#Discourse

The Progression of the Overton WindowMost discussions about the Overton Window neglect a critical factor: time. This is a critical notion that must be accounted for. If we do not,
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The grim Gaelic news shouldn’t really be a surprise, but the way it clashes with the prevailing mood-music kind of *makes it* confounding, and in a v suggestive way -
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I understand why reputable polls are using "covid was created in a lab" as a conspiracy theory/misinformation test, but at the same time it feels like a throwback to the
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In addition to yesterday's CFR piece, here is another estimating the infection fatality ratio in England with @carlheneghan & @oke_jason for @CEBMOxford. Using two national models we produce IFR estimates
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So, yesterday, starting 11, me, @karanbhasin95, amongst other folks started a discussion on the new farm laws. Honestly, we didn't expect more than 30-50 people, but soon, the room had
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People are asking me what I think of the Harper's letter. 1. I think anyone defending free speech and viewpoint diversity right now deserves support. So I support the general
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1/ Yesterday (19th), @KevinClimate & @Peters_Glen, in a good & long multi-forked thread, aired their differing approaches to how to call for the rapid decarbonization the world so desperately needs.
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Hello to new followers (not sure why you’d want to, but ok!)I used to talk about trains/working in the industry, but as a result of being in my 95th
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For the birthday of one of my heroes, Frantz Fanon, I thought I would do a thread on the appropriation of the category 'lived experience' in contemporary political discourse. Tl;dr
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Incoming games QA rant. No apologies for the length, because I’m angry and upset and this stuff needs to be said. Again. I’ve been feeling low for some time but
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In response to some very heated and triggered people out there, please feel free to read the following, and know that I will absolutely not respond to or regard any
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I want to get something off my chest. I’ve been spending today doing house chores while listening to technical videos and podcasts. After my Clubhouse experiment yesterday, I’m thinking critically
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normalized biphobia: a thread because i am so tiredtw // biphobia and ill tag anything else if it comes up :)non bisexuals pls rt tw // nsfw“so that means you
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One of the weirdest things about the cost-benefit debate on restrictions, beside the fact that it's almost non-existent, is that almost everyone talks as if restrictions didn't have an immediate
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The function of a system is its output.If you have dog grooming machine that sometimes smashes puppies and you keep running it, you're in the dog smashing business.If you work
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I chuckle sometimes at how truly, truly difficult nuanced discourse is online.A'ight, I'll start! I don't think this story from my 2020 faves got enough love, because it's not free-to-read:Dare
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