#State

Phil Plait

BadAstronomer

Some sad astronomy news: The wonderful and enormous 305-meter Arecibo radio telescope has sustained so much damage from broken cables that it has to be decomissioned.https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-giant-arecibo-radio-telescope-to-be-deco

Chase Strangio

chasestrangio

Now they are voting on HB 113 - the anti-trans health care bill. This bill will truly cause kids to die. It hurts that we are here. Here is the

Diane Swonk

DianeSwonk

I was working on a long thread of all the work I have done on the risk we are going into a double dip recession - we are - and

TRAPEZOID OF DISCOVERY

get_innocuous

I took today off to play Cyberpunk, but now that Trump's amplified the ASOG Antrim report, I guess I'll just start another thread to loosely collect my thoughts on the

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

You've probably heard a lot about how robutts are coming to steal your jerb, but even a cursory look at both employment stats and the state of automation tell a

Travis (not a Cylon) Kimmel

coloradotravis

Velocity of Money and the M2: why these are misleading ways to think about money, and what sorts of things we should use instead.A thread (now with poorly drawn graphics!).

Himbos for Abolition

RickAndRollBaby

I don’t wanna talk about the details of how I was arrested, due to legal reasons. But I feel it’s important to share the fascism I experienced, and the racism

Benson Smythe the Reminder Dad(dy) #acab #blm

benson_smythe

I don’t remember where I saw it but there was a conversation about VA’s and NSFW audios where guys will say “After I started talking to you I started to

Linda 'Scooby Doo' Hayden 🧜🏻 she/her

LindaOkaythen

#RememberWhenFG misplaced 600k flu vaccineshttps://m.independent.ie/irish-news/health/hse-wont-release-any-new-flu-vaccine-jabs-as-600000-go-missing-39732344.html #RememberWhenFG went on a Social media rampage against Sinn Féinhttps://twit

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/Here's a thread of my latest blog post, on Japanese homogeneity. Lots of people say Japan is a "homogeneous society". But how homogeneous is it really?https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/how-homogeneous-is-japan 2/Lots of peop

Ms K G Dhouhithri

kgdhouhithri

Swamin, thanks much for sharing the refreshing words of the great Swami Pillailokacharyar. Wouldn't dream of speaking against Him. Only meant to point out how far we've gone away (IMHO)

GlumBird

GlumBird

The beginning of 2017 saw Orwell's anti-communist opus 1984 enjoy a partial resuscitation. Whilst we often - and rightly - attack Orwell for his dealings with the British state, it's

Esfandyar Batmanghelidj

yarbatman

1. Thought-provoking piece by @stevenacook, but we have to ask whether the Middle East has ever been perceived as a "hopeful" region by Washington policymakers. Threats and dilemmas came to

Nathan Chomilo, MD, FAAP

ChomiloMD

I’ve heard at numerous state press conferences & in the media statements to the effect of “every shot in an arm is protecting is us all”So let’s talk a bit

ClearingTheFog

clearing_fog

Pay attention to what trump is doing here - not to the incendiary/controversial nature of his words.He is *using* the violence and chaos and injured Americans, to amplify GOP attacks

Kristen Hanley Cardozo

KHandozo

FYI, I extremely don't care if to help everyone who needs it, we also help those who don't need it. Those who don't need it ALREADY get all this extra

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