#QUESTION

Tudor Girba

girba

The governor of New Jersey called explicitly for COBOL programmers to help with the development of the unemployment system:https://twitter.com/manicode/status/1246497036389793792This is how the software environmentalism crisis looks like. An explanat

Matthew Bonds

MatthewBonds3

There is broad misunderstanding of how to interpret and best use models. Infectious disease models a la @neil_ferguson are best interpreted as providing a picture of what happens if we

Myles Younger

Myles_Younger

1/ @eric_seufert this challenge/dynamic is not a new one and actually predates digital! I recently read (skimmed, really) "The Hidden Persuaders," a book about psychographic marketing published in 1957. https://twitter.com/eric_se

The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy

glasgow_sugar

Interesting fault-lines developing on the principal Williams thesis that slavery significantly contributed to the British Industrial Revolution. The 'small percentages' critics of the profits of the slave trade, as well

Nathan Baschez

nbashaw

This is awesome and worth reading!One critique: I think the napkin math for Rogan's possible indie subscription business is too optimistic. Why? There's a deep integration between editorial product and

Dave Cavell

DavidFCavell

The @GlobeOpinion’s endorsement of Jake Auchincloss is extremely irresponsible. I have enormous respect for the quality of journalism at the Boston Globe, and am hesitant to criticize newspapers in this

Heshmat Alavi

HeshmatAlavi

THREAD1)Interesting to see @Ilhan/@IlhanMN parrot the talking points of @JZarif & #Iran's apologists/lobbyists about sanctions depriving Iranians of medicine.In this thread we will discuss the truth about Iran & Omar’s

Dentisterie Gallinacée

Georgiette_A

Tiens cette question de la place des femmes dans la SF me fait repenser à l'emploi paresseux du corps nu de la femme comme motif sur les couv', sans rapport

🌲 𝔸𝕣𝕪𝕒𝕟 ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕝 ✝

Aglaophamos

In this thread I will post quotes from Propaganda (1928) by Edward Bernays.Bernays (1891 – 1995), generally regarded as the father of public relations, applied the theories of his uncle,

Nicolas

turelio73

Je partage cette analyse intéressante, avec quelques remarques :https://twitter.com/BenjaminBriceFR/status/1380171373201473539 Bien d'accord, et il est malheureusement trop rare qu'on cherche à concilier les deuxhttps://twitter.co

MarkBrahmin☀️

MarkBrahmin

Nick actually clarifies things here quite succinctly and largely correctly. Likewise it seems possible he can be taken at his word here. His work is not revolutionary and does not

K. Chen

tznkai

It's infuriating how much of our world requires having an insider to find the right magic words for you, or for you to have the right amount of privilege to

Kråł 🍥

AlVibe_Witcher

New Read - New Thread A medium size one Stay Tuned!! @deonte_elliott see you at the end buddy Khun is definitely Goated Genius my fav character so far Ayyeee I

Sir Earl

Earlkronik

So you passionate about photography but you don’t know how to go about it? Here’s some advice that might help you remember I’m also a student of the universe so

✨when do it becomes?✨

RoseyBloom24

Questions I have as a Black person trying to exist: A THREAD. (w/ my fav memes) Soooo one of my questions is: how can we reconcile certain discourse with healing

Zero HP Lovecraft 🦅🐍

0x49fa98

I was talking about this with @gritcult the other day, what does it mean to be human? Obviously the question is meaningless if you view it from the wrong zoom