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Yaneer Bar-Yam

yaneerbaryam

BREAKING: Coronavirus Outbreak.Strong declines continue for Spain, Germany, Switzerland. Italy small decline, but fewest cases since March 14. Madrid, Catalonia at 1/4, 1/6 of peakUS also seems beginning to decline,

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/Today's @bopinion post is a meditation on @Peter_Turchin's theory of "elite overproduction", as applied to today's unrest.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-07-06/the-rich-and-privileged-can-revolt-too 2

Jesse Drucker

JesseDrucker

1/ THREAD: The Biden administration is trying to tackle corporate profit shifting -- the way US multinationals avoid taxes by pushing their profits into offshore havens. I thought it would

Alexander Haynes

ACLHaynes

For those who have not been following the #CambridgeAnalytica developments this Donald Trump app is eerily similar to early political app plans they developed around the idea of "gamification" to

Jennifer Yang

jyangstar

Yesterday, @katecallen and I obtained unpublished provincial data that shows *very* worrying test positivity rates in Toronto. Writing this story was a wake-up call for me; you might feel the

John Lee

koreanforeigner

In late February, Rev. Jun Kwang-hoon, a dangerous, fiery populist pastor who probably harbors personal political ambitions, was arrested. Now, thanks to the government's foolish approach to his arrest, Rev.

Karin Wulf

kawulf

Excellent column fr @michele_norris in WaPo this AM. A few thoughts on “founders” and slavery, two words that have to ride together. 1/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-and-martha-washington-enslaved-300-people-lets-start-w

Zack Ford

ZackFord

McConnell opening the Senate floor discussion on Amy Coney Barrett by insisting he and his fellow Republicans did not completely flipflop on their 2016 arguments against election-year confirmations. Lies, lies,

Adam Klasfeld

KlasfeldReports

BREAKING: The Justice Department clears antitrust hurdles for AmerisourceBergen Corporation, a major drug wholesaler, to distribute the Trump-touted anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19. cc: @CourthouseNews From the DOJ's letter: htt

Mieke Eoyang

MiekeEoyang

So the Republicans are hanging their #impeachment case on four points, circulated to their members today. If this is the best they've got, they're in trouble. I will explain. Point

Guillaume Lachenal

LachenalGui

Désormais dans les crèches les bébés (dès 3 mois) passeront 8h par jour avec des professionnels masqués 100% du temps - malgré l'importance critique de l'interaction avec les visages pour

Nathaniel G. Hilger

nate_g_hilger

(1/16) Q: How should we seek to improve child outcomes? More cash for low-income parents, or more direct investments in children's skills and health?A: Best evidence suggests direct investments much

wa Mucunu

mwabilimwagodi

Blow Hard: Scott Storchhttp://reprints.longform.org/blow-hard-scott-storch The confessions of the hacker who saved the internethttps://www.wired.com/story/confessions-marcus-hutchins-hacker-who-saved-the-internet/ 'This guy doesn't

Sreemoy Talukdar

sreemoytalukdar

Trump admin is playing really dirty over critical medical equipment. At White House press briefing April 6, Trump declared "through Project Airbridge, we have succeeded in bringing planeloads of vital

Art + Museum Transparency

AMTransparency

#Thread for new museum activism, collectives, groups: The last few weeks has seen a dramatic rise in museum activism on social media. This comes after museum execs & boards have

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

MonicaGandhi9

Someone asked me yesterday why schools aren't mainly open in San Francisco (despite 30 cases in city of 896K yesterday (& they test),