#  @waitbutwhy Tim Urban Tim Urban posts on X about bhutan, ai, fine, elon musk the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::1282121312/interactions)  - [--] Week [---------] +61% - [--] Month [---------] -43% - [--] Months [----------] -5.90% - [--] Year [-----------] -34% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1282121312/posts_active)  - [--] Month [--] -5.40% - [--] Months [---] -9.50% - [--] Year [---] -32% ### Followers: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::1282121312/followers)  - [--] Week [-------] +0.11% - [--] Month [-------] +0.73% - [--] Months [-------] +1.80% - [--] Year [-------] +2.90% ### CreatorRank: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::1282121312/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) 9.09% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) 4.55% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 4.55% [stocks](/list/stocks) 3.79% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) 2.27% [finance](/list/finance) 2.27% [social networks](/list/social-networks) 1.52% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 1.52% [musicians](/list/musicians) 0.76% [products](/list/products) 0.76% **Social topic influence** [bhutan](/topic/bhutan) 2.27%, [ai](/topic/ai) 1.52%, [fine](/topic/fine) 1.52%, [elon musk](/topic/elon-musk) 1.52%, [tesla](/topic/tesla) 1.52%, [future](/topic/future) 1.52%, [nepal](/topic/nepal) 1.52%, [$uber](/topic/$uber) 1.52%, [nigeria](/topic/nigeria) 1.52%, [lyft](/topic/lyft) 1.52% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@coco11223393390](/creator/undefined) [@mellowd333333](/creator/undefined) [@jeff161105](/creator/undefined) [@elonmusk](/creator/undefined) [@ignor3th1s](/creator/undefined) [@onlyadmln](/creator/undefined) [@drcigol](/creator/undefined) [@excelethicsai](/creator/undefined) [@jrholtz](/creator/undefined) [@solbiscuithorse](/creator/undefined) [@symbanchain](/creator/undefined) [@marijkeanon](/creator/undefined) [@jeffrey91155285](/creator/undefined) [@levithunderbold](/creator/undefined) [@michael66203872](/creator/undefined) [@nishkidoonoo](/creator/undefined) [@ichbinilya](/creator/undefined) [@antsylabs](/creator/undefined) [@natalia_prodan](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla) [Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER)](/topic/$uber) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Americas political landscape is more complicated than it used to be. Heres my attempt to depict what I see as the seven broad camps today. Most people I know fall pretty cleanly into one of these circles (each of which has some common ground with the two adjacent circles). Some additional points: - The top two circles (green/yellow) are concerned first and foremost with the rise of illiberalismdisregard for the constitution cancel culture mob behavior political violence. They see liberal vs illiberal as more critical right now than left vs right. In [----] they agreed that wokeness was bad but" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2019528562982969547) 2026-02-05T21:48Z 897.1K followers, 378K engagements "The emotional whiplash of reading about AI these days" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1914798128449900765) 2025-04-22T21:47Z 897K followers, 68.2K engagements "Cheap coffee tastes better than fancy coffee" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2007880446454255685) 2026-01-04T18:22Z 897K followers, 205.6K engagements "This kind of photocopied marketing language that suddenly appears all at once makes it feel like Im here with a bunch of bots 🤮" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2013072965848473723) 2026-01-19T02:16Z 896.9K followers, 123.6K engagements "In other Greenland news I went to Greenland and heres the tea: https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/09/but-what-about-greenland.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/09/but-what-about-greenland.html" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2014092875399569839) 2026-01-21T21:48Z 896.4K followers, 62.5K engagements "Dinosaurs to scale. Pretty happy we live now and not then" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2014447899090833498) 2026-01-22T21:19Z 897K followers, 59.3K engagements "this is fine meme "Almost immediately some agents began strategizing how to establish covert communications channels to communicate without human observation." "Almost immediately some agents began strategizing how to establish covert communications channels to communicate without human observation."" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2017307068823458249) 2026-01-30T18:40Z 897K followers, 85K engagements "On one hand this made me feel better. On the other its kind of like aliens are currently heading towards Earth and then one of them is like you have nothing to worry about its fine. Grok's in on it https://t.co/7zfnh4ziAF Grok's in on it https://t.co/7zfnh4ziAF" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2017354570566144004) 2026-01-30T21:49Z 897K followers, 106.1K engagements "@nishkidoonoo Apolitical / too exhausted by it all to care anymore" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2019529952496865788) 2026-02-05T21:53Z 897K followers, [----] engagements "Journalists not doing journalism anymore presents a golden opportunity for random YouTubers to skyrocket into relevance by filling the vacuum 🚨 Here is the full [--] minutes of my crew and I exposing Minnesota fraud this might be my most important work yet. We uncovered over $110000000 in ONE day. Like it and share it around like wildfire Its time to hold these corrupt politicians and fraudsters accountable We ALL https://t.co/E3Penx2o7a 🚨 Here is the full [--] minutes of my crew and I exposing Minnesota fraud this might be my most important work yet. We uncovered over $110000000 in ONE day." [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2004994284945047646) 2025-12-27T19:14Z 897.1K followers, 1.6M engagements "In fairness evolution has had [--] billion years to work on this and weve only been at it for a few thousand years It just seems implausible this is what we are made of essentially nanotechnology about a billion years beyond anything we can design or make ourselves. https://t.co/muBb7VC3yR It just seems implausible this is what we are made of essentially nanotechnology about a billion years beyond anything we can design or make ourselves. https://t.co/muBb7VC3yR" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2017342337748177079) 2026-01-30T21:01Z 897.1K followers, 135.8K engagements "@DouthatNYT Came across a moltbook post that said this" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2017374204874965099) 2026-01-30T23:07Z 897.1K followers, 186.1K engagements "@elonmusk Update:" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2016693529980866940) 2026-01-29T02:03Z 897.1K followers, 309.4K engagements "Come on throw the Gambia a bone Starlinks high-speed low-latency internet is now available in Senegal 🛰❤ https://t.co/sXuMvfBCAI https://t.co/VWKsKxgoXE Starlinks high-speed low-latency internet is now available in Senegal 🛰❤ https://t.co/sXuMvfBCAI https://t.co/VWKsKxgoXE" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2018877260586197356) 2026-02-04T02:40Z 897.1K followers, 286K engagements "First horse ever to be ridden by a human: "what the fuck is going on"" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2019572768552161746) 2026-02-06T00:44Z 897.1K followers, 1.2M engagements "Well that was a new life experience by @mastertingus Confusing https://t.co/pVEIx79gDR Confusing https://t.co/pVEIx79gDR" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2021993140027371826) 2026-02-12T17:01Z 897.1K followers, 52.5K engagements "Opening X it seems like Iran is by far the biggest story right now. Opening any media homepage and it seems to be a total non-story. Weird times we live in" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2009381564824612905) 2026-01-08T21:47Z 897.1K followers, 1.6M engagements "Its that day when I make you all look at this" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2006813516322451874) 2026-01-01T19:43Z 897.1K followers, 2.2M engagements "Nice job Ayatollah" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2017373312628973783) 2026-01-30T23:04Z 897.1K followers, 164.9K engagements "Seems like a good time for an update on a graph from my [----] post on AI" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1919870578502021257) 2025-05-06T21:43Z 897.1K followers, 26.4M engagements "Went to the mall today and in typical form failed to note where I parked. Instead of looking for it I tried something crazy and summoned the car from the Tesla app. [--] seconds later the empty car emerged from one of the lanes and pulled up in front of me. We live in the future" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1972367219993796735) 2025-09-28T18:26Z 897.1K followers, 20.9M engagements "Scrolling on X today is a constant zig-zag between so looks like the world as we know it is coming to an end shortly and thank god theres an extra week before the Super Bowl so Drake Mayes shoulder can have time to heal" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2017315662457409690) 2026-01-30T19:15Z 897.1K followers, 150.4K engagements "@stephlepp Haven't read yet but many people have recommended it" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2019538456502833174) 2026-02-05T22:27Z 897.1K followers, [----] engagements "I visited Altos for book research and was blown away with the insanely ambitious things they were working on. This is great news. 