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Followers
900.6K
Posts
8.2K
Following
920
Account age
13 yrs
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Known for

Good day to remember just how big that green tree is 4.07M views Good day to remember just how big that green tree is New year, new you 3.6M views New year, new you

📊 Post performance

9.36M
Avg views / post
10.4×
Reach vs followers
Mar 2013
On X since

🔥 Top post: My book What's Our Problem? is now available. The book introduc · 64.18M views

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
0.08 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 1 video · 10 image · 7 text.
Follower / following
979×
Follows 920 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Verification
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Recent posts

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🔥 Top post My book What's Our Problem? is now available. The book introduces a new framework for thinking about our chaotic political environment. With 303 drawings, it's a toolbox for understanding our societies, our group dynamics, and our own minds. Get it here: 64.18M❤ 15.5K🔁 3.3K
I still cannot believe that I can: - look at a world map and tap anywhere to zoom in at street level - instantly access any song, book, movie, tv show, or podcast ever made - have any conceivable question and get an immediate answer or … 16.24M❤ 53.2K🔁 6.5K Good day to remember just how big that green tree is 4.07M❤ 58.6K🔁 6.8K Daily reminder to be thankful there's no one above us in the food chain 12.35M❤ 281.3K🔁 16.4K Graphic designers now just open a blank document, make the font size 80, type the company name, and that’s the logo. 9.36M❤ 280.8K🔁 25.4K New year, new you 3.6M❤ 42K🔁 6.7K ▶ In case Twitter is making you anxious, here’s a man making a traditional teapot. [tiktok: zishacraftsman] ❤ 72.9K🔁 12.2K Pro tip: When you wake up in the middle of the night, the worst way to fall back asleep is to open Twitter ❤ 46.9K🔁 3.3K Imagine what ancient people thought when something like this happened ❤ 51.9K🔁 5.8K Population density thread because you and I both know you have nothing better to do. Let's start with this cool way to visualize population density, by @undertheraedar. The height of each spike displays the population density in that loca… ❤ 58.3K🔁 10.6K It's super important to support marginalized people in places where it's popular to do so ❤ 41.7K🔁 5.8K “If you only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.” Montesquieu said this 300 years ago. We’re… ❤ 51K🔁 8.4K

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined X in 2013 — 13 years ago.
👁️Averages 9.36M views per post.
📤Posts about 0.1× per week.
💬9.23% engagement rate.
🏅Earned the 100K Followers for passing 100K followers.

🛡️ Audience credibility

98/100
Excellent
99%
Real
Low Fake-follower risk
High Data confidence
  • Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Strong engagement (~10.4× of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
  • Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
  • Verified account.
  • Established account (13+ years old).
  • 9.23% engagement — around average for this size on X.

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

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📸 Gallery

Good day to remember just how big that green tree is New year, new you In case Twitter is making you anxious, here’s a man making a traditional teapot. [tiktok: zishacraftsman] Population density thread because you and I both know you have nothing better to do. Let's start with this cool way to visualize population density, by @undertheraedar. The height of each spike displays the population density in that location. It's super important to support marginalized people in places where it's popular to do so Everything we call civilization was invented in the last 500 generations—way too short a time for our bodies and brains to re-optimize. We're a bunch of primates in a totally unnatural environment, trying our best. Good thing to keep in mind! I keep thinking about this today 21 thoughts from 2021 I'd like to take into 2022:

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