#Controversy

Adam Tranter

adamtranter

A thread on Play Streets - how society demonised children, briefly gave them places to play before shunning them for cars. And what might be next?1835: Highway Act bans street

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. Today the CDC issued new guidance on opening K-12 schools during the pandemic. The guidelines are more explicit and clearer than previous iterations. They also align closely with my

Max Rushden

maxrushden

I agree with our manager. I’m pleased he called it out. It’s simple. Taking the knee is anti-racist.If you boo it you are being racist. Learn about why it matters.

Ethan Collins-McGuire

AHeavyMetalPen

Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy is not nearly as bad as many of the critics have made it out to be. Not that I like it. I dislike it for different

Erin L. Thompson

artcrimeprof

Mary Beard and Simon Goldhill just finished a Cambridge webinar on "Statue Wars — Controversy and Debate" comparing ancient use and abuse of statues to what's happening now. Here's some

David Bowles (Mācuīl Ehēcatl) 🏳️‍🌈

DavidOBowles

-@jfkeeler has deleted this post, but this is no different than when Evangelicals claim AIDS or hurricanes are God's punishment for people's impiety. Chicano Catholics aren't a monolith. Neither are

Antoine Zalc

AntoineZalc

We are very excited about this work shedding light on long-standing questions in #devbio, #stemcell and #neuralcrest fields regarding regulation of cell heterogeneity, plasticity and #pluripotency. @Stanford @ChemSysBio @ScienceMagazine A

Shaun Lawson

shaunjlawson

Imagine the following. When you're 16 years old, your dad -who you dote on, he's your role model, your idol almost - is sent to jail for a murder he

Terry Wuerz

TerryWuerz

Fellow Manitobans:In recent weeks we have experienced a dramatic surge in Covid-19 cases which threatens to overwhelm our hospitals. ICUs and medical units in Wpg acute care hospitals are struggling

Jeffrey Sachs

JeffreyASachs

Yikes. Yeah, religious institutions/culture is a real blind spot for liberal centrist types. Not all, obviously (Friedersdorf is good), but most. Hence this, or Cathy Young’s assertion last month that

Nicholas G. Evans

neva9257

Alright, let’s do this again. Not including face shields/other face coverings in your statements is ableist and bad, doing otherwise costs you nothing, and it’s the moral thing to do.

Rhyne Putman

rhyneputman

I’m not wired like everyone I have interacted with on this platform.I’m not very thick skinned and don’t particularly enjoy controversy—especially among people I truly believe are my forever-family.So, why

Dónal Hassett

donalhassett1

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the #Kilcmichael Ambush. I’ve long been struck by the parallels between it and a key event in Algerian War, the Palestro Ambush of May

Pandemic Pogey

StandingTheGaff

I'm always bewildered with Dippers who defend the Social Contract in Ontario. There was never a technocratic solution to the crisis. The only victory would have been political: an orderly,

Winter Oak

WinterOakPress

1/7This is totally shocking.The UK Labour Party is baying for "emergency legislation to 'stamp out' dangerous anti-vax misinformation ahead of the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine".https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/pol

#DigitalHealth Futurist 👨‍💻

ManeeshJuneja

Day 306 of living with #LongCovid - it's been a good day, energy levels ok & no symptoms, but in this thread I’d like to talk about an earlier stage

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