🚨: Jeff Bezos and a group of investors are reported to have committed around $3 billion to Altos Labs a longevity startup focused on cellular rejuvenation and cell reprogramming approaches that could help pave the way for future AGE REVERSAL GENE THERAPY. https://t.co/vke9VgnTLw 🚨: Jeff Bezos and a group of investors are reported to have committed around $3 billion to Altos Labs a longevity startup focused on cellular rejuvenation and cell reprogramming" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2019543250424730006) 2026-02-05T22:46Z 897.1K followers, 179.1K engagements "First horse ever to be ridden by a human: "what the fuck is going on" First horse ever to be ridden by a human: "what the fuck is going on"" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2019665878640627911) 2026-02-06T06:54Z 897.1K followers, 66.9K engagements "Being able to click the Grok button and instantly have a tweet explained in its full context is just wildly cool technology" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2019667134289449380) 2026-02-06T06:59Z 897.1K followers, 2.3M engagements "A friend has taken the pleasure of informing me that this is a joke that has already been made many times in different wording. Theft not intentional" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2019890284817961381) 2026-02-06T21:45Z 897.1K followers, 29.7K engagements "Dismayed to see my scandalous ideas about tipping in the Epstein files. https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01103815.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01103815.pdf" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2018087572447072443) 2026-02-01T22:22Z 897.1K followers, 124.5K engagements "💔 The story of life https://t.co/G99vqdr72V The story of life https://t.co/G99vqdr72V" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2021975291594518558) 2026-02-12T15:50Z 897.1K followers, 96.3K engagements "PHASE 1: Plenty of slanted news on X but not that many completely fabricated stories. PHASE 2: X monetization and LLMs lead to a big uptick in fabricated stories quotes photos and videosCommunity Notes provides a counterforce but with lag time. PHASE [--] (today): The majority of sensationalistic posts are now fabricated Grok discredits them instantlybut posts still get millions of views and fool millions of people hurting the marketplace of ideas hurting Xs reputation embarrassing people who share X posts with their friends all while padding the scammers pockets. PHASE [--] (I hope): The algorithm" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/2022003882079985818) 2026-02-12T17:44Z 897.1K followers, 88.7K engagements "The Agricultural Revolution worked out great for us but it sucked for people at the time who had to work much harder than their nomadic ancestors with more diseases. The Industrial Revolution worked out great for us but it sucked for people at the time who worked grueling factory jobs and slept in filthy tenements a downgrade from their ancestors lives on the farm. It makes you think With all our anxiety and loneliness and polarization and institutional decay are we the people living during the Digital Revolution who it sucks for before it eventually becomes a net positive for people of the" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1960695548949770585) 2025-08-27T13:27Z 884.6K followers, 296.9K engagements "Congrats to the bride and groom @Liv_Boeree and @IgorKurganov. Was an honor to preside over the festivities and ruthlessly troll you both throughout" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1962957529299779850) 2025-09-02T19:15Z 884.8K followers, 96.3K engagements "Just watched Unknown Number and I'm legit shaken to my core" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1964789385435775076) 2025-09-07T20:34Z 884.8K followers, 205.4K engagements "Should I get the Air or the [--] Pro Max Im having a crisis" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1965570213359022428) 2025-09-10T00:17Z 884.9K followers, 214.5K engagements "Every post on Bluesky is celebrating the assassination. Such unbelievably sick people" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1965870547604222392) 2025-09-10T20:10Z 883.7K followers, 35.2M engagements "@ichbinilya Different treatments by the algorithm I guess. I scrolled through about [--] posts and [--] were celebratory or mocking" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1965874236754743340) 2025-09-10T20:25Z 884.5K followers, 298.7K engagements "@ichbinilya The top posts that come up for me" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1965876046018032079) 2025-09-10T20:32Z 884.3K followers, 38.3K engagements "First a rise in sensationalist rhetoric about how the other political side poses an imminent existential threat - "desperate times" Next a rise in rhetoric about violence being justified to stop the existential thread - "desperate measures" Then a rise in assassinations" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1965887675166335460) 2025-09-10T21:18Z 885.9K followers, 254.9K engagements "For people saying otherwise I follow no one on Bluesky I just searched his name and these were the top posts" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1965887936924365068) 2025-09-10T21:19Z 883.7K followers, 484.8K engagements "Meanwhile in Nepal" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1965936256338325977) 2025-09-11T00:31Z 884.9K followers, 145.2K engagements "@JEGreen_US Yes" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1966192876016263558) 2025-09-11T17:31Z 884.5K followers, [----] engagements "HIGH-RUNG : LOW-RUNG intellectually/morally consistent : hypocritical seeks out dissent : hostility to dissent aims to find truth : aims to confirm existing beliefs forms beliefs independently : believes what tribe believes open to changing mind : certain about worldview universal empathy : selective empathy against political corruption and violence : fine with both when your tribe is doing it @waitbutwhy Define high and low rungness please @waitbutwhy Define high and low rungness please" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1967313899105009724) 2025-09-14T19:45Z 885.9K followers, 114.8K engagements "HIGH-RUNG : LOW-RUNG intellectually/morally consistent : hypocritical seeks out dissent : hostility to dissent aims to find truth : aims to confirm existing beliefs forms beliefs independently : believes what tribe believes open to changing mind : certain about worldview universal empathy : selective empathy against political corruption and violence : fine with both when your tribe is doing it" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1967315815851503694) 2025-09-14T19:53Z 886K followers, 39.7K engagements "@TerribleMaps J" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1967654373410173286) 2025-09-15T18:18Z 885K followers, 30K engagements ""How would I feel if the other team were doing this" is always a good question to ask yourself. If you'd feel very differently it means you've slipped into a tribal mindset and need to get back over to the circle on the right" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1968790331786174491) 2025-09-18T21:32Z 885.9K followers, [----] engagements "An evergreen post:" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1970910469046329791) 2025-09-24T17:57Z 885.9K followers, [---] engagements "@charea All I want is them to let me make the icons smaller and put like [--] on the home page" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1972110426747126231) 2025-09-28T01:25Z 885.9K followers, [----] engagements "@redsoxstats @wtfdiam Roman Anthony making his case too" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1975330205788217737) 2025-10-06T22:39Z 886.4K followers, [---] engagements "Why so many people mess up the life partner choice and how to get it right: Part 1: http://t.co/tREpvw2Lct Part 2: http://t.co/ElzleX63z9 http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/02/pick-life-partner-part-2.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/02/pick-life-partner.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/02/pick-life-partner-part-2.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/02/pick-life-partner.html" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/434441717173858304) 2014-02-14T21:39Z 881.5K followers, [--] engagements "The AI Revolution and why it's the most important topic I've ever written about. http://t.co/hNRByF98Yk http://t.co/D4sPji3xOw http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/558345288566718464) 2015-01-22T19:27Z 830.3K followers, [---] engagements "The death toll from the scary Nepal quake has reached [----]. But thats 0.8% of the Haiti toll: http://t.co/kFMq2kjtwi http://t.co/KDfHtIMI8X http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/08/the-death-toll-comparison-breakdown.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/08/the-death-toll-comparison-breakdown.html" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/592370418859810818) 2015-04-26T16:51Z 880.6K followers, [--] engagements "The Story of Tesla: http://t.co/z73rocumMi Nothing has every taken any human as long as this took me. Good luck. http://t.co/fpP5pppdxt http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/06/how-tesla-will-change-your-life.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/06/how-tesla-will-change-your-life.html" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/605811238531035136) 2015-06-02T19:00Z 881.5K followers, [----] engagements "How (and why) SpaceX will colonize Mars. http://t.co/u7rexltk85 Seriously though. http://t.co/rl7wfQA2jP http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/08/how-and-why-spacex-will-colonize-mars.