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Benjy Renton

bhrenton

What happened at UNC? Earlier in the day I discussed news of clusters at four residence halls on and off-campus. Later in the afternoon, the university announced all classes shifting

Tuomas Malinen

mtmalinen

A financial crisis is probably the most feared economic event known to man. I've done (mostly acad.) research on them for over 10 years. As we are likely closing in

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/Who will put $600 to better use -- Scrooge, or Tiny Tim?A Christmas economics explainer.https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/should-you-give-600-to-scrooge-or 2/A few people claim that Scrooge would put $600 to better use, because he'd s

Tim Harford

TimHarford

Storytime!In 1935, officials in the British Air Ministry were worried about falling behind Nazi Germany in the technological arms race...1/ They decided to explore the possibility of a DEATH RAY.They

Michael Otsuka

MikeOtsuka

Your @UniversitiesUK employer has a legal duty to assess the risks of resuming teaching in person. Make sure yours has assessed the risks of airborne (aerosol) Covid-19 transmission in the

Michael Otsuka

MikeOtsuka

If university students aren't tested every 2-3 days, "colleges are very likely to fall prey to outbreaks that will place vulnerable people on campus & in the surrounding community at

Amy Martin #BlackLivesMatter

amyrozelmartin

Key ingredients of a child friendly city with @timrgill at Re_Festival @CIVIC_SQUARE Think about the kinds of places you played with a child. Think of where you played...? Was it

Othman Laraki

othman

1/ As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, a missing testing metric can help explain the ineffectiveness of our containment efforts. The public discussion around testing has been relating to testing

Sarah Marsh

reuterssarah

1/ #Cuba is hopeful U.S. President Joe #Biden will swiftly reverse his predecessor’s hardline approach toward the island and resume the policy of detente begun by the Obama administration, top

Garrett M. Graff

vermontgmg

THREAD: Now that the GAO has made clear that @DHS_Wolf and @HomelandKen are serving illegally atop DHS (and @HomelandKen continues to even use the wrong title on his Twitter account),

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docrussjackson

Sociology of nationalism THREADWe've witnessed the rise of political leaders & parties relying on #populist #nationalist discourse: Trump, Orbán, Modi & Bolsanaro are united by their espousal of nationalism, majoritarianism,

George Chidi

neonflag

This is fascinating. A lot of you know that I was, for years, ADID's social impact director. I helped formulate ADID's formal policies on public food distribution. I have strong

Jade Eloise Norris

jadenozzz

I've read all the papers cited by Govt evidence report regarding face coverings.First of all, I was astounded at the amount of refeneces to newspaper articles & YouTube videos of

christal

dearskye

tw: suicide part of suicide prevention is being able to talk about it when we *need* to and not when it's socially comfortable. in my sept letter, i build upon

Sandy Douglas

sandyddouglas

There’s a bit more back story that's probably worth having in the public domain re AZ/Ox vaccine supply to UK & EU. These explained the tech & funding. Some

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

Covid Epi Weekly Jan 22: Racing Against Mutants!The post-holiday flood cresting but cases, hospitalizations and deaths remain astronomically high. Viral mutants increasingly concerning. Vaccination is our best tool but only

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