#Scientists

Katie Nielsen

KatieKPIX

This is the command center at @CALFIRECZU HQ. Teams with @SantaCruzSO1 @NWSBayArea Monterey, & fire/ambulance are here coordinating the response to the potential mudslides & debris flows in the burn

Ella Al-Shamahi

LittleMsFossil

Sadly most of us knew this monster in a very different way- as the leading creationist of the Muslim world. Growing up we didn’t know this side of him, if

Mallory Harris

malar0ne

After spending last year encouraging governments to intentionally infect us for the sake of herd immunity, Scott Atlas & the three GBD authors are advising an organization that's telling people

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

Why do COVID-19 modelling groups typically produce ‘scenarios’ rather than long-term forecasts when exploring possible epidemic dynamics? A short thread... 1/ Coverage of modelling is often framed as if epidemics

Tom Sasse

tom_sasse

With Xmas cancelled for many & all eyes on a new variant, we have an @instituteforgov report out on the way govt has used science advice in the crisis. Ministers

Jeff (BPredict)

BPredict

I've had a few followers ask me my thoughts on the Sturgis study. It's gone viral because it tells a story the media likes ("bad" people got COVID for doing

Noah Berlatsky

nberlat

It always surprises me how Feyerabend never gets mentioned in these arguments about postmodernism and relativism. a lot of the stuff that gets attributed to Foucault and Derrida about relativism

M S Swaminathan

msswaminathan

Dr M #Karunanidhi was a scientists’ scientist. Among his numerous contributions to Tamil Nadu's development are outstanding universities like Anna University as well as the State Biotechnology Council and gender-sensitive

Michelle Teplensky

DrMTeplensky

Scientists, we're only as good as our ability to communicate data to the public, so here goes my best shot. This graph is data from the Pfizer "BNT162b2 mRNA" Covid-19

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

Donald Trump bragging about Operation Warp Speed is like a mass murderer bragging about his magnanimity in paying for his victims' funerals.Except, of course, that Trump did significantly less than

Lee Jones

DrLeeJones

This speech is long, but well worth a read if you're genuinely interested in understanding the contemporary Tory project. Quick thread.1/9https://twitter.com/sundersays/status/1277017358788419585 In January, I described how Johnson'

Open Ocean Exploration

RebeccaRHelm

Listen: the world is kinda rough right now. But scientists just discovered a GLITTER-COVERED WORM at the bottom of the ocean and we need to talk about it! Time for

Michael Eisen

mbeisen

A core problem in science publishing today is that we have a system where the complex, multidimensional assessment of the rigor, validity, utility, audience and impact of a work that

Krista K. Thomason

kkthomason

I am struggling with something (plz don't yell at me): the prevailing assumption that moral philosophers absolutely have to engage with empirical psych/cog sci. On a personal level, I'm a

Carolyn Weatherson 🦋

CarolynWea

2020 has been challenging, but there have been incredible, heart-warming and hopeful stories from this year too. Spend a moment reading some positive news this #NewYearsEve. Here is a thread

Ken Wilson Stan Account

wickrotate

most of those angry at scientists/mathematicians in culture war stuff don’t seem to care much about the first order content of science, so I think it’s good to be able

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