#Numbers

Columbia YDSA Tuition Strike

columbiaydsa

President Bollinger finally acknowledged the demands of more than 3,000 students supporting the #CUtuitionstrike. To no surprise, he explained that despite Columbia's $11 Billion endowment, the school could not afford

Sim

shipcourse

The hard and frustrating thing abt “FICTION AFFECTS REALITY” is that it’s easy to yell that as a catchphrase and way, way harder to communicate the nuance of media influence

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

Very interesting preprint on epidemiology of B.1.1.7 (or the 'Variant of concern' - VOC) in SE England. Have not fully digested but there are some important take homes 1/n https://cmmid.github.io/topics/covid19/reports/uk-novel-vari

Dave Anderson

dave_universetf

In my quest to write a fast IPv4+6 parser, I have written a slow-but-I-think-correct parser, to use as a base of comparison.In doing so, I have discovered more cursed IP

Jonathan Shecter

SheckyGreen

Q: What's it like to be in a Las Vegas casino during COVID? A: Bizarre... and likely dangerous.A few of the major resorts on The Strip reopened two weeks ago,

Adrian Yalland

AdrianYalland

48 hrs after contacting @metpoliceuk by Twitter (3 accounts), email, on-line chat, and telephone, who (according to Stephanie Hayden) wish to talk to me “urgently”, I’ve still had no contact

Chad Pergram

ChadPergram

1) Opening day in Congress on Jan 3 will be challenging due to the pandemic. But not this time around. Opening day is usually a wildly festive affair with receptions

Lane

HaygoodLaw

If there's anything to be gained by late 2020's political climate, maybe it is that we can finally have an adult conversation about sexuality and children. No, no, stop laughing.

Schools Week

SchoolsWeek

Harries says that in the event schools do reopen, schools "already have very good systems of controls". She says the fact we "haven't seen vast numbers of schools with major

Jill Filipovic

JillFilipovic

"Let me say the quiet part loud: In the Covid-19 economy, you’re allowed only a kid or a job." This op/ed is very good, but let's also be honest: In

Ed Yong

edyong209

Here’s my new story about long-haulers who’ve had COVID-19 for months. I first wrote about them in early June, and much has changed since then. Notably, many are still sick.

Kim Aarestrup

Kaa_telemetry

Another report showing how f….. poor we are managing our Rivers. So here is a #thread about why the major problem are Barriers, what is the ultimate solution (and it

Robot Hugs

RobotHugsComic

hey twitter - there's a lot of good awareness now about the fact that all users can add image descriptions to twitter for people who use screen readers. Here's some

Ainz Ooal Gown

A_i_n_z

Ok. I came across this thread today, and there are many things wrong with this. So, I’m making this thread as to some of the things said in that thread

Oris Aigbokhaevbolo

Catchoris

I've been critical about Burna Boy's politics in the past. But this interview in the New York Times is interesting and makes me think two related thoughts. #FollowTheThread https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/arts/music/burna-boy-twi

ayush singh

ayush_singh98

No institution has done more to emancipate the Dalits and destroy casteism than free-market capitalism. Let's cut the rhetoric and talk about facts and numbers.A thread -https://twitter.com/surajyengde/status/1347840104157634562?s=20 Si

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