#Peer

Louisa 🌈👭

LouisatheLast

On World AIDS Day I like to marvel at how things have changed. When I was a teenager, I was a volunteer at the local AIDS Project, mostly doing peer

Ross Douthat

DouthatNYT

Let's do a thread on my Sunday column, which provoked some understandably strong reactions:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/05/opinion/sunday/covid-19-trump.html Some of those reactions were misreadings, so it's worth emphasizing:I t

Nim Ralph

NMRLPH

As someone who plans and hosts online trainings, workshops etc a *lot* especially for conflict, oppressed groups and on sensitive topics something I wish people would consider more in their

Razib 🥥 Khan

razibkhan

agree with threadone note on the racism&xenophobia. i was accused of sinophobia last week. which is fine, i'm a big fan of master kong and it isn't a coincidence that

Ashley Farley

ashleydfarley

Really fantastic article on an uncomfortable topic within the publishing world of "prestige" journals authored by Bård Smedsrød & @LeifLongva #openaccess Thread highlighting what I think are the important parts.

The Intercept

theintercept

PFAS compound associated with severe Covid-19 https://interc.pt/3qDFerF by @fastlerner Created by 3M, PFBA is one of a class of industrial compounds, often called “forever chemicals,” that has come to contaminate

Franklin Fitch 👀

cryptofitch

In honor of the new @garyvee follow and my investment success this past week, I figured I'd drop some actually useful information.Why do I collect #NFTs? What am I looking

Sarah Jamie Lewis

SarahJamieLewis

As someone who founded an org to build decentralized tech with, for & by marginalized communities I always find variations of this take naive & facile. It ignores both the

Jill Filipovic

JillFilipovic

America has long told parents to figure it all out for themselves -- which has largely meant women figuring it out, and men relying on women to parent their children

Deemishell

deemishell

So, why do we dehumanize the incarcerated as a country? Well, why does military require boot camp? Why do sororities/fraternities require pledge periods/initiation? It’s to break esteem down into paths

Darren Olivier

darren_olivier

The SANDF's Military Command Council just issued a press statement on its irregular acquisition of Interferon alfa-2b from Cuba last year.It's an arrogant, ignorant, remorseless, and tone-deaf response that proves

Nik Bonaddio

nikbonaddio

also portnoy and musk and chamath are completely and 100% bad actors right now -- when the bag pops, they won't get hurt but everyone who follows them on the

Scribulatora

Scribulatora

I'm going to delete the entire Fife/Modi vaccine thing because...1. A piece of information I didn't have changed the situation and a correction won't have the same effect.2. I'm interested

Jake Chervinsky

jchervinsky

1/ There's been so much regulatory & enforcement news in crypto lately, it's impossible to keep up.So instead of getting lost in the details, let's step back & consider the

Karenheit 451

911insidejob666

i dont rly like discussing my b!polar shit on here anymore bc ppl be judging but since kanye seems to bring out the mental health expert in everyone, are y'all

Jen Herman 🌪️

JukeBaRosh

Low accountability in closed system. Reviewers can get by w/lazy review, ask 4 unreasonable things, review same paper multiple times for different journals, have undeclared COI, etc...More importantly power differentials/favors

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