#Scale

Branko Milanovic

BrankoMilan

For my today's webinar at Universidad de Chile, I prepared a few additional slides that include Chile. First , the evolution of inequality. Chilean inequality (thick blue line) has gone

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

McConnell totally misunderstands the problem; thinks this is about stimulus, not support as the virus rages. So no deal on unemployment benefits any time soon, with extra benefits going away

Scottish Gaelic Duolingo

ScotsGaelicDuo

Gaelic speakers know their language is in crisis, the research published yesterday that appeared in the Guardian and other papers, although difficult to read is accurately reflects the picture on

thesweetfeminist

thesweetfem

Yesterday Biden announced that the federal gov’t will no longer contract with private prisons. But let’s put this into context (thread)! Currently, 8% of people incarcerated by the federal government

ilham

DaiMirksha

What’s happening in Behsood #AFG has the potential to develop into a large scale violence. The misinformation around the issue has deeply divided the public, creating group anxieties and fear

Max Ajl

maxajl

There seems to be an attempt to head off the waxing interest in anti-imperialism by enfolding that discussion into toothless, confusing, or confused discussions of militarism and (unfortunately) declawed versions

October never ended

loganbonner

The “nice things about 4E” thread has me thinking about the connections of 4E to #Pathfinder2E. Stephen ( @DelveRPG ) and I worked on both games, and both had perspective

Sentai_Bandicoot

SentaiBandicoot

In my experience, when it comes to entertainment, most people enjoy things not cause they fit a certain definition of "good quality," but because they found something which appeals to

Banking Pledge

BankingPledge

Some Sat morning thoughts. Stock trading is just the tip of the iceberg for democratization of finance. So many other areas ripe for disruption and we are starting to see

Jim Russell

ProducerCities

A thread about the latest iteration of American decline: "Like Putnam’s beloved bowling alleys, cinemas are an example of the decline of semiweekly gatherings in the United States" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/

Ed Conway

EdConwaySky

The UK had one of the very worst #COVID19 outbreaks in Europe. Look at England alone and it was the very worst. Nothing very surprising in these latest @ONS data

Peter Campbell

peterbcampbell

The World Customs Organization's 2019 Illicit Trade Report is out. A few quick take aways from a quick read, though i will have to delve in deeper. http://www.wcoomd.org/en/media/newsroom/2020/july/the-wco-issues-its-2019-illicit-trade-

NOAA NCEI Climate

NOAANCEIclimate

NCEI’s State Climate Extremes Committee functions as a sort of “CSI: Meteorology,” probing claims of state records and issuing investigative reports. Here’s the story of a hailstone found by Craig

Elad Ratson

EladRatson

Israel is leading the world in #COVID19 vaccinations with over 150K new people per day. Many wonder how Israel managed to secure from @Pfizer millions of #BioNTech dosages while richer,

small robots

smolrobots

Nate Silver's replies are a good place to see a demonstration of Twitter users' absolute inability to read what they're replying to. Like, he's literally just outlining scenarios based on

Peter Power

de_Paor

To my Artist and Art worker friends I want say something important: I’m sure some of you are experiencing a strange series of emotions presently. Some of you have been

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