#Narratives

Ayush Sharma

ayushswrites

Thrilled to announce that it's here – A Beginner's Guide to First-Principles Thinking.https://www.notion.so/A-Beginner-s-Guide-to-becoming-a-First-Principles-Thinker-637ab7236c8f49978f37457fa565edba[THREAD] on why we wrote it, wha

Daniel Silliman

danielsilliman

I wonder if Jerry Falwell is thinking about Jim Bakker today. He is making me think about Jim Bakker today. A history thread: Falwell, like Bakker, said his wife’s infidelity

Paris Marx ☭

parismarx

okay so, the social dilemma on netflix:the film is populated with a bunch of former high-ranking tech employees and executives (for the most part) who have seemingly seen the light:

Colin J. Carlson, Ph.D.

wormmaps

Rushed science and bad politics turned COVID-weather correlations into policy disasters. My latest, in Nature Comms w @anacrgomez @bansallab & @SadieRyan: the basic science, how ecologists derailed Indonesia's lockdown, and

Rota Fortunae

RFortunae

A thread based on separate but related ideas brewing in my head the last few weeks. Mostly about what I see as current false narratives and their impact on outcomes.

Matthew Butcher

matthew1butcher

I'm spending my day reading about messaging and Covid-19 (i'm cool, I know). So many people doing interesting stuff. Thought I'd share a few:(1/n) I'm starting with the incredible @anatosaurus's

Victoria Brownworth

VABVOX

And STILL haven't. Sanders lost in a LANDSLIDE in 2016, but misogynist revisionism keeps reframing that FACT. In 2016 Sanders lost at the end of March. He just refused to

mother russia cafe table (they/she)

offbwaylyds

Hey bway stan twitter here's your reminder to think before you stan Miss Saigonhttps://www.americantheatre.org/2017/04/13/i-am-miss-saigon-and-i-hate-it/ If you want to stan a show for Asian Representation stan shows with actual Asian people

Elegantly Dishevelled

shaw_davidm

A few weeks back I did a little thread on the book of Esther, ch's 1–2. Some more reflections on ch's 3–6 which I've taught recently... Ch. 3 introduces the

brainsturbator

brainsturbator

Has anyone seen a copy of the 151 page document in question, or at least know the origins of it? No opinion yet on the accusations against him, although calling

Lifebuildersng

lifebuilders141

2020 LBI STAKEHOLDERS FORUM: COVID 19 PANDEMIC – THE WAY FORWARD FOR OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDRENA thread https://lifebuildersinitiative.wordpress.com/2020/10/10/2020-lbi-stakeholders-forum-covid-19-pandemic-the-way-forward-for-out-of-school-c

nin is kinda ia bc uni

0nlythemoon

ima answer those here https://twitter.com/offbeatlarrie/status/1309452902428078081 i knew about 1d since 2011 and liked some of their songs but wasn't exactly a fan, i really got into 1d and larry a

Lena K.

lk2015r

1/That's the usual from Kathimerini, a right-wing paper which regularly pushes the police and gov agendas on migration. So a few thoughts on the article (disclaimer - am from Evros

Earl Harper

apocalypse_earl

As somebody who studies the political effects of apocalyptic narratives and events, I've had some trouble collecting my thoughts on #coronavirus, because it's so damn complicated. Plus, I can only

Aaron Muszalski

Aaron_Muszalski

agreedunfortunately many gamers & game developers still insist that 'the point' of games is "an objective test of skill by which we can rank players' relative success or failure" and

PS.

4_A_F

#shootweek19Reasons to ship ShootIt wasn't ever created; it just sort of happened. ©Shoot was one of those narratives that come to life and become sentient. It wasn’t originally planned, but