#Interesting

There's a commonly held belief that autistic people cannot read social cues. Like most things autism, there is a grain of truth to this, but it's also very misleading.Let me
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Zack and Divyansh's work is excellent; I recommend you all go look at it. Our work provides a different, concurrent take on similar issues. Some key differences:https://twitter.com/zacharylipton/status/1247357810410762240 (1) We take
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Shouldn't be, I suppose, but it's a bit stunning to see Obama trot out a succession of false/debunked innuendo and lies as a central part of his big campaign speech
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In the US, there‘s been an interesting debate around the teaching of social studies (more commonly known as the humanities here) & its importance to knowledge & the related importance
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Super interesting interview between @RaoulGMI and Ben Melkman with three big insights I found worth noting (see thread; I think the video might have a $1 paywall)https://www.realvision.com/shows/the-interview/videos/the-highest-quality-macr
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This is an interesting issue. I’m not the right person to debate the merits of Richard’s argument based on (I think) MMT.https://twitter.com/richardjmurphy/status/1297823754005946368 We agree that it’s all in the end
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Hello!@RidiculousHat requested Designer Insights regarding the BGs balance patch, and I have 15 minutes before lunch so here we go.Bartendotron: Feels like budget Omu right now, so we removed him.
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Since many sympathizers of the ruling party have been trying to keep the southies away from the Uttarakhand temple takeover by stating that south indians are not the stakeholders in
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female characters who can fight, stand up for themselves, and generally take no shit are pointless (and boring) if they don't have depth and layers to them (on top of
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April 24, 1861. San Francisco, California. Brigadier General Edwin V. Sumner relieves Brevet Brigadier General Albert S. Johnston and assumes command of the Department of the Pacific. Johnston had already
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to be clear there's already a k-word lmao and if you have a metal in your last name you get to see it a LOT on this website!! I did
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Not a little baffled by the uncritical praise of Paul Kingsnorth’s latest and characteristically conservative “back to the land” essay. Did people read to the end where he bashes “endlessly
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You know what, let's watch a little Lakers/Kings. Can't think of a reason why. Lakers are in a weird position of being defending champs in maintenance mode, while also kind
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Ever since I started more or less reading as female in social interactions, men assume I'll find everything they say interesting. I have yet to get used to this, and
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1/7 Reading a report from LSE commissioned by #Camden Council re: reasons why homeless families are stuck in #TemporaryAccommodation (DM if you'd like a copy!). Here are some thoughts... 2/7
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i wrote about contact tracing apps this week. their value, if any, is to optimise a large testing regime. more interesting is the massive sensor network Apple and Google can
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