#YALE

Clément Canonne

ccanonne_

Stuff I wish I had known sooner: "Pinsker's inequality is cancelled," a thread. If you want to relate total variation (TV) and Kullback-Leibler divergence (KL), then everyone, from textbooks to

Dr Fish Philosopher Todd (Dr FPT)🐟

ZoeSTodd

I have been shortlisted 5 times for positions in Canada/US in my career. Each posting was either designated as an Indigenous position or strongly encouraged Indigenous applicants. Of four campus

Skeptic Review

SkepticReview89

Well, I can't let this article by Barbara Kay go unnoticed, although I suspect many people who engaged in the pile on will not care to apologize or correct their

Erin Ekins (she/her)

QueerlyAutistic

Every single way that researchers find that autistics differ from non-autistics will be labelled as a 'deficit' or 'disordered', even if that difference is not negative in any way (and

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/11There is almost as much excited the-world-is-changing nonsense generated by the signing of the RCEP as there was by the creation in 2016 of the AIIB, and because of many

Ann Memmott PGC🌈

AnnMemmott

https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/29344/ Yale are worried. Spot the holes in the defence OK, first up in this study of how to frighten autistic toddlers using vampire masks and mechanical spiders etc..Allegedly things

Robert McNees

mcnees

Computer science pioneer and United States Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper was born #OTD in 1906. As far as I’m aware, she is the only person who has both a

Adam Hamdy

adamhamdy

1. Some of us have been arguing for effective safety measures in schools since summer in order to reduce the need for school closures. Measures advised by Harvard and Yale

David Fedman

dfedman

1/ Herewith a short Fabian Drixler appreciation thread: There's no need to here recycle praise for Mabiki. It's a great book that everyone should read. Instead, I want to showcase the incredible

Lindsey Simmons

LynzforCongress

Judicial imperialism is the idea that “elites” have virtues separate and apart from the common man and they seek to impart those virtues over mere mortals.You can read about Bork’s

Luke Herrine

LDHerrine

This is fascinating work from @MadisonECondon on how the rise of "asset manager capitalism" shifts the politics of firm ownership in favor of long-term resilience and against competition.I want to

Isabel Ott

IsabelOtt

Here’s the thing about short-term viral infections: by the time you realize you’re Really Sick and identify why, 98% of the time, you are past the point that a virus

Fogheadz

Fogfaaja

This is all connected:Trump’s new Attorney General William Barr has been a major promoter of extreme executive power throughout his career, including advocating for pardoning Iran-Contra criminals. https://theintercept.com/2019/02/27/the

Jessica Green

greenprofgreen

@andrewrsorkin is optimistic abt @blackrock coming announcement on climate disclosure. #polisci has a lot to say abt the politics of standard setting. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/business/dealbook/larry-fink-letter-blackrock-climate.

Philosophical Engineer

letsthinkdeeply

I have gotten a number of questions about why we should be angry at Dr. Fauci, the NIH and CDC. The answer is simple, early in the pandemic a decision

Gregg Gonsalves

gregggonsalves

Dorms are like cruise ships on land or prisons without bars: people living in proximity, in frequent contact, over extended periods of time. For many infectious pathogens, such settings are

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