#Work

1/ Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Thomas Kuhn)"A new theory is not chosen because it is true but because of a worldview change. Progress is not a simple line leading to
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1. Thread: In 1854 the newly-formed nativist & populist "Know-Nothing" Party shocked Massachusetts' political establishment by electing Know-Nothings to the positions of Governor, every state officer, all 11 Congressmen, a
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Georgia legislators come out in support of the Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn the election in Georgia.(h/t @AnthonyMKreis)https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22O155/163469/20201210202722129_22O155%20Amici%20Brief%20GA%20State%20Sem
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I’m delighted to share our paper (@nprovine @TheLucyGarner & I) examining human intestinal tissue-resident memory T cells (Trms) in the model of intestinal transplantation. Here's a short thread to describe
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Apologize in advance that I'm doing a thread on what is bugging me about @a16z and its recent positioning in the “tech vs. media” debate (a false, and dumb, equivalency
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Ok, just getting into the West Wing and at the top of episode 3 the president is giving a speech under a banner that says "practical idealism." This is peak
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Would you want to screen a population of asymptomatic people with qPCR primers that have 6base pair 3 primer dimers?The WHO recommends these primers.@MichaelYeadon3 @ClareCraigPath I’m not going to say
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As the #BiharElection2020 nears conclusion, here's a thread on the mis/disinformation we saw around the election. Will update as and when more instances pop-up. #BiharElectionResults (1/n) Congress shared a video
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1/ PROFILE THREAD: So just who were the people who entered the Capitol on the afternoon of January 6th? If you believe the media they were wealthy, well-armed, white nationalists
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If you’re worried about the delayed second dose of the COVID vaccines here’s a thread. I live with my wonderful mother-in-law (below): she is high risk and has had a
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Journalists frequently ask me if my family is pursuing antibody testing to prove we had COVID. Draw up a chair and let me tell you why that question is so
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In a later episode set in court, Uncle Phil tells Jazz he can lower his hands. Jazz replies “Dude's got a gun, next thing you know I got six warning
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My latest @climate column is on a topic I've been thinking about for a long time: what does the new fad for commercialised, precision predictions of climate change impacts mean
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1) Avalara $AVLR threadCo motto is “Tax compliance done right”Nearly every business globally has to comply with some kind of mandatory indirect transaction tax system (sales tax in US, VAT
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okay, but seriously:I was/am an educator and I am a huge fan of the socratic method, where you ask questions designed to guide students towards finding knowledge themselves rather than
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The "shitty technology adoption curve" describes the arc of oppressive technology: when you have a manifestly terrible idea, you can't ram it down the throats of rich, powerful people who
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