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zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Wait, what? Woodward had Trump on tape that the coronavirus was airborne BACK IN FEBRUARY (seems he learned this from Xi) and sat on it, presumably to release his book

Tom Pepinsky

TomPepinsky

Burma or Myanmar? What's the difference? Does it matter? A thread on political linguistics in Southeast Asia First, what's the difference between "Burma" and "Myanmar"? You might be surprised

ᴰ²Meliᴮᴱ⁷ 🐯🍓✨

sugachim2

MY TAKE ON FANSITESI promised it and the birthday ads debate is the perfect time for this so here it is: an education thread on fansites for baby and older

Liam Dillon

dillonliam

With the year coming to an end, I wanted to highlight some work I'm proud of from 2020, and explain some of what went into producing it. A while ago,

Chuck Marr

ChuckCBPP

As congressional Republicans & the White House approach a deal among themselves, they seem to recognize that the next bill should increase subsidies to help people eat. Now they just

Lyle Pratt

lylepratt

1/ Based on some recent conversations in interviews, I think I can summarize some of @profplum99's views on Bitcoin.Mike disagrees with the premise that true scarcity for money is good

Alex Llull

AlexLlullTW

A big part of my tweets are inspired by other people's content.I bookmark everything that looks interesting and go there when in need of inspiration.This is a thread-recap of the

Alexander Berger

albrgr

I've been thinking the last few months about some of the benefits of scale. There are obvious costs that often seem to get more attention (monopoly, high modernist mistakes a

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

It's kinda interesting how stories that turn into cult classic landmarks (as opposed to critical darlings), they tend to hew to the most classical of story structures like Campbell. Star

Mikael Nilsson

ars_gravitatis

Thread: this article by @RichardEvans36 is a great read! However, I find it a bit myopic in certain ways, which make the conclusions flawed, IMHO. Let me explain. I think

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

drsanjaygupta

CNN has confirmed that the United States government is considering a challenge trial as a failsafe or “Plan D” as Dr. Anthony Fauci told me - So what is a

Dr. Chanequa

drchanequa

This is finna be a thread on the pushback against White Fragility. As books on racism take over the bestseller lists, there’s inevitable debate about which books make it there

Seanan McGuire

seananmcguire

I am in a weird position vis-a-vis Worldcon. "Fan to pro" is a pipeline that's as old as organized fandom itself. It's what a lot of us dream of when

Rutter Lab

RutterLab

For this week's #MitoMonday, we highlight the late great Lynn Margulis and the Endosymbiotic Theory. #MitoLegend aka #ScientificRebel aka #VindicatedHeretic aka #SciencesUnrulyEarthMother Lynn Margulis (born Lynn Petra Alexander) gradua

Norma Krautmeyer 🏳️‍🌈

blushandmumble

It's storytime, folks. Let me tell you about some of the gender harassment I've had to deal with as a cis lesbian minding my own business.https://twitter.com/JuliaSerano/status/1352691516557283330 I went to college

Andé

HeyImAnde

Heres my real thoughts on Beyonce... Beyonce is the greatest entertainer of our time. I go to her shows whenever I can. I think shes professional and puts on a

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