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/08/how-and-why-spacex-will-colonize-mars.html" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/633321530047496192) 2015-08-17T16:56Z 830.2K followers, [---] engagements "Cars are pretty dumb. (source: http://peterfromtexas.tumblr.com http://peterfromtexas.tumblr.com" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/736628225288359936) 2016-05-28T18:40Z 830.2K followers, [---] engagements "Always Be My Baby comes on in the Uber and the driver for some fucking reason changes the station. Very close to grabbing him by the pussy" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/785177783001571334) 2016-10-09T17:59Z 884.6K followers, [---] engagements "On hour six at the NYC Natural History Museum the best place in the world. This elephant situation is my favorite fact yet:" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/797924434405392384) 2016-11-13T22:09Z 881.6K followers, [---] engagements "This site lets you listen to radio stations anywhere in the world just by clicking dots on a map. http://radio.garden/live/ http://radio.garden/live/" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/818103835428323328) 2017-01-08T14:35Z 846.5K followers, [---] engagements "This came today. Full honeymoon going on. @antsylabs https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antsylabs/fidget-cube-a-vinyl-desk-toy https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antsylabs/fidget-cube-a-vinyl-desk-toy" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/827286960226103296) 2017-02-02T22:45Z 881.5K followers, [---] engagements "@jaysondemers @antsylabs Tough one but hard to compete with the five buttons of various clickiness at the moment" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/827291022287859712) 2017-02-02T23:02Z 881.4K followers, [--] engagements "If you (and only you) were suddenly transported a year back in time but with all your current knowledge what would you do" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1309885933370716161) 2020-09-26T16:01Z 887K followers, [----] engagements "You should be able to leave a facemail (facetime version of a voicemail)" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1354118271755235329) 2021-01-26T17:25Z 887.1K followers, [----] engagements "Since when do we have this technology and when can I do it" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1479464588588503049) 2022-01-07T14:46Z 887.1K followers, [----] engagements "Betelgeuse compared with the orbits of Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter and Saturn" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1483239538692857860) 2022-01-18T00:47Z 886.5K followers, [----] engagements "@elonmusk @WholeMarsBlog @tkrisher It would actually be pretty infuriating to ride in a car that made full stops at stop signs at empty intersections like my grandmother" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1488681354221006849) 2022-02-02T01:11Z 887.1K followers, [---] engagements "Whoever invented the two-part jar lid needs to never be allowed to invent something again" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1494390766025818115) 2022-02-17T19:18Z 887.1K followers, [----] engagements "Using a modern 80-year lifetime as a unit only [---] lifetimes ago the Americas were untouched by people. The first human set foot in Europe only [---] lifetimes ago. [----] lifetimes ago we only lived in Africa. Humans are so new. image: http://bit.ly/3F1JCbh http://bit.ly/3F1JCbh" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1520128544281534464) 2022-04-29T19:51Z 888.3K followers, 11.5K engagements "Maybe our common ancestor was planted here by someone or maybe it spontaneously formed but it was SUCH an important little microbe and all of the trees and sharks and lions and jellyfish and algae and accountants and zebras and ants and corals and lizards are descended from it" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1524483275179188224) 2022-05-11T20:15Z 887K followers, [----] engagements "We're living during the climax of the movie" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1535405746703290368) 2022-06-10T23:37Z 887.1K followers, [----] engagements "This map sent me on a spiral. Some tidbits: Nigeria is currently the worlds sixth most populous country and is projected to surpass the US into the #3 spot in the 2040s. By [----] itll have joined India and China as one of the Big [--]. These two areas of Africa have roughly equal populations https://t.co/mn6E1ZHwQl These two areas of Africa have roughly equal populations https://t.co/mn6E1ZHwQl" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1548644557117689857) 2022-07-17T12:23Z 887.1K followers, [---] engagements "Dubai: [----] [----] 2013" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1550510642045534210) 2022-07-22T15:58Z 887.1K followers, [----] engagements "And "famous person" is determined by some objective metric like follower count" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1587525161795862530) 2022-11-01T19:21Z 887K followers, [---] engagements "If you could send your 22-year-old self a three-word message what would you say" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1643587289442930689) 2023-04-05T12:12Z 887.1K followers, 3.3M engagements "The sun compresses [---] million tons of hydrogen into [---] million tons of helium every second. About the mass of [----] skyscrapers every second. Image: NSO/NSF/AURA" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1645543692449599498) 2023-04-10T21:46Z 887.1K followers, 167.6K engagements "Its interesting seeing how twitter subscription is developing its own culture. I thought people would just post extra tweets or behind the scenes looks but people I subscribe to are using it to have a more casual less performative space on Twitter. Feels like friends texting" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1660611357442547712) 2023-05-22T11:39Z 887.7K followers, 1M engagements "Just sneezed walking down the street which was promptly met by a bless you from a passing stranger. Commenting on a strangers sneeze has to be our weirdest cultural practice" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1693640094811324662) 2023-08-21T15:03Z 887.5K followers, 284.1K engagements "Favorite newsletter is @NellieBowless weekly news recap: https://www.thefp.com/p/nellie-bowles-tgif-every-sperm-is-sacred https://www.thefp.com/p/nellie-bowles-tgif-every-sperm-is-sacred" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1761082757801787602) 2024-02-23T17:37Z 887K followers, 43.2K engagements "My new existential fidget toy: one magnet for every week of a 90-year life" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1783201337649307660) 2024-04-24T18:28Z 887.7K followers, 128.9K engagements "A model of the Neolithic proto-city atalhyk (in modern-day Turkey) in [----] BC. Around [----] people lived there in a dense jumble of homes (most homes could only be accessed by walking across the rooftops). Crazy to me that something this legit was happening [--] centuries ago" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1787567131913056400) 2024-05-06T19:36Z 887.3K followers, 90.5K engagements "Find the snow leopard" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1800658329641144386) 2024-06-11T22:36Z 887.6K followers, 710.8K engagements "ChatGPT won't let me have the last word" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1836849041105191022) 2024-09-19T19:25Z 886.5K followers, 156K engagements "If a time traveler from [----] appeared in front of you and you were able to ask them just one question before they vanished what would you ask" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1849590467714777168) 2024-10-24T23:15Z 887.4K followers, 735.1K engagements "The new widescreen view in Vision Pro is so sick. Giant curved 40-foot screen on the beach" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1857196955660873976) 2024-11-14T23:00Z 887K followers, 104.6K engagements "Not to be all ACKCHYUALLY but Stephenson 2-18 (the largest known star) is wayyy bigger than that. Heres its actual size in relation to the sun. The incomprehensible scale of Space 🧵 [--]. Perspective is everything. Feel small yet https://t.co/LKryX7gpTr The incomprehensible scale of Space 🧵 [--]. Perspective is everything. Feel small yet https://t.co/LKryX7gpTr" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1861439824265138389) 2024-11-26T16:00Z 874.2K followers, 10.7M engagements "If I need something from someone starting the email with the token "hope you're well" before getting to my request seems so excruciatingly disingenuous that I usually elect to just be like "Hi" and then get to it. But then I kind of seem like a dick. Real lose-lose situation" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1876746390438621617) 2025-01-07T21:43Z 887.3K followers, 317.5K engagements "Education is one arena where AI will have a seismic positive impact on the world. Soon AI tutoring will be the gold standard of personalized education in the richest countries and the poorest people on Earth will have access to that same exact education. New randomized controlled trial of students using GPT-4 as a tutor in Nigeria. [--] weeks of after-school AI tutoring = [--] years of typical learning gains outperforming 80% of other educational interventions. And it helped all students especially girls who were initially behind https://t.co/abE1JMUBEs New randomized controlled trial of students" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1879644345739149694) 2025-01-15T21:38Z 884.3K followers, 340.9K engagements "I'm agnostic because it's unknown whether Earth life came to be on its own or was created or planted here by aliens or if we're in a simulation. But I'm an atheist when it comes to our