#Pandemic

Darius Kazemi

tinysubversions

Just came across a really great paper about bots and misinformation. "Middle East Twitter bots and the covid-19 infodemic", by @abulkhaezuran @nouraaljizawi at @citizenlab. I think it's a preprint?PDF: http://workshop-proceedi

Justin Wolfers

JustinWolfers

Payrolls in November rose a mere +245k. That's the sort of number you might see in a "normal" month, and definitely not what you're hoping for in the snapback from

(((Eric Koreen)))

ekoreen

I wrote this four years ago for #BellLetsTalk . It still stands.https://theathletic.com/35405/2017/01/25/koreen-why-it-is-paramount-to-talk-about-mental-health-today-and-every-day/ It’s been a really tough year for a lot of people, and it

Em Gill

EmilyEvaGill

I had a look at schools in Gwent and how they have been affected by coronavirus in the first half term. Unsurprisingly @MonmouthshireCC has been the least affected, which correlates

Andy Cowper

HPIAndyCowper

Well. This is a thing from Alan. “The case for the defence of the Health Department during 2020 is that we backed a lot of horses,. The majority of them

bibliotekah

tttkay

#CLIRLACC2020 teaching for social justice in a pandemic is a mindset, not a checklist of practices. teaching requires a mindset of care and compassion, not inflexible attitudes around "rigor" etc

Katie Foutz

kfoutz

Starting a thread of all the ways this community is pulling together during the #covid19 outbreak, starting with child care for health care providers and first responders, via @sanfordhealth.https://news.sanfordhealth.org/coronavirus-diseas

Casey Fiesler, PhD, JD, geekD

cfiesler

The question below is part of a thread that starts with an NYT profile of Heather Cox Richardson, who writes a daily newsletter with a huge public audience: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/27/business/media/heather-cox-richardson-substack-b

Pete Lincoln

petelincoln48

1/We are now being enslaved by the leaders of the Cult of Scientism where Priests (scientists) determine what science and truths are acceptable. Galileo had it good, while he got

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/11An article worth thinking about: “As changes to the world structure accelerate, China’s rule is in sharp contrast with the turmoil in the West,” says Beijing.I agree, but I draw

Rep. Carlos G Smith

CarlosGSmith

YIKES! Overlooked from @GovRonDeSantis budget veto was $28 MILLION in court-ordered funding to treat humans (also known as inmates) with Hep C in our state prisons. Unfortunately, @FL_Corrections knowingly allowed

Permanent Future

TheEternal_now

Thought I'd put together a small thread on possibilities during a Biden administration. I would like to preface this by saying my personal politics are FAR to the left of

Tim Harford

TimHarford

1/ What a difference a few weeks makes. In mid-December, I asked a collection of wise guests on my BBC radio programme How to Vaccinate the World about the importance

el gato malo

boriquagato

i have been resistant to accepting the "the WHO is now a bought and paid for propaganda arm" hypothesis, but this latest statement is such utter and complete bollocks that

Catherine McKenzie

CEMcKenzie1

Okay folks! It's the content none of you have been waiting for: a pandemic rewatch of my first television love: Remington Steele! Four and a quarter seasons, will they or

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joby_jacob

I know local electeds have zero input on the # of doses coming to NYC but lobbying hard to get a site in NEQ seems performative. The city doesn’t even

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