#Technology

Kyle J. Howard

KyleJamesHoward

Police started as “slave patrols” & later morphed into “Law Enforcement” whose job is to keep black community controlled. The police have been hunting black people for centuries but y’all

Ana 🐙💦 🏴

acvalens

Queer public sex is at the heart of a culture war b/t radical queers vs reformists. Under the surface, anti-public sex views are steeped in racism, classism, gentrification, and police

Wade Roush

wroush

Times are weird. If you're looking for something to think about that's the *exact opposite* of COVID-19, my new book "Extraterrestrals" is out today from @mitpress. Win a free copy!

Andrew Flood 👨🏻‍💻📝🕺

andrewflood

I'm going to take apart a terrible article in the British Medical Journal which uses a cynical reporting of so called asymptomatic Covid claims to argue against lockdowns. The last

Dana Howard

thedanahoward

Hey #bioethics folks, what #ASBH2020 sessions are you excited about? [self-promotion completely encouraged] Here are some of the panels I'm excited about:"The Pen or the Sword? The Current U.S. Immigration

M. Gouldhawke ∞

M_Gouldhawke

Cool. Ernest Cœurderoy (also a self-identified anarchist) wrote about western european chauvinism, imperialism, colonialism & industrial expansion in the 1850s.https://twitter.com/anarchopac/status/1289946968408481793 "As long as

François Chollet

fchollet

In the modern mind, "education" is all about young people developing skills that are useful to their future selves. Learn to read, learn to write, learn to program. Skills that

Kim Kelly

GrimKim

DIY firearms are nothing new, but the rise of 3D printing has opened up whole new frontiers for rogue gunsmiths—and the government can't do anything to stop it. The future

Bram Cohen

bramcohen

I can confirm that Justin Sun is every bit the scumbag this article paints him to behttps://www.theverge.com/21459906/bittorrent-tron-acquisition-justin-sun-us-china As a side note, it's highly unlikely that anyone at Tron actually has

Trevor Branch

TrevorABranch

Accommodating students with disabilities in your classes... some beginner steps: 1. Caption videos and transcribe audio files2. Provide alternative text for images3. Make documents available in native format (docx, pptx)...and

Patrick Gagnon

patgagnon_75

The next time Erin O'toole states a Conservative govt will be: engaged, ethical and compassionate. This is what a Conservative govt believes is ethical...1. Airbus affair-1995PM Brian Mulroney was implicated in a kickback scheme

Jonathan Mergott

Jmergz1985

The fed wants inflation, but not all inflation is created equal. In 90s, we had a good economy. The middle class was doing well. There were good jobs, technology was

Will Mannon

will_mannon

Wow. @elonmusk + team just showcased the progress of Neuralink, a brain-machine interface. Closing question: "What is the #1 thing you're hoping the @neuralink1 device will do over time, that

MIT Technology Review

techreview

Technology has let us down. This thread explores how to make it work for us again. Two entrepreneurs share a goal: to help people overcome opioid addiction.https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/17/1003310/a-tale-of-two-startups/?utm_medi

Meghan Ciana Doidge

mcdoidge

[thread] Wow! The list of topics/experts available for #officehours via @sfwa's virtual #Nebulas2020 is incredible! Want to talk about writing blind/deaf characters? @snarkbat is available! Or chat with @ArkadyMartine about

Katy Byron

KABGreek

This week feels like a turning point in the world of disinformation. It started with the 'Plandemic' documentary going viral, with the platforms trying to take it down playing the