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H i s t o r yK E

HistoryKE

#HistoryKEThread: Is History About To SAP Us Again?In 1963, after more than a decade’s episode of violent struggle for freedom, Kenya attained her independence. Then in 1991, roughly 28 years

Shehzad Qazi

shehzadhqazi

China's official data lack credibility because of the NBS's questionable statistical methods, including cherry-picking what data to publish. Its Q3 GDP release brought back concerns about accuracy and manipulation.THREAD...@ATFinanc

Lyman Stone 石來民

lymanstoneky

i mean by my count is 550,000 but YMMVhttps://twitter.com/sangerkatz/status/1350130677690331136 The math on this pretty simple.First, you take CDC's reported deaths. Then you make an adjustment for underreporting of recent deaths.

IIF

IIF

THREAD | Research Round-up A look at the week’s research from the IIF, including: A surge in #globaldebt, reaching a record-high 331% of GDP ($258T) in Q1 2020

Junhyong Kim

JunhyongKim

Tomorrow is this talk by talented Paul Magwene. He is one of the deepest thinker of my former trainees.@lpachter kindly pointed Paul, Paul Lizardi, and I conceptualized pseudotime and I

Lyman Stone 石來民

lymanstoneky

y'all I completely forgot it was Friday so Death Day is gonna happen but it's gonna be delayed and abbreviated Well folks, today's death report has some good news. It

Vijay Boyapati

real_vijay

1/ On the eve of #Bitcoin 's quadrennial supply shock, inquiring minds are wondering whether the so-called "Bitcoin halving" is "priced in". In this thread I will explain that it

Brett McGurk

brett_mcgurk

When Trump claims he’s bringing troops “home” from #Iraq, ask how many American forces are deployed in the Middle East. When he hailed pulling 1k troops out of Syria, for

Phil Syrpis

syrpis

In the debate about the A level results fiasco, many seem to be turning their fire from Ofqual and the Govt, to Universities. Why, it is said, can't Universities simply

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

I've had this conversation dozens of times with white friends and colleagues. It is, I would argue, one of the major epistemological fault lines in our political culture today. tl;dr--structures/systems

University of Leeds Careers Service

LeedsUniCareers

Disability History Month begins today with the theme of "Access: How far have we come? How far have we to go?"Issues of access and discrimination are huge in recruitment and

Stian Flage

stianflage

1/ Just 2 trading days left before the Global X $URA #Uranium ETF rebalancing. Based on my interpretation of the rules and rough calculations, here's my take on who will

FIERYREDPLANET

PassingbyEarth

I am predicting that this may be a our last NORMALLY CELEBRATED Christmas on planet Earth. I am predicting that earthquakes will pickup around the world and the New Madrid

Jonathan Roth

jondr44

Thanks so much, Jen, for tweeting about our paper!A brief thread diving into the econometrics black box: 1/Nhttps://twitter.com/jenniferdoleac/status/1357317831084367874 Social scientists are often interested in policies that are adopted by

facts&effects

EffectsFacts

1/21 Sweden. This respiratory illness season's age adjusted all-cause mortality was significantly lower than both 2016/17 and 2017/18. Will our myopic focus on one cause of death optimize public health

Samantha Chill Dawg

Samantha_J9

THREAD Covid and obesity. A 2012 BMJ Open study found that “Almost 60% of calories consumed in the period 2007–2012 came from ultra-processed foods. Consumption of ultra-processed foods was higher

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