#Effective

Kabir 🔱

Kabirahesadho

The illusion of time.According to theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli, time is an illusion: our naive perception of its flow doesn’t correspond to physical reality. Indeed, as Rovelli argues in The

David 🌐

evil_diad

I remain open to convincing arguments in favor of reserving second shots but all the ones I’ve seen seem very weak. Prof Bergstrom is a smart and informed person so

Brendan Fischer

brendan_fischer

Today is the 11th anniversary of Citizens United, the SCOTUS decision that ushered in the era of super PACs, dark money, & megadonors. But there are solutions. Here are some

Amy Webb

amywebb

Regarding Facebook blocking news sites in Australia. I have some thoughts on strategy, foresight, and leverage specifically relating to news orgs. (1 of ??)https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/technology/facebook-google-australia-news.html Be

anonymous 👥

YourAnonCentral

Let's do a roleplay, the year is 1936, and you are a concerned German citizen. The SS is grabbing people in your community to throw into concentration camps and you

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Worrisome discovery—Among placebo group for Novavax’s vaccine in South Africa: people with prior #COVID19 infections appeared just as likely to get sick as people without prior infections—means past infection wasn’t

Nirant

NirantK

I almost run into someone with a few years of technical experience who has questions about ML Careers or StartupsSo here's some off the cuff notes friends -- Big Co

Omar Wasow

owasow

For 15 years, I’ve been studying 1960s civil rights protests with particular attention to how nonviolent and violent actions by activists & police influence media, elites, public opinion & voters.

Mathias Vermeulen

mathver

The European Commission just launched its European Democracy Action Plan. It announces the EU's intentions to regulate 'sponsored political content' online, beef up the Code of Practice on Disinformation and

Toby Young

toadmeister

1/ Thought I'd do a thread about reasons to be cheerful about the Cultural Revolution. All of these are variations on the same theme: the Red Guards have seized cultural

Jambavan

SirJambavan

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/12/baby-sharks-emerge-from-egg-cases-earlier-and-weaker-in-oceans-warmed-by-climate-crisisThread for today. /0 It is fashionable for people to create sympathy to the unseen / unknown organism

el gato malo

boriquagato

we've documented a great many cases of gov't and media censorship on covid this yearwell, it's now written right into the youtube terms of service:thou shalt not doubt the claims

Beniamin Mincu ⚡

beniaminmincu

1/ Humanity *needs* (a) a high bandwidth, low latency financial system, (b) that is decentralized, and (c) accessible to anyone, anywhere.This is a high impact, multi trillion dollar opportunity, able

Nursing Clio

nursingclio

“We are off the grid of the trajectory of American history.” – Jill LeporeWith respect to Dr. Lepore, no we are not. What we witnessed two days ago, domestic terrorists

Gayle Smith

GayleSmith

#ThreadTrickle-down vaccine access sets off a global Hunger Games that costs precious lives, money and extends the lifespan of this global pandemic.It’s happening right now with #COVID19 vaccines, and it

Pulp Librarian

PulpLibrarian

Britain in the 1970s: Raleigh choppers, lumberjack jackets and Findus crispy pancakes for tea. And one magazine really summed up the spirit of '70s Britain for me...This is the story

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