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Sasha "Interrogator (C)" Costanza-Chock

schock

Algorithmic Necropolitics: Race, Disability, and Triage Decisionmaking The algorithm that will decide who gets access to life saving care in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was laid out on Apri 7th

M. G. Leonard

MGLnrd

Okay you gorgeous bookworms, what adventures do you fancy having this month? Gather your snuggling accessories & curl up in your book nook because there are a lot of beautiful

Andrew Gluck

irrvrntVC

1/Here's my thesis on investing in DTC.Experience comes from co-founding the largest independent DMA in the US and working with DTC brands like @HelixSleep @rothys @billiebody @TommyJohn + ~50 more.

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 101This week, it felt like we entered a new phase of Covid. In March & April, we had panic, lockdowns, and surges… in certain places.

Aleka Gürel

AlekaGurel

There are just three days left in #OpenEnrollment - if you miss the deadline, you may have to wait a full year to #GetCovered. Here's some practical advice to help

Phil Szostak

PhilSzostak

Star Wars MythbustersDarth Vader is from the German (or Dutch) for “Dark Father”1. “General Vader/Imperial Commander” appears on an early-1974 list of potential character names by George Lucas(screenshots from @jwrinzler’s

Jason Crawford

jasoncrawford

Today Google @DeepMind announced that their deep learning system AlphaFold has achieved unprecedented levels of accuracy on the “protein folding problem”, a grand challenge problem in computational biochemistry.What is this

Andrés E. Caicedo

AndresECaicedo1

Kenneth Kunen, a thread."The real line in elementary submodels of set theory" appeared in The Journal of Symbolic Logic 65 (2000), no. 2, 683–691. https://doi.org/10.2307/2586561 This fun paper was written by

Steve Analyst

EmporersNewC

So in my whole time writing threads, I have never come across a more important one for Remainers as we leave the European Union, or one that exposes the politics

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

AWDL is Apple's mesh networking protocol, a low-level, device-to-device wireless system that underpins tools like Airdrop. It is implemented in the Ios kernel, a high-privilege, high-risk zone in Iphone and

Ask An Entomologist

BugQuestions

Although we disagree with this tweet...it gives us an opportunity to explore a really interesting topic.What we now call 'queen' bees-the main female reproductive honeybees-were erroneously called 'kings' for nearly

Adam Hamdy

adamhamdy

1. I'm fascinated by this article, which once again seeks to downplay the role of children and schools in transmission. To quote Detective Sergeant Roger Murtaugh, "I'm getting too old

🍒 Andrew Fletcher 🍒

ScotiaIndyref2

Glasgow's oppressive nightmare - in many parts..Glasgow, Scotland’s other capital city has always had an image problem. On the one side, there is the official projection of a great metropolis

Brogan Holcombe

Brogan_Holcombe

This week’s #SundayScientistShoutout is Ernest Everett Just (1883-1941)!He was a very accomplished biologist who accomplished a lot! Gear up for a long thread (23!!) today!(1/n)#DiversityinSTEM Just grew up in South

Kimberly D. Manning, MD

gradydoctor

1/Residency Interview, Circa 1995Him: “You say here in your #PERSONALSTATEMENT ‘Research is the linchpin of a thriving academic medical center.’” Me: *smug smile*Him: “Tell me what you meant by that.”

Keiko

keikoinboston

Thread I hope none of you are planning to go to DC next week or be on the streets in your state capital or your town. But if for some

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