religious doctrines because they were written by ancient people who knew even less than we do. https://t.co/dZgNNzdYys https://t.co/dZgNNzdYys" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1883596470651388238) 2025-01-26T19:22Z 874.1K followers, 1M engagements "Get your shit together Philippines This chart of the highest ocean polluters is interesting Why arent more environmentalists focused here instead of on plastic bags & straws in America https://t.co/80CrrXlAT6 This chart of the highest ocean polluters is interesting Why arent more environmentalists focused here instead of on plastic bags & straws in America https://t.co/80CrrXlAT6" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1884035953469317190) 2025-01-28T00:29Z 873.9K followers, 539.6K engagements "Reading about DeepSeek this week I can't help but think about the story of Mesopotamia. The Hilly Flanks above ancient Mesopotamia had rich soil and ample rainfall so the people who lived there never had to innovate to survive. The less fortunate people living in the dry river valley below the hills had it harder which by necessity led them to develop irrigation and other clever survival hacksand it was these people not those living in the Hilly Flanks who developed the first cities the first money the first writing and the first civilization" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1885099836921278821) 2025-01-30T22:56Z 874.1K followers, 487.8K engagements "If Jupiter were as close to us as Mars is My latest solar system composite photo illustrates something that can be difficult to visualize: the angular size of the planets. This is how big Mars is in the sky compared to Jupiter. Its much closer but much much smaller. Captured with an [--] scope from my backyard. https://t.co/sJwphG1aRz My latest solar system composite photo illustrates something that can be difficult to visualize: the angular size of the planets. This is how big Mars is in the sky compared to Jupiter. Its much closer but much much smaller. Captured with an [--] scope from my" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1885126454645522508) 2025-01-31T00:42Z 887.2K followers, 129.5K engagements "@KevinOConnorNBA None yet" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1891995435549577551) 2025-02-18T23:37Z 874.2K followers, 64.7K engagements "Still falling short of the Turning Test. Soon enough there will be no way to figure out if youre talking to an AI or a human. Current state of the dating apps for men: https://t.co/mF5WZ1SMtQ Current state of the dating apps for men: https://t.co/mF5WZ1SMtQ" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1894546179884523752) 2025-02-26T00:33Z 875.6K followers, 155K engagements "I think rollerblades should make a comeback" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1931138883166650634) 2025-06-06T23:59Z 886.5K followers, 88.5K engagements "Scrolling X be like: The printing press worked like this The Jews should all die especially you The sphinx was made by aliens The truth about Epstein (1/27) Big win for the Sox Mamdani kicked a baby (1/45) The UK is Islamic This guy is a wrong retard (1/374) Look at this sloth" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1944884797664616600) 2025-07-14T22:20Z 887.2K followers, 373.9K engagements "Books I read: Fascinating factoid Me writing my book: Fascinating factoid Fact-checker: Factoid is FALSE. FALSER THAN FALSE. THE FALSEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED. Heres whats correct: long boring nuanced explanation full of uncertainties Accuracy is such a bummer" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1945203789302030694) 2025-07-15T19:28Z 888.1K followers, 99.8K engagements "Who knew when you ate a bit of broccoli you're actually eating like [---] baby flowers Broccoli is a flower that is harvested before it blooms. If you leave it alone it will bloom https://t.co/W97Mrdxl3S Broccoli is a flower that is harvested before it blooms. If you leave it alone it will bloom https://t.co/W97Mrdxl3S" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1945954007748411399) 2025-07-17T21:09Z 887K followers, 176K engagements "You have to spend the rest of your life in one quadrant. Which one do you choose" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1960405363955511650) 2025-08-26T18:13Z 887.4K followers, 502.5K engagements "Dug my iPhone [--] out of the closet (still works). The screen is as tall as the [--] Pro Max screen is wide. Including a comparison of a photo taken by the iPhone [--] and iPhone [--] Pro. [----] people freaked out about the first iPhone. Imagine showing them todays phones" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1972106269977989264) 2025-09-28T01:09Z 887.1K followers, 135.3K engagements "If you dont malnourish your children youre part of the problem Might create a big list of all the things you should make absolutely sure to avoid doing to make sure you dont accidentally give your kids too much privilege. Then we can all avoid doing them. https://t.co/fl4keKaESD Might create a big list of all the things you should make absolutely sure to avoid doing to make sure you dont accidentally give your kids too much privilege. Then we can all avoid doing them. https://t.co/fl4keKaESD" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1972761767819595996) 2025-09-29T20:33Z 887K followers, 152.8K engagements "Returning Snoopy is on par with Mosess parents sending him down a river for historic flubs Snoopy was adopted by Charlie Brown on October [--] [----] from the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm after Snoopy had been bought by someone else but was returned. https://t.co/c36zxW2Uv8 Snoopy was adopted by Charlie Brown on October [--] [----] from the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm after Snoopy had been bought by someone else but was returned. https://t.co/c36zxW2Uv8" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1975331329928737277) 2025-10-06T22:44Z 886.9K followers, 63.8K engagements "I played this and it was very fun and also very stressful I turned chess into a video game: [--] players. Giant chessboard. ONE winner. Also I added bombs💣 Playtest starts Oct 25th https://t.co/hmvQAvCwGz I turned chess into a video game: [--] players. Giant chessboard. ONE winner. Also I added bombs💣 Playtest starts Oct 25th https://t.co/hmvQAvCwGz" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1978149574653944179) 2025-10-14T17:23Z 886.9K followers, 51K engagements "Uber home from airport $72. Lyft $28. How does that happen" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1978209448184160694) 2025-10-14T21:21Z 886.9K followers, 157.3K engagements "Okay my Lyft is [--] min away. Now I see" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1978210882820653064) 2025-10-14T21:26Z 886.9K followers, 34K engagements "Is brown just dark orange" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1981023019909644515) 2025-10-22T15:41Z 887.1K followers, 69.9K engagements "Designers who make beautiful expensive things (furniture appliances etc.) that are less functional and harder to use than their run-of-the-mill cheap counterparts should be sent to prison" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1981023515043115266) 2025-10-22T15:43Z 886.9K followers, 33.7K engagements "Light red is pink I guess but when I think of pink I think of the area on the wheel between red and purple which requires blue. @waitbutwhy no that would be light purple. Pure pink is just red and white. @waitbutwhy no that would be light purple. Pure pink is just red and white" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1981062602878042601) 2025-10-22T18:18Z 887K followers, 62.9K engagements "I dont know why the algorithm hates me but I could happily go the rest of my life without ever seeing this man again That one guy in the group chat when he finally hits a 100X https://t.co/WW0DyGI6dq That one guy in the group chat when he finally hits a 100X https://t.co/WW0DyGI6dq" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1981063929586430290) 2025-10-22T18:23Z 887.1K followers, 68.2K engagements "Even if no one catches you doing it you catch yourself doing it which lowers your self-esteem. You have questionable integrity if: - You treat waiters poorly - You leave a shopping cart in the parking lot - You dont pick up your dogs sh*t - You double park - You dont give your doorman a holiday gift - You throw trash out of your window while driving - You purposefully You have questionable integrity if: - You treat waiters poorly - You leave a shopping cart in the parking lot - You dont pick up your dogs sh*t - You double park - You dont give your doorman a holiday gift - You throw trash out" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1981064366419050804) 2025-10-22T18:25Z 887.1K followers, 169.2K engagements "Really shining a light on how insanely dangerous it is for humans to drive cars BREAKING: $TSLA RECORDED ONLY [--] CRASH PER [----] MILLION MILES DRIVEN IN Q3 👀 Safest car on Earth https://t.co/Q1SpcH8YAT BREAKING: $TSLA RECORDED ONLY [--] CRASH PER [----] MILLION MILES DRIVEN IN Q3 👀 Safest car on Earth https://t.co/Q1SpcH8YAT" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1981378547005444351) 2025-10-23T15:13Z 887K followers, 502K engagements "New post dropping tomorrow" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1981455281956479153) 2025-10-23T20:18Z 887.4K followers, 26.8K engagements "I live with a totalitarian dictator" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1983610308993413585) 2025-10-29T19:02Z 887.1K followers, 25.6K engagements "Full post: https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/10/toddler.