#Critical

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

I'm angry. On March 19—when journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward got a tape he had a moral obligation to share with America—we had only 3,351 COVID-19 cases and

(((Charles Fishman)))

cfishman

Here's a thought experiment:What if, as storms swept the South this week, everything had worked fine in Texas. Just super cold with pictures of people sledding.Then, on Tuesday, international hackers

Jose-Luis Jimenez

jljcolorado

1/ On the need for RCTs for all evidence before it is believable at all.Prominent ppl from the health side say this often, e.g.:https://twitter.com/eliowa/status/1292331203983552512https://twitter.com/samhorwich/status/1292332130698014721Wi

Trevor Culley

HistoryofPersia

I dont like to hate on any thing about Persia because anything that gets people interested is good, but I have fairly negative feelings toward that book. Nothing I say

RDCEP

RDCEPorg

Two centuries of energy transitions in one animated graphic: see how U.S. energy use has changed from 1800 to today using our interactive Sankey animation at http://us.sankey.rdcep.org . 1/x#EnergyTransition #EnergyPolicy Our

R.O. Kwon

rokwon

hi! GA & NC are looking for volunteers to help with curing rejected ballots these next few days! More ballots have been rejected from voters of color than white voters,

Stephen Murphey

murphey_stephen

So, Tech has 8 out of the Top 108 incoming freshmen in the ACC this class (rankings are dumb yadda yadda). What’s not great, Tech has 1 of the top

Shrill by Mouth

OrlaGleans

I would put money on the I-own-a 'Institute' having links with the extremist Ordo Iuris 'Institute' behind Poland's draconian abortion ban and 'LGBT free-zones'.https://twitter.com/5050oD/status/13569274460676014

Dr. Katja Thieme 👀

Katja_Thieme

I often wonder why Helen Joyce is suddenly so HUGELY exercised about trans people existing.https://twitter.com/HJoyceGender/status/1346885628634550274 The comment Helen Joyce responds to so appreciatively—"God that is good."—i

The SNP

theSNP

Finance Secretary @KateForbesMSP: "This is a Budget for the nation, reflecting the challenges facing each family and business." £275m to support Covid pressures and lost income in Local Gov't."Councils

David Fickling

davidfickling

Ignore the diplomatic angst and wine embargoes. Australia's trade with China is booming, and exports will hit a record (again) next year:https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-03/aussie-is-soaring-despite-australia-china-tra

William Gillis 🏴

rechelon

Ideologies primarily evolve as a consequence their social base and recruitment channels. Who you recruit and why shapes the direction of your ideology because some people have stronger affinities to

Vedica Kant

vedicakant

I wasn't lying when I said I cried when I read about le Carre yesterday. His books mean so much to me that it's really hard to sum up. I

nick

demonetizedblog

A thread tying together some (hopefully semi-coherent) thoughts around bubbles, memes, and information theory.h/t to @EpsilonTheory @WRGuinn @jposhaughnessy George SorosThis thread is a pastiche of ideas from all these folks.

Moira Whelan

moira

Some context since I owned the http://state.gov website for a time. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/christopherm51/state-department-website-trump-term-ending-employee?__twitter_impression=true First, it's unacceptable. Second

Michelle Steinke-Baumgard

OneFitWidow

Those who don’t know me well, don’t realize my love for history, politics and especially civil liberties. When I studied Political Science at Michigan I had the privilege of taking

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