#Harms

Simon DeDeo

SimonDeDeo

Thoughts on tails and Hayekian (neo) liberal economics. The standard story is that markets “learn”—absorbing trades and propagating the implicit information by setting prices. It’s sufficiently intelligent to bring me

Taylor Lorenz

TaylorLorenz

People keep sending this to me. I’m a technology reporter at the NYT and I think it might be helpful to explain why takes like this play into the worst

(Cyriac) Abby Philips

drabbyphilips

I recently tweeted on a woman who developed severe liver injury due to chromium picolinate based vitamin supplements. Now things hav bcom strange on this issue, as the company making

St. Marlowe Lune 🌙

marlowelune

Just gonna start listing some reasons that reorienting discussions about patriarchal oppression to be about how all men are incompetent ugly bastards and dating or being attracted to them is

Alex Smith

alexjmssmith

Hmm, I can think of many "points" for cell-based meat. It's a shame that this piece didn't mention how alt meat can mitigate deforestation, air/water pollution, antibiotic resistance, the welfare

HARC Lab

HARCLab

The past couple of weeks have brought a lot of news spotlighting problems with coordinated entry systems (CES). Courtney Cronley published a study showing gender and racial biases in

Safwan | Cerebral Fuel

CerebralFuel

What if you could make money doing hard drugs? (Thread) Why are crack cocaine and black tar heroin so bad for you?Bc they are ADDICTIVE. But here’s a secret: You

Jonathan Engler 😀

jengleruk

Some thoughts on vaccines for SARSCOV2.So, trials for the current vaccine candidates would appear to have been designed to detect a reduction in symptoms only, as summarised here:https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2020/09/23/covi

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

Let me be perfectly clear: children DO NOT NEED a sars-cov-2 vaccine before they are permitted to return to normal activities, such as school and visiting loved ones.Any claims to

Jonathan Engler 😀

jengleruk

Musings on mortality data.Just thought I'd take a peek as the government's latest "Weekly national Influenza and COVID-19 surveillance report".The dry title belies the wealth of interesting data it contains.https://assets.

jacsmk ✊🏾

jhybe

More tech bsfckry. In the middle of a pandemic, KLIA decides to roll out facial recognition s/ware linked to immigration databases as travel checkpoints. Why is this a problem? (thread)

Jack-o'-lantern Jones

JJofBC

My friend is in the hospital in mental health crisis. He made a little journey to the Alex Fraser Bridge last week, stared into the void, and when the void

Cajsa is wondering what more unstable looks 💙💛🐝

Cajsa

One difference between the class-reductionist progressive & the human-rights-centered liberal is the former believe a policy that benefits everyone lifts all boats while the latter recognizes that people drown whether

Chase Strangio

chasestrangio

Now they are voting on HB 113 - the anti-trans health care bill. This bill will truly cause kids to die. It hurts that we are here. Here is the

Martin Kulldorff

MartinKulldorff

Twelve Forgotten Principles of Public Health#1 Public health is about all health outcomes, not just a single disease like #COVID19. It is important to also consider harms from public health

Liz Homsy

Lizzidi

I’ve had a variety of financial ups and downs, and worked with clients with very little money too. I can say with certainty that this is not only a terrible

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