Couldn't be further from the truth. The image in the tweet is a huge improvement over the stereographic projection.
1. different-size projected squares are replaced with same-size circles
2. the tweet's image puts the north pole on a corner; the projection on the upthread link puts the north pole on the face.
Keeping the corner at the north pole does make it easier to understand, but it's still a stereographic projection.
Couldn't be further from the truth. The image in the tweet is a huge improvement over the stereographic projection.