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Helen Pluckrose has returned to Hermit Mode

HPluckrose

Interesting. My studies into late medieval/early modern England show a very different story in which England was vaguely recognised by global powers as part of an obscure island off France

Amelia Marra

Miss_Meels

THREAD (a reading list for white museum folk, by non-white museum folk)Some of my fellow white museum workers have shared that they discovered this @PorchiaMuseM's "Cartography: a Black woman’s response

Mx. Dianna E. Anderson

diannaeanderson

Alrighty, breakfast consumed, coffee imbibed, let's go.So, I started writing PROBLEMATIC in June of 2016. I'd finished my dissertation at Oxford and had six weeks with access to Oxford resources

Kevin Munger

kmmunger

New preprint from @andyguess and me! We attempt to unify disparate literatures and establish "digital literacy" as a key concept for online social science.Further, we find that MTurk is uniquely

RAND Corporation

RANDCorporation

Will #COVID19 concerns cause some voters to skip the 2020 election?Our new survey finds that anxieties about the election vary by race, education, and party affiliation. [thread]https://bit.ly/3hzK5VM In May and

simine vazire

siminevazire

I’ve always been baffled by reports that large proportions of reviews contain offensive or demeaning language. I know it happens and it is never ok. But I’ve seen 1000s of

K. Chen

tznkai

I understand some people may be confused why these good sound things are bad things.1. The way culture functions makes these familiar things sound good in a way that isn't

KatWomanUSA🇺🇸✡️🇮🇱⚖️📸💄🎨

KatWomanUSA

H/T Jonathan Ginsburg"There is really only 1 issue. Either you want to save the United States & Western civilization by reelecting Donald Trump or you're willing to witness the "Venezualing

Write Winger

RealWriteWinger

1. So I’m making a cup of coffee this morning, and I notice this interesting label on the back of the half & half, what could this possibly be and

Read Black Marxism

decolonialcommi

Something much of the Left (esp those that live in settler colonies e.g US/Australia/Israel) need to get to grips with in terms of emerging indigenous struggles & calls for decolonization,

j e a n // wjsn lockdown

acejooheon

𝕴𝖙'𝖘 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖆 "𝖕𝖍𝖆𝖘𝖊" 𝖒𝖔𝖒, 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖎𝖘 𝖒𝔂 𝖑𝖎𝖋𝖊!aka @OfficialMonstaX & @official__wonho as iconic pop/punk rock bands from the 00s - A Thread These a

Mostly Borrowed Ideas

borrowed_ideas

1/ Thread: The Wisdom of Crowd In 2007, @mjmauboussin wrote a paper on the wisdom of crowd, and showed with simple maths and experiments why the crowd can trump individuals.Some

Avery 🖤ABOLISH THE POLICE🖤 Rose

av_rose_ev

So 82% said yes and 18% said no. *deep breath*Here are my personal thoughts on the question of whether LGBTQI+ people should count as URM for funding/diversity/inclusion and related metrics

Nick Hinton

NickHintonn

A conspiracy thread: Antarctica Antarctica is one of the few places left on earth that remains virtually untouched by humans. There’s no native population and it’s not controlled by any

Jason Garcia

Jason_Garcia

The Orange County Convention Center had its first major Covid-related cancellation on March 5. Since then, Orange County has spent at least $12.3 million designing an expansion of the giant

jak 🌙 loves you

gnfcrumbs

Things that i, a hispanic, find offensive/annoying/disrespectful since some of y’all need to know! a thread; /srs Never refer to us as ‘spanish’ it is literally the most annoying thing