#Middle

Charles McGarraugh

CMcgarraugh

Fantastic article.The incentives of the monopoly internet platforms inevitably drive their algos to foment polarisation. Optimising for engagement embeds it in the math.That’s a core feature of the political economy

Cybermatron 🕷

Cybermatron

Aaargh! I hate being “Reviewer 2” but once, just once would I like to peer review a well-written, well-structured article that isn’t clearly just a chapter of someone’s PhD with

leave the capitol - exit this Roman shell 🐚

fireh9lly

The Victorians screwed up how we talk about geniuses forever. Turned Shakespeare and Mozart from talented and skilled men to freakish, unassailable superhumans so impossible to square with the actual

Thom Hartmann

Thom_Hartmann

1/ How do we deal with a Republican Party that’s become a traitor to humanity itself? (THREAD) 2/ Politicians in New York State are discussing making Covid vaccination mandatory, and,

BLM Philly

BLMPhilly

There’s revolutionary work being done in Philly to free people from jail and end the use of cash bail. @shaunking, you are actively undermining these efforts by demanding we support

dan⚡️

avfcdann

A thread : finding a Douglas Luiz replacement of course city can buy luiz for around £25 million so here I’ll look at realistic options if city were to buy

Megan Metcalfe

MetcalfeMegan

If you're socially inclined 2 leftism, I understand you. I was the same way. I wanted life to be fair, to help the marginalized and impoverished, I wanted to do

Dr. Tayo Oyedeji

tayooye

How I paid for my kids' university education before they turned 5.- A THREAD The year was 2010. We were in the middle of the great recession. Stocks had cratered,

Academic Earper

Earperdemic

We often hear of The Golden Rule: we should do unto others the way we want them to do unto us; put simply, to treat others the way we want

Ferenc Igali

bydhifu

https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people/language-development-amazing-chance-together/zjb88xs As someone who grew up speaking/learning a few languages at once as a child and as a product of moving around (Hungarian, Welsh, English, German) -

Cassandra of Troy

BrynnTannehill

The more I write about this, the more it becomes plain: if Biden loses, 2020 will be the last remotely free and fair election we have for decades, and certainly

robert saint rich

fatherrich_

the influence of social media has created a perspective in artists that they need to produce masterful quality works in a large enough quantity so that they can be shared

Vindhya C📸

vindytalks

Since a lot of people's resolution for the new year includes reading a lot more, I looked at what helped me read faster. Summarising my learnings here on 1.Read

Sarah

HeyokaEmpath

I see people watching airplanes such as this..They do not realize they are watching the wrong thing for multiple reasons.https://twitter.com/mil_ops/status/1333892094965018629 "Watch the Water"These big prison barges got people

Heshmat Alavi

HeshmatAlavi

THREAD1)#Iran’s “diplomat” Assadollah Assadi is awaiting a ruling tomorrow in a Belgian court his role in a foiled bomb plot targeting an opposition rally in June 2018.@eu_eeas should stand firm

Mallory Moore

Chican3ry

This thread is pretty excellent, and it's difficult to put across because a lot of people talk about dysphoria as feeling constrained in your assigned role or something whereas (like

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