#Anecdotes

Wes Pegden

WesPegden

The attention-grabbing data shown in this Bloomberg article is data described as being collected from "1500 patients".https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-opinion-covid-long-haulers-chronic-illness/?fbclid=IwAR0u-VsNU46O840GQSc

Bad Econ Takes

BadEconTakes

Context: Fig 1. from “It’s Econ 101” (Journal of Anecdotes, 2020)

Kathryn Anne Edwards

keds_economist

A note on the now ended $600 federal add-on. All of the evidence we had pointed to the same story: the benefit was not preventing reemployment. But anecdotally employers say

Thomas M. Hanna

ThomasMHanna

Two personal anecdotes about the US healthcare system that may be useful to those in the UK who may not be that concerned about Boris Johnson and the Tory plan

Edwin Dorsey

StockJabber

“I worry more about people thinking like machines than machines thinking like people.” –Tim Cook “The greatest challenge in life is when to break with conventional wisdom.” –Tim Cook “Will

Jonathan Easton

jonnye47

Let's play Fantasy Covid Cabinet.The only rules are that the person must have held that position already and they must be alive.1/ PM - Tony Blair (or John Major at

Kat Stafford

kat__stafford

"To the untrained eye, Gretchen Esther Whitmer might seem like a pushover."It's 2020 and we still have to explain why this is problematic framing.https://twitter.com/politico/status/1248585723013447685 I mean the profile has good

Franita Tolson 💕💚

ProfTolson

A thread on why some white professors think that they should be able to say the n-word in class. (1/x) Privilege. (2/2) And they will blog about it, tweet about

Jonathan Ware

ReassessHistory

Veteran accounts, anecdotes by others, the logic that said unit was employed so thus it was, questionable history (but would depend on source usage and need proper analysis). There are

Zoe

Aerie_Faerie

This is small in the scale of things from tonight but the emphasis GRRM placed on his friend being a '2nd generation fan' bugged me - fair in an intro,

JPB Gerald

JPBGerald

Anecdotes ARE data if used correctly in research. Just not decontextuallyhttps://twitter.com/steak_umm/status/1247343900475490304 What I should say is, you can't broadly generalize or predict from an anecdote. But it is absolutely data!

L. Amber O'Hearn

KetoCarnivore

I have a theory I'm calling the Fat Leverage Hypothesis. The mirror image of Protein Leverage, it happens when protein's more than adequate, and carbs and fat are both very

Joel Budd

JoelBudd1

This is interesting. If I may--I think that Owen is both right and wrong. Right about aid, the importance of testing, and DFID. Wrong about how journalists think. I don't

The New School Free Press

NSFreePress

We will be interviewing The New School’s President Dr. @dwightamcbride next Friday, May 1, to discuss his thoughts on the university’s future and the changes he plans to implement, along

Charlotte Clymer 🏳️‍🌈

cmclymer

Caitlyn Jenner is appearing on Hannity this evening. I'm gonna watch to see if Hannity uses her authentic pronouns and how she responds. Because I just have a hunch. You

The Emperor Of Umlazi

MaBlerh

THREAD: Bazalwane, being lazy (ukuvilapha) is an illness that dates back to the days of the bubonic plaque. It is okay to be that lazy relative/friend at functions HOWEVER... ...once