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Toronto Star

TorontoStar

Wikipedia is one of the most used sites in the world. It has pages about famous figures, history, and even fictional dogs. But the gender and race gap on the

Joseph Jerome

joejerome

Think @katielmcinnis got the ball starting, but the #COPRA commentary is really flying now. I'm gonna start collecting them in a thread for, um, reference next week:https://twitter.com/katielmcinnis/status/1199325720339718146 (1) @CRAdvocacy'

Varun Kishore Kumar

Varun_9898

None of you have asked for my opinion, but this thread is about how personal choice doesn't seem to matter anyways, so let's have at it.This guy killed himself -

luisfreitas

microchipgnu

This is really interesting. There are currently around 180 virtual celebrities with over 100k followers. Last year around this time, there were only 5 with over 1M followers. Right now,

paper_potato

da_667

Let me share some of my second-hand experiences. My wife is first-grade teacher. I won't say which school district, because there are some vengeful spirits out there.https://twitter.com/AliyyaSwaby/status/1319673806529712130 so to begin

Ameero

ameero1

A thread about NOT picking bad Private / Public sale projects Like in 2017 the “ICO” market is hotting up. Many will give great returns but eventually disappear or flatline

Selene

SelenesMuse

*A Thread*People who follow me will probably notice that I post as much or more about politics than I do about my identity. This is not because I have peace

Moltisanti

S1ckSigma

Thread:1/The Myth of New York Toughness NY is tough. Welcome Back Kotter. NYPD Blue. Yanks/Rangers/Giants/Knicks. Summer of Sam. Mets/Jets/Islanders. Ozone Park. Brooklyn. The Mob. Gatti. 2/We all know the grit

balajis.com

balajis

Some of the greatest turnarounds in history.NationalMeiji Restoration, 1868Singapore, 1965Boluan Fanzheng, 1978Estonia, 1991Manmohan Singh, 1991TechAndy Grove, 1986Steve Jobs, 1996Jeff Bezos, 2001Elon Musk, 2008Mark Zuckerberg, 2012Satya Na

Jim Bentley

Curiosity_Films

1st week #distancelearning done. Key takeaways:1. Everything takes 3x longer.2. Tech is not a silver bullet. 3. 1:5 = instructional min. : min. prep4. Kids are more polite than adults

Atrox melior dulcissima veritas mendaciis

FreedomGeoFin

If I say I hate cynism in my life, it would be much of from the truth saying its even my motto. It's one of the reasons I became an

Rachel Balsham

RachelBalsham

The Bella Thorne @OnlyFans story is wild, and it's about a lot of things - platforms, power, sex work stigma/legitimacy, but it's also about payments! 1/?https://twitter.com/Refinery29UK/status/1300012278411034624 A bit of context:

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Caveat emptor! We've got a couple of hair/beard trimmers around the house that have turned out to be pretty useful during the lockdown for home haircuts. They started to get

Galactic Algorithm

scifiagenda

I watched the new Westworld episode again and I've been thinking. We see perfect illusions (e.g. in the very first scene) apparently enabled by an ingested chip/wafer, seen again with

Andy Chow

andy_chow

Gov Mike DeWine’s daily briefing on COVID-19, April 21, 2020 DeWine says companies have received new FDA approval to make reagent for COVID-19 tests, says this will significantly expand

Max Jerneck

MaxJerneck

Thread on why I think the economic sociology of competition is needed to explain the East Asian growth miracles: As economic sociologists emphasize, firms don't like to compete, so they