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For your Sunday reading, a thread version of the most interesting anecdote from my presentation yesterday: The surprisingly dramatic details behind how the official Latter-day Saint website acquired its current
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THREAD: (1) Many want to use country comparative Covid19 case/death statistics to rate/compare Covid19 policy in different countries. This is complicated, as it is uncertain how policies affect these statistics,
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WHITE AND WHITE PASSING PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON RACE: What are you getting paid?Let's confront the racial disparity on what white and white passing speakers on race & racism are making
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Okay hear me out on this one, because I read this EVERYWHERE nowadays - When you break friendships/relations based on difference of opinions, you're basically giving up on people. In
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Keir Starmer taking the fight to Boris Johnson today is welcome, but after months of the leadership not commenting on policies, Keir Starmer’s speech was a missed opportunity to show
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Imperial College London has just published projections for Pakistan. @masroorhussnain lays it out here. Sindh govt is doing the right thing. We’ve simplified the data story here. Excel sheet link
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There appears to be a lot of confusion between #ISOLATION and #QUARANTINE. These are two distinct and crucial public health measures required to prevent the spread of #COVID19. However, they
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Based on the data from studies in New York City, Boston, Stanford/Santa Clara County, & USC/LA County it now seems quite clear that the coronavirus is far more common and
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I think I get it now. I think I understand why people are so mad at Biden. I mean I don't agree, but I get it.Biden is trying to restore
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When I critique #AncientAliens or #Atlantis, people often tell me that archaeologists don’t really know what happened in the past, it’s all just interpretations, and I shouldn’t “gatekeep” interesting ideas
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this election season is about to be really ugly.the amount of loud and wrong voices are going to be unbearable. there will be a lot of narratives around people sitting
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#PrideMonth Did you know that after confronting Ugandan President on gay rights, then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got Obama Admin to cut aid to Uganda, impose visa restrictions, and
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“Daily new cases” used to be an indicator of things being bad. But only because that’s all we had. Five months into this thing, we now have better metrics. And
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Happening now: arguments in motion b/f 3 judge panel for immediate need for population reduction and accelerated release for the elderly and vulnerable Don Specter at Prison Law Office opens
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Who are your favorite African scholars who are African? It doesn't matter the discipline. Let's get to know them.I'd like us to learn more about Africans producing knowledge on Africa,
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The Tokyo Afterschool Summoner's interpretations of the Great Old Ones and how it ties into their source material - a thread To preface: I don't know anything about this game
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