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Jason Haw

jasonhaw_

[THREAD - Taiwan geopolitics and WHO]A lot of people on my feed have been sharing about Taiwan vs the WHO. Let me offer my two cents on the situation, as

Michael Otsuka

MikeOtsuka

According to the recently released SAGE papers, keeping universities open plays a greater role in spreading Covid-19 infection -- ~0.3 (0.2-0.5) increase in R -- than any other activity, apart

Zip Toad

Legerdemaen

Just received my copy of Cynical Theories by @ConceptualJames and @HPluckrose. I’m gonna dedicate a thread to simply quoting things I find interesting, and I’m gonna try to ignore the

Tom Nicholas

TEGNicholas

People are still tweeting about the NYT's piece on the SPARC nuclear #fusionenergy release, so as a fusion PhD student I'm going to explain what it is and isn't...https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/climate/nuclear-fusion-reactor

Dilan Esper

dilanesper

We are approaching the 25th anniversary of the verdict of “not guilty” in the OJ Simpson trial. Why did OJ go free? Simply put, because DA Gil Garcetti intentionally lost

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Iaxatives

WAIT THIS MEME HAS SO MUCH POETNTIALhttps://twitter.com/iaxatives/status/1091736522334851073 10/10, the jason derulo tiktok song makes it betterhttps://twitter.com/iaxatives/status/1261014346139828224 7/10, kpoppies clowns but tbh this argu

Yair Wallach

YairWallach

100 years to the 1920 “Nabi Musa Riots”, aka Easter Disturbances, انتفاضة موسم النبي موسى מאורעות תר״פ.(THREAD)---------The Jerusalem riot was the first major Palestinian anti-Zionist violent confrontation, and as such

Tomi T Ahonen Standing With Ukraine

tomiahonen

Aftermath of 40 Mile Convoy Thread/1It is day 19 of Ukraine War. On Day 1, a mysterious convoy of 40 miles (64km) became stuck on the shortest road from Belarus

Mises Institute

mises

In celebration of his birthday, a look at the life of Ludwig von Mises.Mises was born on Sept 29, 1881 in the city of Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine)Here's

Chay

illusionistChai

It has been some 18-months since I watched it in the theater, I vividly remember each and every dramatic high the film has given me. It is Epic in proportion,

The Seasoned Whore In your living room

graphicAlexandr

The contribution of black artists are often overshadowed in the art world. In spite of that black creatives continue to blossom and impact the culture and challenge the narrative of

MichaelKitces

MichaelKitces

Some big industry news breaking today: the @FPAssociation CEO Lauren Schadle is leaving immediately (terminated?), and FPA will be beginning a search for new leadership to get the organization growing

Alejandro Nuñez

anunezjimenez

Mitigating #ClimateChange is as much about taking up new techs as about leaving others behindMost studies focus on #coal's global downfall but another #energy tech decline is loomingRead my new

K. Chen

tznkai

This is not the first time Elizabeth Bruenig has screwed up defamation and it's a real problem. I know this isn't as sexy as "Bruenigs are sekrit soccons" but if

Simon Blackwell

Blackwell_SE

New paper - “Inducing positive involuntary mental imagery in everyday life: an experimental investigation” now published in Memory! (with @MarcellaWoud and @WurtzFelix) 1/https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZHTQUBPUPDUUYDGZQ3JH/full?targ

Nicholas Guyatt

NicholasGuyatt

A thread on the outrage (and worse) directed against my colleague Priya Gopal yesterday. First, the context: during a football match on Monday in which the players agreed to take