#Thing

David C. Weinczok, FSA Scot

TheCastleHunter

Hi friends You've probably noticed I've been a bit more ranty and political lately, and that's likely not what you signed up for by following me. So, please allow me

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Given the large discrepancy in specimens collected in Dec that were sequenced and shared between the US and the UK, I wanted to follow up on the relative quality of

Foz Meadows

fozmeadows

The thing about the Arthurian legends - which, let us recall, are not a single static canon, but patched together from Welsh & Celtic mythologies as well as British lore,

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Grifts are undertheorized, and too often conflated with long cons, scams, frauds and other more blatant soft crimes. Lemme offer a definition.A grift is a scheme that profits from the

jonathan nunn

demarionunn

this is a thread about why giles coren is the worst person in the food industry and why we, as a whole, should stop defending him coren loves chinese food

Still Athletic

still_athletic

The question that’s asked:-Why did I start this platform?I’ll explain why.When I was a student-athlete, my only focus was my sport and (sometimes) schoolI get it.Been there.(long thread) -The schedule:Up

Ali Partovi

apartovi

1/ Last week’s tech bans on Trump and Parler caused many to fret about Freedom of Speech. These bans didn’t limit freedom or set a new precedent. They did highlight

small robots

smolrobots

It looks like Georgia finally flipped... That is, they counted enough votes to confirm the result. Biden was always winning, this is just paperwork. Think it's still too narrow a

Amanda Marie Martinez

Amammartinez

At times, the country music industry’s disinterest in expanding its listeners racially in the past has confounded me. Wouldn’t u expect a business try to sell its products to anyone

Tyler Todt

tyromper

I despise New Years resolutions as I was 0 for 30 on them & see others at about the same percentage :)However, it does provide a great time to reflect

Chris Eargle

chriseargle

WARNING: Bannon’s radical right troll army is here./thread Last year I decided to see what happened to the terf vs trans battle that seemed to come out of nowhere to

Absurdistwords

absurdistwords

Police "show up" at riots in the same way that mass murderers "show up" at massacres. I have yet to see a riot that began without police present.Police are alchemists

Mr. Spock 🖖 (Commentary)

SpockResists

As it is Christmas Eve I thought I would share this. I don’t believe in religion, I think religion is an opiate of the masses that comes down from a

Karen K. Ho (Doomscrolling Reminder Lady)

karenkho

the easiest way to diversify source lists is by aiming to talk to white guys last for almost every story •Ask PR people to connect you to non-white and female

Álvaro Lozano-Robledo

MathAndCobb

A thread about academic jobs in math based on the latest post on my blog:If you are going to take away one piece of advice from this thread, let it

Alicia Carlson 💙 🇺🇸

AmicaAli

“If America was your friend, and you knew it had married a psychopath, wouldn’t you urge it to get the divorce?” #Vote It’s not always about politics or policy;

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