#2021

Dave Keating

DaveKeating

A reminder that Trump has many far-right allies across Europe who have gone very quiet today.Predictably, some are already downplaying yesterday's insurrection and saying it was just a protest with

Alexandra Topping

LexyTopping

The CPS are in court today facing accusations from @centreWJ and @EVAWuk, that a covert change in rape policy lead to a sharp fall in prosecutions. Story from me and

WACL

WACL1

The UK furlough fiasco for working mothers during this lockdown only gets worse. Low awareness is a factor, so here goes. A thread:1/ 71% of working mums requesting furlough have

Charlie Camosy

CCamosy

To be clear, they are *not* overwhelmed now. This directive is in *anticipation* of having traditional capacity (no hospital ships, no converted convention centers, no cooperating facilities in other counties)

Jake Anbinder

JakeAnbinder

I agree there are parallel universes in which it's possible to have a housing policy that is both slow-growth and redistributive. But if that's your pitch you need show how

The Illustration Dept.

IllusDept

Heads up Illustration Community:If you watch the Super Bowl this year, you will see an ad from Fiverr.This means that 100,000,000 people will see an ad that devalues illustration.Do you

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

Good and bad news about the Novavax protein subunit vaccine. 90% efficacy in the UK, but only ~50% in South Africa, largely because of the B.1.351 variant. Hopeful news too:

Joshua Gans

joshgans

Time for a threat on the J&J vaccine whose efficacy results were released today. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/health/covid-vaccine-johnson-and-johnson-variants.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage [1/n] First

David Huyssen

davidhuyssen

Sorry for more coup discourse (I’m agnostic!), but it’s amazing how deniers, as here, all seem to use the same playbook: breezily conflate “coup” with “coup attempt,” and assert definitional

John Mandrola, MD

drjohnm

Analysis of #Colcorona Trial results in #COVID19 outpatients with risk factors.I will add Bayesian take and focus on the ITT. (cite @ProfHayward here) Primary endpoint death or Hospitalization -- legitLink

Jasper Craven

Jasper_Craven

America's system of veteran benefits has long stood out for its promise to support all who serve. In practice, the @DeptVetAffairs has discriminated against vets of color. Under Trump, passive

Siena Anstis

sienaanstis

Great new report by @kjberdan (now part of the @citizenlab team!) on the overwhelming and fractured digital security advice out there for journalists: https://cltc.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Online_Security_Guides_for_Journalis

Izabelcavassim

izabelcavassim

Whether homologous recombination has a net beneficial or detrimental effect on adaptive evolution is largely unexplored in natural bacterial populations.https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.20.427438v1 We address this question by

Bitcoin_Sage⚡

Bitcoin_Sage

1/ With 2 (half) confirmed integrations by Shapeshift and Sushiswap plus likely wallet integrations, the cryptosphere seems to be embracing the Thorchain protocol.Thorchain is shaping up to be the liquidity

Emma Vadehra

EmmaVadehra

Ok, we have a fed. gov’t that will do (lots of) things again. Here's a quick summary of the Day 1-2 Exec Orders (EOs), Pres Memorandums (PMs), ABCDEFGs around supporting

Laycon💡

itsLaycon

Where or how to start... HmmSo it was 2020... A leap year, and my whole life took a leap... A thread... For perspective, these were some of my many thoughts

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