#CULTURE

Greek Girls Code

GreekGirlsCode

One day one of my mentees asked me: "How to break in this Machine Learning / Data Science world?" She was a Software Engineer in a Big Tech who wanted

Andrew Eckert

ace_eckert

While I may look back on this prediction and realize I was crazy, I think @nba_topshot is going to be a huge part of #thehobby going forward as it helps

Katherine W

bakfietsdc

I’ve been thinking about biking depictions in recent pop culture. Here are 4 characters I’ve seen in the last 3-4 years biking for transportation in television and why they’re problematic/underscore

Whyvert

whyvert

Lee Kuan Yew was a realist on IQ, heritability, race differences, and dysgenics.Was he the only prominent one who didn't get cancelled or fired?E.g a 1983 speech quoting up-to-date findings

Enrico Dandolo

EnricoDandolo2

There’s at least three elements, though.1. I dislike this content.2. This content shouldn’t exist. 3. Society should take active steps to block content I don’t like.https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/1281438946682167297 Those who belie

Jack Keating

JackKCLST6

#CLST6Archaeologists examine evidence to understand general trends in ancient daily life. However, after this #CYO2, it is evident that individualistic and outlandish items found in caches have the capacity to

Lyle 🇹🇼👍

Lyde15

Okay, Captain Sark is doing the "this is because I'm a woman" thing.Let's have a thread.WOMEN RESPOND TO ANITA SARKEESIAN Women respond to Anita Sarkeesian. Women respond to Anita Sarkeesian.

Anna Stansbury

annastansbury

Does having women in top positions help close the gender pay gap?This fascinating research from the US suggests the answer might be "no". They find no difference in the earnings

Jen

JenL123456

How did an entire group of people/generation get brainwashed into thinking they were helping to provide the common good!? Because we need to be honest, most of them think they

Mat Dryhurst

matdryhurst

This great piece warrants a thread. You know streaming is trash. Here are some ideas that make Web 3 compelling enough to dive in and experimenthttps://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa/status/1347624230997823488 No two pieces of

MMitchell

mmitchell_ai

"didn’t meet our bar for publication ... It ignored too much relevant research".He says of our paper, with over 128 cross-discipline citations. And so fires one of the authors. 2020's

Séamas It Ever Was

shockproofbeats

TWITTER what are your fave "whoaaa" threads of all time? First that comes to mind is this one (scroll to top) in which spider scientists and astronomers WORK OUT that

Alatar the Blue

Auslandsgruppe1

Early European societies were built upon the principle of isonomia, unlike eastern civilized societies, where one (European) king ruled over masses of (non-European) slaves. Does that mean that European societies

Alexandra Vukovich

AlexandraVukov1

The #HagiaSophiaMosque debate has sparked questions about other monuments. For example here is a famous Athenian mosque built after 1721 (the previous one was ruined in the 1687 explosion), in

Luke Stark

luke_stark

The New Yorker has a big piece on AI ethics out today (quoting lots of great folks) -- but with an overall framing that doesn't sit well with me, and

Atray Agrawal

atrayagrawal

Media companies are in for an Overhaul.But no one seems to have a clear path for them.@jarroddicker though has a thesis that can bridge the gap between media cos and

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