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19thnews

19thnews

In 2019, Nevada got the United States' first majority-woman legislature, and when the session begins Monday, nearly 60% of its 63 members will be women.For the first time there, or

Andrew C Ahn

AndrewCAhn2

Part 6: COVID and OverdispersionIn Part 5, we talked about epidemiological implications of overdispersion.In this section, we explore potential CAUSES of COVID-19 overdispersion1/https://twitter.com/AndrewCAhn2/status/1344792823204360192 1:

steven t. piantadosi

spiantado

A new paper on (i) how to connect high-level cognitive theories to neuroscience / neural nets, and (ii) how learners can construct new concepts like number or logic without presupposing

Dave Kang

daveckang

Tomorrow, a new thread on why we care that the word "Korea" is a derivation of the name of the Koryo dynasty (918-1392): 고려 (高麗). And, much more importantly, Goryeo's

getify

getify

(thread)There's a fair bit of (unintended) complexity that arises from moving to the "extremes" of modularization, as both ESM and component-oriented frontend frameworks tend to encourage... For one, we experience

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

First, some background. RNA viruses all evolve extremely rapidly, but some like influenza are able to accept mutations to their surface proteins in such a way that they can partially

William J. Brady

william__brady

New preprint! In 2 observational social media studies (12.7 mil tweets) + 2 behavioral experiments (N=240) we examine how reinforcement and norm learning amplify moral #outrage expression on Twitter

Xemmy Nu Year

UnclePetunio

Okay. So let's talk about that X-Men Vote.Yes, I'm going to do a thread to collect my thoughts. Because while I am typically ALL ABOUT fan involvement and fan voting,

FATCAT

fatcatofcrypto

(1/38) #Cardano “Understanding Africa” (Part 1 of 2)This thread will be split into two parts with the 2nd coming out on Sunday.Part 1 will layout the pervasive PROBLEMS Africa faces

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

America has passed four major antitrust bills since the Sherman Act of 1890. Each bill makes it clear that monopolism is a problem in and of itself - that allowing

Marie Lagouste

MLagouste

After reading yet another article by a woke bro dismissing both JK Rowling and the radical feminist movement as 'white supremacists', my anger is bubbling up within me. I'll link

Lazar Rakic

lazrakic

ThreadIf we take "power relations" as valid concept to consider when comparing nationalisms, we have to narrow down power relations to the Kosovo context (by taking into account institutional power

MurrayBlackburnMackenzie

mbmpolicy

This session has just begun: https://www.scottishparliament.tv/channel/virtual-meeting-3 https://twitter.com/mbmpolicy/status/1328360648733040642 Panel 3 is beginning Adam Tomkins MSP asks the panel for their views on the bill generally. Lu

VulvanTheOppressor

IStandWithHer1

Don't be tricked into thinking that neon haired kiddos & adult weirdos on Kool Aid are just pulling nonsensical BS out of their arses. I mean, it is BS, but

Ted Corcoran (RedTRaccoon)

RedTRaccoon

Here's a recap of my two nights in Portland.Hopefully it puts things into prospective and shines some light on what is happening here and across the country.#Portland #PDX 1/ I

Tree-whisperer

Treewhisperer3

Biblical Times call for biblical interpretations of past stories and this thread delves into correlations between The Odyssey and the Q Anon phenomenon. A spirited dive into an Epic story

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