#CounterPoint

Patrick Radden Keefe

praddenkeefe

The AP has details of the Purdue settlement, which will be formally announced in half an hour. Lots to unpack here, but two things for now. (1/3)https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-business-criminal-investigations-opioids-epidemics-5f

Athletes, Please Stay in your Bubble

Quantum_Sport

Let me post the counterpoint since everyone on the left thinks this is racist and stupid and I don't. In my day I worked for a China-US dual national prof

Shelly Sharma

shellysharma108

As an MS3 interested in #nsgy, something I've been reflecting on is pursuing my passion vs failure/not matching ever Now, I rarely share my thoughts about such things since it

Leah Kardos

LeahKardos

I really love the song ‘Far From Over’ by Frank Stallone from Staying Alive (1983). Every time I hear it my brain dishes out a little dopamine; if

Peter Manseau

plmanseau

Thinking this Memorial Day about American civil religion and something it seems we’ve lost over the last few years – something essential to who we once liked to believe we

Mark Dingemanse

DingemanseMark

looks like #Neuralink marketing update is delayed — fortunately the written word remains a dependable technology to get stuff straight into your brain. some light reading on brain bridges: 1)

cicer

cicerfics

...Wait, I'm not done talking about the WWX and LQR relationship. Hold my iced coffee, I'm going back in. Okay! So! One of my pet headcanons for modern!WWX is that

Ramya | IdeaSmith 📚🌱🎙️

ideasmithy

I've been reading food fiction through lockdown & isolation. It was a little surprise since I've never been either a foodie or an enthusiastic cook. Food has been fuel, a

Scarin’ Reynolds

aaronreynolds

I know this Dodger pitcher is Dylan Floro, but the blocky print makes me see FLORD and I keep thinking about what kind of first name goes with the last

Robᵉʳᵗ Graham😷, provocateur

ErrataRob

This Zoom thing is a good time to discuss "threat models". Is Zoom "secure"? Well, that depends upon your threat model. In other words, secure against what, precisely? Two threat

Miftah R.A.

miftah___ra

Manusia jaman batu gaperlu olahraga karena seharian udah lari2an. Skrg udah enak gausah kejar2an sama harimau tp malah jadi GENDUT trs harus olahraga rutinhttps://twitter.com/miftah___ra/status/1297159638308147203 Itu jg gendutnya gara2 keb

Joe Weisenthal

TheStalwart

6 REASONS IT'S BEEN A BAD YEAR FOR BITCOIN.In today's @Markets newsletter, I wrote about all the ways that 2020 has undermined a bunch of popular Bitcoin narratives.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2020-06-15/five-things-y

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Damn, hadn’t read this. This is basically C. S. Lewis 1944 edition of my Gervais principle, but with reco that you aspire to a sort of conscious cluelessness (“craftsman”) and

Kristin Du Mez

kkdumez

The last chapter of JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE is Evangelical Mulligans: A History. I hated researching it, hated writing it. It places evangelical support for an abuser-in-chief in the context

Mark Stryker

Mark_Stryker

1. Maestro @herbiehancock turns 81 today. Herbie is great in so many ways, but perhaps this doesn't get said enough: He's one of the best accompanists in jazz history. What

Dr. Ellie Lockhart, When All The Nerds Died

BootlegGirl

Without naming names there is a discourse I am hesitant to step into for many reasons, but I have a bit of knowledge to bring to the table, and a