#NyTimes

Paul Matzko

PMatzko

The New York Times article about SlateStarCodex is finally out and it is...bad. There's a lot I could parse, but let me just walk you through one paragraph that is

Nate Cohn

Nate_Cohn

What happened in Georgia just can't be exported to the Midwest. That's not to say that organizing and party building is irrelevant and that there couldn't be any lessons. But

Buffy Wicks

BuffyWicks

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act—a major milestone in the fight for disability rights.But the fight for justice continues. Thread on progress made, and promises

Dr Zuleyka Zevallos

OtherSociology

Here's another problem-riddled NYT piece on COVID-19 vaccineSome good discussion of wealthy countries hoarding vaccineHowever, Peter Singer goes unchallenged on ableist & ageist comments that older people don't deserve priority

Antonio García Martínez

antoniogm

This is a case study in the truthy claptrap that's now standard in American subscription-driven journalism (as well as parochial American projection).As we'll see, not only is the headline argument

Emily Fagan

thatemfagan

In the aftermath of the #CapitolRiots, I've found myself coming back to some of the same questions about policing discrepancies, accountability, and the zip tie guys.If you've been wondering similar

Glenn Greenwald

ggreenwald

Whoever utters the cliché about "screaming fire in a crowded movie theater" to justify censorship of political speech instantly reveals profound and bottomless ignorance about the First Amendment. Here's @Popehat

Greg Greene

ggreeneva

As I mention farther up this thread, Trump wants footage of unrest in majority-minority cities on the news — even if he has to manufacture the conditions for it —

Nora_Yan

Nora__Yan

I have noticed a disturbing trend of bad behavior on Twitter from so-called experts. They live a dual existence. While they preach at esteemed academic institutions among those deemed their

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

Wondering whether the national COVID data is just a blip or something more substantive?I think there is something good going onCases across the U.S. really are falling...and while its only

Jack Preston

JackPressedOn

A lot of mind-bending things happened yesterday, but in amongst them was something really interesting - how news publishers used their podcasts to cover it all. It felt like the

Eric Lipton

EricLiptonNYT

JUST POSTED: Deep look at how Trump's campaign accounts were turned into Trump litigation fund used to punish ex aides who criticized him, to keep his tax returns secret, even

David Enrich

davidenrich

NEW: @DeutscheBank offered the Trump Org a break on payments on its loans tied to properties including the Doral golf resort.The Trump Org *rejected* the bank's offer as insufficient. with

Rob Anderson

RobAnderson2018

Attn journalists who follow: I have gotten some troubling info about covid and the Virginia Military Institute.A thread:VMI nearing 22% COVID active positive rate. The sick and exposed sent off

Blake Shaffer 📊

bcshaffer

I've heard this come up frequently ("restaurants only 1% of identified cases"). It was said by Dr. Hinshaw and repeated by Premier Kenney as argument against further restaurant restrictions.A thread

Ben Casselman

bencasselman

The $600 supplement to unemployment benefits has allowed laid-off workers to pay rent and buy groceries, and has helped prop up the broader economy.Now we are mere days away from

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