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apollo_wa

[Rant on Electoral college, and those who seek to abolish it.]California and New York would determine all Presidents if the electoral college is abolished. This is why it exists. Population

Brendan Keefe

BrendanKeefe

The White House strategy has emerged:Create doubt in the election or delay certification in at least 3 states to persuade Republican-controlled legislatures to vote their own slates of electors. Pres.

nic carter

nic__carter

You may have seen me discussing Operation Choke Point in recent articles. To cover the the history and fallout of this scandal, I sat down with @ismurray for @OnTheBrinkCIV. Very

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Good coverage of the latest messaging disaster, in a year with many. We are dramatically underselling the amazing vaccines, exaggrating the uncertainties and people trying to emphasize the good news

Dr. Rachel Kowert

DrKowert

Early this week I ranted about a @nytimes editorial misrepresenting the scientific literature around video game uses and effects.It's one thing for an editorial piece to mishandle scientific information, but

Charles Thépaut

diplocharlie

(THREAD) The « #ArabSprings » started 10 years ago. On Dec. 17th 2010, Mohamed #Bouazizi set himself on fire in #Tunisia. There is a lot to say on the impact

Anup Malani

anup_malani

I find discussions of herd immunity thresholds frustrating. Herd immunity (which I'll define as a current reproductive rate < 1) depends on policy & behavior. It is NOT an absolute

Jennifer Bendery

jbendery

Pelosi holding her first press conference since the House impeached Trump, again. Opens with an MLK quote.“True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of

Andrew Petrosoniak

petrosoniak

THREAD: This wk, @SickKidsNews published a proposed approach to return to school. It generated a spectrum of opinions on social media & TV/radio. https://www.sickkids.ca/PDFs/About-SickKids/81407-COVID19-Recommendations-for-School-Reope

Brett Favaro

LetsFishSmarter

Ok folks I need to get something off my chest. I think I have a solution to the Open vs. Closed publishing war. It would require a *lot* of change,

Mindy 🌸

ydn1m

My biggest internet pet peeve has got to be when people repeatedly regurgitate some thing they read somewhere until it eventually becomes widely accepted as fact. This is a detriment

Lara Hogan

lara_hogan

I've been thinking a lot about The Discourse on remoteness and why folks have such strong emotional reactions whenever it comes around. And you know me, I'm always like "can

Tahinis Restaurants

TheRealTahinis

People question us all the time about why we put our cash reserves into #Bitcoin Here is whyTime for a thread 1) When tech titan & innovator @jack

Ben #KBF

Brixton_Ben26

Bars in Los Angeles opened about 10 days ago and nearly 700k people flocked to bars. These bars have now been closed as cases rocket and hospital beds fill up.

Richard Elwes

RichardElwes

These articles on the Demise of Soft Brexit by @anandMenon1 and @jillongovt are thoughtful and interesting. But there is something that bothers me about them. 1/8https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/who-killed-soft-brexit-eu-european

Sarah Gelbard

sbg_arch

Anti-Black racism in planning & urbanism: a thread of readingsWith gratitude to the following authors, contributors, activists & organizers who shared their work these past few months, who struggled to

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