#Mobility

Matthew Yglesias

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Kamala Harris’ life is a great multigenerational immigrant success story — one that’s a little unusually extreme, but per @leah_boustan, @m_clem and others actually typical in its direction. A great

The New York Times

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Many have praised Sweden for staying open during the coronavirus outbreak.We looked at the data: Yes, Sweden is better off than many countries that enforced strict lockdowns. But its outbreak

Anonymous poster

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If college degrees lose value, biggest losers would be intelligent students from not well-off background or lacking connections. Unpaid internships would become norm, with a pie-in-sky promise of earnings later,

Brian Feroldi

BrianFeroldi

A brief history of $GOOG1995: Larry Page & Sergey Brin meet at Stanford1996: Build search engine called 'Backrub' in dorm room1997: Change name to Google, misspelling "googol"1998: Move into Susan

Florian Bieber

fbieber

have some of the most restrictive measures in Europe to fight #covid including long curfews (60 hours). I am wondering why. Here are some hypotheses (a thread 1/7) 1. Deep

M. Gouldhawke ∞

M_Gouldhawke

All forms of government income assistance, from welfare to Employment Insurance to Universal Basic Income, are primarily a subsidy to landlords & employers. To ensure that employers don't have to

e27: Asia tech news

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Calling on all startups with solutions to build smart sustainable cities!The deadline for the ICMG Aichi Smart Sustainable City Co-Creation Challenge has been extended to 6 Nov, 2020. Don’t miss

Eleanor Davis

squinkyelo

OK so you all know I’m doing a GoFundMe for my friend Patrick, who – I keep claiming – is a genius AND a sweetheart. But you don’t have to take my

Paul Hebden

prformativcontr

This is really good by @oeufling and engages with @AdkinsProf thesis that wealth, rather than income from work, is the key factor determining your chance of securing a moderate middle

RRC Suds

SudsG4

One common lie spewed by "secular" Nehruvian historians is that the Rajputs and other Hindu / Buddhist kingdoms were divided and thus fell to the Mlecha Islamic armies. Let's address

twirra fingers.

eenhanas_finest

the banking market in Namibia is complex. FNB has a crazy monopoly because of accessibility, convenience (technology) and social attitudes. i see Standard Bank is trying to penetrate younger age

Dr. Cynthia Greenlee

CynthiaGreenlee

What's the best journalism or writing advice you've gotten? And the worst? I've been thinking a lot about both (and note that I am being specific about journalism as a

Ryan McGreal

RyanMcGreal

It's not exactly clear what a pedestrian is supposed to do when they get to the northeast corner of Scenic and Upper Paradise. Just one example of the half-assed approach

Alex (Step Beyond) Schulz

StepBeyond_71

Contrary to what some may tell you, being over 40 doesn’t mean you have to pack in your fitness goals and go searching for the ever common “Dad Bod”. //THREAD//

@RamonVillalobos 🌹🦂

RamonVillalobos

One thing I notice from every post mortem discussion about the Bernie campaign is how once again everyone from mainstream cornball pundits to the nihilist socialist podcasters are completely ignoring

Bernd Haug

ITBeHa

1/9| Consider a different perspective on this (& note I left home at 18 and rejected even offered fam help not long later):People generally need social connection (you a probably