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Danielle Kurtzleben

titonka

OK, so. I couldn't help myself and did a count of the overruns.Keep in mind this is based on our initial quick and dirty transcript BUT my initial count:Pence's overruns

Jeet Heer

HeerJeet

1. Vice-presidential picks, unless they are truly disastrous (Eagleton, Palin), don't count much in elections. But they are important for unifying parties and allowing them to function as coalitions. 2.

Jim Al-Khalili

jimalkhalili

1/6 A quick look at Twitter this morning and I see the conspiracy theorists are getting shoutier. So I wanted to share a few thoughts. I know it's pointless to

Edward Nirenberg

ENirenberg

There's a thought I've had that's been bugging me and I'd love feedback from the pros on this point: I really don't like the term "natural immunity" to describe the

H S Joshi

HSJSpeaks

1/ Rich people, within the context of a market society, and who do not primarily rely on rent seeking enormously help society in 3 ways.First, they got rich by creating

Ed O'Keefe

edokeefe

JUST IN: @KamalaHarris canceling her campaign travel schedule through Sunday after two campaign staffers, including her communications director Liz Allen, tested positive for #COVID19 Part of the full, detailed statement

Snake Oil Salesman

ghuubear

Here's a pet theory I have: Whenever society starts reaching the level of blind mob consensus, the smart ones take it upon themselves to fill the opposing void. Because they

Frank ⌁

FrankElavsky

Data visualization cares disproportionately far too much about designing for colorblindness relative to other disabilities that are more common (visual impairments included).(A thread on disability, race, and patriarchy in data

eric

ericziminsky

Hello, it me, your friendly neighborhood designer.The text and logo on the light blue isn’t accessible due to low contrast, which makes it way harder to read. It’s a small

Prof. Twatter 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

RealProfTwatter

1. Promote the idea that racism is the most evil thing you can be2. Claim all whites are racist3. Keep pushing whitey until they make a mild push back4. Run

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) Three weeks after Quebec required high school students to wear masks all day in red zones, Premier François Legault announced Monday Grade 9 students will join those in Grades

Sass Thee Wicked Ass Pumpkin 🎃 💀🕸

premedbabygroot

I actually grew up in a town kind of like the one in Ozark; big resort crowd in the summer, less than 1000 residents in the winter. My dad’s side

Tim Latimer

TimMLatimer

1/Alright, now that everyone is paying attention to geothermal, time to discuss one of the more exciting developments that is driving geothermal growth to become a mainstream resource: the emergence

Jonathan Merritt

JonathanMerritt

THREAD: In "The Problem of Pain," C.S. Lewis wrestled with suffering and evil, and concluded, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our

Brigid Laffan

BrigidLaffan

Writing a piece on Brexit & Irl. Revisiting timelines & documents leads to following conclusions. 1. Degree of proactive engagement by Gov with key stakeholders on an all Island basis-peak

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 120Not a full-fledged thread tonite, but the numbers are changing quickly enough @UCSF, in SF, and in CA (and concerning enough) that I thought I'd