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    2. No, Mr Potato Head is not going gender neutral

      ~lgbt Tweet

      @farhad manjoo: press release vs reporting. what happened here? They are not at all making it gender neutral. Did they make a quick change or did all the reports get it very wrong? pic.twitter.com/sMPGswjknA

      5 votes

    5. Avant-garde perfume recommendations

      ~arts Tweet

      @C Thi Nguyen: If you're looking for some weird aesthetic exploration to fight off the COVID boredom blues, can I recommend: avant-garde perfume. No, really. First:1. Not all perfume is cloying mall crap. There's world of indie, experimental weird-ass perfume. 2. It's cheap.Thread:

      14 votes

    8. NHS staff create videos in many different languages to discuss the importance of covid vaccination for people with diabetes

      ~health Tweet

      @Partha Kar: To tackle the issues of #Vaccine uptake in those from ethnic minority population,I am joining hands with many colleagues to create a series of videos - specifically for those with #Diabetes First up? @alkapandey08 in Gujarati 🙏🏽Please use and cascade as you can pic.twitter.com/PpAY49lj6l

      11 votes

    9. Jimmy Bernot PhD - Heres the story of how I volunteered to be infected with fifty parasitic worms (hookworm) for a year as part of a research study

      ~science Tweet

      @Jimmy Bernot PhD 🦐🪱🏳️‍🌈: Heres the story of how I volunteered to be infected with 50 parasitic worms (hookworm) for a year as part of a research study. Check out this thread & follow me for more #parasite & marine biology content [t]#ScienceTwitter imgs: https://t.co/hH5YsfS0ay https://t.co/kVurE6BbTS pic.twitter.com/l75h5XcNfl

      2 comments
      Twitter: Jimmy Bernot PhD 🦐🪱🏳️‍🌈
      10 votes

    12. Tether Price Manipulation Thread

      ~finance Tweet

      @Jacob Oracle: Tether Price Manipulation Thread:Tether has been manipulating #Bitcoin's price upwards for years now by printing unlimited, and unbacked $USDT.This thread will cover the controversial aspects surrounding Tether, and how it will eventually meet its demise. pic.twitter.com/vMwJxG35gF

      12 votes

    14. Twitter requests deletion of three inciteful tweets from Donald Trump. If tweets remain undeleted, account will remain locked.

      ~news Tweet

      @Twitter Safety: As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy. https://t.co/k6OkjNG3bM

      35 votes

    16. Animation representing the global annual temperature anomaly over time, discretised by month, from 1880–2020

      ~enviro Tweet

      @Scott Duncan: Wait for it...Our planet is pulsing warmer and warmer. 2020 will serve as a stark reminder that our climate is continuing to rapidly change.Each bar of colour represents a month of global temperature as we loop through 140 years of data from 1880 to 2020.[THREAD] pic.twitter.com/geNg2kDeYd

      13 votes

    17. Tim Cook responds to Facebook on Twitter: "[..] Facebook can continue to track users across apps and websites as before, [..] we just require that they ask for your permission first."

      ~tech Tweet

      @Tim Cook: We believe users should have the choice over the data that is being collected about them and how it's used. Facebook can continue to track users across apps and websites as before, App Tracking Transparency in iOS 14 will just require that they ask for your permission first. pic.twitter.com/UnnAONZ61I

      13 votes

    28. The Trump campaign is currently spending $5.4 million per week on Facebook ads, almost assuredly making it the platform's largest advertiser

      ~tech Tweet

      @Judd Legum: The Trump campaign is currently spending $5.4 MILLION PER WEEK on Facebook That's a $280 million annual rate.The Trump campaign is almost certainly Facebook's largest advertiser In 2019, Home Depot was the largest advertiser, spending $178.5 million pic.twitter.com/4BjWknL73H

      13 votes

    33. This graph shows that measuring #SARSCoV2 levels in municipal sewage almost perfectly predicts forthcoming #COVID19 cases with a full week's notice (R=0.994)

      ~health Tweet

      @brennanspiegel: This graph is amazing. It shows that measuring #SARSCoV2 levels in municipal sewage almost perfectly predicts forthcoming #COVID19 cases with a full week's notice (R=0.994). It's one of several discoveries in this new study from @Yale: https://t.co/hZVdXebx2D. C-19 is #InThePoop

      15 votes

    36. Twitter thread about Doug Geisler, an astronomy grad student who was at Manastash Ridge Observatory forty years ago when Mount St. Helens exploded 140 miles away

      ~science Tweet

      @emsque: Exactly #40YearsAgo Doug Geisler was asleep atop Manastash Ridge Observatory. An astronomy grad student, he'd just logged his first excellent night at the telescope for his PhD thesis. He was the only person on the summit, ~90 miles from #MountStHelens... #MSH40

      9 votes

    37. SCOPETREX vector gaming on your oscilloscope!

      ~tech Tweet

      @tubetimeus: announcing the SCOPETREX -- the vector gaming console for your oscilloscope or XY monitor! ever wanted to buy a Vectrex, but can't afford the high prices on auction sites? well now you can build your own! full design files at https://t.co/hHAbFwwePE

      4 votes

    42. COVID ( @UCSF ) Chronicles, Day 2

      ~health Tweet

      @bob_wachter: COVID (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 2 The response to post #1 was gratifying, so I'll make this a daily digest...of life inside @ucsf/@ucsfhospitals as we begin managing growing # of #COVID19 pts. Pic below: a few principles I'll follow for these posts. Today's issues follow...(1/10)

      4 votes

    43. Mozilla's outgoing content design lead is tweeting his artwork

      ~design Tweet

      @mart3ll: My Mozilla Design Journey ________________ Alright folks, this thread will travel through 141Gb of design files from 2006-2020. Some of the early work will be cringe-worthy, but hopefully this will show how a designer's skills progress over time. Let's get started!

      14 votes

    45. Drive-through nation

      ~health Tweet

      @skybrian: You know what we need right now? Drive-through nation. Imagine @Walmart and Costco converting to drive-through only. You put in your order somehow and wait in the car. Workers wearing masks and gloves take stuff off shelves. It would actually create jobs.

      4 votes