#Model

David Fisman

DFisman

Some very simple models of covid case trajectories in Toronto based on decomposition of old variants and novel variants (b117 right now). The dashed lines are forward projections. Solid lines

Nina Teicholz

bigfatsurprise

New report: obesity-related costs in 2018 were 6.76% GDP ($1.389 trillion) vs. 5.57% ($0.976 trillion) in 2014. Obesity rates rising for men, esp. Of 7 factors ID'd as crucial, none

Laurie Voss

seldo

I have seen a whole lot of comparisons of Trump's response to Covid with Reagan's to HIV and, yes, a lot more people have died of HIV but the *response*

Solomon Messing

SolomonMg

THREAD: A lot of people in political advertising & academia have been asking about the work we did @anotheracronym this cycle on engagement and persuasion. Here it is!https://www.anotheracronym.org/the-haha-ratio-learning-from-facebooks

Brison Harvey

brisonharvey

After some technical delays, we are into the FCPS special meeting... (thread) Currently we are looking at Dr. White's presentation using the state's health department guidelines. Going over procedures for

Craig Smith, PhD

weathertrader

A few quick thoughts on the upcoming #Diablowinds event: #CAwx #Firewx 1) Most importantly, there is a huge North-South gradient in total water year accumulated precip, with areas from the

Roger Lu Phillips

rogerluphillips

Just finished Speech Police by @davidakaye. Many great insights to help understand content moderation of social media in the face of misinformation. A central theme is to involve users more

Julio Gonzalez Altamirano

juliogatx

Austin's homeless strategy officer hails Houston's "Housing First" as a model. Here's a comparison of Houston's approach with San Diego's.Sounds good, right!? But "Housing First" requires the housing.

Shalini Singh 💻

shalinisparmar

Why TikTok made its user so obsessive?The AI Algorithm that got India hooked.A thread This 60-second short video app is filled with dancing, comedy, DIY, cringe content (so bad it's

Ross "FollowtheScience" Levine

rosslevinemd

Important questions for PI/labs1. If schools and day-care don't open or don't open full-time in the fall->are you coming up with a plan which takes this fully into consideration (flex

Bret Devereaux

BretDevereaux

This is a good thread that I think nails the lottery nature of academia as a result of marketization, but as always I think it is then necessary to ask

Investment Criteria

criterioncap

1/ Thread: How $SFIX Is Trying to Shape The Future of Online ShoppingHappy to post my first write-up on this platform. This is a name I don’t see often –

Young Legionnaire

YNGLegionnaire

It's a category error to describe Spotify as a music company, or Daniel Ek as someone who has any interest in what music really is, how it works, what its

Trolly McTrollface

Tr0llyTr0llFace

About the "Greyscale is buying up all the Bitcoin" meme.(shoutout to @fidelitas_lex for pointing this out).Most of Greyscale's new subscriptions are in-kind - nobody's buying anything with real cash. People

Rem Korteweg

remkorteweg

On March 17, the Netherlands will have general elections. Two parties - PVV & FVD - want a Nexit, a departure from the EU, in line with Brexit. As the

Tarjinder

teach_well

The middle and upper class left-wing white and BAME Guardian set have literally groomed their own children for activist academics by politicising them throughout their childhoods and neglecting their cultural

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