#Misinformation

Tim Harford

TimHarford

HAPPY WORLD STATISTICS DAY EVERYONE!World Statistics Day only comes every five years - like the Olympics - so it's time to express a little mindful gratitude for all the statisticians

Parker Molloy

ParkerMolloy

This is an interesting point. However, I think it discounts something very important. Here's a quick thread.https://twitter.com/nickconfessore/status/1316030522506842112 Right-wing media, and Fox in particular, is extremely powerful and

Magilla Gorilla 39

39Magilla

(1) Kayla Avery's written statement to the police on March 7, 2006 was pivotal for Brendan. She later recanted this statement about Brendan on the witness stand. (2) Prior to

Umbereen S. Nehal, MD, MPH

usnehal

Utterly irresponsibleAn *anthropologist* spreading vaccine hysteria (hate the word but she’s using the uterus to spread vaccine fear) NOT AT ALL controlling forprior COVIDb4 vaccinePerimenopausal included?!?This is why you need

Matt Wood

mattfwood

As @SenateCommerce & @commercedems prepare to kick off their hearing with Zuckerberg and @Jack on #Section230, internet & speech advocates *and* people opposed to Trump's authoritarianism need to know what

Aaron L. Morrison

aaronlmorrison

NEW from me, @AP: "The Tuskegee effect: Amid coronavirus outbreak, black mistrust of medicine and government looms” https://bit.ly/39LLrIh A thread. 1/X Preliminary data show Black Americans are contracting and dying of

evon 🍊⭐️ᴮᴱ

e_von7

Regarding @modooborahae being a Jimin-anti and your crap “expose” threads: a thread. They helped write the White Paper Project. Tell me, who would go through a multi-paged, full on research

Colin Millar

Millar_Colin

This is a really strong example of how football transfer rumours are the most prominent form of 'fake news'. Let's examine how a totally unverified social media account can post

Sara Danner Dukic

saradannerdukic

This is also known as a psyop, and it’s illegal.https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/1180205786116562947?s=20 Facebook, which took a not small amount of $ from Russia…https://techcrunch.com/2009/05/26/facebook-takes-that-200-million

Seaver Wang

wang_seaver

This is not remotely what the climate science literature says. Misinformation like that article is becoming extreme and prevalent enough that there's a rapidly growing need for earth scientists to

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 104Let’s talk California. Until recently, our state managed to do so well that our experience has been dubbed The California Miracle. But let’s say it

Chris Combs

DrChrisCombs

THIS IS NOT A SONIC BOOMOkay folks, it’s been long enough. Time to finally address the biggest point of confusion on #AvGeek twitter: what exactly is going on with vapor

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BooopSunflower

This is pointless, but now that it’s been proven that the WHO t-shirts didn’t come with a digital download (the person that mistakingly said so received an email for an

kayla loves yuki 🎁

yukiragis

in defense of yuki yoshida—the revival: an extremely long analysis thread nulla. introductiondespite the fact that given was written without an antagonist, a character who is undoubtedly controversial and often

Greg Lukianoff

glukianoff

Before starting this thread, I’ve really noticed a big uptick in people struggling in terms of mental health this month. Here is the thread with my best advice of what

Ed Yong

edyong209

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