#Debate

Uri Pilichowski

RationalSettler

A thread on the Loeffler/Warnock Race: There's been very little honesty in the Georgia Senate race between Senator Kelly Loeffler and Reverend Raphael Warnock. 1/14 I'm generalizing, but save for

Tal Linzen

tallinzen

My DMs are exploding with requests for language model bigness takes and I'm happy to oblige: The scaling laws paper (Kaplan et al https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.08361 ) shows that, *for a particular neural

Bravely

bravelygo

The financial order of operations:-start to save an emergency fund. Prioritize this over fast debt payoff or huge investments.-as you save, remember EVERYTHING counts. That $10? COUNTS! Please don't feel

Emin Gün Sirer

el33th4xor

This is extremely bullish: private blockchains a la IBM are a technological dead end.https://www.coindesk.com/ibm-blockchain-revenue-misses-job-cuts-sources via @coindesk This isn't good for Hyperledger.And it doesn't mean that the

Leon Hendrix

LeonHendrix

Full room in Allendale where the discussion of statue featuring confederate solider is underway at regular township board meeting. Activists are calling for its removal. Some say it needs to

Shivam Dubey

Shivam72__

I am compiling a list of thing which I think every hindu must see. Hope it invokes a spark of tribalism. 1/n Why you should not care about anyone's opinion

Holly Michels

hollykmichels

If you're watching House Tax and keep hearing about the great but missed opportunity of HJ 35, which was derailed by the pandemic, here's some info:https://www.leg.mt.gov/committees/interim/2019rvic/hj-35-study-state-and-local-tax-p

Brendan Buschi

bfbuschi

1)I posed this question yesterday and got over 3K responses."What would our country be like if we put health and wellbeing and education and truth in all matters above profits?"Lots

Patrick Chovanec

prchovanec

I'm going nail up a few theses about the 2020 election. I'm curious how correct or incorrect they will seem 24 hours from now. 1) Trump's 2016 victory was due

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HereToHandleYou

Hello friends. Did you know that on June 29, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case that would have prevented the federal government from resuming executions as AG William

Chad Pergram

ChadPergram

1) President Trump’s video Tuesday night caught everyone on Capitol Hill and many in his administration off guard. The president ordered changes to the $2.3 trillion combination COVID relief bill

China Dialogue

chinadialogue

Today, @JoeBiden enters the White House for the first time as president.The Democrats now have control of all three branches of government but must move fast to facilitate US carbon

Kelsey D. Atherton

AthertonKD

There's probably an urgent piece to be written on this as insurrection vs terrorism, and especially the legal implications of both, but the terminology debate obscures the greater problem: police

Jonny Madill

jonnymadill07

One of the biggest issues likely to affect the world of sport in 2021 is the long-term effects of concussion & chronic brain injury.Here is a piece (and thread) on

Don Watkins

donswriting

When I was in college a friend asked me to give his buddy—let’s call him Jon— a ride. I didn’t know the Jon and immediately felt uneasy around him. But

Martin Calladine

uglygame

Thread about how public debate can be dramatically shaped based not on the quality of argument, but the credibility of the arguer...There’s an interesting piece in The Athletic today about

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