#Experts

Will Saletan

saletan

This WP investigation, based on inside reporting, finds that Trump and like-minded advisers — in particular, Scott Atlas — have abandoned the war on the virus. They've decided to accept

France Inter

franceinter

.@EtienneKlein : "Il y a eu dès le début un conflit entre deux temporalités : celle de la recherche, qui prend du temps, et le politique, qui doit prendre des

Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska

AgataGostynska

1. It has been a while since I did a #thread on #Brexit but as baby Janina is napping I thought I would offer my two cents. The IMB has

Phillip de Wet

phillipdewet

I've been worrying about this. The first, instinctive answer is yes, of course, check everything that can be checked before publication.But on consideration of the tradeoffs, I'm not sure that

Kristin Branson

KristinMBranson

Last week, I gave an overview in our weekly meeting on Imitation Learning. The goal in imitation learning is to train artificial agents to solve problems by watching demonstrations of

mathfrak{Michael "Shapes Dude" Betancourt}

betanalpha

I just finished Box, Hunter, and Hunter and I cannot praise it enough. There were multiple passages where I literally giggled. In fact I may have been a bit _too_

Shibani Mahtani

ShibaniMahtani

Spoke to some of the leading experts on authoritarian regimes and the way they communicate, including @LMorgenbesser @MariaRepnikova "These outlandish claims, conspiracy theories, contradictory information and downright lies" -- i

Paul Lewis

PaulLewis

To all who read this story about the government's 'Stalinist' censoring of advice from scientists, there's been a u-turn. The report has just been quietly republished online, without redactions. Why

words are weapons ⚡

vimoh

The other day, on a Whatsapp group, a software engineer - a school friend - shared a meme that pretty much said that rising petrol prices are okay because at

Matthew Hansen

redcloud_scribe

Last night I watched as a 40-person wedding party crammed into a party bus. Zero masks. I looked inside at the wedding reception. 150 more. No masks. I walked to

David Perell

david_perell

1. Great ideas are buried in historyBryson's swing is inspired by a 1969 book called The Golfing Machine. It describes 144 ways you can swing a club and inspired Bryson

Save Ferris

SaveFerris14

1) I do not wear a mask, and I won’t wear it unless required to do so to work. Selfish some say, but I disagree. I could provide some common

Daniel Fishel

o_fishel

Illustration grads: Speaking for myself, my education was pretty fractured. In undergrad I learned how to draw well. In grad school I learned how to think. With both, I got

Joel Pollak

joelpollak

Thread on Trump, the coronavirus, and the election. (1/12) I wish the President and the First Lady a complete and swift recovery. I have taken comfort in II Kings 20,

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Shit—Trump FDA has frozen US’s Phase 3 trial of the Oxford vaccine! Trial is paused because of “political pressure”. Dr. Larry Bush, trial's principal investigator, said Trump FDA is looking

WastedEnergy

energy_wasted

1/10 Let's take a close look at a dumpster fire of a BDC and how these BDCs use fake marks and leverage to boost fees - Franklin Square/EIG Power and