#Policy

Faceboook's company-wide employee Q&A starts now. Some top questions: -Facebook's brand has become toxic. How can we improve it?-What could we have done better with the WhatsApp changes rollout?-Why are
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Tomorrow night we will livestream a historic Rally for a Livable Future with political leaders, activists, musicians, and organizers who are committed to passing a Green New Deal. Sign up
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Pfizer Vaccine Info Thread: This has more information in it than you'd get from a doctor.Read up. Or don't. Your mind, your choice. Your body, your choice. - Vaccines
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Teachers are expected to take a bullet for their students. We've suffered through years of being condescended to. We pivoted on a day's notice this spring to offer crisis schooling.
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I’ve read this report from @iealondon and @K_Niemietz about the NHS “being nothing special”.At best, it’s a bit silly. At worst, well, I can’t really repeat that.Anyway, let’s take a
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These are dark days for science. Reason, the scientific method, and objectivity are our preferred weapons. We believe thoughtful engagement should drive public policy. But what happens when the powerful
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THREAD (long one this time)I’m reading 2 new books: Brett Christophers' Rentier Capitalism, and @PeterKGeoghegan'sDemocracy for Sale, and together they paint quite a picture. Let's explore... TL:DR Our rentier economy
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As Josh Lynham in the #WestWing once exclaimed "We've got the big MO!" That's right the momentum on #climate action & the transition to #renewables is now becoming too hard
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So all of this talk of police reform got me thinking of Our Intel Agencies and what went wrong with them, specifically the CIA, its Origins and its DNA. This
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.@KCStar has been closely following @HawleyMO, now a national figure, for years going back to his days as Missouri AG. Here are some examples. Starting with this one from @lindsaywise,
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As part of President Joe Biden's 17 new executive orders during his first day in office, he will also undo EIGHT of Donald Trumps orders. Here they all are in
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1 like 1 reason we need rent controls high rents trap tenants in the private rented sector high rents are a key cause of homelessness high rents cost the public
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40 harsh truths I wish someone told me at the start of my Investing Career:1. The market doesn't care how much you paid for a stock or what you think
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Fun fact: while the Civil Rights *Division* was created under Eisenhower, it took over the duties and records of the Civil Rights *Section*, a Roosevelt creation.https://twitter.com/sifill_ldf/status/1332375580470337536 The Civil Rights
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Last year the Geneva-based Mixed Migration Centre commissioned me to look into the effects of the pandemic on urban migrants. Months of research showed me that COVID-19 is an "arrival
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Let's clear up some misconceptions about #AustrianEconomics. If people want to dismiss this school of thought, which many seem inclined to do for political (not theoretical) reasons, at least they
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