#Stanford

Nome

NomeDaBarbarian

There used to be a job called a "knocker-upper." They'd wake you up for work by rapping on your window.Cheap clocks put them out of work.That's unfortunate, but inventing alarm

Go Beavs

BeaverAthletics

.@lena_greena has been selected as @BeaverGym's Most Inspirational Gymnast. She is a two-time captain ready for a breakout season, before an injury kept her sidelined. She maintained a positive attitude

COVID19 Digest

Covid19Digest

1/ This @WSJ sympathetic piece about Dr. John P.A. Ioannidis getting much attention. A couple of observations:#COVID19 https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-bearer-of-good-coronavirus-news-11587746176 2/ "common denominator for everything that I was

Londyn Robinson (rheuminate)

londyloo

When I got invites to apply to Harvard, Yale, Stanford, etc. my mom fell off her chair. I couldn’t believe Harvard had my home address. I worked full time in

peeleraja

peeleraja

Sundar Pichai managed only metallurgy and that too in Kharagpur. Now he has Bombay, Delhi and Madras compsci toppers reporting to him at the best IT company ever.This is proof

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

rasmus_kleis

Quick thread on the whole Australia/Facebook/Google standoff.Frustrating situation with a lot at stake. And fundamentally opaque. There is so much we don't know, leaving space for self-interested assertions on all

Shlok 🐺

shlokafc

It's been close to 100 years since humans invented digital machines and we have sure come a long way but do you know what all has happened in these years?Let's

Kevin J.S. Zollman

KevinZollman

This week in Network Epistemology we talked about a philosophical problem called "testimony" and its connection with homophily. The basic question: what are the effects of different strategies for trusting

Drew Holden

DrewHolden360

The US should follow suit. These propaganda centers are all over, injecting Chinese Communist Party lies into the bloodstream of American universities. An incomplete list is threaded below. If you’re

Liz Mair

LizMair

This is a really important read... it's quite possible we've had our entire timeline about COVID-19 in the US wrong.https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-11/bay-area-coronavirus-deaths-signs-of-earlier-spread-california "A stu

Matthew Stiegler

MatthewStiegler

UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh uses the n-word in his classes, apparently over objections of students who are required to be there and over whom he holds substantial power. His

Bjorn Lomborg

BjornLomborg

Significant data indicate corona is no worse than common flu.Yes, we need mass testing.But if true, shutting down the economy was possibly not the best response.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/without-mass-testing-were-flying-blind-through-th

Walter Chen

smalter

duke's not known as a startup factory like stanford.but duke '08-'12 has produced 4 unicorns—coinbase, airtable, cameo and plaid—along with a bunch of up and comers.here's the path their founders

Sean Rose

seanrose

I often get asked how I became a PM and arrived where I am today. So! I’m just going to share it with everyone: I grew up in NJ and

Curious Dancer⭐️⭐️⭐️

DancingCurious

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was WOKE!!! I want to take you on a journey that will surprise you in terms of how the past and the present have been

Erin Mordecai

morde

Reporting in @nytimes by @apoorva_nyc and others proclaiming that herd immunity is out of reach are missing the point in several key ways 1/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/podcasts/the-daily/coronavirus-herd-immunity-vaccine.html?rref=va