Sam Learner

Oliver Roeder @okr.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 13, 2024 at 14:04 UTC

zero dimensions, one ladder, four hunters, more lawyers, and millions of wild acres — the story of a geometric battle in the american west: www.ft.com/content/63b1...

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 22, 2024 at 14:33 UTC

Americans will rejoice as common sense and decency are restored (a new president that they've never heard of and who did not appear on their ballot is elected in smoke-filled rooms in DC)

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 22, 2024 at 14:30 UTC

So if I'm reading this right, the actual strategy of this organization with a $60 million war chest is:

1. Win a couple of states
2. The GOP house will pass on Trump and instead vote for the distant 3rd place finisher
3. President Will Hurd (2% of the popular vote)

www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/u...

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 28, 2024 at 05:39 UTC

Our latest visual story on the process of manufacturing the world's smallest microchips: ig.ft.com/microchips/

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 01, 2024 at 06:03 UTC

Trump-affiliated PACs spent $52mn on legal consulting in 2023, but he's also continued to successfully fundraise off of his legal troubles

The day after his Georgia mugshot, his fundraising committees received the most contributions of any day in 2023

Story: www.ft.com/content/6383...

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Jan 18, 2024 at 05:04 UTC

NEW: "How AI is decoding the animal kingdom", our visual story on how scientists have been uncovering the hidden sounds of the natural world and how new technology is accelerating that process

ig.ft.com/ai-animals/

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 22, 2023 at 17:03 UTC

Went to this dentist for a cleaning four years ago when I lived in Philly and now it's the first text I wake up to on my birthday every year. Never going to opt-out!

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 21, 2023 at 06:33 UTC

can't wait until X is also my bank

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 21, 2023 at 05:58 UTC

still shows up in the google widget! don't worry, your messages are reaching the world

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 21, 2023 at 05:56 UTC

all systems operational!

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 13, 2023 at 02:00 UTC

Getting caught shazam-ing a song on your phone.... humiliating

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 24, 2023 at 15:49 UTC

With Ohio passing Issue 2 this month, more than half of Americans will live in states with legal recreational cannabis for the first time

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 24, 2023 at 15:47 UTC

Legalization votes have always drawn the base of their support from more Democratic areas. Ballot measures in the past few years have started to outpace Democratic vote share, as the issue attracts higher shares of Independents and (mostly younger) Republicans

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 24, 2023 at 15:42 UTC

I wrote a little about the politics of cannabis legalization in the US and what polling/recent elections have told us about a growing consensus across party lines

Story here: on.ft.com/3GfgSxb

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 21, 2023 at 00:17 UTC

Any elected official in New York who takes a flight out of LaGuardia should be legally required to take transit there until there's a subway stop or a bus with a dedicated lane

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 15, 2023 at 23:43 UTC

Why are the only two peanut butter options "creamy" and "extra crunchy"? We need a "some pulp" for peanut butter

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 05, 2023 at 03:01 UTC

Thankfully, we seem to be past peak "could be forgiven"

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 03, 2023 at 04:48 UTC

Yeah, I guess mean less literally with "time", but more like when would someone know "it's daytime for me, but it's nighttime somewhere else". Not sure if it's enough to know that the earth is round, you'd have to know that it's orbiting the sun too, right?

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 03, 2023 at 04:24 UTC

Does anyone know when/how people figured out that the sun was rising at different times in different places? Seems like it would be pretty hard to figure out before you could travel fast or communicate across long distances

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 24, 2023 at 00:52 UTC

Nothing makes me want to see a movie less than the five second pre-trailer that they put at the start of every trailer now

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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 19, 2023 at 21:53 UTC

Starting a thread of them

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