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BLM!

izabellampena

being vegan as well as being able to pay for more sustainable options like clothes from sustainable brands, eco-friendly cleaner, buying vegan and cruelty-free skincare/makeup/toothpaste/etc, or just plainly trying to

Adam Wagner

AdamWagner1

If Covid-19 had emerged in a liberal democracy rather than China, and the first response had not been enforced lockdowns, which *appeared* to work, enforced lockdowns would not have become

Ketan Joshi

KetanJ0

If, like me, you got caught up in pop-psych climate comms in the denier-ridden haze of 2010-2014, you might have heard about the 'backfire effect', where giving a non-science-accepter facts

Emily M. Bender

emilymbender

They sure will. Here's a quick analysis of how, from my perspective as someone who studies societal impacts of natural language technology:https://twitter.com/RottenInDenmark/status/1339004098515890176 First, some guesses about system c

A Xmas Douglas

alexxdouglas

It’s also odd how people fixate on these general claims Foucault occasionally made about ‘truth’. In his later work, his main claim was that power often *creates* the phenomena we

The Burgon Society

burgonsoc

17th November 1880, 140 years ago today, Edith Creak, Marianne Andrews, Elizabeth Hills, and Clara Collet were awarded Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of London, the first women

Tom Clark

prospect_clark

1.We're weeks from a seriously hard departure from the EUFew saw this sort of exit coming after a 52-48 voteSo @jillongovt & @anandMenon1 have a murder mystery for youWho Killed

Ian Brooks

sdg_brooks

Enjoyed oppty to talk on UK Christian engagement with UN Sustainable Development Goals #SDGs at Christian Rural & Environmental Studies (CRES) day 14 Nov. My slides with notes here https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6850091&nbs

Ted McCormick

mccormick_ted

Now, you may or may not agree with the point the article and tweets make about gardening; you may be unable to get past their language. But it’s not really

$Cel Eggplant

CelEggplant

Some interesting thoughts about the genius marketing going on by @CelsiusNetwork . Other companies should take notes. (old account got suspended but I had to save this nice thread ).

Travis LaCroix

TravisLacroix

Some thoughts on the recent @NewYorker article, 'Who should stop unethical AI?' [a thread!]https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/who-should-stop-unethical-ai First, @luke_stark has an excellent thread that highlights s

Shannon

Avery1776

New Allies in place for more clean up and the most important one getting push back from the usual suspects. 45 is wasting no time with nominations and many new

🎩🎃Nervardia says FUCK FASCISM🎃🎩

Nervardia

How to pick a fake profile.Written by me using information I've learnt by osmosis. 1. Profile/banner picsAre of random, generic stuff. Sometimes of the same/similar pictures.Usually nothing to indicate anything

James Connor

toJamesConnor

12 helpful facts in the Texas Harris County Drive-through voting case. #HarrisVotes 1. In June, to protect voters' health during a pandemic, the Texas Secretary of State approved drive-through voting

sophie 💛💛

lesliebartlet

thread of normalized antisemitism that’s really common on this app, from a jew /srs calling jews rats. this is a really common microaggression, and it’s antisemitic because it’s rooted in

Adrian Zenz

adrianzenz

THREAD: @AucklandUni complaint letter re @Anne_MarieBrady publication on NZ academic ties that could benefit China military research, denying allegations re AU Prof. Gao Wei. The letter's denials are factually incorrect,

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