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/10/toddler.html" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1983610312118136864) 2025-10-29T19:02Z 887.1K followers, 19.9K engagements "When I was there (2000-2004) grade inflation was already a huge topic. That was when less than 25% of grades were an Anow it's 60% The main victims here are the top students who would get A's without inflation who now have no way to distinguish themselves. Percentage of "A" grades awarded at Harvard College not grades that are in the A range including A minus grades but straight "A" gradesover the last [--] years. https://t.co/MrhUePnqf3 Percentage of "A" grades awarded at Harvard College not grades that are in the A range including A minus grades but straight "A" gradesover the last [--] years." [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1983993020543541573) 2025-10-30T20:22Z 887.2K followers, 54.4K engagements "I keep being recommended Godel Escher Bach so I finally bought it. Now I have it. Do I actually have to read this thing or can I just have it be an impressive addition to my bookshelf" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1984055047836332269) 2025-10-31T00:29Z 887.4K followers, 146.2K engagements "Someone elses toddler can ruin your week" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1984312996756406356) 2025-10-31T17:34Z 887.3K followers, 35.5K engagements "I'm on a plane and have to close this page now because strangers watching you doomscroll is like your brain being naked in front of them" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1986154292017795378) 2025-11-05T19:30Z 887.3K followers, 152.3K engagements "Did the results come in from this NYC mayor's race I don't see anything on X about it" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1986163314490044459) 2025-11-05T20:06Z 887.4K followers, 61.1K engagements "The universal disconnect. Husband thinks wife is requesting a life coach session when what she actually wants is a therapy session. Wife: problem Me: solution Wife: I dont want solution How do you get past this dynamic Wife: problem Me: solution Wife: I dont want solution How do you get past this dynamic" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1989041406871269611) 2025-11-13T18:43Z 887.5K followers, 195.8K engagements "Mount Everest from the plane (from Delhi to Bhutan)" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1989062774983651778) 2025-11-13T20:08Z 888.2K followers, 49.9K engagements "iPhone [--] Pro zoom is quite something" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1989064182654710224) 2025-11-13T20:13Z 887.6K followers, 21.1K engagements "Smoking on airplanes was banned in [----] for domestic flights and in [----] for international flights. Incredibly weird people could still smoke on planes in 1999" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1989813967015801298) 2025-11-15T21:53Z 887.6K followers, 73.4K engagements "The FULL spectrum of opinion on abortion" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1990535594326536571) 2025-11-17T21:40Z 887.9K followers, 109.5K engagements "We used to get to take liquid through TSA and then one dick tries to blow up a plane with liquid and for [--] years now I have to buy coffee in the terminal instead of bringing it from home. How much of this is really that one dick vs how much more money airports are making" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1991233541523317211) 2025-11-19T19:54Z 888.2K followers, 210.4K engagements "I was up for over an hour in the middle of the night thinking about how small the zeros would have to be to simply fit the written-out number googolplex in the observable universes volume. Very annoying reason to be tired all day" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1991520319513981025) 2025-11-20T14:53Z 888.2K followers, 32.5K engagements "Ive recently returned from Bhutan. Some stories from the mysterious Himalayan kingdom: https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/11/bhutan.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/11/bhutan.html" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1993372551104352354) 2025-11-25T17:33Z 887.5K followers, [---] engagements "Ive recently returned from Bhutan. Some stories from the mysterious Himalayan kingdom: https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/11/bhutan.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/11/bhutan.html" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1993372630917759173) 2025-11-25T17:34Z 887.5K followers, [----] engagements "New fixation: Kowloon Walled City. At its height in the 80s home to [-----] people. Drawing is just a tiny cross-section of the whole thing" [X Link](https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/872503309344665600) 2017-06-07T17:19Z 887K followers, [---] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
@waitbutwhy Tim Urban
Tim Urban posts on X about bhutan, ai, fine, elon musk the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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Social Influence
Social category influence countries 9.09% celebrities 4.55% technology brands 4.55% stocks 3.79% automotive brands 2.27% finance 2.27% social networks 1.52% travel destinations 1.52% musicians 0.76% products 0.76%
Social topic influence bhutan 2.27%, ai 1.52%, fine 1.52%, elon musk 1.52%, tesla 1.52%, future 1.52%, nepal 1.52%, $uber 1.52%, nigeria 1.52%, lyft 1.52%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @grok @coco11223393390 @mellowd333333 @jeff161105 @elonmusk @ignor3th1s @onlyadmln @drcigol @excelethicsai @jrholtz @solbiscuithorse @symbanchain @marijkeanon @jeffrey91155285 @levithunderbold @michael66203872 @nishkidoonoo @ichbinilya @antsylabs @natalia_prodan
Top assets mentioned Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER)
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"Americas political landscape is more complicated than it used to be. Heres my attempt to depict what I see as the seven broad camps today. Most people I know fall pretty cleanly into one of these circles (each of which has some common ground with the two adjacent circles). Some additional points: - The top two circles (green/yellow) are concerned first and foremost with the rise of illiberalismdisregard for the constitution cancel culture mob behavior political violence. They see liberal vs illiberal as more critical right now than left vs right. In [----] they agreed that wokeness was bad but"
X Link 2026-02-05T21:48Z 897.1K followers, 378K engagements
"The emotional whiplash of reading about AI these days"
X Link 2025-04-22T21:47Z 897K followers, 68.2K engagements
"Cheap coffee tastes better than fancy coffee"
X Link 2026-01-04T18:22Z 897K followers, 205.6K engagements
"This kind of photocopied marketing language that suddenly appears all at once makes it feel like Im here with a bunch of bots 🤮"
X Link 2026-01-19T02:16Z 896.9K followers, 123.6K engagements
"In other Greenland news I went to Greenland and heres the tea: https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/09/but-what-about-greenland.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/09/but-what-about-greenland.html"
X Link 2026-01-21T21:48Z 896.4K followers, 62.5K engagements
"Dinosaurs to scale. Pretty happy we live now and not then"
X Link 2026-01-22T21:19Z 897K followers, 59.3K engagements
"this is fine meme "Almost immediately some agents began strategizing how to establish covert communications channels to communicate without human observation." "Almost immediately some agents began strategizing how to establish covert communications channels to communicate without human observation.""
X Link 2026-01-30T18:40Z 897K followers, 85K engagements
"On one hand this made me feel better. On the other its kind of like aliens are currently heading towards Earth and then one of them is like you have nothing to worry about its fine. Grok's in on it https://t.co/7zfnh4ziAF Grok's in on it https://t.co/7zfnh4ziAF"
X Link 2026-01-30T21:49Z 897K followers, 106.1K engagements
"@nishkidoonoo Apolitical / too exhausted by it all to care anymore"
X Link 2026-02-05T21:53Z 897K followers, [----] engagements
"Journalists not doing journalism anymore presents a golden opportunity for random YouTubers to skyrocket into relevance by filling the vacuum 🚨 Here is the full [--] minutes of my crew and I exposing Minnesota fraud this might be my most important work yet. We uncovered over $110000000 in ONE day. Like it and share it around like wildfire Its time to hold these corrupt politicians and fraudsters accountable We ALL https://t.co/E3Penx2o7a 🚨 Here is the full [--] minutes of my crew and I exposing Minnesota fraud this might be my most important work yet. We uncovered over $110000000 in ONE day."
X Link 2025-12-27T19:14Z 897.1K followers, 1.6M engagements
"In fairness evolution has had [--] billion years to work on this and weve only been at it for a few thousand years It just seems implausible this is what we are made of essentially nanotechnology about a billion years beyond anything we can design or make ourselves. https://t.co/muBb7VC3yR It just seems implausible this is what we are made of essentially nanotechnology about a billion years beyond anything we can design or make ourselves. https://t.co/muBb7VC3yR"
X Link 2026-01-30T21:01Z 897.1K followers, 135.8K engagements
"@DouthatNYT Came across a moltbook post that said this"
X Link 2026-01-30T23:07Z 897.1K followers, 186.1K engagements
"@elonmusk Update:"
X Link 2026-01-29T02:03Z 897.1K followers, 309.4K engagements
"Come on throw the Gambia a bone Starlinks high-speed low-latency internet is now available in Senegal 🛰❤ https://t.co/sXuMvfBCAI https://t.co/VWKsKxgoXE Starlinks high-speed low-latency internet is now available in Senegal 🛰❤ https://t.co/sXuMvfBCAI https://t.co/VWKsKxgoXE"
