#Context

Laura Portwood-Stacer, Jeopardy Champ (she/her)

lportwoodstacer

A really common piece of advice given to scholars when talking about their research (whether in a book proposal or other context) is to answer the "so what?" question. I

Nas #teamrosé

omgheyzamo

The DENALAMPS gc out of context, a thread end of thread !!

an unofficial Hugo book club blog

Hugo_Book_Club

And I bring this up to put into context just what a big deal it is that @SeananMcGuire just got her 13th nomination in the four classic fiction categories.She's done

T.K. of AAK!

AskAKorean

People who are interested in comparative politics really should pay more attention to South Korean domestic politics, because it really shows how much of the theories accepted as universal truths

Ian Bogost

ibogost

It’s interesting to me that the journalistic concept of “fact checking” got attached to social-media services.The thing that fact checking does has almost nothing to do with how social media

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yellowyubin

thread of insomnia twitter accounts that you should block or mute i apologize in advance if i use the wrong pronouns for any account, most of them dont have their

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

Also relevant here is Italy, where there’s been a much steeper decline in positive test rates in Lombardy, the worst-affected region, than in the rest of the country. Both peaked

Andy Budd

andybudd

It's common to hear people saying things like "meetings are broken". This is even more amplified in the age of Zoom. However I don't believe meetings are broken. I think

Jeff Brutlag 🏳️‍🌈

jeffbrutlag

Something I’ve learned through therapy is that people can be kind and positive toward some, but exhibit abusive behavior to othersJust because YOU got the good parts doesn’t mean they

Libya Desk

LibyaDesk

To be sure, here is where your coverage was mistaken:1.This was not orchestrated by Haftar2.The Mayor was democratically elected by the GNA 3.This was an independent act, removed from politicsYou

Devin Elle Kurtz

DevinElleKurtz

Since people are talking about art school; I think "the right path" is different for everybody. For me, the right path was dropping out of art school at 18, freelancing,

Pragya Narang پرگيہ نارنگ प्रज्ञा नारंग 🇮🇳🕊🇵🇰

PragyaNarang

#Thread: An example of bigotry in corporate world. Context: I'm an atheist who fasts for Navratri, Ramzan, every Monday, Janamashtami, Shivratri, Lent, etc. I love how my body feels detoxed

Mdme Pétroleuse

Vicky_ACAB

It's been almost 2 months and there's rioting in at least 3 cities tonight, this movement has outlasted the great upheaval of 1877 and only has 2 larger continuous antecedents

wideofthepost

wideofthepost

18-34Biden 44%Trump 44%Other 9%https://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/1248251800077156353 For context, a late March 2016 Monmouth poll had:All reg'd votersClinton 48%Trump 38%Other 2%18-34Clinton 53% ⇠ (+23)Trump 30%Other 2%Mid June 2016:All reg&#

Laura Steenbergen

LSteenbergen2

Hold on a second: I spoke with 5 usually sparkly, warm, energetic colleagues/friends today (who don't know each other). All of them (!) told me they feel really depleted; (close

fuck oscar

slickfaggot

this!! trans men aren't babies and will wear skirts if they want to. if your discourse regarding trans men is limited to useless and patronizing statements that demonstrate how out