#2021

We're encouraged to think as consumers, not workers. Thinking abt my complicity in feeling more/less OK abt eating *outdoors* while "Line cooks had a 60% increase in mortality associated with
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***Taps Mic*** AHEM!!! As we're sliding into 2021, I have a single plea for the masses. Please take the time to determine your personal walk-up song(s). This is the song
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I want to thank all of the North Texans who have reached out to me, my family, and my office offering your support and prayers. I will admit that I
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We have just uploaded a pre-print to MedRxiv sharing our data on the potential for sera from recipients of currently administered mRNA vaccines to neutralize 10 different circulating strains of
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[1/6] President-elect Biden announced top picks for his "science team" today, including geneticist Eric Lander (@eric_lander) as director of @WHOSTP and his science adviser:https://buildbackbetter.gov/press-releases/president-elec
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Republican talking points we need kill: -$15 min. wage hurts businesses -Impeachment is unconstitutional -Impeachment will fan the flames -Pres. Biden doesn’t want bipartisanship or unity as he has said
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This article by @EricaLG highlights the need to consider the role schools can play in preventing suicide. However, school reopening as a suicide prevention strategy presents a lot of concerns
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Today we have published the latest Living Standards Outlook – taking a look at what the next few years have in store for household incomes in the UK. A few
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A "post-viral tsunami" is gathering, with devastating consequences for large numbers of people. Some of its effects closely resemble ME/CFS, a condition whose 250,000 sufferers in the UK have been
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Per the 2021 LSO budget, the @ccla_abcc library grant will be reduced by 14% next year, a huge cut to our budget. Thank you to our Board and External Relations
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1/8 This study about transmission in NC schools is getting a lot of attention. My thoughts;https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2021/01/06/peds.2020-048090@JMartin4Schools @votekeithsutton @WRAL 2/8 Prevalence in NC had rema
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In November, @hinz_und_kunzt reported on COVID-19 vaccine prioritisation for the homeless community in Hamburg. Now, @BigIssue reports on plans in Oldham, near Manchester, to follow in their footsteps.https://www.bigissue.com/latest/it-shou
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If you're teaching college during the pandemic, it's really important to remember that some of your students may be in this situation, and that it's your job to lighten their
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The end of an era (@joerichlaw) Just a reminder of why this matters and why it's a very good thing 1/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/28/rspca-plans-to-stop-taking-animal-abusers-to-court-privately I investigated the RSPCA'
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welcome step, but a monumental task ahead:”’It’s not okay for a police officer to be a member of a Nazi group, and we don’t have any policy that says we
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1. Sigh, this idea that #DavidLynch is a troll needs to be interrogated a littlehttps://variety.com/2021/tv/news/david-lynch-trolls-youtube-1234897322 2. Sure, to our media news-cycle saturated eyes it does look like he's trolling, but
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