#Basic

Years ago Lant Pritchett suggested an additional higher poverty line:Back then the extreme poverty line was $1.25, he suggested to add $12.50 per day.Now I want to update it:I’m suggesting
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FYI if you you have chronic pain and it gets MUCH worst before your period, I *see* you today. DYK THERE'S A HORMONE CALLED RELAXIN THAT LITERALLY RELAXES ALL YOUR
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It's much more complicated than just pain, although there is pain beyond measure. Please try to consider Black America and our institutions and traditions beyond just pain. Especially if you're
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Yesterday at the #UCUStrikesBack rally @ProfMadhuK encouraged us to dare to dream how the university could be different. Here are ten ideas. 1/12 All FT staff to have a workload
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Time to see if China cheerleader blondie or any of the others who got burned to the ground yesterday are back & maybe had a little common sense beaten into
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Quick Thread on rioting and looting:One of the most sophistic talking points consistently trotted out in situations like these, “they’re destroying their own community.”Ghettos and hoods are not communities except
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Dear Nevada @GovSisolak, With the climbing number of covid cases in our state I have a pretty basic and straightforward question I would like answered by you.Q- Why are you
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okay listen i don’t give a fuck about this debate but my brother does and i’m overhearing and i’m really going to need someone to fact check lmao like what
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Thread: 1/ At @csjthinktank we believe work is the best route out of poverty... therefore concerns over AI and automation displacing jobs is of huge concern. Having said that we
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The first thing you'll always do when starting a new #bpftrace script is selecting a probe. In this thread we will discuss how to select the probes that will give
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Saturday CFB uni gameday thread begins here so, with the return of the SEC, means a return of a lot of traditional looks. For as good as a football conference
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Okay so BKDK actually IS the best pairing for Bakugou and Deku and I’ll tel you why sit the fuck down alright so these mfers grew up together and know
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So I always have a good list of “bad,” or wtf?!?, English names my students tend to give themselves. First group of postgraduate students was fairly tame, but my second
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Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. ~Albert EinsteinWriting copy with Creativity./*A thread*/ Creating great copy requires creativity just like any other field.Having knowledge
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Over the past few days I've been thinking about how I've contributed to rape culture in the past, and how I would not have been able to unlearn those had
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Let's do a Twitter thread on what's really happening in Sheikh Jarrah, because the sheer volume of lies making the rounds are INSANE. 1) In the 19th century, Jews bought
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