#Conditions

Thread. The pandemic exposed tourism as Hawaii's new plantation—a monoculture with smaller, dependent industries. The recent reopening of transpacific travel is worrisome for two reasons: virus spreaders and predatory investors.
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Alright for those of you who are feeling the "is my research even important at all"-during-COVID19 feels... I see you and I know your work is important and great.The thing
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This Day in Labor History: August 23, 1927. Massachusetts executes Sacco & Vanzetti for the murder of two men in 1920. This trial and execution was the most grotesque combo
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NEW: Illinois Governor announces new “modified” stay-at-home order. It’s effective May 1st. It includes a lot of new information. THREAD 1/* Illinois’ new stay-at-home order includes allowing some outdoor recreation.
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This is another example of allowing political power to define the domain of objectivity versus subjectivity.Exactly the problem with the disapproval of news night.https://twitter.com/polprofsteve/status/1266052505542238208 Power is being al
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[THREAD] The P.1 variant of COVID-19 was 3.4% of sequenced cases in NYC btwn April 12-18. There were ~17,500 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in NYC that week, so if 3.4%
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Dear friend, RICE WATER + ALOEVERA + LAVENDER OIL can bring your dull, dehydrated, acne prone skin back to life. #skinherball.[If you see this tweet, please do well to re-tweet]
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Us: “You don’t need to confess your sins to be forgiven.”What people claim we say: “You don’t need to repent!”We are not forgiven because of our confession, but because God
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The science surrounding Covid-19 & Sars-CoV-2 is all over the place. There is no consensus. The more we learn, the more confused we become. Is the virus seasonal? Do lockdowns
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Obama: "Listen, if [Trump] cannot answer a tough question like, 'What would you like to do in your second term,' then it is our job to make sure he does
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WARNING:Let's get ahead of this, okay?Doug Ford is going to go on television today and yell at people. He's going to be angry. And the first impulse of many if
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#shortthoughts In current arguments I don't believe we always distinguish sufficiently between the effects of lockdown & the effects of the pandemic. It's also easier to 'blame' the lockdown because
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This is a thread about the 1918 flu pandemic and how Miami’s black community got its first real hospital after that pandemic. Special thanks to @jddelapaz_ for sharing some of
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1/9Very interesting thread. Capital Economics says China’s GDP growth has been overstated by roughly 12% in the past five years – a very hefty number – while the San Francisco
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A Thanksgiving surprise! @TexasStandard devoted today's show entirely to mental health. Wow! We are featured in the lead segment - discussion on MH policy between Colleen Horton of @HoggFoundation, @LauraRiceKUT,
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The 1937 Gardendale Project was a trial of rammed earth as a technique used in mass produced affordable homes in Alabama, USA. In terms of cost they were comparable to
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