#Inevitable

Jess Nevins

jessnevins

Last week I mentioned my thesis on cyberpunk. Yesterday it arrived in the e-mail. Today I’m going to tweet some information from it. This is about old-school cyberpunk (CP hereafter),

Peter Foster

pmdfoster

NEW: post #brexit immigration rules are shaping up to kill the au pair industry - on which 45,000 working families depend for affordable childcare. Seems mad. Stay with me. /1https://on.ft.com/2Mus5C3

child in situation of barrel

offlineavocado

Reformism, liberalism, social Darwinism, anarchism, pragmatism, populism, syndicalism—they all were given their moment on the stage. They all failed to solve the problems of China’s future destiny. It is Marxism-Leninism

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 276Here’s my summary of yesterday’s fascinating grand rounds (sorry it's a day late), here: https://youtu.be/UkLmQ5Fe5Qo Far-ranging discussion re: the problems at the CDC, vaccine roll-out

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essentiaIworker

Didn’t realize it at first but album yeezus is quite brilliant actually… this is a fair first reaction but there is a cohesive underlying story arc that went over alot

Shir Goldbird

shirgoldbird

If you want some comedy, check out Ponybooru's rules https://ponybooru.org/pages/rules ICYMI, Ponybooru is the new, Nazi-friendly—sorry, "censorship free" hosting site for MLP art. They link the rules right at the top

balajis.com

balajis

Out of the loop? Wondering what this latest tech-vs-media brouhaha was all about?Wonder no more. A decentralized network of independent journalists has prepared the definitive record of these events in

Maxime Eyraud

max_eyr

Something else I'm thinking about re: the Passion Economy: funding.Not revenue from individual consumers (via merch, tips, subscriptions) but "institutional" funding from companies, syndicates, and... banks.A few thoughts abou

J. David McSwane

davidmcswane

I've received a ton of strange messages from mask brokers — on twitter, in email, through encrypted apps… An unregulated mask market has spread like wildfire, attracting middlemen, grifters, billionaires

Mark Moss

1MarkMoss

The global markets are giant betting markets, predicting outcomes from events, And right nowIt looks like they are telling us SOMETHING BIG IS HAPPENING with the DollarTime For a Thread

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

In the early days of the pandemic, the term "contact tracing" vaulted into the public consciousness: that's the shoe-leather- and labor-intensive process whereby skilled heath experts establish a personal rapport

Bren

MomentsWithBren

During the last training I had with some women in Ottawa, I realized the importance of creating a knowledge sharing space for yourself and others where there is honesty, willingness

Deepak Gupta

deepakguptalaw

In the NY Times today, I argue w/ @brianbeutler that a Civil War amendment to the Constitution--barring those who've "engaged in insurrection" from holding office--authorizes a broader response, one that

Compound248

compound248

RobinHood co-founder, @vladtenev, has been busy the past week. In addition to internal crisis management, Vlad had discussions via several different mediums, from CNN to newspapers to various YouTube channels.

🇯🇲 We Do Not Negotiate With Tourists ☭

SiggonKristov

One ridiculous thing I see often is persons saying that Communist ideology is flawed because it doesn't account for humans being selfish.The persons who say this have likely never even

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

(Thread) The Future of the GOP: Part IThe GOP is on a collision course with time.Its base of voters is aging and shrinking. The GOP has become a white grievance

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