#RISE

Covid-19 Infection Fatality Rate (IFR)Why this recent surge in cases in the Southern US legitimately brings back comparisons to the Flu. And why that mattersAll source data will be linked
Read more
why you should respect he/him lesbians: a thread on gender subversion, butch identity, and free self-expression within modern lesbianism note: i’m writing this from the perspective of a non-binary
Read more
Ok... Chi-Chi Rodriguez & @MeghanMcCain are the first to go. Then @VancityReynolds wanders off into the woods to “drain the main vein” halfway through the movie, and just never comes
Read more
There are 175 corps/institutions now overseeing your children's #education going forward. They will be shaping/molding your child's #ideologies & #worldviews - all while harvesting their data. Global Education Coalition Members
Read more
This is a thread on what I'm learning about capoeira both in terms of movement as well as historical roots and how that ties in with what I studied in
Read more
came across something today that was so impressive that it made me a think a lot about King Energywhat does it constitute? what does it feel like? look like? how
Read more
One of the best steps I’ve taken as a Software Engineer has been to get into Machine Learning.If you are looking for what's next in your career, here are some
Read more
1/ It has been exactly one year since I lost my dad. The events that led up to his death are dark, but I think it is important to share
Read more
The blood on reporters' hands by @johnastoehr https://stoehr.substack.com/p/the-blood-on-reporters-hands?r=5msd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=twitter 1. I’ve been telling my Wesleyan students to prepare. The
Read more
A prayer book of Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with engravings by Johann Baptist Klauber, who ran a Catholic fine art publishing company in Augsburg, Germany in the 18th
Read more
I covered Bloomberg in City Hall for a couple years and have a few thoughts about his presidential candidacy now that it’s been officially announced. There was probably a legitimate
Read more
Prepping for the new semester, @Jordan_Cleland and I found as many #OpenAccess books about #Japan as we could. Big thanks to everyone for their work to make these books available!The
Read more
#OnThisDay in 1919 was born Vikram Sarabhai, the father of India's space programme. But Sarabhai was much more than just a scientist, living an extraordinarily full life. Read on to
Read more
Long thread! A remain supporter has asked why I am pro-Brexit.  Whether it was a genuine question or not, I thought it was something worth answering properly. Twitter probably doesn’t
Read more
When a blacksmith forges a sword, he heats the iron until glowing red, then plunges it into sand to cool. Before, the sword is hard and brittle from being hammered;
Read more
No net-zero emissions plan is credible, unless there are short-term goals. Today, after posting a record loss and cutting its dividend, BP announced its short-term goals. Ambitious? Greenwashing? ? You
Read more