#Blocked

Phil Plait

BadAstronomer

Oh, Betelgeuse, everyone’s favorite M2Iab supergiant star. Why did it dim so catastrophically earlier this year?Hubble may have clinched the answer: It erupted, blowing out a HUGE dust cloud that

Serge Bezborodov

sergebezborodov

Fake bots, scrapers - what is it, and what should be done about it? (thread) Fake bots are bots that use the user-agent of Googlebot or other search bots, and

Saket Gokhale

SaketGokhale

BIGGEST SCOOP of the year:Have you been curious about the accounts of PM CARES? The PMO has blocked all RTI requests about them.But there's a catch & some records are

Prof. Mosa Moshabela

MoshabelaMosa

Imagine a room with a wash basin. Upon entering, you find water pouring out of an open tap, the outlets in the sink blocked, the sink overflowing and a mess

Paul Welch

PaulIWelch

A remarkable picture taken on Sword beach as the first wave of 79th Armoured touch down at 0725 on D-Day. I don’t think this picture has been published before (my

Ben CatchYourCough Goldacre

bengoldacre

BING BONG NEW PAPERNHS hospital medicines data is being collected, but then needlessly withheld from analysts. This means patients are exposed to sub-optimal treatment. And NHS money is being wasted.The

melina - dodgers szn!!

kikeseager

thread of random things that sleepy emilio says on facetime: “i’m just a musical prostitute my dear” (quoting freddie mercury btw) “sex machine” “leg elbows” “do you think the trees

Cleavon MD

Cleavon_MD

I'm an Iraq War vet & ER doctor on the frontlines of the pandemic in NYC and Arizona. My colleagues and I have seen countless people die from COVID who

Matthew Mitnick

matthewmitnick_

Couldn't think of a better idea! Some background: On Thursday, I authorized the $2 million transfer to start providing relief immediately. The UW Administration blocked it, citing failure to comply

James Omokwe

JamesOmokwe

A thread For all of us coming up... Sometimes we struggle with the things we are passionate about. Many times we get disappointed with failures. We try to do certain

lokman tsui 😷

lokmantsui

[thread]a week ago i joined clubhouse. it’s now blocked in china. i want to document some of my impressions and memories. a mourning or grieving, of sorts, if you will.

Syd Vicious

ToySoldierBoy

Steve Jobs is quoted to have said: Stay hungry, stay foolish. In a young country like Uganda, this is not just a quote; it's quite literally a way of life~

BerlinCompanion

kreuzberged

#OTD 1945 Soviet Memorial in #Berlin's #Tiergarten was unveiled. Des. by Nikolai Sergievski, it's crowned with an 8m tall statue of a Soviet soldier by Lev #Kerbel & Vladimir #Ziegal.

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis

KendraWrites

I have Matt blocked because I can't deal with his shitty takes on my timeline. That said this take is so incredibly bad. If you were on Twitter in late

Salome Strangelove

salstrange

What Walter Shaub is doing now is an important illustration of why our media environment failed us in the Trump era.Shaub lied to his large following. When he was called

Andolanjeevi AK @ Campaign Earth Worm

earthwormjhark1

The stand off between @Twitter and the #Indian government is symptomatic of a shrinking space for dissent. In an early response they temporarily blocked a respected news outlet and several

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