#Surveillance

Colin, scholar in residence since Mar 17/20

colinmadland

any guesses? Turns out @zoom_us has a crappy face-detection algorithm that erases black faces...and determines that a nice pale globe in the background must be a better face than

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

ThreadHere's some pretty irrefutable evidence that the Beirut explosion was not only NOT accidental, it was carefully controlled.First, my earlier thread.https://twitter.com/COsweda/status/1290748019218853890 Now, people are telling me

Flavia Dzodan

redlightvoices

Good morning to everyone except those who uncritically reproduce digital extractivism practices at the expense of other people’s work. Especially those who create algorithms to optimise these extractivist practices. I’ve

Kate Kelly

katekelly

Since February, I have been working on and off on a look at the controversial tenure of Tidjane Thiam as CEO of @creditsuisse. I learned a few things along the

Dave Luo

anthropoco

How many US healthcare workers (HCWs) have gotten #COVID19? We don't fully know. CDC reported 9k cases among HCWs in Feb-Apr 9 but it's incomplete & outdated. http://CovidCareMap.org volunteers tallied

Calli Schroeder

Iwillleavenow

Hello, all, it's thread-o-clock.Today, we're going to describe various privacy issues using only John Mulaney gifs. "Do you accept" at the end of an eternal and absolutely impenetrable terms of

James Hay

jameshay218

The lack of clinical COVID19 cases in children is odd. Understanding why will be essential in deciding which social interventions are most useful. We discussed this alongside a modeling analysis

Paul M. Garrett

PaulMGarrett

Our preprint on the Acceptability and Uptake of Mobile Tracking Tech for #COVID19 in Australia is out now! https://psyarxiv.com/7tme6 . Work by @simonjohndennis, @J_P_White, @AndyPerfors, @danielrlittle, @STWorg, @nicgeard, @lewis_math

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

After the Jan 6 insurrection, there were tons of demoralizing stories about how much pro-insurrection lawmakers like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Josh Hawley were raising in small-dollar donations, suggesting a

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. Three weeks ago, everyone was bashing the University of Illinois for having the audacity to run an in-person semester at a large state school by developing an in-house testing

Dr Duncan Robertson

Dr_D_Robertson

The latest Covid surveillance report has been published by Public Health England. Here is my commentary. The main point is that Covid is now widely established, not only in the

dr frankenstein

allisonwilens

To Do List for Collective Survival: Become aware of our emotions. Map each one to possible need(s) they may indicate. Identify multiple strategies for addressing each need. Flexibly allocate resources.

Tonye Aganaba

TonyeAganaba

I absolutely support this motion - but once again it is frustrating to see that the action items here are to write letters. I understand that these are the mechanisms

Anne Harris

manneharris

Here is a thread on response to our open letter of Friday. Thanks to all who have commented in support, and raised attention. Thank you to @m_layton and all the

CheckNews

CheckNewsfr

CheckNews a reçu plusieurs questions à propos du taux d'occupation des services de réanimation par les patients Covid-19, sujet d'incompréhensions et objet de polémique. Et de fait, l'indicateur, pourtant largement

Tom Wenseleers

TWenseleers

(1/11) Update on the situation with SARS-CoV2 variants of concern in Belgium based on today's @sciensano report & baseline surveillance sequencing data from @Emmanuel_microb's federal test platform. Brazilian variant now