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Libro.fm

librofm

Thread of best books of 2020 lists! This year has been challenging to say the least, but there certainly was no shortage of great literature. We love yearly wrap-ups,

Spencer Bowley

ThePensive

Now that Dems have won control of government, Congress *must* pass, and Biden *must* sign, ranked-choice voting (RCV) reform, preferably including multimember districts and enlarging the size of the House.Thread,

A. Z. Andis Arietta

azandisarietta

I’m excited to share this preprint for a new method of generating hemispherical photos from smartphones to estimate forest canopy measures. The results are even better than DSLRs, as I

createstreets

createstreets

On the left, London's new water fountains. Oh the right, a Victorian example. The collapse in quality is profound and goes far beyond design. We appear to have lost any

The New York Times

nytimes

We reviewed more than 900 officials and executives in prominent positions and found that just 20% identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, multiracial or otherwise a person of color.

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

Some panic is setting in around Europe regarding the new mutant strain of #SARSCoV2 that has emerged in the UK.In this quick thread I'm going to review findings presented to

Mr. Spock 🖖 (Commentary)

SpockResists

When Nazis Took Manhattan : Code Switch : NPRhttps://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/02/20/695941323/when-nazis-took-manhattan Riots erupted between anti-Fascists and Blackshirts (British Fascists)https://time.com/4516276/cable-street-

Shalini Singh 💻

shalinisparmar

Why TikTok made its user so obsessive?The AI Algorithm that got India hooked.A thread This 60-second short video app is filled with dancing, comedy, DIY, cringe content (so bad it's

Ryan Goodman

rgoodlaw

Thinking about the rule of law? You maybe thought Michael Cohen was returned to prison for dining out.Looks like he was reimprisoned for refusing to stop publishing a book about

Kelly Stevens

kellystevenslab

@NIH R01’s from White scientists are funded at ~twice the award rate as Black scientists.@NIH has known this for a decade. It has not been fixed.@nihdirector #fundblackscientistsRead our @Cellcellpress paper,

Seema Jayachandran

seema_econ

Starting a thread of threads on the @nytimes columns I've written (full set: http://tinyurl.com/yx9cejro ).My first one: Adding a public option to a marketplace can help even people who don't opt

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

I can’t prove cause and effect, but since @ashishkjha & I published our 2 editorials on vaccine distribution – one @washingtonpost advocating we consider deferring 2nd doses in order to

John Carlos Baez

johncarlosbaez

It's a dangerous mistake to assume Trump's goons in Portland - and soon more cities - are merely "putting on a show". He could be planning to create enough

Alex Dukalskis

AlexDukalskis

Military rule is back in Myanmar.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/world/asia/myanmar-coup-aung-san-suu-kyi.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage "All authority has been given to the top army commander and a o

Daniel Sinclair

_DanielSinclair

"The Secret Service paid for a product that gives the agency access to location data generated by ordinary apps installed on peoples' smartphones, an internal Secret Service document confirms."https://www.vice.com/en_us/articl

Revolving Door Project

revolvingdoorDC

THREAD: Why should progressives care about the Commerce Dept? It's often gone to a wealthy businessperson...which means we don’t really know what a populist Commerce Dept would look like. The

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