#Critical

Phil Plait

BadAstronomer

Finding the center of the solar system is a journey involving superdense stars that spin faster than a kitchen blender blade, colossal black holes eating other, and literal ripples warping

abc730

abc730

An inquiry has heard Victoria’s hotel quarantine failure led to 768 deaths - but no single person has accepted responsibility for the fateful decision to use private security guards instead

CT Gallo 🧢

GallosPole57

Cool. But here's the thing. He put others in danger by not taking the smallest of steps to prevent infection. And for what?!https://twitter.com/ellencarmichael/status/1288841949131284480 If you want to put yourself in

Helen Pluckrose has returned to Hermit Mode

HPluckrose

This is like saying “Concerns about incompetent & dangerous doctors don’t seem to me to add up to much compared to life-threatening disease.” There’s a connection you’re missing here.https://twitter.com/xandvt/status/129382109

Elizabeth Minkel

elizabethminkel

One thing that always fascinates me about the ~let people enjoy things~ response is the suggestion that your enjoyment of media/art is so flimsy that the lightest criticism can utterly

HEX GXRL / DEATH DYKE 🦷🍷

bitterbleue

consider: kink shaming isn’t a form of oppression in and of itself, BUT the links between homophobia, racism, transphobia and kink shaming (eg reinforcement of the “golden standard” for sex;

Sana Nakata

TeachingSana

the problem I have with decolonisation is the way it’s taken up by some as though you can just refuse the Western and replace it with some authentic form of

Jess MF Hughes, Ph.D.

JessMFH

Excellent critical discourse analysis of media coverage around what's happening in Sheikh Jarrah: "Always the story begins when Palestinians' reaction happens...with the symptom of the illness. It never visits the

Seaver Wang

wang_seaver

The even bigger questions imo are steel and concrete, both of which we need in massive quantities to support a clean energy buildout.One 2.4 MW wind turbine requires in the

Barrister's Horse

BarristersHorse

THREADPPE. SAME PROBLEM, DIFFERENT LOCATION1. I had an email from my cousin in Canada today. She's a business advisor for the Ontario Investment Office (local government). Here's what she says

Stephen Davies

sdavieslaw

I estimate the average time spent in a police cell before the police ‘allocate’ the job to an OIC is around 12 hours, followed by average time spent in custody

Kim Roberts

MoyneFlu

We need to make the most of this lockdown. We need a solid, evidence-based, sustainable plan for the next 12-18 months, built on a credible feasibility study.I'm not convinced cycles

woke capital investment advisor machine

golikehellmachi

here's a pitch for @patrickhealynyt: instead of forging a false picture of how atlantans are voting for trump, let's hear from elite, wealthy new yorkers who are supporting him, and

Eric Weinstein

EricRWeinstein

Cards on the table: none of this makes sense to me. Pence, Baron and Jared are on this? We have Omarosa figuring out just what this mRNA is, with Susan

ricoimposter

ricoimposter

What went wrong with the Lover era? (Part 1). The singles analysis: a thread. disclaimer: this thread is my own personal opinion and it´s a straightfoward summary just about the

Lakshman Swamy

laxswamy

I think it's hard for people to understand that, generally speaking, we do try to treat every patient like they are our family member w the treatments they get. We