The prosperity gospel is a popular but dangerous perspective that cherry-picks verses to support a message of material wealth and physical health. Learn why it's important to consider the broader biblical context and check out scriptures that warn against the love of money.
Brent Beshore
@PermanentEquity // @CapitalCamp // @MainStSummit // Author of "The Messy Marketplace" // Former atheist who now follows Jesus
This blog post provides a basic set theory for the hard of comprehension in the gender-critical community. Learn how to identify two subsets of the set "adult humans" and two further subsets that pertain to identity.
Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola
Always right, never believed. Broke centrist remoaner who writes and speaks about finance and economics. Professional singer. Legacy Blue Tick. Autistic.
This blog discusses a placebo control trial in colon cancer that has been deemed unethical and disgusting. The author argues that the trial has wasted the time of patients, and that the cost of the drug is too high for the modest benefit it provides.
Vinay Prasad MD MPH
Professor @ucsf, Physician-Scientist, Writer; More at @vkprasadlab @plenary_session, YouTube, #vpzd podcast & @Sensible__Med; Views are mine
This blog discusses a recent trial of a new drug for colon cancer that has been deemed unethical and disgusting. The author argues that the trial has prioritized researchers' feelings over the lives of human beings, and that the drug has a modest benefit with no one being cured.
Vinay Prasad MD MPH
Professor @ucsf, Physician-Scientist, Writer; More at @vkprasadlab @plenary_session, YouTube, #vpzd podcast & @Sensible__Med; Views are mine
False arrests with face recognition technology should be at the heart of the discussion of artificial intelligence and the dangers it poses. Read this op-ed to learn more about the warped discussion of AI and the digital panopticon.
@emilymbender@dair-community.social on Mastodon
Professor, Linguistics, UW // Faculty Director, Professional MS Program in Computational Linguistics (CLMS) // she/her // @emilymbender@dair-community.social
The blockchain industry is in need of standards and a rating system to help users determine who to trust and why. How can a standard or rating system be created to prevent the hungry beasts of capitalism and greed from further infecting the audit industry? Certikly there's an answer.
Hudson Jameson
I enjoy cats, my spouse, privacy tech, and ice cream. Current: Polygon Labs. Previous: USAA, Ethereum Foundation, Flashbots, Zcash Comm. Grants. He/Him. 🏳️🌈
The recent news about Donald Trump's lawyers taking notes on his criminal conspiracies has raised questions about loyalty and discretion. This blog examines the implications of this situation and offers advice on how to handle legal advice.
Matt Levine
lunch valuation analyst
Join us as we discuss The Privilege of Play: A History of Hobby Games, Race, and Geek Culture by Aaron Tram. We explore the importance of being aware of our own biases when discussing race in games and the impact of privilege in the gaming community.
🥧 SUZANNE 🥧
tabletop games + app games + pie + AsAm Adoptee + She/Her = ruining games one tweet at a time. hates puns - but in a fun way. @SaltNSassGames. personal acct.
We discuss the importance of attempting to be as objective as possible when conducting scientific research and the need to constantly check our own biases. We explore the potential cultural bias in terms like 'ultra-processed food' and why this matters.
James Wong
Botanist | Science writer and broadcaster | Lives with 500 houseplants | ‘Weird plant dude’, apparently
Examine the differences between AI doomers and those documenting the real-world harms of AI systems, such as discrimination, surveillance, pollution of the information ecosystem, data theft, and labor exploitation.
@emilymbender@dair-community.social on Mastodon
Professor, Linguistics, UW // Faculty Director, Professional MS Program in Computational Linguistics (CLMS) // she/her // @emilymbender@dair-community.social
Learn about research integrity and how to deal with mass retractions, systematic manipulation, and research misconduct. Hear stories from panelists who started in different careers and now work in research integrity.
Elisabeth Bik
Science integrity consultant, PhD. #ImageForensics Currently without cat or blue check, but soccer-mom of godson. She/her. https://t.co/V4MR7WVHiT 🇳🇱🇺🇸
This article looks at the hype surrounding AI and examines the claims made by a particular article. Read on to learn more about the implications of this technology and the risks associated with it.
@emilymbender@dair-community.social on Mastodon
Professor, Linguistics, UW // Faculty Director, Professional MS Program in Computational Linguistics (CLMS) // she/her // @emilymbender@dair-community.social
Northwestern journalism professor Stephen Thrasher has called a journalist dangerous to the wellness of LGBTQ people in a smear thread. This article looks at the journalist's work and Thrasher's defamation of it.
Benjamin Ryan
🔬Health & science reporter | Contributor to: @NYTimes @NBCNews @Guardian @TRF | Other bylines: @WashingtonPost @TheAtlantic | Cancer Survivor | Columbia grad
On this day in 1828, 195 years ago, the 1st edition of Noah Webster's "American Dictionary of the English Language" was published. Enslavers, who banned antislavery books at the rate antiracist books are banned today, objected to Webster’s definition of "slave."
Ibram X. Kendi
Partner • #GirlDad • Scholar @BU_Tweets • Dir @AntiracismCtr • @NationalBook Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author • MacArthur Fellow • Surviving Cancer 🐍
People make mistakes representing themselves unaided because the law is not easily accessible or understandable. If the vast majority of people who have a legal problem get no help, and lawyers make mistakes when helping, then is it reasonable for lawyers to decry the people who represent themselves?
Cat Moon
'Be ignited, or be gone.' - #MaryOliver I provoke change to #makelawbetter. 5th gen lawyer. I learn. I teach @vanderbiltlaw. #humblecuriosity #DoubleDore
Learn about Benjamin Rush's quote about medical freedom and his contributions to the field of medicine. Discover how special interests have captured medicine and how to fight for medical freedom.
Doc Anarchy | Renegade Health Mag
Father, Veteran, Physician | Teaching Independent Health | Not Medical Advice
Harlan Crow's 'house' served as a museum with Nazi memorabilia on display. This blog explores the implications of glorifying such artifacts and the implications of displaying them as art.
danah boyd
sociotechnical researcher | Microsoft Research, Georgetown, Data & Society | zephoria@zephoria.org | (@zephoria@mastodon.social) | https://t.co/WPud3CWY4P
AI safety and AI ethics are two sides of the same coin, but the AI safety angle, which focuses on raising AI to be aligned with people, can be seen as a problem when it comes to ethical development of the technology. This blog explores the issue of AI hype and how it exacerbates other problems.
@emilymbender@dair-community.social on Mastodon
Professor, Linguistics, UW // Faculty Director, Professional MS Program in Computational Linguistics (CLMS) // she/her // @emilymbender@dair-community.social