#Tobacco

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

"In 2016, internal analysis at Facebook found 64% of all extremist group joins were due to their own recommendation tools. Yet repeated attempts to counteract this problem were ignored or

Mike Shanahan

shanahanmike

What if there was a way to fight climate change, improve society and protect nature with no costs, no sacrifices and pretty much zero effort? Would you join in? First,

Dara Kerr

darakerr

I spent the past few weeks looking at a multi-million dollar ballot measure campaign in California, Prop 22. It’s an effort by Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart and Postmates to avoid

Gary Ó Nualláin

GazzaONuallain

This image has been circulating for the past 24 hours or so. Sponsorship and branding at Tallaght Stadium for tonight's Europa League game between Shamrock Rovers and AC Milan.I don't

Bhaskar Sarma

bhas

What happens when #LOTR characters land on a badly optimized ecommerce site: a story told through GIFs.Thread (with an ice and fire twist at the end): They land on the

Alec Karakatsanis

equalityAlec

This is a thread about the "War on Drugs." I answer the following question: are government bureaucrats historically incompetent at achieving their goals, or are they pursuing goals that are

Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych

Nick_Carmody

The Corona Virus epidemic highlights major problems in the political climate:1) Similar to Climate Change, the politicization & subsequent denial of a scientific (medical) issue threatens millions/billions2) The effect of

Michael Tracey

mtracey

Wow. Protesters/rioters have successfully invaded the Third Precinct police building in Minneapolis and are lighting it on fire Police apparently retreated and surrendered the building. Heard a protester/rioter scream that

Derrick Berthelsen

DerrickBerthel1

1/Thread on Irish borderIt is frequently stated that the reason the UK has to sign up to the Backstop in the WA is because the UK is legally bound both

Michael J Barany

MBarany

There's an aspect of this 2+2 thing that I think is really important and that has generally been overlooked, so you know what that means:(thread) WHAT IS ACTUALLY *RACIST* ABOUT

Karlie Hustle

THEkarliehustle

Facebook chooses polarization.An internal Facebook analysis found that the platform was helping polarize the country, but senior executives decided to shelve the analysis and not take action, The Wall Street

Phil Kerpen

kerpen

This is a surprising result. Smokers are far LESS likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 that non-smokers and it looks robust across countries.Why might this be?https://twitter.com/KlausKblog/status/1249048902495592450 The US data from

Steph

stephyy1214

white people are the most unoriginal, uninteresting bunch - and they still wanna act superior First of all, the only reason Europeans wanted to “explore” in the 15th century

Senator Tina Smith

SenTinaSmith

Today I’m announcing my bill to legalize marijuana. Here’s a bit more about what is in the bill and how we can do this while protecting the health, safety, and

Leo Murray

crisortunity

Hi! We need to talk about the role of advertising in fuelling the climate crisis through generating insatiable demand for carbon intensive goods and services. Meet @_wearepossible’s new campaign with

James Talarico

jamestalarico

Happy 4/20! I’ve filed legislation to legalize cannabis, expunge past marijuana convictions, and use the new tax revenue to fund early childhood education. #txlege This is a popular bipartisan idea.According