Zeynep Tufekci on the Sociology of The Moment (Live) (Ep. 130) ~humanities Article 10 988 words, published Jul 7 2018 4 votes
Counterproductive public-health messaging during the pandemic ~health Article 6555 words, published Feb 26 2021 9 votes
Critical thinking isn't just a process - authoritarian muscle memory and the twists and turns of lying ~humanities Article 1637 words 7 votes
The mutated coronavirus is a ticking time bomb ~health Article 2867 words, published Dec 31 2020 10 votes
Known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns: the complexities of COVID-19 vaccine prioritization ~health Article 3212 words 8 votes
Thanksgiving harm-reduction advice for those who will travel or gather anyway ~health Article 1835 words 6 votes
Scientists know masks limit the coronavirus’s spread, but it’s impossible for randomized trials to prove that ~health Article 1397 words 5 votes
People complain that going to the shore is a careless act during a pandemic, but the science so far suggests otherwise ~health Article 598 words 7 votes
US President Donald Trump's executive order isn't only about Twitter; it's also attempting to ensure that Facebook won't change their own approach in the lead-up to the election ~tech facebook social media Article 2696 words 10 votes
How the Coronavirus revealed authoritarianism’s fatal flaw ~health Article 2653 words, published Feb 22 2020 14 votes
China is usually strategic and savvy. Why does it seem so upset about a tweet, an app, and a gamer in a mask in the absence of any real threat? ~society politics Article 2451 words 13 votes
The internet is increasingly a low-trust society—one where an assumption of pervasive fraud is simply built into the way many things function ~tech social media internet Article 1207 words 17 votes
The last season of Game of Thrones feels so wrong because its storytelling style changed from sociological to psychological ~tv Article 3114 words 23 votes