#Policy

Since transitioning to life almost exclusively in my home in March, I've come to appreciate even more how lucky I am to live in a walkable neighborhood, and have thought
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Another week, another set of jobs without required salary disclosure on the @SmartNonprofits job board, 170 days after their announcement of their stated organizational value of equity and transparency. Guess
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I wanted to say something about Liz Truss's announcement on equalities and have thought about it for 12 hours but honestly I still can't fathom what on earth they are
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I’m pleased to say @REACHCenterEd has released: “The Effects of School Reopenings on COVID-19 Hospitalizations.” We think it’s the 1st US study involving COVID health *outcomes* & 1st w data
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(1/9) A short thread on recent case trends in the UK and the impact of "Track and Trace" hotspot testing. Firstly, cases (by date reported) *have* gently increased since 1st
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1/Let's talk about the Uighurs, and why you should care about them, and why people in America do care about them (which are two very different things).https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-29/china-forces-birth-control-on-musl
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#Truth, spoken by my the brilliant @arghavan_salles. A harmful hero narrative has been applied to medicine. I, like many, deeply respect the work and skills of my colleaguses. But I
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Good morning #mtleg! Boy do I have a #thread for you. Last night Biden signed the following Executive order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/executive-order-preventing-and-combating-discrimination-on
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The privileged around the world deliberately conflate *poverty* with socio-economic marginalisation based on caste, gender, race and ethnicity. Let me share a few pointers from my labour courses! @AmbedkarCaravan @Profdilipmandal
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It is easy to point system failures, but in reality even 10 months into the pandemic, many analytical functions everywhere around the world are still struggling to keep up. +Suddenly
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G’day mates in the USA,With #Election2020 there will be a lot of,“If _______ wins I’m moving to Australia.” A few things to keep in mind beyond roos, beaches, Hemsworths,
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The @GlasgowCC 'Connecting Community' public conversion had a survey question about the city reallocating road-space away from cars to more sustainable ways of travel.I am glad to see that 76%*
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Hot take: Twitter banning Donald Trump is good and is in keeping with past media practice in American history. Yes, I'm aware of the dangers of large monopolies dictating what
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Republicans have been calling Democrats weak, communists, and godless since forever.How is it that Democratic strategists have, after all this time, failed to learn that “No we’re not!” is extremely
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Oh dear @leedslibraries cancelled an online drag queen story event after a hate campaign by Mumsnet users to have it stopped, aided by a Sarah Field of Leeds Council.Sad to
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The @HouseForeign hearings on the W. Balkans focusing on need for structural reforms in Bosnia & importance of NATO membership, democratic backsliding in Serbia, growing clout of Beijing & Moscow
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