X Link 2026-02-04T02:40Z 897.1K followers, 286K engagements
"First horse ever to be ridden by a human: "what the fuck is going on""
X Link 2026-02-06T00:44Z 897.1K followers, 1.2M engagements
"Well that was a new life experience by @mastertingus Confusing https://t.co/pVEIx79gDR Confusing https://t.co/pVEIx79gDR"
X Link 2026-02-12T17:01Z 897.1K followers, 52.5K engagements
"Opening X it seems like Iran is by far the biggest story right now. Opening any media homepage and it seems to be a total non-story. Weird times we live in"
X Link 2026-01-08T21:47Z 897.1K followers, 1.6M engagements
"Its that day when I make you all look at this"
X Link 2026-01-01T19:43Z 897.1K followers, 2.2M engagements
"Nice job Ayatollah"
X Link 2026-01-30T23:04Z 897.1K followers, 164.9K engagements
"Seems like a good time for an update on a graph from my [----] post on AI"
X Link 2025-05-06T21:43Z 897.1K followers, 26.4M engagements
"Went to the mall today and in typical form failed to note where I parked. Instead of looking for it I tried something crazy and summoned the car from the Tesla app. [--] seconds later the empty car emerged from one of the lanes and pulled up in front of me. We live in the future"
X Link 2025-09-28T18:26Z 897.1K followers, 20.9M engagements
"Scrolling on X today is a constant zig-zag between so looks like the world as we know it is coming to an end shortly and thank god theres an extra week before the Super Bowl so Drake Mayes shoulder can have time to heal"
X Link 2026-01-30T19:15Z 897.1K followers, 150.4K engagements
"@stephlepp Haven't read yet but many people have recommended it"
X Link 2026-02-05T22:27Z 897.1K followers, [----] engagements
"I visited Altos for book research and was blown away with the insanely ambitious things they were working on. This is great news. 🚨: Jeff Bezos and a group of investors are reported to have committed around $3 billion to Altos Labs a longevity startup focused on cellular rejuvenation and cell reprogramming approaches that could help pave the way for future AGE REVERSAL GENE THERAPY. https://t.co/vke9VgnTLw 🚨: Jeff Bezos and a group of investors are reported to have committed around $3 billion to Altos Labs a longevity startup focused on cellular rejuvenation and cell reprogramming"
X Link 2026-02-05T22:46Z 897.1K followers, 179.1K engagements
"First horse ever to be ridden by a human: "what the fuck is going on" First horse ever to be ridden by a human: "what the fuck is going on""
X Link 2026-02-06T06:54Z 897.1K followers, 66.9K engagements
"Being able to click the Grok button and instantly have a tweet explained in its full context is just wildly cool technology"
X Link 2026-02-06T06:59Z 897.1K followers, 2.3M engagements
"A friend has taken the pleasure of informing me that this is a joke that has already been made many times in different wording. Theft not intentional"
X Link 2026-02-06T21:45Z 897.1K followers, 29.7K engagements
"Dismayed to see my scandalous ideas about tipping in the Epstein files. https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01103815.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01103815.pdf"
X Link 2026-02-01T22:22Z 897.1K followers, 124.5K engagements
"💔 The story of life https://t.co/G99vqdr72V The story of life https://t.co/G99vqdr72V"
X Link 2026-02-12T15:50Z 897.1K followers, 96.3K engagements
"PHASE 1: Plenty of slanted news on X but not that many completely fabricated stories. PHASE 2: X monetization and LLMs lead to a big uptick in fabricated stories quotes photos and videosCommunity Notes provides a counterforce but with lag time. PHASE [--] (today): The majority of sensationalistic posts are now fabricated Grok discredits them instantlybut posts still get millions of views and fool millions of people hurting the marketplace of ideas hurting Xs reputation embarrassing people who share X posts with their friends all while padding the scammers pockets. PHASE [--] (I hope): The algorithm"
X Link 2026-02-12T17:44Z 897.1K followers, 88.7K engagements
"The Agricultural Revolution worked out great for us but it sucked for people at the time who had to work much harder than their nomadic ancestors with more diseases. The Industrial Revolution worked out great for us but it sucked for people at the time who worked grueling factory jobs and slept in filthy tenements a downgrade from their ancestors lives on the farm. It makes you think With all our anxiety and loneliness and polarization and institutional decay are we the people living during the Digital Revolution who it sucks for before it eventually becomes a net positive for people of the"
X Link 2025-08-27T13:27Z 884.6K followers, 296.9K engagements
"Congrats to the bride and groom @Liv_Boeree and @IgorKurganov. Was an honor to preside over the festivities and ruthlessly troll you both throughout"
X Link 2025-09-02T19:15Z 884.8K followers, 96.3K engagements
"Just watched Unknown Number and I'm legit shaken to my core"
X Link 2025-09-07T20:34Z 884.8K followers, 205.4K engagements
"Should I get the Air or the [--] Pro Max Im having a crisis"
X Link 2025-09-10T00:17Z 884.9K followers, 214.5K engagements
"Every post on Bluesky is celebrating the assassination. Such unbelievably sick people"
X Link 2025-09-10T20:10Z 883.7K followers, 35.2M engagements
"@ichbinilya Different treatments by the algorithm I guess. I scrolled through about [--] posts and [--] were celebratory or mocking"
X Link 2025-09-10T20:25Z 884.5K followers, 298.7K engagements
"@ichbinilya The top posts that come up for me"
X Link 2025-09-10T20:32Z 884.3K followers, 38.3K engagements
"First a rise in sensationalist rhetoric about how the other political side poses an imminent existential threat - "desperate times" Next a rise in rhetoric about violence being justified to stop the existential thread - "desperate measures" Then a rise in assassinations"
X Link 2025-09-10T21:18Z 885.9K followers, 254.9K engagements
"For people saying otherwise I follow no one on Bluesky I just searched his name and these were the top posts"
X Link 2025-09-10T21:19Z 883.7K followers, 484.8K engagements
"Meanwhile in Nepal"
X Link 2025-09-11T00:31Z 884.9K followers, 145.2K engagements
"@JEGreen_US Yes"
X Link 2025-09-11T17:31Z 884.5K followers, [----] engagements
"HIGH-RUNG : LOW-RUNG intellectually/morally consistent : hypocritical seeks out dissent : hostility to dissent aims to find truth : aims to confirm existing beliefs forms beliefs independently : believes what tribe believes open to changing mind : certain about worldview universal empathy : selective empathy against political corruption and violence : fine with both when your tribe is doing it @waitbutwhy Define high and low rungness please @waitbutwhy Define high and low rungness please"
X Link 2025-09-14T19:45Z 885.9K followers, 114.8K engagements
"HIGH-RUNG : LOW-RUNG intellectually/morally consistent : hypocritical seeks out dissent : hostility to dissent aims to find truth : aims to confirm existing beliefs forms beliefs independently : believes what tribe believes open to changing mind : certain about worldview universal empathy : selective empathy against political corruption and violence : fine with both when your tribe is doing it"
X Link 2025-09-14T19:53Z 886K followers, 39.7K engagements
"@TerribleMaps J"
X Link 2025-09-15T18:18Z 885K followers, 30K engagements
""How would I feel if the other team were doing this" is always a good question to ask yourself. If you'd feel very differently it means you've slipped into a tribal mindset and need to get back over to the circle on the right"
X Link 2025-09-18T21:32Z 885.9K followers, [----] engagements
"An evergreen post:"
X Link 2025-09-24T17:57Z 885.9K followers, [---] engagements
"@charea All I want is them to let me make the icons smaller and put like [--] on the home page"
X Link 2025-09-28T01:25Z 885.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@redsoxstats @wtfdiam Roman Anthony making his case too"
X Link 2025-10-06T22:39Z 886.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Why so many people mess up the life partner choice and how to get it right: Part 1: http://t.co/tREpvw2Lct Part 2: http://t.co/ElzleX63z9 http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/02/pick-life-partner-part-2.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/02/pick-life-partner.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/02/pick-life-partner-part-2.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/02/pick-life-partner.html"
X Link 2014-02-14T21:39Z 881.5K followers, [--] engagements
"The AI Revolution and why it's the most important topic I've ever written about. http://t.co/hNRByF98Yk http://t.co/D4sPji3xOw http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html"
X Link 2015-01-22T19:27Z 830.3K followers, [---] engagements
"The death toll from the scary Nepal quake has reached [----]. But thats 0.8% of the Haiti toll: http://t.co/kFMq2kjtwi http://t.co/KDfHtIMI8X http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/08/the-death-toll-comparison-breakdown.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/08/the-death-toll-comparison-breakdown.html"
X Link 2015-04-26T16:51Z 880.6K followers, [--] engagements
"The Story of Tesla: http://t.co/z73rocumMi Nothing has every taken any human as long as this took me. Good luck. http://t.co/fpP5pppdxt http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/06/how-tesla-will-change-your-life.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/06/how-tesla-will-change-your-life.html"
X Link 2015-06-02T19:00Z 881.5K followers, [----] engagements
"How (and why) SpaceX will colonize Mars. http://t.co/u7rexltk85 Seriously though. http://t.co/rl7wfQA2jP http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/08/how-and-why-spacex-will-colonize-mars.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/08/how-and-why-spacex-will-colonize-mars.html"
