#POPULATION

Harris County's 2.7 million voters now have only one secure ballot drop box instead of 12. This is a minor inconvenience for drivers but represents a poll tax on public
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There's an alien culture that loves our concept of "television", but their understanding of the concept conflates it with "clairvoyance". "All the world's a stage." "Galaxy Quest" seems more a
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Treatment for #COVID19 has improved and there may be some 'mortality displacement' effect with a proportion of the most at-risk population having deceased in the spring epidemic. Both factors could
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Why is instant self id with no tests at all to detect sexual deviants or criminals not an issue. Why is everyone else, women, men, bi, lesbians, gays being dragged
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[covid vaccine]I know that the character limit is annoying, but I really wish that when people tweet about the rare chance of vaccine complications or catching the virus after being
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I think I get what you're trying to say, but it's important to stress that the organization of the police are an entity specific to Capitalism. They didn't exist before
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Want to talk about INFLECTION POINT and how it looks like we have reached this in our country with hospitalizations at this vaccination rate & also turning the corner in
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Anders Tegnell and @Folkhalsomynd seem interested in working out the total number of people in Stockholm that have already been infected by #covid19 and thus may have a measure of
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We continue to fail the #unhoused population of California, and we need to help them.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/08/san-francisco-coronavirus-homeless-shelter I am not some ivory-tower concern-monger: used to commute to San Francisco a
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Lot of questions about how this bill requiring minority representation on all corporate boards will affect business in California; one likely consequence is a sharp increase in those identifying as
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While we throw the 'nazi' label at each other, denoting the evils of the fascist Third Reich, we ignorantly turn a blind eye to something which has all the hallmarks
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hot take: I (kind of) support bowds decision to limit the # of students on campus and I think the other colleges shouldve done the same instead of opening their
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I want to say a little bit more about @joel_c_miller's point below, and explain why, like several more knowledgeable people I follow (such as @nataliexdean), I am sceptical about the
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to expand on this, we grow enough crops, have enough land and water to supply the current population PLUS an EXTRA 4 BILLION people.capitalism & animal agriculture are a part
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With Thailand’s outbreak stuck with an R hovering above 1.0, stubbornly refusing to decline, I went looking for more uplifting numbers. Our cumulative Case Fatality Rate is at least comforting!
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Glad to guest host this week’s ⁦@politico⁩ China newsletter: “Feminists thwarting China’s population goals”https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-china-watcher/2021/04/29/feminists-in-china-thwarting-governments-populatio
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