#Policies

Lorenz Keyßer

LorenzClimate

A few days ago @MaxCRoser posted the following tweet, dismissing the aggregate material footprint (MF) as being a "horrible" indicator, which shouldn't be used to report env. impacts. Here is

Jerri Bell #JusticeforVanessaGuillen

JABell27

And now, PART TWO: MILITARY CULTURE & THE "DEVALUATION" OF WOMEN. A thread. 1/xhttps://twitter.com/JABell27/status/1336797363420221441 The American Sociological Assn defines "culture" as "the languages, customs,

Dr Shaun O'Boyle 🏳️‍🌈

shaunoboyle

Here's a thread of papers and surveys I find useful in conversations about being LGBTQ+ in STEM: Systemic inequalities for LGBTQ professionals in STEM."more likely to experience career limitations, harassment,

reijer hendrikse

reijerhendrikse

Our @SOMO report ‘Engineering digital monopolies: The financialisation of Big Tech’ is out. Co-authored with @fernandezamster, @ilkitaG and Tobias Klinge, we unpack the apex of capital accumulation at the frontier

The Editorial Board

johnastoehr

Now, white supremacy is treasonous by @johnastoehr https://stoehr.substack.com/p/now-white-supremacy-is-treasonous?r=5msd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=twitter 1. Joe Biden is preparing to ask the US Congress to gr

Ed King

edking_I

It's (nearly) five years since the Paris Agreement was gaveled through… but was it any good? Tricky question. Based on emissions, temperature data and impacts, no. *But...* (thread) The team

Casey Fiesler, PhD, JD, geekD

cfiesler

OK I'm going to weigh in on the tagging/content moderation conversation happening right now regarding Archive of Our Own. To be clear, this is me as a content moderation researcher

Scott Hamilton RTM

SikotiHamiltonR

1 Conservative commentators are decrying the departure of Banks & Plunket from Radio Magic, & warning of a sinister new phenomenon called 'Cancel Culture'. But boycotting is an old tactic

Micah Winkelspecht

winkelspecht

1/ We are watching the complete breakdown of our institutions in real-time.Closures of businesses nationwide, complete confusion and mistrust of "authorities" among the populace, the real economy in shambles and

Ian Goodrum

isgoodrum

China is not eradicating Islam.China is not eradicating Islam.China is not eradicating Islam.China is not eradicating Islam.China is not eradicating Islam.A thread. This is going to take a lot of

EveJustWantedToKnowShit⏳

myfinewords

Morning Patriots!Coffee...Then a big Thread coming your way.This one... no joke, guys...This dig uncovered something that stunned me so completely, I needed to sleep on it before writing.What if I

विजय | Vijay

vijayarx

Neither http://Squeaks.in nor http://Tooter.in are swadeshi!!Friends, not everyone is technical and we Indians are very fragile to fall into the trap when people whom we trust mislead you.I'll be proving

Brandon Smithwood

BSmithwood

I have read @JesseJenkins's piece, @JulianSpector's write up of it. Having nerded out on this topic for several years now I just can't let this one go both b/c I

Adam A. Blackler

adam_blacklerWY

Thread:“This is a God-given signal! If this fire, as I believe, turns out to be the handiwork of Communists, then there is nothing that shall stop us now crushing out

Micah Rosenbloom

micahjay1

Entrepreneurs are often so fixated on “getting to yes” with a VC – and will go to great lengths to answer any question posed to do so – that they

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Unless you're a certain kind of conservative, you probably haven't heard of Robert Bork, but he's one of the most important people you've never heard of. The best way to

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