#Unprecedented

Michael Shellenberger

ShellenbergerMD

California's fires are *not* "unprecedented" Fires did *not* destroy ancient redwood forestForests, including redwoods, *need* fire for new lifeFires have declined 80% since Please stop blaming climate change for everythinghtt

Laura Rozen

lrozen

There was a Trump Putin phone call on March 30.http://www.anews.com.tr/world/2020/03/30/putin-trump-discuss-oil-markets-coronavirus-in-phone-call On March 30, Putin and Trump “spoke by telephone, the first of 5 calls between the two over

Politics of Empathy - Rosanna Lilley

rosanna_lilley

@LBC Yesterday was very difficult. Personally and politically. The producers from @mrjamesob’s show hung up on me when I was trying to tell them this:My response to the “rebellion" lead

Jónas Haraldsson Balding 大老板

BaldingsWorld

Very proud to have worked with a global coalition of journalists and @rpotter_9 to bring a database managed by a Chinese intelligence and military contractor to the light of day.

Sam Bowman

s8mb

The only reason the UK wouldn't set up a charter city for ALL Hong Kongers, on some empty piece of land on the coast somewhere, is that it seems weird

Pilar Pedraza TV

PilarPedrazaTV

Waiting for the governor to begin her daily briefing on covid-19 in Kansas. This is the first we've heard from her since the Kansas Supreme Court's ruling on her executive

cancerconnector

CancerConnector

Something I’ve been thinking and talking about a lot during this #COVID19 pandemic is how seemingly small differences are being magnified in likely long-lasting ways. A THREAD (mostly about academia,

The Sassiest Semite

LittleMissLizz

If your mental health is struggling during quarantine, you have options. First, take a look around, breathe & realize it’s not just you. You are living in a time of

Declan Garvey

declanpgarvey

There was a short-lived debate in Congress a few weeks ago over expanding unemployment insurance as part of the CARES Act. While most wanted to replace laid off workers' earnings

Justin Anderson

redeemJustin

Incentives are powerful drivers of behavior. Always pay attention to how an idea or philosophy incentivizes.Theological liberalism often incentivizes novelty and open-mindedness for its own sake.Theological conservatism often incentivizes s

Fiona Conlon

FionaConlon4

Someone just shared this w me. It seems to be going viral globally because we are all desperate for hopeful predictions but it's based on completely unsound epidemiology and is

Rachel Carrell

RachCarrell

How are the working parents doing?In two words: barely surviving.If you don’t have kids, it’s hard to really grasp what life is like for your child-ed colleagues. If you’re a

Tim Steller

senyorreporter

More desperate promotion of the “worst border crisis” narrative from the guy who presided over a worse one just two years ago.https://twitter.com/stephenm/status/1380208456725098500 ICYMI, I wrote about this about 10 days

Conor D'Arcy

conortdarcy

Quick lunchtime thread on our new report:The impact *all this* is going to have on our finances & mental health is clearly huge. To find the biggest concerns, we surveyed

Laura Pinto

DrLauraPinto

I know that #SocialDistancing and isolation, #economic hardships and a host of other #pandemic related woes are very real and impacting people in profound ways all over the globe. Things

Creative Scotland

CreativeScots

Important Bridging Bursary info We want to thank everyone who has requested funds from the Bridging Bursary (Arts and Creative) so far. As indicated, we’ll respond to all requests as