#Institutions

Michael Carpenter

mikercarpenter

THREAD: Russian propaganda outlet Sputnik just revealed that fugitive oligarch Oleksandr Onyshchenko is the source of the Derkach tapes. He claims his lawyer passed the tapes to Derkach & admits

Eric Garland

ericgarland

Beijing pushes very close to acts of war by cyberattacks on America's ability to protect its people from COVID-19. Partnering with Iran makes it look even worse.https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-iranian-hacking-may-be-hampering-search-for-coro

Omair Ahmad

OmairTAhmad

1. There is a section in Ziauddin Sardar's "Balti Britain" (a crap book, by an excellent writer) where we talks about the transfer of power between hakims/vaids to European trained

Matthew Gertz

MattGertz

Fox's analysis is that Joe Biden succeeded by taking the virus seriously, building his margin in the suburbs, and because the GOP didn't push mail-in voting.In other words, the network's

Muhammadu Buhari

MBuhari

I recall that shortly after assuming office in May 2015, I made a pledge to Nigerians that I would not bequeath a polio-endemic country to my successor.Today’s certification of our

Bernardo Soares

maaynaque

When my father was rushed to the hospital, I was in Bombay. Flew back the next day & went straight to see him. He was unconscious. That night I sat

Christi Belcourt

christibelcourt

As movements rise & people take to the streets, injustice is exposed, the righteousness is undeniable, and then people get tired, because it’s hard to carry the weight of a

vqueer

vqueeram

Rapes don’t happen by dicks. Sexual violence is a system of keeping caste patriarchy in place - both Savarna men & women profit from. Savarna women are guaranteed protection from

Ryan Schlegel

r_j_schlegel

i'm beginning to think the conversation among foundation CEOs and activists about what level of spending is appropriate for the current "crisis" may be missing the point (not a sub

Andrew Zeitlin

AndrewZeitlin

Should developing countries use training or cash grants to combat youth unemployment?Craig McIntosh & I have a new paper out today helping answer that question, working in Rwanda w/ @poverty_action,

Anosognosiogenesis

pookleblinky

Ever watch Hoarders?In each episode, they introduce someone who's been living in filth so long they don't notice it. They don't notice the smell, they don't notice how they have

Anndy Lian #COVID19 #STAYHOME #BLOCKCHAIN

anndylian

#China #DCEP pilot-run by Agriculture Bank of China will be a game changer. The pilot institutions includes 3 major telco and 4 banks. DCEP helps tracking for in and out

Iowa Student Action

IAStudentAction

Grinnellians! Did you know that your college will receive over $1 mil in federal allocations in the stimulus bill? Or that half of those allocations are specifically intended to go

Sahil Bloom

SahilBloom

In his final Amazon shareholder letter, Jeff Bezos shared a powerful mental model on maintaining your distinctiveness.A thread on the fight against normalcy (in your career, startup, writing, or life):

AlasdairStephen

AlasdairStephen

I was in audience of a programme called Cunntas about 20 yrs ago. The topic was the state of the Gaelic language. I was asked by my Irish friend Aoife,

David Roberts

drvolts

This is really good. And I have some thoughts about it -- thoughts that are, if possible, even more pessimistic than Jay's about the prospects for better political media.https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/1265847315685933056 First,