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stuart mcdonald

ActuaryByDay

There’s been a bit of an unpleasant and inaccurate narrative over recent days that the majority of COVID-19 deaths were people who were “at death’s door” in any case. That

Tom Dreisbach

TomDreisbach

NEW:In response to NPR's reporting, a California company that was selling purported "at-home" COVID-19 test kits is facing official inquiries from the @CityAttorneyLA and @CongressmanRaja & @RepKatiePorter of the House

Alex Filazzola

EcoFilazzola

Whew! Our paper is out examining plant interactions across deserts in California @JVegSci @cjlortie @mfwestphal https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/16541103 I've called this the "Swan Song" of my graduate work, but it was

The Sanatan

TheSanatanTimes

Zafar Khan Ghazi Masjid in West Bengal is a Hindu temple that was seized by Muslim invaders.With mutilated sculptures of Hindu Gods, the structure now stands as a mute witness

Colin Millar

Millar_Colin

This is a really strong example of how football transfer rumours are the most prominent form of 'fake news'. Let's examine how a totally unverified social media account can post

Equinox: Racial Justice Initiative

Equinoxrji

For #EarthDay #LeadersClimateSummit climate justice must be rooted in racial justice.With a disturbing trend of eco-fascism entering mainstream discourse on #ClimateAction , we're here to dispel some arguments.Here are

Translating Brazil

TranslatingBraz

Why is Congresswoman @CarlaZambelli38 (or is it the staff that praises her posts? ) is wrong on the subject @slpng_giants_pt? Follow the thread. https://twitter.com/DTangerinoPenal/status/1298728411674931200 @Slpng_giants_pt doesn't fa

Emily M

MechnerE

For weeks I have been watching in horror this game of chicken between two locomotives on a track: schools are not safe in a pandemic. But people need schools. Is

LePetitCaporal

_LePetitCaporal

Thomas Guénolé explique doctement que La France Insoumise n'appelle pas à la violence...Et pourtant, même sans chercher beaucoup on trouve.#Thread de compilation à dérouler1) JLM qui dit aux gens :

Vincent Reneleau

VincentReneleau

Le saviez-vous? A ce jour, un seul dinosaure complet a été découvert en France. Il s'agit du Compsognathus dit "de Canjuers". Un thread sur ce fossile exceptionnel et sa découverte

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

#Pluralistic is my mutli-channel publishing effort - a project to push the limits of #POSSE (post own site, share everywhere) that allows me to maintain control over my work while

Assange Defense

DefenseAssange

Day 10: live tweets from Julian Assange's extradition hearing in London. #AssangeCase First up today is Prof. Christian Grothoff, testifying by remote video on the publication of the unredacted cables,

Loránd Bodó

LorandBodo

A single spammy reply to our @nbc_vc had me jump down the rabbit hole of a bot network promoting a dubious shop selling surgical masks.Here’s an #OSINT thread on the

Dan Larremore

DanLarremore

How well do COVID rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) perform in detecting infectious people? A new preprint from @JankovanBeek @IgloiZsofia & @MarionKoopmans finds that the answer depends on (1) which

James Lindsay, man of internet swagger

ConceptualJames

A few points about why I think voting for Trump isn't necessarily a horrible idea.1) Radicalization by Trump is already priced in. Certainly there will be many among the Woke

BBC Radio 4

BBCRadio4

It's the 75th anniversary of the destruction of Hiroshima. In the aftermath of the attack, John Hersey, an American journalist, visited the city and spoke to survivors. He went on