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Taylor Owen

taylor_owen

A few thoughts on the week of Trump deplatforming. Main point: it is a distraction from both the root causes of the problem (the design, scale and market concentration of

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

In my 2017 novel WALKAWAY, there's a scene where the protagonists get into a self-driving car owned by a ruthless plutocrat, only to discover that it moves faster than any

Karen Vaites

karenvaites

Literacy can get lost in the K–12 conversation – especially in a year like this. Sharing a few 2020 must-reads that you may have missed.First, @leeromney’s superb reporting on ways

MIT Technology Review

techreview

The vaccines are coming.https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013183/us-uk-and-china-covid-vaccine-who-gets-priority-decision/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=160711

elle 💜🤍🖤

scretladyspider

I keep thinking about the whole “if you’re ace & you have consensual sex/aro & are in a romantic relationship you’re predatory” thing and just how inaccurate it is &

Tres Savage

ThriceSavage

Good story via @realDenHoed about Oklahoma's #ContactTracing problems.I tested positive for #COVID19 in early November and was never contacted. For months, I have heard from friends in Oklahoma County who

Peter Higgins

ibddoctor

THREAD: This year’s #shotwave tweet is unusual. Not about a flu shot (though I got one back in September). This year I am participating in a randomized, controlled trial with

ansuz

fc00ansuz

some time in early 2016 I defederated an IRC server I was administrating from the rest of the network because some of the other admins were getting real cozy with

Resist the Hologram - Stu Cvrk

STUinSD

Thread – South Africa is Just About Finished1. Since the African National Congress swept into power in South Africa on the back the Marxist Nelson Mandela in 1997, the country

Eric Garland

ericgarland

This means the GOP knew Trump wasn't stopping Russia from paying to kill U.S. troops WHEN THEY VOTED TO STOP THE IMPEACHMENT AND KEEP HIM AS PRESIDENT. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/28/us/politics/russian-bounties-warnings-trump.html

Yaneer Bar-Yam

yaneerbaryam

I have been working on pandemic outbreaks for 15 years.There is a misunderstanding of the difference between the response in much of the West, versus successful countries (including New Zealand

Praying Medic

prayingmedic

28) A 4-count indictment has been unsealed against Ghislaine Maxwell for sex trafficking children.(Right after Geoffrey Berman, US Attorney for SDNY was fired.)Nothing can stop what is coming.https://twitter.com/Techno_Fog/status/1278691979

Emma Best 🏳️‍🌈🏴 (Mx. Yzptlk)

NatSecGeek

Twitter just suspended @DDoSecrets over #BlueLeaks .@DDoSecrets has worked with dozens of major news outlets across the world and published terabytes of data uncovering money laundering schemes, corruption, and more.Now

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

A few predictions as to what happens to the process of science/ med after COVID whimpers to an end1. The Journal market for COVID publications is going to hit rock

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

So yesterday I'm on the phone with @matthewstoller, asking him deep questions about his life, when the Facebook case drops.Which is like texting with the pope when the Second Coming

Robert Colvile

rcolvile

The vaccine passports debate is a perfect illustration of my new working theory: that the most important part of modern government, and its most important limitation, is database management. Please

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