#Skepticism

Currently watching the @TowCenter discussion on conservative news. They interviewed many conservative journalists to understand how they see their work, and this is the report.https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/conservative-news-work-ethnography.phpthrea
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NEW POLL from @NBCLX & @MorningConsult: Skepticism about vaccines could be big challenge in coronavirus fight, as less than a third of U.S. says they’ll be “among the first” to
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If you're a man reading all of these stories about sexual harassment & assault in the gaming industry and you don't know how to be an ally, start here:1. Believe
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The second wave of studies on implicit bias tests largely discredited them. @jondavidchurch & @PsychRabble have gone into this. However, I am quite positive that humans, whose ability to learn
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The COVID-19 situation in India is heartbreaking.India is the country I first called home, before my parents embarked on the long and lonely journey with me in their arms, as
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I think April Fool’s is one of the most important holidays of the 21st century. Hear me out. Many holidays and festivals were once used to remind us of important
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ThreadFor @PntyRichI'm using you in order to drive home the point that people refuse to understand what's happening and what kind of person @realDonaldTrump is.What you've heard all your adult
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Thread: what to expect in tonight’s debate and in the next two weeks. Please follow and share. 1/ Trump lost the last two debates despite the second debate/town hall being
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There is something odd happening with reporting of crime in Minneapolis these days. First, almost every reporter relays MPD’s statements as fact, even as they have all seen as recently
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Thread.1- If you are wondering what is informing many of @TuckerCarlson views on vaccine skepticism, watch this superb interview with physician and immunologist Hooman Noorchashm..If you can't view this, a
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I know it’s sheer madness to be advancing this on Twitter (and she wrote/spoke very generously about me, so I’m biased), but @johannaleggatt has nailed it on the threat this
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wrt the work of analyzing and learning from the failures of Sanders, Corbyn, NDP:all the power "the left" ever had in "the west" was concessions resulting from capital fearing the
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1 The passing away of Justice Ginsburg #RBG and the prospect of decades of an alt-right domination of #SCOTUS under the mantle of 'the rule of law' will shed light
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You've probably heard the stat — I've definitely said it a few dozen times — that Cincinnati needs an estimated 28,000 more affordable housing units. You may have also heard
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Something to consider as you read about the big Venus news today: there is an unfortunate disconnect between what we do as scientists and how "science" is communicated to everyone.
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I've noticed a new wrinkle in the rhetoric of deplatforming lately—asking explicitly why something was platformed, with the suggestion being that it shouldn't have been. 1/? In some cases, it
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