#Norms

Ganesh Sitaraman

GaneshSitaraman

SUPREME COURT REFORM 101: As a law prof who came up w/ Scotus reforms discussed by multiple pres candidates, I often get asked what proposal is best. So for the

kain.eth

kaiynne

Here comes a long and meandering thread about markets, competition and social norms, with some personal history thrown in. I’ve been thinking about what precipitated my interaction with @sgoldfed yesterday

Zero HP Lovecraft 🦅🐍

0x49fa98

Baudrillard perfectly captured the feeling of modernity when he referred to our state of affairs as “after the orgy” we have seen liberation in every sphere: political, sexual, and social.

ifrit

metadiogenes

When a blacksmith forges a sword, he heats the iron until glowing red, then plunges it into sand to cool. Before, the sword is hard and brittle from being hammered;

Swan

AndySwan

Makes no sense that a virus this contagious would take 2-3 months to reach USA. No sense that first “community exposure” would happen outside of ATL/CHI/NYC/LA, travel hubs of the

Wokal Distance

wokal_distance

1/EVERYTHING IS PROBLEMATIC! Paw Patrol, Barbie, Dr. Seuss, and Christmas are all problematic, but why?The Theory behind it is called "Critical Theory," and the woke use it to attack literally

Andrew M. Ibrahim MD, MSc

AndrewMIbrahim

1/ Thankful for all the thoughtfulness of @UMichMedicine leadership preparing for & managing #COVID19. This past week I got to help launch a “Pop-Up ICU” to expand our ICU capacity,

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

NEW: time for a Covid situation updateCases and hospitalisations are rising again across much of the western world.What’s driving the rise, and should we be worried? What’s behind the rise?Some

GCSE Pigeon English

babytreeinacage

Why the handle @babytreeinacage? I wonder if anyone remembers where and why Harri discusses caging baby trees... Re-read the opening 5 pages of the novel if you’re stuck! And if

Carl Minzner

CarlMinzner

(1/x) There’s deep controversy in the U.S. and Europe over wearing face masks – their merit and accompanying social norms. Here’s a thread on a specific example from Taiwan on

Quinn H Tracey

AUDEIE90

America’s On A Knife’s EdgeA thread http://livinglifeasasocialbutterflyelf.blog/2020/10/28/__trashed/ There are Four Ways the Election Can Go — and Three of Them End With Democracy Dying If you're anything like me, you're wei

英然

curlypotahtow

lets try and make a safe space. how do my conservative friends learn to accept non-conservative values?A thread. The Malaysian reality: We are a muslim dominated society but like any

alan riley

profalanriley1

1.Following my thread yesterday https://twitter.com/profalanriley1/status/1245357276359245825@katyafimava responded by with a series of tweets in which she said my arguments were false. Sadly, on inspection her responses do not stand up to

Jesse Stommel

Jessifer

“Proctorio requested retraction of an article by Shea Swauger critical of algorithmic proctoring in the peer-reviewed journal @HybridPed. When the journal refused, Proctorio CEO Mike Olsen and the journal’s editor,

Rohan Venkat

RohanV

Thread: India moved very early to lockdown, even though Covid-19 numbers were low. While this may have helped reduce transmission, it made the decision to emerge from a lockdown much

William Gillis 🏴

rechelon

Domination is an example of a strategy that catalyzes. An individual adopts the strategy of attempting to dominate others and they in response are pressured to change their strategy to