#Cities

Rebuilding Syria

SyriaRebuilt

What are the prospects of reconstruction in Syria? - a thread. The cost of rebuilding what was destroyed is circa $100 billion USD - not 250 billion and up as

CHROMATICA 💓⚔️

gagajoannx

it’s so fucking SAD to see this kind of visibility only for countries like the U.S, and no, this doesn’t underestimate what happened cause it’s TERRIBLE and these murders HAVE

Marco Chitti

ChittiMarco

1/ This is a difficult thread I've longtime planned to do. I confess that, unlike many in here, I still have some sympathies for the "preservationist" or "heritage" argument in

Melon 🍈 🌈

writerofscratch

Japan has gained a new female mayor, as Sawako Naito won Tokushima City's mayoral election on April 5th by beating the incumbent.The 36-year-old progressive is the country's youngest female mayoral

Matthijs Korevaar

MKorevaar93

How do housing markets respond to a major pandemic? In a new paper, Marc Francke and I study historical outbreaks of the plague and cholera to answer this question. TL;DR:

African American Policy Forum

AAPolicyForum

Rather than funding schools, housing, and social services, cities would rather spend tens of millions of dollars to settle police brutality lawsuits. That's the price of allowing police to remain

Kat Callahan

JezebelKat

I wish people would stop acting like Japan has acted in any way like neighbors Korea and Taiwan. It has not. Japan has been incredibly lucky. Lucky. LUCKY. By rights,

Chris Casteel

casteelpolitics

Gov. Stitt at press conference outlines how state data matches up with White House guidelines for reopening businesses. We will use data to make decisions on when and how to

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Science fiction sucks at predicting the future, but it sure is good at predicting the present (c.f. @greatdismal): that is, the stuff that seems plausible in science fiction at any

Crystal Frasier

AmazonChique

Okay, I'm going to do a political rant and I'm sorry. I'll post something funny afterward.The federal secret police operating in Portland are exactly what every minority knew the final

Final Girl*Friend

JMYaLes

Does anyone else have sandwich stories? I want to hear your sandwich stories.https://twitter.com/JMYaLes/status/1387872248946728970 A less wholesome sandwich story: I used to manage a kitchen that served wraps and one time

Matthew Gertz

MattGertz

This is true but I think promotes a false sense of security. Trump can have a big influence by pushing red state governors to end the orders and pre-empt local

Ifeoma Chukwuogo

FizzyThatcher

Since Channels and co won’t do it, how can we arrange strong visual documentation. Something like a short doc or reel that shows highlights from the #EndSars protests from various

David Pepper

DavidPepper

THREAD ON HOW A BLUE OHIO ENDS THE ELECTION, AND THE DRAMA50 days to go. And yes, there are still folks out there dismissing the importance & golden opportunity to

Richard Hills

richardhills777

Congrats Tāmaki Makaurau, you saved 7 Billion litres of water. So we just voted that from December 14th you will be able to use outdoor houses but ONLY if it’s

Kojo Koram

KojoKoram

CRT emerged out of Harvard law in the 80’s in an attempt to explain the contradictions between the legal equality achieved through the civil rights struggle and the ongoing visible