#Sophisticated

Rich Puchalsky Ⓐ

RichPuchalsky

A thread / primer on what happens with leaderless movements (most people don't need a primer, but some stubborn don't-get-it's do. I've had to block or mute "dirtbag left" people

Matthew Yglesias

mattyglesias

I should add: The surprise here to me that I'm trying to decide what I make of is that a bunch of normal European countries with normal leaders seem to

Matthew Yglesias

mattyglesias

Imagine if after 9/11 we’d had a string of weeks in which 2,000 people per day were killed by terrorists but then it started tapering so maybe 1,700 people died

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

What are Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine doing right on COVID? With almost every other state having been hit hard at some point or another, they've become real outliers relative

Victor Ray is Sheltering in Place

victorerikray

Please no more, “education will save us from racism” takes. The most sophisticated racism in American history has been designed by the most educated. And arguing that education will save

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CIAnderson3

The last outbreak of bubonic plague arrived to Marseille, France in 1720 aboard a ship. That ship was put in quarantine, but because powerful merchants wanted the goods, they convinced

Patrick McKenzie

patio11

I think this generalizes to: can't be fired, can't be downsized, can't be denied a promotion, etc.Granted, you're biting off many of the standard running-a-business risks, but in return for

Michelle Law

ms_michellelaw

No offence to universities (I went to uni, taught at uni) but I feel like academia can sometimes suck the heart out of storytelling by making it SO intellectual and

Sampath

_SampathKP

Other than Job cuts there is another important bit of news is that Cognizant has decided to quit Content Moderation business. It's a multi million $ operations business. What do

bendb

bendb_

There won't be a "civil war."What there will be, is 100-2,000 right wing militia lunatics launching numerous sophisticated heavily armed assaults on political targets, probably media or Democrats. 10+ shooters

virago ergo sum / BLACK LIVES MATTER

viragoergosum

Something I love in old superhero comics that is mostly gone now is how many extreme elements were just throwaway bits for outrageous convenience. “Thanks to tbis alien atomic submarine

MAESTRO @PETALS

maestropetals

Hidden WorldU think it's a nice worldWorld without war.Born into natural palaceThen, u return celestial? Think u can't be eatenCos man won't eat man.Only fish eat fishOnly beasts eat beasts?

Kent Fellows

GK_Fellows

Today in "Tweets for no one"It feels somehow wrong to me that Prais-Winston was published in 1954 while Newey-West was published in 1986... Newey always feels like a bit of

Dr 'Dr' Sara Ryan

sarasiobhan

Attended a (virtual) meeting earlier with a mate who has been trying to sort a life for her adult son for years on years. Some wider reflections. Professionals can make

Mark Kraus [in]

markekraus

Does anyone know if there is a technical term for this bias? "What I do is complex, difficult, and takes time. What you do is simple, easy, and quick." I

Kevork Oskanian

DrKevorkO

1/ Happy to have found this monograph - an excellent postcolonial view on depictions of Poland and Ukraine in 19th-century Russian literature. 2/ Twitter Synopsis:The Poles are latinised, Catholicised, fake