#Thinkers

Kannan Gopinathan

naukarshah

One year!Impossible to not look back and see what was going through my mind then.And more importantly whether my acts since then has justified my own decision.Have to thank twitter

Wrath Of Gnon

wrathofgnon

A story of inappropriate technology: in the 1970s it was decided to modernize the rice farming of Sri Lanka, whose system that had not changed much for 3000 years. The

Christian Hoffmann

cphoffmann

I love how (academic) Twitter enables us to watch colleagues “think out lout”, as we grapple with current events. The recent shocking images from Washington have spawned a number of

Mark Changizi

MarkChangizi

1/About the Great Mass Safety Delusion of 2020, I have had so many utterly frustrated people asking me, “How do we reverse this?”(For more on what I mean by the

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

Eclipses like the ones coming up on 11/30 and 12/14 were of great importance to medieval Muslim astrologers. They featured in dire predictions and were used to time major events

Steve Locke

steve_locke

Maybe treat Black Americans like citizens that have a 300+ year relationship with their country and you wouldn’t be asking us to help you “diversify” your curriculum or “decolonize” your

Joe McFarland

JoeMcFarland

Time for another one of my patented threads on #education in #Alberta. I couldn't let this one from @DavidStaplesYEG go unchecked. I know he tries to carry water for @jkenney

Mat Sherman

Mat_Sherman

Anyone else wonder how college grads can raise $2M on a napkin idea in SF, and nowhere else? Anyone confused why it seems like every 20-something in tech in SF

Brie Code 🐍

briecode

Anyone close to me who doesn’t already know about why I stopped public speaking in 2018 will find this thread hard to read. Please know that I am safe, and

Geoff Kabaservice

RuleandRuin

1. A very nice salute from @TheEconomist's Lexington columnist to the Never Trumpers, the "most remarkable of all" the forces in the broad Biden coalition.https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/10/29/battle-hymn-of-the-n

Jacq Darkwa

Darkwa_Says

#BlackHistoryMonth might be over but I wanted to share a few documentaries I’ve collected over the years. Black British History is rich and well documented. There is a wealth

Nur Banu Simsek

stansocrates

Okay I read the article. I remembered halfway through that I'd read the first half of it before but had stopped, so I finished it this time.https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v40/n06/amia-srinivasan/does-anyone-have-the-right-to-sex The El

Bitcoin Lab

BitcoinLabrador

I started learning about Bitcoin in February. Ten months later, I’ve changed more than I could ever imagine changing in a year. Let’s review.How Bitcoin fixes me: A thread from

Pancho

talesofpancho

Playing The Hand You’re DealtA Thread... Everyone on this planet, both dead and alive, were dealt a hand in lifeNow, the quality of said hand ranges widely depending on a

Fledgist 🥀🇯🇲🇬🇧🇺🇸

Fledgist

The Framers of the US Constitution created it in the name of the People. At the same time, they did not trust the People to govern fairly. In a system

Justin Mikolay 💻

jmikolay

I summarized everything I've ever written about writing and creativity. Behold: a big idea summary for readers and thinkers, artists and creators. (thread) It’s not about you…It’s about ideasIt’s about

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