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Health Literate

HealthLiterate

With @pfizer and @BioNTech_Group submitting their latest COVID-19 vaccine results, let's dive into what it means! The vaccine is currently in phase 3, which tests for safety and efficacy in

Bill Fitzgerald

funnymonkey

Test. And, another version. Let's see what happens. Another version, comparing two images of men. And, comparing two women: And, just as a sanity check, let's try the original test

Tanentzapf Lab

TanentzapfLab

1. When people ask why I became a scientist they expect me to say that I love the thrill of discovery or learning new things about nature, & I obviously

Real Nigga Rockstar

gayweekends

Non Black people, for just a second I am begging you to put aside the stan culture you call a personality for just a second and think about this. Think

RichMurphy

RichMurphy_Econ

New paper ‘Minority Report’ with @gillwyness_econ documenting the accuracy and consequences of teacher predicted grades used in the UK university application process: 84% incorrect, 75% over-predicted. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/ab

E-go Driven

EgoDriv

You only exist in your head.-Thread- Most people give way too much importance to external judgement and social statusIgnoring the fact that, in the grand scheme of things, most of

CllrJeanieBell

CllrJeanieBell

Thread -Some of the things I have learned the hard way in politics.1 You are not elected to make easy decisions.2 No matter what you do some people will intensely

Emily Settle ☕️ 📚

EmiCalico

I've been thinking about the overall concept of #OwnVoices a lot lately, particularly how it relates to my responsibility as an editor of books for young readers. 1/14 The necessity--both

fangmeli

pangmeli

toronto loves installing a big ass open field with the idea that it'll be a venue for big outdoor events (which are infrequent & summer only) instead of facilitating personal

Chawanna

DrChaeEd

It’s very difficult for people to visualize parenting that isn’t aggressive or haphazard because they don’t have experience with it. That’s why it’s so incredibly important to keep talking/showing what

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Jeannine_Garane

A couple anecdotes about HD video:1) I heard a Sony preservationist talk about working on a 4k version of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Checking a pass with a high level of

James Lindsay, increasingly relevant

ConceptualJames

Nigerians, Asians of all ethnic backgrounds, Jews in many respects, and (in the opposite direction) white Appalachians.https://twitter.com/SinghManSpeak/status/1338893735690723329 Why do you think they hate Hillbilly Elegy so much? It's

Dantley Davis

dantley

I’m known to be outspoken about diversity in tech, but it wasn’t something I planned. The first decade of my career I didn’t talk about race in tech at all.

Crys Tom (she/her)

crys_tom

Saying something is “evidence-based” for those of us who come from complex marginalized backgrounds is often basically the equivalent of saying “we decided this without your input and now insist

deonandan

deonandan

My thoughts re: today's news of the Pfizer/Biontech (thread):->43000 enrolled, but prelim data based on 94 instances of COVID infection, 90% of whom were in placebo group-this days after the

Drew Whitehead

Drewhaz141

Heartfelt condolences to those students who have been negatively impacted by the 'A-Level algorithm'. To commentators who are raising awareness that this has overwhelmingly hurt students from poorer backgrounds I

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