#Failure

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

You know that line about judging people by their actions rather than their words? What about people whose only non-trivial output is words? (assume their actions are boringly uncontroversial, like

Julie Young

juliey4

live tweeting the @STcom interview with $SE founder/CEO Forrest Li here Q: why did you decide to focus on SE esia?forrest: i followed my wife here. and then i

Polite But Firm

PoliteButFirm

Favorite Bits of this DystopiaTHREAD I love when general statements denouncing hateful racism cause a hateful racist to out and then victimize themself. I love when a winning political team

Neon Bag

PunishedBag

Amygdala thread 3.0 - The "no" clusters.Why do the enemies of humanity want specific parts of your brain to shrink and calcify?Why do moderns always want you to "relax" and

Fanny Potkin

f_potkin

New update by @patpichatan on Facebook & Thailand, hours after the firm said it would legally challenge the gvt. She speaks to @PavinKyoto, who is ready to keep up the

shin'on

shinonmusic

For the first time in a while, I'm going to try and unpack what might have caused my depression to begin with, working backwards through each incident and getting to

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chicagloww

Let me explain why this letter is absolute garbage. I don't think the worst LT on miltwitter is going to chime in or say anything of value but this is

Paul Scharre

paul_scharre

I’ve seen a lot of these “the pandemic was not a black swan” takes lately. Here’s why I don’t think they’re very helpful. [THREAD]https://twitter.com/EvansRyan202/status/1248247272699117571(which, judging by the amount of people

The Analysis

teamanalysis_

As battles #COVIDSecondWave, we take a deep dive into how the global media reported (and continues to do so) India's response to the #COVID19 crisis. (LONG) Thread. Thanks for

Peter Ungphakorn

CoppetainPU

1. EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES. The fantasy “Australia-style” trade relationship with the EU is in vogue again.Time for another look at what it means, and why the UK won’t have one.No

Slow Zim News

SlowZimNews

Every now and again Zim football fans resuscitate the Big Question, “Who the GOAT, Peter or Chunga”? Here I argue why Chunga is not. @MoeChanda @TinoChinyoka Unless you lived in

Ryan Reeves

investing_city

Do you know how the Federal Reserve was founded?What if I told you the story involves heavy doses of JP Morgan, an exclusive island, and a secret club?Check out the

Jason Koop

jasonkoop

If trail and ultrarunning were a stock you could buy and sell, I'd be backing up the truck and loading up. It's a sport perfectly set up to thrive post

Allison Dikanovic

Al_Dikanovic

Milwaukee voters and organizers are worried about disenfranchisement, especially of black and brown people, heading into Wisconsin's pandemic election. More here. Check it out.https://milwaukeenns.org/2020/04/06/concerns-of-disenfranchisement-int

Parashar

Parashar108

ROT Z DEEPER1/ 20 All the intellectuals of @RSSorg will benefit by reading this thread by an ordinary person having ears to groundI will focus not just on delhi loss..but

Erin Mordecai

morde

Lots of media coverage of the striking numbers on @nytimes front page today, based on a preprint from @ColumbiaMSPH (@Senpei_CU et al), and for good reason. We could have averted