#Crisis

Laura K. Field

lkatfield

@hamandcheese Sam, responding to what you say here since I've seen this in a couple places. I’m not saying the V piece is bad because it’s illiberal - though, like

(((David Colarusso)))

Colarusso

If you think 100,000 deaths will act as a wake up call, consider that the average American has only a 4% chance of being close to one of the deceased.

Seth Klein

SethDKlein

Given the pandemic, I can’t go on a national book tour. So instead, I’m going on a virtual tour with special book launch events (Sept 14-Oct 5) designed for 6

Defund Charlottesville Police

defundcpd

Dear C-Ville City Council Members, The police violence on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall on July 8, 2020 represents one of many reasons why the community is calling C-ville City Council

29TRILLION

29TRILLION

THREAD: Innovative Food Options 1. Farms that DeliverEnter Your Zip and find farms that deliver near you. https://farmsthataredelivering.com/ 2. LAID-OFF CHEF SIDE HUSTLE (Bay Area)Closed restaurants finding ways to deliver

Blue

discoursebuster

Anyone else excited to see how these new (toxic) anime fans who started during quarantine are gonna handle going to cons?I've already seen antis say shit like, "I'm scared I'll

Dr Clemens Chay

SINGulfura

[Thread] The Early Professional Years of the Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad (God bless and protect him from harm)I had an intriguing conversation with an ex-Cabinet minister on Sheikh Sabah's formative

Cloudwater Brew Co

cloudwaterbrew

Srebrenica massacre, Kobe Earthquake, The Troubles, Hurricane Maria, 2011 Southeast Asian floods, 9/11, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Salmonella egg poisoning , Hurricane Katrina, Titanic, 2010 Gansu mudslide, Jonestown massacre, SARS

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Canadian Prime Ministers have a fun gambit: when things start to go really badly for them, they "prorogue" (suspend) Parliament, which dissolves all committees, inquiries, etc, until such time as

Joe Galli

JoeGalliNews

.@COSAGOV City Council is expected to officially extend the Stay at Home ordinance to April 30. I’ll be tweeting the the latest updates on the #coronavirus response from the city

Alexandra Erin

AlexandraErin

Contrarian opinion: it might not work, but the Trump White House gambling that US voters will become numb to ongoing, needless death as a fact of life even in the

Cody Miller

CodyMillerELA

Remember:1. The GOP is asking SCOTUS to gut ACA, thus cancelling healthcare for millions.2. GOP governors still refuse to expand Medicaid, thus denying healthcare to millions.3. Trump & the GOP

Andrew Millar

CSARural_Env

An extraordinary moment in UK financial history. Don't lose it in the blizzard of Covid-19 stats. @bankofengland and @hmtreasury have recognised one of the origins of the money supply (aka

Rizoma Field School

RizomaSchool

Ok let's dig deeper into this theory, which is informed by the findings from the fieldwork I did for my book.https://twitter.com/RizomaSchool/status/1344287828667228161?s=20 In educated circles (that is, among college educated and

Clifford Asness

CliffordAsness

I’ve avoided fighting with this insane person for a while, as while sometimes brilliant, he’s often very wrong and clearly both nuts and a world class terrible person. Didn’t need

Alexis Goldstein

alexisgoldstein

Let's talk about bailouts and accountability. During the last financial crisis, I was working at Merrill Lynch. Everyone on Wall Street was really worried the banks were going to be