#Crisis

William Ukpe

William_Ukpe

By 2023The Nigerian Middle class will be less than 5% of the population.The people that think they are Middle class are about 30% of the population.Having access to a smartphone

Laura Kuenssberg

bbclaurak

Sir Simon retracted which is unusual enough - worth remembering EU schemes have so far not delivered vital kit, but...https://twitter.com/bbcpolitics/status/1252702077480054787 Sources part of Cobra talks at start of pandemic say

Pete 🇬🇧

post_liberal

The UK has over 16.5k deaths and counting at the moment from C-19 (a figure which doesn't even include deaths in the community and in nursing homes) whereas Greece has

Wendell Potter

wendellpotter

As a former health insurance exec, I don’t think any story better illustrates my old industry’s racket than the one I’m about to tell you: Right now, as we enter

Beth Rigby

BethRigby

ANALYSIS: A month since lockdown, finally the sacrifices made are paying off. Death rates at a plateau, transmission rate below one. Now politicians have to decide what comes next. The

Rabin

city_rabin

Profiteering is bad. It's the worst thing that a business can do during a crisis. The Excel Centre is owned by ADNEC a state owned entity from Abu Dhabi. The

Aaron Rupar

atrupar

Trump announces the CDC is now recommending people wear face coverings to stop spread of coronavirus, but then immediately says "I don't think I'm going to be doing it." "The

Mangingisda #SaveTaliptip

MangingisdaSays

Yo! Today's the 3rd and final day of #InverteFest!Here's a thread of one of my favorites: the #molluscs, a diverse group of invertebrates found both on land and underwater. Most

Sarah Guo 🌱

saranormous

Never waste a good crisis:Non technical folk with some time at home, consider @Stanford’s free “Code in Place” programCS106A and 106B/X were two of my favorite classes ever. https://compedu.stanford.edu/codeinplace/announcement/

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

I have a column up in today's @Slate's @FutureTenseNow: "The Dangers of Cynical Sci-Fi Disaster Stories."https://slate.com/technology/2020/10/cory-docotorow-sci-fi-intuition-pumps.html1/ It's an exploration of fiction

resident gusu lan auntie

tinuevel

someone just shared a timeline of how Arroyo handled the SARS crisis and how we remained SARS-free and... the woman had so many issues, SO MANY ISSUES, but at least

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

TODAY: Trump is doing something about the pandemic.Today he’s filing a brief in the Supreme Court to end the ACA & take health care coverage away from 20 million people.

Matthew C. Billips

Matt_Billips

There is an easy solution to our over-worked judiciary:Split the 9th Circuit and add enough appellate judges to bring the 9th and new 12th up to strength. Add enough District

Schrödinger's Sneech Belly

RTodKelly

1/ If the pandemic underscores anything, it's that we are now a country of partisans. Even in life of death situations, the poll numbers are not ever going to move.

The Independent

Independent

Join our campaign to #helpthehungry Today we're launching an appeal to help those going hungry because of the #coronavirus crisis.We have teamed up with The Felix Project to deliver produce

Mark Copelovitch

mcopelov

Great reporting. Awful framing."...officials are growing increasingly wary of the massive federal spending""The concerns about the deficit""...internal concerns about the deficits"It's 2020. People who supported the