#Public

I taught as a college lecturer for a few years and one of my courses was Environmental Studies, which got rave reviews and eventually additional sections were added for me
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"The #MiddleEast is today facing the twin threats of potential mass virus outbreaks in conflict zones and looming socio-economic upheaval. Both crises could have severe humanitarian consequences." - @FCarboniICRC #COVID19
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Strong story by @Kaubo with a small contribution by me (I interviewed Professor McLaws) COVID-19 study clears NSW schools for student returnhttps://www.smh.com.au/national/safe-as-houses-covid-19-study-clears-nsw-schools-for-student-return-20200425-
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Let’s stop with the “It’s just a bad flu” stuff. NYS serology data shows a 13.9% infection rate across NYS, 21% in NYC. That means ~20k deaths (15k confirmed) among
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Aghorpanth: Breaking some myths (A Thread)Those who know the spiritual side of me (which is apparently none here I guess as I do not post a lot about it), know
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What if we had a better metric for communicating the risk COVID-19 currently poses to society than case numbers?The R number and deaths also have big flaws (more )What if
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In its Winter 2020 issue, @NiemanReports takes a look at journalists and news organizations working in innovative ways to make climate coverage more personal, urgent, and engrossing. Read the stories
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1- Yesterday, Biden said "American leadership means ending the forever war*" in Afghanistan. It is almost exactly 20 years after the US invaded, in Sept. 2001. The US leaves defeated,
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Zero Covid: 42 times fewer deaths and five times less contraction in GDP"Paris, April 2, 2021: The Zero Covid strategy is by far the most effective way to fight the
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1. All this talk about opposition research tonight is driving me nuts because so many people are getting it wrong (not Kyle). This is an area I know well, I
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Men do not lose their power by changing their clothing, or wearing makeup. To imply that male privilege is dependent on how men feel about their bodies and how they
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Behind the ‘Orange Curtain’ PART 2 Before I move on to a different OC Board of Supervisor, I received numerous requests to
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Thread: The 48 Laws of Power, how narcissists use them, how to recognize them, and how to avoid being manipulated by them.I'm getting the rough outline of each one from
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A thread for anyone who cannot bear to watch the President humiliate the country on national television once again. It's about this very good @JamesFallows column on what news media
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Guiffre Vs Maxwell update09/02The USVI seeks confidential access to these sealed documents and unfiled discoveryhttps://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4355835/1110/giuffre-v-maxwell/ MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 1110 MOTION to Intervene a
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THREAD: If we'd taken certain steps in winter - and recognized #coronavirus had characteristics we always feared in its balance between transmissibility and lethality - we may be in different
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