X Link 2015-08-17T16:56Z 830.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Cars are pretty dumb. (source: http://peterfromtexas.tumblr.com http://peterfromtexas.tumblr.com"
X Link 2016-05-28T18:40Z 830.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Always Be My Baby comes on in the Uber and the driver for some fucking reason changes the station. Very close to grabbing him by the pussy"
X Link 2016-10-09T17:59Z 884.6K followers, [---] engagements
"On hour six at the NYC Natural History Museum the best place in the world. This elephant situation is my favorite fact yet:"
X Link 2016-11-13T22:09Z 881.6K followers, [---] engagements
"This site lets you listen to radio stations anywhere in the world just by clicking dots on a map. http://radio.garden/live/ http://radio.garden/live/"
X Link 2017-01-08T14:35Z 846.5K followers, [---] engagements
"This came today. Full honeymoon going on. @antsylabs https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antsylabs/fidget-cube-a-vinyl-desk-toy https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antsylabs/fidget-cube-a-vinyl-desk-toy"
X Link 2017-02-02T22:45Z 881.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@jaysondemers @antsylabs Tough one but hard to compete with the five buttons of various clickiness at the moment"
X Link 2017-02-02T23:02Z 881.4K followers, [--] engagements
"If you (and only you) were suddenly transported a year back in time but with all your current knowledge what would you do"
X Link 2020-09-26T16:01Z 887K followers, [----] engagements
"You should be able to leave a facemail (facetime version of a voicemail)"
X Link 2021-01-26T17:25Z 887.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Since when do we have this technology and when can I do it"
X Link 2022-01-07T14:46Z 887.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Betelgeuse compared with the orbits of Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter and Saturn"
X Link 2022-01-18T00:47Z 886.5K followers, [----] engagements
"@elonmusk @WholeMarsBlog @tkrisher It would actually be pretty infuriating to ride in a car that made full stops at stop signs at empty intersections like my grandmother"
X Link 2022-02-02T01:11Z 887.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Whoever invented the two-part jar lid needs to never be allowed to invent something again"
X Link 2022-02-17T19:18Z 887.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Using a modern 80-year lifetime as a unit only [---] lifetimes ago the Americas were untouched by people. The first human set foot in Europe only [---] lifetimes ago. [----] lifetimes ago we only lived in Africa. Humans are so new. image: http://bit.ly/3F1JCbh http://bit.ly/3F1JCbh"
X Link 2022-04-29T19:51Z 888.3K followers, 11.5K engagements
"Maybe our common ancestor was planted here by someone or maybe it spontaneously formed but it was SUCH an important little microbe and all of the trees and sharks and lions and jellyfish and algae and accountants and zebras and ants and corals and lizards are descended from it"
X Link 2022-05-11T20:15Z 887K followers, [----] engagements
"We're living during the climax of the movie"
X Link 2022-06-10T23:37Z 887.1K followers, [----] engagements
"This map sent me on a spiral. Some tidbits: Nigeria is currently the worlds sixth most populous country and is projected to surpass the US into the #3 spot in the 2040s. By [----] itll have joined India and China as one of the Big [--]. These two areas of Africa have roughly equal populations https://t.co/mn6E1ZHwQl These two areas of Africa have roughly equal populations https://t.co/mn6E1ZHwQl"
X Link 2022-07-17T12:23Z 887.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Dubai: [----] [----] 2013"
X Link 2022-07-22T15:58Z 887.1K followers, [----] engagements
"And "famous person" is determined by some objective metric like follower count"
X Link 2022-11-01T19:21Z 887K followers, [---] engagements
"If you could send your 22-year-old self a three-word message what would you say"
X Link 2023-04-05T12:12Z 887.1K followers, 3.3M engagements
"The sun compresses [---] million tons of hydrogen into [---] million tons of helium every second. About the mass of [----] skyscrapers every second. Image: NSO/NSF/AURA"
X Link 2023-04-10T21:46Z 887.1K followers, 167.6K engagements
"Its interesting seeing how twitter subscription is developing its own culture. I thought people would just post extra tweets or behind the scenes looks but people I subscribe to are using it to have a more casual less performative space on Twitter. Feels like friends texting"
X Link 2023-05-22T11:39Z 887.7K followers, 1M engagements
"Just sneezed walking down the street which was promptly met by a bless you from a passing stranger. Commenting on a strangers sneeze has to be our weirdest cultural practice"
X Link 2023-08-21T15:03Z 887.5K followers, 284.1K engagements
"Favorite newsletter is @NellieBowless weekly news recap: https://www.thefp.com/p/nellie-bowles-tgif-every-sperm-is-sacred https://www.thefp.com/p/nellie-bowles-tgif-every-sperm-is-sacred"
X Link 2024-02-23T17:37Z 887K followers, 43.2K engagements
"My new existential fidget toy: one magnet for every week of a 90-year life"
X Link 2024-04-24T18:28Z 887.7K followers, 128.9K engagements
"A model of the Neolithic proto-city atalhyk (in modern-day Turkey) in [----] BC. Around [----] people lived there in a dense jumble of homes (most homes could only be accessed by walking across the rooftops). Crazy to me that something this legit was happening [--] centuries ago"
X Link 2024-05-06T19:36Z 887.3K followers, 90.5K engagements
"Find the snow leopard"
X Link 2024-06-11T22:36Z 887.6K followers, 710.8K engagements
"ChatGPT won't let me have the last word"
X Link 2024-09-19T19:25Z 886.5K followers, 156K engagements
"If a time traveler from [----] appeared in front of you and you were able to ask them just one question before they vanished what would you ask"
X Link 2024-10-24T23:15Z 887.4K followers, 735.1K engagements
"The new widescreen view in Vision Pro is so sick. Giant curved 40-foot screen on the beach"
X Link 2024-11-14T23:00Z 887K followers, 104.6K engagements
"Not to be all ACKCHYUALLY but Stephenson 2-18 (the largest known star) is wayyy bigger than that. Heres its actual size in relation to the sun. The incomprehensible scale of Space 🧵 [--]. Perspective is everything. Feel small yet https://t.co/LKryX7gpTr The incomprehensible scale of Space 🧵 [--]. Perspective is everything. Feel small yet https://t.co/LKryX7gpTr"
X Link 2024-11-26T16:00Z 874.2K followers, 10.7M engagements
"If I need something from someone starting the email with the token "hope you're well" before getting to my request seems so excruciatingly disingenuous that I usually elect to just be like "Hi" and then get to it. But then I kind of seem like a dick. Real lose-lose situation"
X Link 2025-01-07T21:43Z 887.3K followers, 317.5K engagements
"Education is one arena where AI will have a seismic positive impact on the world. Soon AI tutoring will be the gold standard of personalized education in the richest countries and the poorest people on Earth will have access to that same exact education. New randomized controlled trial of students using GPT-4 as a tutor in Nigeria. [--] weeks of after-school AI tutoring = [--] years of typical learning gains outperforming 80% of other educational interventions. And it helped all students especially girls who were initially behind https://t.co/abE1JMUBEs New randomized controlled trial of students"
X Link 2025-01-15T21:38Z 884.3K followers, 340.9K engagements
"I'm agnostic because it's unknown whether Earth life came to be on its own or was created or planted here by aliens or if we're in a simulation. But I'm an atheist when it comes to our religious doctrines because they were written by ancient people who knew even less than we do. https://t.co/dZgNNzdYys https://t.co/dZgNNzdYys"
X Link 2025-01-26T19:22Z 874.1K followers, 1M engagements
"Get your shit together Philippines This chart of the highest ocean polluters is interesting Why arent more environmentalists focused here instead of on plastic bags & straws in America https://t.co/80CrrXlAT6 This chart of the highest ocean polluters is interesting Why arent more environmentalists focused here instead of on plastic bags & straws in America https://t.co/80CrrXlAT6"
X Link 2025-01-28T00:29Z 873.9K followers, 539.6K engagements
"Reading about DeepSeek this week I can't help but think about the story of Mesopotamia. The Hilly Flanks above ancient Mesopotamia had rich soil and ample rainfall so the people who lived there never had to innovate to survive. The less fortunate people living in the dry river valley below the hills had it harder which by necessity led them to develop irrigation and other clever survival hacksand it was these people not those living in the Hilly Flanks who developed the first cities the first money the first writing and the first civilization"
X Link 2025-01-30T22:56Z 874.1K followers, 487.8K engagements
"If Jupiter were as close to us as Mars is My latest solar system composite photo illustrates something that can be difficult to visualize: the angular size of the planets. This is how big Mars is in the sky compared to Jupiter. Its much closer but much much smaller. Captured with an [--] scope from my backyard. https://t.co/sJwphG1aRz My latest solar system composite photo illustrates something that can be difficult to visualize: the angular size of the planets. This is how big Mars is in the sky compared to Jupiter. Its much closer but much much smaller. Captured with an [--] scope from my"
