We should all start spending more of our online time in privately owned communities instead of on social media platforms. This is my ongoing list of reasons to do this.

Name a more iconic duo.

They found the cause of SIDS THEY FOUND THE CAUSE OF SIDS Excuse me while I cry for all the parents, including lead researcher Dr Carmel Harrington, who lived with guilt. And cry happy tears for parents in the future who will have access to screening and prevention. 😭

Communicating hundreds of thousands of miles during the 1969 Moon landing was difficult. On the Apollo spacecraft, the "premodulation processor" was very important, combining voice, data, and TV signals. I got my hands on a premodulation processor, so let's look inside. 🧵

There are only 4 layers.

This is my daughter. She just turned 9. Here is why I would never allow her to play middle or high school sports if we lived in Ohio…

At some point, probably not tonight, and maybe not on Twitter, I hope those of us still acknowledging the pandemic can talk about the serious social costs of doing so. Not just the pressure to cave in to containment nihilism, but the loss, isolation and cognitive dissonance.

The biggest bummer about the decline of Amazon, the rise of surveillance capitalism, the polarization or social media, predatory app stores, is that for a while it felt like nerds were making the world a better place. Now the most successful tech companies are making it worse

"What business is it of mine if a young man requires -- no, I will not play linguistic games with you. I will not engage in sophistry, sir -- requires the services of an abortion doctor? Last I checked it bore no cost in blood for the Bette Midlers of the world!"

Steve from Stranger Things, before becoming a mom to 6 teenagers

Simple ways to explain Autistic experiences to non-Autistics 🧵

One myth I hope the #DropKiwifarms campaign has put to bed once and for all is the well-meaning but disastrous advice, "Don't feed the trolls." There should never have been a social expectation for victims to suffer in silence while their abusers act with impunity. 1/

Even if they do eventually become bored with one victim, they move on to the next, like a plague of locust, endlessly propagating their suffering-as-sport. Turns out, loud, large, sustained public pressure was the answer all along. Speaking out was the answer all along. 2/2

I am Gustave Flaubert.

Washington DC has passed the Human Rights Sanctuary Act! This will prevent extradition to states that ban gender affirming care or abortion. People can flee states like Texas if they are under investigation to DC! No cops, jails, personnel, paperwork can be used to extradite.

Your mind and mental health are a more important front in the fight against fascism than you think. We don’t have complete control over our feelings of fear and despair, but we have to remember that fear and despair for targeted communities are part of the point. /1