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🧵 The Simplest Way to Pick the Right HEPA Filter
We now have a simpler method for picking HEPA filters that improves noise and distribution. The Taotronics AP003 is the most cost-effective option ($90 CAD) and can provide 0.75 air changes per hour when running one. Multiple units running on low giv...
Tweet by Annie Martin
@reporterannie
🧵 Florida House Leaders Push for Expansion of School Voucher Program
House leaders in Florida want to expand the state's school voucher program, but research reveals inadequate safety inspections, hiring practices, and teaching standards, as well as discrimination against LGBTQ students. It's also difficult to tell ho...
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@robbysoave
🧵 CDC Had Significant Influence Over Facebook and Instagram's Covid Moderation
Research uncovered emails suggesting that the CDC had significant input on pandemic-era policies at Facebook and Instagram, providing recommendations on what content to flag as false or misleading, and having their opinion determining whether the pla...
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🧵 Flynn, Trump, and Cummings: Nuclear Technology Sales to Saudi Arabia
Elijah Cummings uncovered Mike Flynn and Donald Trump's attempt to sell nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia while they were in the transition team. Tom Barrack was charged with FARA violations for his involvement in the deal. The investigation into th...
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@jeffgilchrist
🧵 Exploring the Benefits of Twitter Threads
Twitter threads are a great way to communicate complex ideas by breaking them down into smaller, more easily digestible tweets. Conversations can take place within the thread and help those reading to better understand the topic at hand.
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@GergelyOrosz
🧵 Senior Software Engineer Examined Twitter's Hiring Process
A senior software engineer was asked to take an hour-long HackerRank test with two Leetcode mediums and a Leetcode hard prior to talking to anyone, which is an unusual request. This recruitment strategy is likely intended to attract people who are wi...
Tweet by Jim Fan
@DrJimFan
🧵 AI Researchers Make Bold Predictions for 2023
AI researchers are predicting that by 2023, we might see open source replication of ChatGPT, text to video and 3D models, super-human domain specialists, robotics and agents taking off, AI winning gold medals at the International Olympiad in Informat...
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🧵 New Paper Tests Theory that Aging is Driven by DNA Damage-Induced Changes to the Epigenome
This paper tests the hypothesis that aging may be driven by DNA damage-induced changes to the epigenome, and experiments are currently being conducted to verify this claim. If confirmed, it would suggest that cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's may all...
Tweet by Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
🧵 Russian Bots Spread False Memo Story on Twitter
In January 2018, Russian-linked bots spread a false story about the release of a memo regarding alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia via the hashtag #ReleaseTheMemo. The story was not true and the memo was never released.
Tweet by Sam Knowlton
@samdknowlton
🧵 How Andre Voisin's Work Led to the Regeneration of 40 Million Acres
Andre Voisin's theories and principles on 'rational grazing' were instrumental in regenerating 40 million acres of land through Allan Savory's founding of the Holistic Management framework. Though Savory is now a household name, Voisin remains largel...
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@samdknowlton
🧵 Native Hawaiians Developed a Self-Sufficient Agricultural System
Native Hawaiians developed an agricultural system called the ahupua'a system which was capable of producing 1 million metric tons of food from just 6 percent of Hawaii's land. This was enough to feed 86% of the current population.
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