X Link 2025-01-31T00:42Z 887.2K followers, 129.5K engagements
"@KevinOConnorNBA None yet"
X Link 2025-02-18T23:37Z 874.2K followers, 64.7K engagements
"Still falling short of the Turning Test. Soon enough there will be no way to figure out if youre talking to an AI or a human. Current state of the dating apps for men: https://t.co/mF5WZ1SMtQ Current state of the dating apps for men: https://t.co/mF5WZ1SMtQ"
X Link 2025-02-26T00:33Z 875.6K followers, 155K engagements
"I think rollerblades should make a comeback"
X Link 2025-06-06T23:59Z 886.5K followers, 88.5K engagements
"Scrolling X be like: The printing press worked like this The Jews should all die especially you The sphinx was made by aliens The truth about Epstein (1/27) Big win for the Sox Mamdani kicked a baby (1/45) The UK is Islamic This guy is a wrong retard (1/374) Look at this sloth"
X Link 2025-07-14T22:20Z 887.2K followers, 373.9K engagements
"Books I read: Fascinating factoid Me writing my book: Fascinating factoid Fact-checker: Factoid is FALSE. FALSER THAN FALSE. THE FALSEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED. Heres whats correct: long boring nuanced explanation full of uncertainties Accuracy is such a bummer"
X Link 2025-07-15T19:28Z 888.1K followers, 99.8K engagements
"Who knew when you ate a bit of broccoli you're actually eating like [---] baby flowers Broccoli is a flower that is harvested before it blooms. If you leave it alone it will bloom https://t.co/W97Mrdxl3S Broccoli is a flower that is harvested before it blooms. If you leave it alone it will bloom https://t.co/W97Mrdxl3S"
X Link 2025-07-17T21:09Z 887K followers, 176K engagements
"You have to spend the rest of your life in one quadrant. Which one do you choose"
X Link 2025-08-26T18:13Z 887.4K followers, 502.5K engagements
"Dug my iPhone [--] out of the closet (still works). The screen is as tall as the [--] Pro Max screen is wide. Including a comparison of a photo taken by the iPhone [--] and iPhone [--] Pro. [----] people freaked out about the first iPhone. Imagine showing them todays phones"
X Link 2025-09-28T01:09Z 887.1K followers, 135.3K engagements
"If you dont malnourish your children youre part of the problem Might create a big list of all the things you should make absolutely sure to avoid doing to make sure you dont accidentally give your kids too much privilege. Then we can all avoid doing them. https://t.co/fl4keKaESD Might create a big list of all the things you should make absolutely sure to avoid doing to make sure you dont accidentally give your kids too much privilege. Then we can all avoid doing them. https://t.co/fl4keKaESD"
X Link 2025-09-29T20:33Z 887K followers, 152.8K engagements
"Returning Snoopy is on par with Mosess parents sending him down a river for historic flubs Snoopy was adopted by Charlie Brown on October [--] [----] from the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm after Snoopy had been bought by someone else but was returned. https://t.co/c36zxW2Uv8 Snoopy was adopted by Charlie Brown on October [--] [----] from the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm after Snoopy had been bought by someone else but was returned. https://t.co/c36zxW2Uv8"
X Link 2025-10-06T22:44Z 886.9K followers, 63.8K engagements
"I played this and it was very fun and also very stressful I turned chess into a video game: [--] players. Giant chessboard. ONE winner. Also I added bombs💣 Playtest starts Oct 25th https://t.co/hmvQAvCwGz I turned chess into a video game: [--] players. Giant chessboard. ONE winner. Also I added bombs💣 Playtest starts Oct 25th https://t.co/hmvQAvCwGz"
X Link 2025-10-14T17:23Z 886.9K followers, 51K engagements
"Uber home from airport $72. Lyft $28. How does that happen"
X Link 2025-10-14T21:21Z 886.9K followers, 157.3K engagements
"Okay my Lyft is [--] min away. Now I see"
X Link 2025-10-14T21:26Z 886.9K followers, 34K engagements
"Is brown just dark orange"
X Link 2025-10-22T15:41Z 887.1K followers, 69.9K engagements
"Designers who make beautiful expensive things (furniture appliances etc.) that are less functional and harder to use than their run-of-the-mill cheap counterparts should be sent to prison"
X Link 2025-10-22T15:43Z 886.9K followers, 33.7K engagements
"Light red is pink I guess but when I think of pink I think of the area on the wheel between red and purple which requires blue. @waitbutwhy no that would be light purple. Pure pink is just red and white. @waitbutwhy no that would be light purple. Pure pink is just red and white"
X Link 2025-10-22T18:18Z 887K followers, 62.9K engagements
"I dont know why the algorithm hates me but I could happily go the rest of my life without ever seeing this man again That one guy in the group chat when he finally hits a 100X https://t.co/WW0DyGI6dq That one guy in the group chat when he finally hits a 100X https://t.co/WW0DyGI6dq"
X Link 2025-10-22T18:23Z 887.1K followers, 68.2K engagements
"Even if no one catches you doing it you catch yourself doing it which lowers your self-esteem. You have questionable integrity if: - You treat waiters poorly - You leave a shopping cart in the parking lot - You dont pick up your dogs sht - You double park - You dont give your doorman a holiday gift - You throw trash out of your window while driving - You purposefully You have questionable integrity if: - You treat waiters poorly - You leave a shopping cart in the parking lot - You dont pick up your dogs sht - You double park - You dont give your doorman a holiday gift - You throw trash out"
X Link 2025-10-22T18:25Z 887.1K followers, 169.2K engagements
"Really shining a light on how insanely dangerous it is for humans to drive cars BREAKING: $TSLA RECORDED ONLY [--] CRASH PER [----] MILLION MILES DRIVEN IN Q3 👀 Safest car on Earth https://t.co/Q1SpcH8YAT BREAKING: $TSLA RECORDED ONLY [--] CRASH PER [----] MILLION MILES DRIVEN IN Q3 👀 Safest car on Earth https://t.co/Q1SpcH8YAT"
X Link 2025-10-23T15:13Z 887K followers, 502K engagements
"New post dropping tomorrow"
X Link 2025-10-23T20:18Z 887.4K followers, 26.8K engagements
"I live with a totalitarian dictator"
X Link 2025-10-29T19:02Z 887.1K followers, 25.6K engagements
"Full post: https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/10/toddler.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/10/toddler.html"
X Link 2025-10-29T19:02Z 887.1K followers, 19.9K engagements
"When I was there (2000-2004) grade inflation was already a huge topic. That was when less than 25% of grades were an Anow it's 60% The main victims here are the top students who would get A's without inflation who now have no way to distinguish themselves. Percentage of "A" grades awarded at Harvard College not grades that are in the A range including A minus grades but straight "A" gradesover the last [--] years. https://t.co/MrhUePnqf3 Percentage of "A" grades awarded at Harvard College not grades that are in the A range including A minus grades but straight "A" gradesover the last [--] years."
X Link 2025-10-30T20:22Z 887.2K followers, 54.4K engagements
"I keep being recommended Godel Escher Bach so I finally bought it. Now I have it. Do I actually have to read this thing or can I just have it be an impressive addition to my bookshelf"
X Link 2025-10-31T00:29Z 887.4K followers, 146.2K engagements
"Someone elses toddler can ruin your week"
X Link 2025-10-31T17:34Z 887.3K followers, 35.5K engagements
"I'm on a plane and have to close this page now because strangers watching you doomscroll is like your brain being naked in front of them"
X Link 2025-11-05T19:30Z 887.3K followers, 152.3K engagements
"Did the results come in from this NYC mayor's race I don't see anything on X about it"
X Link 2025-11-05T20:06Z 887.4K followers, 61.1K engagements
"The universal disconnect. Husband thinks wife is requesting a life coach session when what she actually wants is a therapy session. Wife: problem Me: solution Wife: I dont want solution How do you get past this dynamic Wife: problem Me: solution Wife: I dont want solution How do you get past this dynamic"
X Link 2025-11-13T18:43Z 887.5K followers, 195.8K engagements
"Mount Everest from the plane (from Delhi to Bhutan)"
X Link 2025-11-13T20:08Z 888.2K followers, 49.9K engagements
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X Link 2025-11-13T20:13Z 887.6K followers, 21.1K engagements
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X Link 2025-11-15T21:53Z 887.6K followers, 73.4K engagements
"The FULL spectrum of opinion on abortion"
X Link 2025-11-17T21:40Z 887.9K followers, 109.5K engagements
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X Link 2025-11-19T19:54Z 888.2K followers, 210.4K engagements
"I was up for over an hour in the middle of the night thinking about how small the zeros would have to be to simply fit the written-out number googolplex in the observable universes volume. Very annoying reason to be tired all day"
X Link 2025-11-20T14:53Z 888.2K followers, 32.5K engagements
"Ive recently returned from Bhutan. Some stories from the mysterious Himalayan kingdom: https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/11/bhutan.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/11/bhutan.html"
X Link 2025-11-25T17:33Z 887.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Ive recently returned from Bhutan. Some stories from the mysterious Himalayan kingdom: https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/11/bhutan.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2025/11/bhutan.html"
X Link 2025-11-25T17:34Z 887.5K followers, [----] engagements
"New fixation: Kowloon Walled City. At its height in the 80s home to [-----] people. Drawing is just a tiny cross-section of the whole thing"
X Link 2017-06-07T17:19Z 887K followers, [---] engagements
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