. @JohnJCrace has written a perfect pitch pastiche of Spare. I was genuinely moved by the ‘digested read, digested’ at the end - in even fewer words than ‘Hemingway’s’ apocryphal award-winning six-word story #FlashFiction https://t.co/SEbkCqBKY7
A visual argument for vaccines, in five tweets:
1/ A ward of polio victims, incarcerated inside "iron lungs" in 1950s America. Many are children, their lungs paralysed, unable to breathe unaided. Thanks to vaccination, no-one has caught polio in the UK since the 1980s.
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Internet joy! After reading https://t.co/I0V9zQKvIG, I felt the need to see how tax changes might raise money for the exchequer. So thank you @Demos for https://t.co/XAxaPxE6g6. You gotta love a well designed online calculator that gives you the answers you’re after in seconds.
I’m often asked how to write good alt text/image descriptions.
In my latest piece for @ScopeBigHack I’ve shared some common mistakes when it comes to writing alt text and how you can avoid them https://t.co/G2FdmR77e8
Great to see this, esp as I'm a participant in the 2-phase Janssen vaccine trial & had my first jab yesterday! Don't know if I had the vaccine or placebo... but exciting to be a v tiny part of the incredible scientific achievement these vaccines represent https://t.co/jcYLdi3Ek7
Everyone watching the return of cricket this morning was treated to this extraordinary bit of TV. @ejrainfordbrent and Michael Holding on #BlackLivesMatter. Stunning. It’s vital that big broadcasters do things like this if we want to bring about change
So pleased to read this. I always admired #Hellblade when working at @wellcometrust (who funded it). It showed games could communicate serious issues without sacrificing AAA entertainment. And my son recently got a PS4 so this reminded me I can now buy it! https://t.co/TsHuftWc2m
To all the folks trying to recreate school at home, with highly structured schedules & worksheets: we teach that way in schools because of CROWD CONTROL, not because it's the best way to learn. Kids have a rare opportunity here to engage in deep, authentic learning instead. 1/
Some tools and techniques for analysing data maturity and approaching #datascience projects - like this from @EddieACopeland, which emphasises identifying the question you want to answer before asking what data you have https://t.co/yo76JDXYX6
This #infographic from the @nytimes tells a clear story of the comparative risks of measles and the MMR vaccine. Like many of the best of the genre it's (fairly) simple and packs a visual punch.