#Explanation

Kenneth Baillie

kennethbaillie

Our discovery of 4 human genetic variants underlying life-threatening illness in Covid-19 is past peer review and has just been published: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-03065-yHere's what we found: (1/n) There are 5 positio

Jonathan Chait

jonathanchait

1/ A few months ago, I had an online run-in with @EoinHiggins_, a left-wing writer. It has since taken a rather bizarre turn. Thread: 2/ It began in August, when

Ed Conway

EdConwaySky

Transparency, worst case scenarios, & why govt is treading a dangerous path over #COVID19.This is the longest thread I've ever posted.But I think it may be among the most important.Please

Avishai ✡ Weinberger

avishaiw

The Museum Of Pop Culture - Horror and Sci Fi sections. A thread Sci Fi and Fantasy hall of fame.Hellboy! Luke’s hand! Indiana Jones! Mary Shelley! Original costumes from TRON,

Simon Rosenberg

SimonWDC

On Jan 6th Trump extremists not only broke into the Capitol while the VP was there/both Houses in session, but appeared in capitols in at least 20 states. Not plausible

Lyman Stone 石來民

lymanstoneky

guys there are some cool #NBERday papers today We'll start with a theoretical paper.Q: What causes polarization?A: Not fake news. Not media bias. *Volume of information* and basic information sorting

Matt Glassman

MattGlassman312

I see there is some interest in the issue of statehood as it relates to contemporary hardball politics. I wrote a full dissertation on the topic! Here's a short article

Kristen Hanley Cardozo

KHandozo

A lot of rhetoric that assumes particular acts to be neutral or inherently good is not helpful. I'm thinking, for some reason, of how reading is characterized. I used to

Jim Ritchie

ChorltonJim

Expect to be corrected quite a lot here for day 3 of #CcioHomeSchool when dipping into the differences between algorithms and AI. Because AI will fix everything, won't it... #disrupt

Tom

DarthInternous

Today’s publishing deep dive – first editions/printings. What the differences are, why they get confused, etc. Basics on identification (hello copyright pages!), some specific examples, and why “first edition” Star

Sunshiny

sunnshiiny

Misogyny is alive and well in Canada. Strange that it comes from the most unexpected places. The last 24 hours have seen Margaret Trudeau reduced to a vessel that produced

Daniel Tuijnman 😷 #TeamAliëtte #CodeZwart

DanielTuijnman

The newest addition in the disinfo campaign against RNA vaccins comes from none other than Andrew Wakefield himself, in a 10 minute video "Dr Wakefield warns: Thisis not a Vax,

Hillel

hillelogram

Okay, I put WAY too much time into researching this, and I almost know what's happening. ALMOST.First of all, JavaScript does this for legacy reasons. In C's we have

Alex Caza ☕️🖥

alexcaza

I started thinking about how brewing from home may be a larger part of people's rituals with everything going on right now.So, I decided to compile some advice/tips for

Kimberly D. Manning, MD

gradydoctor

1/She's a Delta.Grady wards, 2016On my rounds one day, I was with a med student talking to these two women about their seriously ill father. They were worried, tired, and

Luke Henriques-Gomes

lukehgomes

My analysis today: #Robodebt is the story of a government pulling all stops to dodge public scrutiny – right to the bitter end. From day one, it was spin, legal

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