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Caitlin Rivers, PhD

cmyeaton

Today I shared testimony with the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, & Education on the #COVID19 response. I told the committee what I’ve been saying here. We are in

the oranckay

oranckay

As someone who has read all the Confucian classics in the original, and in Korean schools: Yes, it does seem to have an effect. Namely that people expect a nat’l

balajis.com

balajis

I don't think people realize that there is no normal to go back to anymore. At absolute minimum:1) Supply & demand has been reallocated across the economy, with travel &

Herman Mashaba

HermanMashaba

The salary cut will generate, over 3 months, just R13 million.Why don't you take some real action @CyrilRamaphosa?Reducing the public sector wage bill by 30% will save R170 billion p/aWe

Cy Rille

CyRille_Mecano

Thread :Et si nous parlions de #railcoop, la société dite "coopérative" qui veut recréer une relation Bordeaux Lyon par le train, abandonnée depuis 2014. Elle dispose depuis le début de

martial 11

martialdeyforyo

I grew up believing so many lies, but here is the one that probably hurts me the most.MICHEAL JACKSONA thread Rather than what we were told to believe. Michael actually

JAIN FAMILY INSTITUTE

jainfamilyinst

We were glad to join @aspeninst today for a convening of experts & practitioners concerned about payments delivery for the CARES Act. Some takeaways on the bill’s cash transfer program—a

Nathan Stall

NathanStall

In the last 24 hours, two more Ontario #LTC residents died of #COVID19: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/two-more-residents-die-in-covid-19-outbreak-at-extendicare-west-end-villaThere remain 22 active Ontario #LTC home outbreaks (s

Jeffrey Sachs

JeffreyASachs

Trump has said something insane. What do you do?Are you a Trump supporter or anti-anti-Trumper?No: Denounce it.Yes: See below. Is whatever Trump said so crazy that absolutely nobody could take

Jason Joyce

jjoyce

Let’s talk about newspaper editorial board endorsements. These election year OPINION pieces often end up causing some confusion among readers and politicians. 1/ Candidate endorsements are decided by editorial boards,

Oren Cass

oren_cass

[Thread.] With @marcorubio and @HawleyMO daring to question how well our markets are serving our society, and what we might do to improve matters, troops are tripping over themselves, and

Physically Distant Jeff

lang_weir

Thread: Did some thinking about the incredibly bad library article in yesterday's Globe, and thought I'd share some highlights on how lazy and intellectually dishonest it was.Some I'll share as

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

In 1933, FDR created the Civilian Conservation Corps, which went on to employ 3m workers (5% of the US male workforce!) in projects whose benefit we still feel today: road-

Alex-ogre 👹 Reid Ross

areidross

With the Blumenthal imbroglio, I've seen folks put forward this old article of mine, which was spiked after he threatened to sue (not due to factual errors). So I'm making

Representative Greta Neubauer

RepGreta

The Wisconsin State Assembly held our first-ever hybrid virtual/in-person session today. This was an important legislative first step in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin, but it shouldn't be our

RL Miller

RL_Miller

Hey. Y'all listening? I want to talk about the Biden Climate/ Clean Energy Plan and how the 2020 Democratic Party platform can make it better. Longish thread, which I'll tag