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flora chang

flo2changz

No one asked but I wanted to share my experience traveling to Taiwan this past week to highlight what Taiwan is doing right regarding COVID-19 and why it’s quite unsurprising

Kelly Swope

kmsswope

1. THREAD: Posting a piece I co-authored in 2019 with @anacidcommie in @timeshighereducation about the grad student mental health crisis. Below, I review the argument and situate it in context

Alex Collinson

Alex__Collinson

New figures show that trade union membership went up by 91,000 in 2019.This is the third year it's risen.Keep it rising, join a union. The number of women in trade

James Smokey

jsmokes73

I find this a little grotesque. The fact that there's more anger at Snow and how she exposed someone's lies than at the person who lied? The person who lied

Jo Phillips

joglasg

Can I have a small rant about #Coronavirus please? First off, re Boris Johnson. When did we jump from "no I won't be clapping for him" and "not sure shaking

Josh McCluskey

MccluskeyJosh

Two Mass Shooters are Out in Wauwatosa and Kenosha, WisconsinA thread https://www.joshmccluskey.com/two-mass-shooters-are-out-in-wauwatosa-and-kenosha-wisconsin/ The tragic news of a mass shooting in the Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa, WI outsi

Elaine Arnaqiaq Chukan Brown

hawk_wakawaka

I’ve been thinking on forms of social commentary + how to distinguish them. Satire vs bullying is a crucial one. Importantly satire is directed at people greater than, w more

Grant LaFleche

GrantRants

As we have reported, the anti-mask groups have present a number of false claims about pandemic safety measures, including claims about masks being a violation of human rights. The hyperbole

Christopher Schmidt

crschmidt

Today I learned:Brookline is home to a 280+ acre country club. 280 acres is approximately the size of Mid-Cambridge. Mid-Cambridge is home to approximately 13,000 residents. Last year, the country

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

All over the world, the authorities are closing down parks and trails—but that's unsustainable, counterproductive and probably even harmful. Instead, we should adapt to the pandemic and retool them for

HRH Tanya, Duchess of #TheBench

ladyrocksavage

We talk about Andrew maintaining his HRH and military appointments and we now see how royals welcome members working with "the enemy," but here's what's what: as long as they

GRRRR: Fabulous Wreck Shark

DarthMamaShark

Jokes aside, I find the PEPP-PT app freaking scary. I know folks working on a more privacy-preserving solution if you're going to do something like this, but let me say

Molson Hart

Molson_Hart

Almost 3 years ago my family and I decided to leave our beloved Astoria Queens in NYC for a better place to live.2 days ago we closed on a house

Jeffrey Lazarus

jlazarus001

1/n On one hand, I know the the NYT tax story is huge. It confirms and adds detail to what we knew all along about Trump's finances and criminal activity.

Steve Thomas CBE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

stevethomas100

THREAD- Its early days but very soon, the scale of the “shock geometry” of Coronavirus on the economy and public finances will need deep analysis. What do we know to

Sagnik Sen

riksag

India should try and build big databases of health or e-registries for monitoring and surveillance of infectious diseases year-round..few such registries exist, but they are worse than functional.. @covid19indiaorg and