#Learned

CodesUcq

CodesUcq

1.Russia/USSR & Star Wars DecodeSo how did the USSR fall? (First topic of many)Let's start with Reagan's "Star Wars"https://twitter.com/CodesUcq/status/1341624076863819776 SDI was created to "protect the United St

Dr. Jonathan Malloy

JonathanMalloy

Thread on #researchfailure A recent post by @EmmMacfarlane about whether to abandon a research project reminded me of the decade-plus I sunk into a project for modest results, and how

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

It's kinda interesting how stories that turn into cult classic landmarks (as opposed to critical darlings), they tend to hew to the most classical of story structures like Campbell. Star

pete wolfendale

deontologistics

There are two lines of thought about 'concepts' in philosophy: one that sees them as shared ideals (either metaphysically (Plato/Frege) or socially (Hegel/Brandom)), and one that sees them as cognitive

Jonas Richner

JGamesCh

Flash is coming to an end.I asked more than 20 former Flash game developers what Flash meant to them.Here's what they said: (Thread) "Having grown up tinkering with animation software

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 171Ending 2 weeks off in (totally) smoke-free & (relatively) Covid-free New Hampshire. As I resurface, I’m reminded of the scene in Hamilton in which Jefferson,

Ben Wikler

benwikler

Right now, Team @PodSaveAmerica is premiering an amazing short film: Dress Rehearsal, about organizing in Wisconsin's Supreme Court race this April 7. Watch! And as it airs—a thread about the

Minovsky

MinovskyArticle

Junji Ito at TCAF 2019 Junji Ito asked if his wife gives feedback on his stories: “Yes. I wouldn’t say that she knows a lot about horror, but she has

Dandy Orton

TheShiniestDan

Going to be starting a Tegan Nox Retrospective Thread.This will be documenting her return to NXT from last October to when she was written off TV in September (Including not

cherry thompson 🧬

cherryrae

OK, story time because it's one of those days and giving a talk is kind of an emotional floodgate openingI get a lot of praise for my speaking/presentations. There's a

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 282Holiday greetings – hope you’re getting a little R&R. I’m on clinical svc @ucsfhospitals – welcome break from a Life of Zoom, leavened by a

Lydia X. Z. Brown

autistichoya

I have now received paychecks from Georgetown University for the net amounts of $0.00 and $5.27.Not unrelatedly, every one of my spouse's and my doctors are demanding payment in full

Irish Born Investor

BornInvestor

Premium & Free Services (I use) - Investing & TradingI asked this question last month and was surprised by the replies. Most of us are using some form of premium

Tania 🇿🇦 Autistic Strategies Network

ekverstania

[THREAD] If you're an autistic activist who speaks, and you've recently joined the fight for the communication rights of nonspeaking autistic people, I want you to know that you're going

Matthew Sheffield

mattsheffield

The next few weeks will be historic in this country. You will remember them. Plenty of people at Fox News are doing the right thing. But the far right wants

Emma Hollen ⚫

Emma_Hollen

[THREAD]Get ready to love (Sara) Josephine Baker as much as I do.#WomenInSTEM #LGBTSTEM Sara Josephine Baker (1873-1945) was born in Poughkeepsie to a Quaker family. After her father and brother

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