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Askeladden Capital

AskeladdenTX

2 weeks ago, Twitter predicted today’s TX COVID hospitalizations far more accurately than biased “experts.”How? Bayesian logic + data + science from *unbiased* experts, esp Dr. Gabriela Gomes. @mgmgomes1THREAD: what

🐇 In these weird and trying times,

heatherchen_

The Asian Financial Crisis hit Singapore in 1997. My pa, a Chinese businessman, was one of thousands who lost their jobs (I was only 10 but old enough to see

Anna Fine AF

somefinetweets

Ok fam, furniture history time!Today I bought my last purchase before a yearlong self-ban on purchases (lol) and it was the coveted and super difficult to find Gae Aulenti Quadrofoglio

URSULA Edelheid (no, that's not my real name)

dietweeterei

1/ Have you heard about the story of Maura Labingi, a cūbuc from Suzat who one day has to go on a big adventure to save the world? Maybe not,

Navin Madhavan

madnavin

Logged into a fascinating session on product management/thinking by @kunalb11 and @BrianNorgard today. Caveat: I am not a PM, logged in partly to just see what the session experience was

Emma Marris

Emma_Marris

A thread on being with nature during isolation. Since my part of Oregon is very uncrowded, I didn't see the campground & trail closures coming. When they did, I felt

edie 🥒

eejitgherkin

My apocalypse diary Day 1: I made this monstrosityhttps://twitter.com/eejitgherkin/status/1239273144566906882?s=21 https://twitter.com/eejitgherkin/status/1239300469345996801?s=21 Day 2 of self isolation: my j*b is closed indefinitely and I ate an en

The Watchful Indian

watchful_indian

Thread: How Mughals drained wealth out of IndiaThere are folks like @ReallySwara who want others to believe that Mughals made India rich. But they are as wrong as one could

Nada Elfeituri

NElfeituri

As an urbanist I love travelling, but I got bored with European cities which started to look alike. Instead I began travelling through North Africa, and discovered great urban design

wiggley

wigmey

Loona as historical communist leaders: a thread Heejin as Che Guevara-lots of success w/ advertising. brand power-so multitalented it's ridiculous, whatever they want to do they're good at it. when

Nacho Oliveras

NachoOliveras

First read of Leopardi. Born in Recanati (Marche) out of an aristocratic family, and with a Jesuit, classical education, he died in Naples at my age (39), possibly of cholera,

Noémie Bouhana

noemie_bouhana

Reflecting on the extent to which poverty may contribute to VE provides a really good illustration of the challenge posed by investigating (or weighing claims about) the role of multilevel

Boris Johnson

BorisJohnson

THREAD To chart our progress and to avoid going back to square one, we are establishing a new COVID Alert System run by a new Joint Biosecurity Centre.That COVID Alert

Paul Mozur 孟建國

paulmozur

To fight the coronavirus China is undertaking its biggest experiment yet in rule by data: an app that automates quarantines. Alibaba software, using unexplained data, now decides whether millions can

The Daily Meal

thedailymeal

From blow-up dolls to celebrity cut-outs, here are a few ways restaurants open to dine-in are encouraging #SocialDistance during coronavirus. https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/restaurants-coronavirus-social-distancing No chance of bumping in

Jim Ambuske

JamesPAmbuske

Hey #digitalhumanities #digitalhistory #library #archives & #scholarly friends. The videos from our EDITOR Transcription Workshop: Cataloguing Where No One Has Catalogued Before are now live on @YouTube. This was a