#PANDEMIC

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

Here we go again. Last week, 2 million workers applied for unemployment insurance (UI). Breaking that down: 1.2 million applied for regular state UI (not seasonally adjusted), and 830,000 applied

Quartz

qz

1/ The pandemic has forced millions of people to spend many more hours than they’d like in spaces that are simply good enough. Now, people are paying more attention than

The Onlooker

TheOnlooker18

In addition to the $1.4 trillion omnibus spending and $900 billion in COVID-19 relief, there are provisions that could see ordinary internet users facing up to $30,000 in fines for

square root of -1

myopiabillson

So I've been making changes to my diet - small ones, bc I'm not the best with big or quick changes. A big part of me will just be like,

Keturah

anotherketurah

welp, a lot of you are going to be quarantining soon, so if you have the resources to prepare, here's stuff to keep in mind:1. do your laundry. you know

Sam Strickland

Strickomaster

A thread detailing why schools are not closed (this is not a rant nor a gripe, it is a reflection on reality).... Schools have had to operate at high speed,

Real Change

RealChangeNews

.@SeattleCouncil Budget Committee shortly. We have heard that there will be a budget amendment introduced to remove all Safe Consumption Space funding proposed in the budget. We need all Councilmembers

Stephen Stetson

StetsonStephen

New press release from us expressing frustration at the Alabama PSC's approval of heavy investment by Alabama Power in new fossil fuel gas power plants. Dirty, unnecessary, expensive.https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2020/08/sta

Brooke Binkowski

brooklynmarie

Today I got the idea to put together a thread of every public official, elected or appointed, who is advocating for or trying to normalize mass die-offs as a right

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R0MANSDIOR

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Avaaz

Avaaz

During #Covid19, @Facebook’s algorithm has become a major threat to public health. Our new report shows how, in the last year, it has helped networks spreading health misinformation get an

Dr Benjamin 'Ward Viking' Janaway 💙

drjanaway

#SackWhitty seems to be trending. It's time to remind you that Whitty has been both working on the wards and leading the UK science response alongside SAGE. It's not his

Marc-André Argentino

_MAArgentino

1/ I hate doing this because I'm not into twitter spats but let's go because comments like this are problematic. When making comments about QAnon at least try and read

Brett Koenig

koenibre

Just attended a meeting for @UBC Public Health students, having the opportunity to address concerns of Prof Peter Berman, as head of @ubcspph, who travelled to Hawaii over the holidays

Jeremy Farrar

JeremyFarrar

Finland detects UK & SA variants. As immune pressure on virus grows, evolution will speed up & any variants that escape that immunity will have selective advantage. Both variants huge

Emma Vadehra

EmmaVadehra

DATA! On Friday @usedgov announced how it will execute on @POTUS EO order to collect data on school reopening. Finally the fed gov't doing some data collection on what’s going

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