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Dr Sarah Taber

SarahTaber_bww

ok the cover photo on this article is an abomination BUT THE CONTENT IS REALLY GOODhttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/election-protests-alone-wont-stop-coup/616895/ Breakdown:1. Taking to the streets is good but not sufficien

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis

KendraWrites

Since I'm salty about journalists ignorance of their own field I'm going to start a tweet thread about journalism history books that I have read and will update as I

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

So much focus on sensitivity of the test. As though all tests must match up to PCRBut could focusing so much on achieving the greatest molecular sensitivity for asymptomatic testing

Can it get more petty? 🤢

wakeywakey16

Something new coming along. A leak of data from 2016 (!) of a list of nearly 2 million communist party members around the world. High up, in business and govt.

Julian Shapiro

Julian

If you want to write well, writing style is only 10% of it.90% is actually having something to say.Aim to think well.Thread: Learnings from many years of writing... "It's sad

Dr. Gonzo

DocteurGonzo4

L’@EMA_News va autoriser un vaccin expérimental à ARN avant que la communauté scientifique ait pu consulter les maigres études cliniques le concernant.#Thread L’EMA n’est pas une agence indépendante. Cette situation

Jameel Jaffer

JameelJaffer

A UK court will decide on Monday whether Julian Assange should be extradited to the US. It’s crucial to understand that the case isn’t just incidentally about press freedom. The

Bianca op den Brouw

B_opdenbrouw

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE to all researchers conducting fieldwork in FIRE-AFFECTED AREAS. I cannot overstate the importance of engaging with local communities! A thread (I don’t have many followers so please

an unofficial Hugo book club blog

Hugo_Book_Club

Here's the thing: In a very real way, Disney owes the long-term viability of #StarWars as a commercial enterprise to authors like Alan Dean Foster. It's hard to imagine now,

Suzanne Zeedyk

suzannezeedyk

THREAD on conspiracy theories & attachment. I keep seeing frustrated social media posts asking why people believe conspiracy theories. Answer: It gives a sense of control - includng belonging, predictability

Naveen നവീൻ

ComradeNav4K

what's going on in India right now: a summarised thread (please retweet) I'm sure you've seen this tweet from Rihanna (and perhaps similar ones from other celebrities)– which is now

American Values

Americas_Crimes

On this day in 1998, Bill Clinton committed a major act of terrorism by ordering a cruise missile attack on Sudan’s Al Shifa factory, which produced 90% of the country’s

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Facebook has just entered antitrust hell, as nearly every US state and the federal government have taken the giant company to court, asserting that the company used predatory acquisitions to

Kyle Lamb

kylamb8

OK class, pencils down, eyes up front. Today we're going to explain excess deaths again since the @nytimes didn't do their jobs in a recent story that failed to explain

Griffin Carpenter

gwcarpenter

.@GeorgeMonbiot is extremely well-argued here but I have two main points of disagreement: 1) I think he makes the same price/value conflation that he criticizes, and 2) I think he’s

Blair Braverman

BlairBraverman

A really important thread if you want to understand where news—and the concept of fake news—comes from. When I hear people dismiss “mainstream media” offhand as misleading, I want to

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