#Central

How balanced is the content in Google Arts and Culture? My new paper with @InnaKizhner, a quantitative analysis of @googlearts, shows it is a site of digital cultural colonialism, with
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Twitter has redeeming qualities if used properly. For example, a couple days ago @KellyMDoran recommended a book by a couple bona fide experts on homelessness. Thanks! First observation: The Fundamental
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The rejection of Raila in Kikuyu land is the lead story in all newspapers today. What is all this Railaphobia in Central? I argue that it is less about Raila
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Thread on privatization of PSUs/divestment in PSUs1. Govt to sell its 52.98% stake in BPCL, aims Rs. 90,000 crorehttps://www.livemint.com/news/india/union-govt-eyes-90-000-crore-from-bpcl-stake-sale-11609525150486.html 2. Govt to sell its 2
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Thing that bugs me about level design: Corridors. When people make a box and connect it to another box with a corridor, that's not how buildings are. Corridors are the
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The insights of the Austrian School of Economics will prove invaluable to investors navigating the distorted global economy of 2021.This 18-tweet thread walks you through the definitive guide "Austrian School
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Happy to share our new preprint about how we solved the mystery of some of the coolest bacterial elements:Retrons function as anti-phage defense systems!https://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.06.21.156273v1See thread below by the 3 of
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1/In a BBC program, Indian author Arundhati Roy commented that "..the Muslim community in India has been ghettoized..."Let's take a look at her claim if it's true or not.Thread: 2/All
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1. I was head of research and analysis at @trendwatching for seven yearsadvised brands from Google to Marriott, and many in between, on consumer trends spoke at conferences everywherehere is
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It seems to me people are deliberately ignoring the differences between elections and referendums.Referendums are single issue votes that have seismic impacts. Massive change is enacted if change wins.That is
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Discussions of Nittel Nacht often begin with a dichotomy: Hasidim observe the custom of not learning, whereas Litvaks disregard this and learn. But neither of these groups was the first
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This will be a long thread. Last night @maddow was a great as usual. I however would like to extend on the oil industry. I want to talk particularly about
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“Juche_is_Good”? Glad you asked, let’s have a look 1/?https://twitter.com/juche_is_good/status/1357142165655195649 Probably, first thing to address would be the nationalist aspect of Juche. In Kim Jong Il’s essay, “on nationalism
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1 of 22THREADWhere's Gina Haspel?For the last 10 days, the MSM has flooded the Internet with articles and "factchecking" alerts denying the rumors that Haspel may be fired, arrested or
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My @CareerModeStars and @SpencerOwen Scotty Pollock career mode challenge (Thread) I started by putting all the people age 29+ on the transfer list and entering the European continental shield In
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We’re still excited about all things #Railway after watching #TheArchitectureTheRailwaysBuilt last night, so we thought why not share some railway history for #NationalStoryTellingWeek? We promise you there is drama! It’s
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