unproductive and most people do… https://t.co/7GLTlNDXf1 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 11, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Concentrated tribalism enables cult-level echo chambers, which in turn enable the most extreme factions to have out… https://t.co/VBhJcbLq4q — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 11, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

This concentration of tribalism onto a single binary conflict is bad news. Concentrated tribalism can go to scary p… https://t.co/UDb3vcyvSX — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 11, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Over the decades since, the threat of an external enemy has waned, and ideological purification of the parties has… https://t.co/78KcSW24w7 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 11, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

.@JonHaidt often quotes the proverb “Me against my brothers; my brothers and me against my cousins; my cousins, my… https://t.co/wvuMAOo5uj — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 11, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

We think of the 1950s as a time of relative political unity. But that’s not quite right. The 50s were a time of wha… https://t.co/bQwCDEm3nZ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 11, 2021
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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@simongerman600 I bite my nails so my arm doesn't even get to humans and chimps diverging. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 11, 2021