#People

Gordon Shotwell 🇨🇦

gshotwell

I've been pretty bothered by the vitriol with which this paper is being received, and wanted to make a couple of points about how I read evidence like this:https://twitter.com/fperrywilson/status/1360944814271979523

Max Roser

MaxCRoser

Health researchers estimate that every year 8 million people die an early death due to smoking. This means that 15%(!) of global deaths are attributed to smoking.Smoking causes incredible suffering

Peter Kyle MP

peterkyle

I want to say something about living with acute dyslexia because Twitter can be a pretty unforgiving place for people with unseen challenges.Every day I get picked up on something

Dr. Jeff Cohen (he/him)

DrJeffCohen

Q: What do you do if you can’t find a therapist to see where you live? Either because the options aren’t…. great // there aren’t options // cost of care

🚩Shepherd🏴

NeolithicSheep

Apparently people are not aware that the Geneva Conventions only apply to armed conflict between nations AND ALSO that the US has been cheerfully ignoring them for at least 17

ian

attheimax

A rhetorical move on “the left” that is anti-dialectical and needs to be excised: citing poll numbers amongst the “working class” to determine whether or not “the left” should embrace

Will Saletan

saletan

The GOP is in the grip of insurrectionists. It's controlled by a president who's trying to overthrow an election, and a base that's rallying in streets to threaten coups and

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

The GOP believes it istyranny when a government takes steps to save lives, andgood government when the wealthy get tax breaks.That's because the GOP is the party of hierarchy.They don't

John Hayward

Doc_0

The U.S. central government grew relentlessly larger, richer, and more powerful during the decades that every problem faced by Americans got worse. Why does anyone think making the government even

Dānī⁷ vibing in the flames, writing, s-worded era

hyyhddaeng_

Almost every frustration that has been expressed, blown up and led to inner fandom fighting and ultimately threads about mistreatment or hit tweets about how disappointed ARMY is, has been

Ashley Cullins

AshleyCullins

Today was my due date: a miscarriage story. (A thread.) Right after the pandemic hit the U.S., I found out I was pregnant with our second child. We had been

K, like the letter...

glassdevil

The games industry has a problem with abuse that is systemic. Whether you’re a good person in the industry or not is irrelevant, the “networking”, “crunch” & “boys club” cultures

Dr. Deena Hinshaw

CMOH_Alberta

Here is a summary thread of today’s #COVID19AB update. More than 8,500 Albertans have recovered. 106 people are hospitalized with 21 in ICUs. There are 114 new cases out of

Elias | 🧠🎩

MentalityChief

1 RT = 1 Valuable AdviceI’ll start with 2// THREAD // 1. No one owes you anything. You need to earn what you have. 2. Being accountable for your wins

Gretchen McCulloch

GretchenAMcC

I've been thinking a lot about this question of how we establish better virtual "hallways" as conferences and other events move online(As this quote from Because Internet that @yoavgo cites

Dan Shapiro

DanielBShapiro

1. With all due respect to @PeterBeinart, calling for one state for Israelis and Palestinians is neither original, nor a remotely viable solution to this long-running conflict. It's a disaster

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