#Fragility

LSE WPS

LSE_WPS

.@LuciaBaca talks on the specific impacts on LGBTQI activists in #Colombia & draws our attention to the increased violence & discrimination during quarantine against marginalised communities with an absence of

Cato

CATO_io

1) There is something profoundly different about @decredproject that many can't quite put their finger on.This thread will briefly discuss ethical advantages in #Decred.Compericlity (balanced risk-sharing) tends to enhance robustness

Kapz

BrianKapz_

Thread of good books to read:(Feel free to add any recommendations) Zero to One Notes on Startups or how to build the future By Peter Thiel Ego Is The Enemy

Dr Zuleyka Zevallos

OtherSociology

Subset of TikTok videos using the "I am White hehe" audio include White & light skinned people from migrant backgrounds saying "Just found out X country is classified as Caucasian"

Sayed Tabatabai, MD

TheRealDoctorT

(Shared with permission.)As we finish up the visit, I wonder again.What’s in the backpack?The patient sits before me. A large man of few words, head shaved, muscles rippling, tattoos.I finally

David Alade

DavidAlade__

Now I start to compile @asemota's thread.What he writes are too compelling to be left scattered around on his timeline. It should be curated. 1. On Anti Fragilityhttps://twitter.com/asemota/status/1245338814987591680?s=19 2. What

Raven the Science Maven

ravenscimaven

“Only once did she mention race. There was no anger or finger-pointing.” was part of the “positive feedback” I got after a recent keynote. Yikes.1) someone assumed I was an

Jennifer Brea🦒

jenbrea

The “OMG, #COVID19 can cause long-term illness, possibly long-term disability, who knew such a horrible thing was possible?” articles stir in me so many mixed emotions. I feel sorry for

Sam Koppelman

SammyKoppelman

I hate threads, but this feels important:I want to tell you about how structural racism and segregation are being perpetuated in real time on the Upper West Side, one of

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

THREADI want to illustrate how @realDonaldTrump fights.Those of us who study him know THIS: Trump himself has confirmed that he plays by Sun Tzu's rules.From 2012.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/225244643837751296 From 2012.h

Annie Malone

KiahStylez

I’m about to raise hell and expose DePaul University for the racist ass school they are. Please give me a sec as I pull this thread together and calm down

Busy admiring shades of darkness within the abyss

FINOkoye

I would really love to hear more Black Episcopalian/Roman Catholic/Methodist perspectives on aftermath of MLK within their respective denominations because the fragility of any progress made by white American Christianity

Michael Peel

Mikepeeljourno

This profound piece by Arundhati Roy casts the pandemic as a portal that illuminates how we live now and offers a possible way to something better. It also chimes with

Joshua Lelon

JoshuaLelon

User experience, information theory, documentation, and education: a thread on an imagined future for learning.1/ I love the "If you could do one thing" question - there are so many

Felix Hartmann

FelixOHartmann

In the latest market update we explore September's pullback. Should we be worried about another winter?A thread with the highlights of our take https://twitter.com/hartmanncap/status/1312164854849888256 1/ In the 2016/2017 bull market

Helen Pluckrose has returned to Hermit Mode

HPluckrose

Read this thread. My team & I are also receiving an utter deluge of SOS calls from individuals outside academia whose employers have suddenly announced or implied that verbal &