#Document

Bizzy Coy

bizzycoy

“Applying” for freelance copywriting gigs is a totally different process from pitching editors or applying for a fulltime writing job. I thought I'd explain how I do it... (thread) First,

Catherine Foot

csfoot

Displays of deeply ingrained ageism are much more prevalent than the social media outcry against Lord Sumption's position on the value of life at the weekend would suggest https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/blogs/why-i-confronted-lord-sum

Jay Owens

hautepop

Incidentally, Substack CEO Chris Best appeared today with Parler CEO John Matze on the Megyn Kelly Show, to discuss “tech censorship, President Trump's ban from Twitter, the rise of independent

justdad7

justdad7

Thread on the Quebec decision on changing sex markers on birth certificates. This is a civil law case so I can't comment on some legal issues but there are factual

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

1998's Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act extended US copyrights by 20 years to life-plus-70 for human authors and 95 years total for corporate authors. The extension was retrospective, so

Dr. Sam Tyner

sctyner

Exposing and explaining the deeply flawed and deliberately misleading use of statistical concepts in the Texas lawsuit filed in #SCOTUS: a thread.It’s a long one, so get ready to dive

Marijn "i before j" van Putten

PhDniX

One of the features of the Quran is that certain words with no obvious rhyme or reason will occur in two different pronunciations even when the formula is essentially identical

Molly White

molly0xFFF

As the news broke on Wednesday that there was a riot at the U.S. Capitol, volunteer #Wikipedia editors worked to document what was happening. A thread about the fascinating process

Shane Brennan

ColdChainShane

A live example of the issues on why businesses are not better prepared for post-Brexit red tape - threadOver past few days I have been really annoyed with myself that

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

Britain's uncodified constitution seems more vulnerable to manipulation today than it was in the past. Why? The answer, I suggest, is about two ideas that were once central to British

Lauren Vidas 😷

BroadAndMarket

And we’ve got our first motion in Philly election court by the Trump legal team. Trump’s lawyer has made a “Motion to allow them to ‘meaningfully’ observer the canvassing of

Shubham Aggarwal

ShubhamAggarwl

A Thread on Term Insurance 1/ Term Insurance is the pure life insurance in which the insurer provides the full sum assured in case of death of the policyholder

Jim Cust

jimcust

“Natural Resource Discoveries, Citizen Expectations and Household Decisions”New WB paper from @myjumens and me. We measure how much citizen’s expectations and behavior changes following major oil and gas discoveriesLink to

Nick von Westenholz

nvonwestenholz

Farmers wanting to know what the EU/UK deal will mean for them – we’ll be looking through the details in the coming days. In the meantime, our initial take for

Farai Chideya

farai

So many times when I tried to cover racial resentment or white nationalism my editors — and yes, I’ll name @NateSilver538 here — acted like they were protecting the truth

Kuba Jabłonowski

jablonow

New EU Settlement Scheme stats out today1,400 refusals in June, which represents a monthly increase by... 700%Another increase in applications void, invalid and withdrawn1 in 10 applications decided in June

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