We can now read the Imperial College report on COVID-19 that led to the extreme measures we've seen in the US this week. Read it; it's terrifying. I'll offer a summary in this thread; please correct me if I've gotten it wrong.
https://t.co/AwE2cHIbeJ
Your friendly reminder that, should #SocialDistancing measures we are putting in place help us to avoid the catastrophic fate of Italy and Iran, it doesn’t mean that the measures weren’t necessary and that #COVID19 was overblown. It would mean the measures worked.
(14/x) Apparently this thread is blowing up, so he's urging everyone to read this article from Harvard University's Asaf Bitton that goes even more in depth than these screenshots can.
I'm gonna keep dropping this in here at various points too.
https://t.co/NliatpcxcZ
Betelgeuse has experienced unprecedented dimming over the last few months. everyone's been speculating whether this dimming is a harbinger of an impending supernova...but here's the kicker.
it's not fading anymore.
even more interesting: that's right on schedule.
I answered 20 questions for @Playboy’s #TheSpeechIssue. Yes, read it for the article and stay for the photos with Bernice and Joe, two rescue pit bulls. Bernice is still looking for her forever family. Contact @WagsAndWalks to bring her home.
https://t.co/0Eb4X40E4w
The scientist twitter accounts with the most followers, the NGTs/Bill Nye/Brian Cox, etc, are held by men.
A group of women wanted to see more women and non-binary scientists up there. So we decided to grab the bull by the horns.
Today we took our first major step.
Corina is so incredible at scicomm! Her excitement and knowledge are so intriguing. I never thought about birds before following her now every video I’m eager to watch like “girl what tweetie talking about today !?” 😂❤️ scientists like you change the world!
Accounts run by men receive roughly double the retweets of those run by women. Even online, we are talked for and talked over. Even online, men’s voices carry twice as much worth. It matters. When you see women writing about things that interest you, retweet us. It’s that simple.
the human came home today. with a new stuffed fren for me. they called it a koala. and as they knelt down to hand it over. they mentioned it could use. all the love i have right now
Your god is a Middle Eastern Jew, your theology North African, your science is Arabic, your numbers Indian, and most of your politics southern Mediterranean.
Western Civ is a lie you tell yourself to avoid the reality that all you’ve got you stole from the rest of the world