#FUTURE

noah

nowwith11as

Let's peek into a potential (and extremely unlikely) Illinoisan future. It is June 2021, and Joe Biden's vice president Tammy Duckworth has left a vacant Senate seat. Running off of

Kevin Kaduk, Midway Minute

KevinKaduk

So today’s big news:I’m launching the @MidwayMinute Rewards Program for subscribers! The daily email is also getting a new look.One more big announcement too (and it has nothing to do

Gene Siskel Film Center

filmcenter

Which #Chicago back under lockdown, you have the perfect opportunity to explore the films in our virtual cinema! Check it out (a thread): JUST ADDED DIVINE LOVE (DIVINO AMOR)2019, Gabriel

Simranjeet Singh

singhs020

yesterday I finished reading Zero to Sold by @arvidkahl . Here is a summary of the same There are four stages of a bootstrapped business:- Preparation- Survival- Stability- Growth Preparation

Black Together Again

KProtein19

THREAD: While Bostock v. Clayton County is a win for protection against being fired for being lesbian/gay/transgender, the Court’s decision to anchor its analysis on biological sex is also a

Camellia Tea Ceremony

camelliakyoto

THE ROCKS THAT SING, WAIL & WALKRocks, whether worshipped as the dwelling place of gods, as mystical objects in their own right, or used as garden decoration, were highly valued

IIED

IIED

THREAD: In December, @LCotula travelled to Colombia with law expert @nicolasmperrone & IIED's Brendan Schwartz. They met with activists, miners, lawyers, mayors & government officials to explore investment disputes &

Bronwyn Williams

bronwynwilliams

Completely free non-fiction advent calendar thread. One book recommendation a day from my best-of 2020 reading list. Happy holidays. Day 1: Skin in the Game by @nntaleb - not new

Daniela Gabor

DanielaGabor

almost quaint that IMF still holds onto 'human capital' to account for divergent growth performance, but then I read about Eastern Europe's 'success' story and am reminded of how destructive

Niko

nikolasklein

I got to talk with @_adamwiggins_ and @mmcgrana about Collaborative Creativity on their podcast Metamuse! We were talking about how iterating together openly can lead to more innovative and inclusive

Bloom Lab

jbloom_lab

In new work, we show a human coronavirus evolves to escape neutralization by antibody immunity (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.17.423313v1). Specifically, we studied the historical evolution of the common-cold CoV-229E to l

Rahul Matthan

matthan

I’m going to try and read 52 books this year. For the third year in a row. Because three times is a charm. Here’s the list for 2020.https://twitter.com/matthan/status/1079989876735524864 Book #1

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

So you may have heard concerns about the mink variant of #SARSCoV2 that was discovered in Denmark and is leading to the decision to cull all farmed minks in the

John Street Capital

JohnStCapital

3/ The Fed in 6 weeks bought more Treasuries than they did in 10 years under Bernanke & Yellen. Corporate borrowing which usually goes down in a recession and had

Adam Givens

AdamGivens71

The Battle of Ia Drang began OTD in 1965, the first big clash for US forces in Vietnam and the litmus test for the #airmobility concept after more than a

Gregg Gonsalves

gregggonsalves

I think @SamAdlerBell in his quest to be the contrarian on Fauci gets several things wrong here. 1/https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1355474282030260224 First, the failure last year actually was driven by the White House,

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