#Crisis

Michelle Obama

MichelleObama

My heart goes out to everyone touched by this virus, from those at the White House, especially the Secret Service and residence staff whose service ought never be taken for

Chye-Ching Huang

dashching

BIG THREAD: the fiscal policy response to the economic crisis caused by COVID-19 should match the extraordinary human hardship & economic need – not arbitrary dollar comparisons to stimulus in

Sunny Hundal

sunny_hundal

*deep breath* I hope I am wrong but...We seem to be rapidly heading for easily the worst recession in our lifetimes. Possibly worse than the 1930s. This might make many

Mark Green

markalangreen

Excited to see our (w/ @hlambiemumford) paper on food bank usage in children is again one of the most downloaded papers in @RGS_IBG's Area Journal (free here https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/area.12233). Let's contextu

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

Not to pick on Sam, since this seems to be a widespread view, but I genuinely don't understand this take. If it showed anything the 2020 primary revealed that progressives

Steven Del Duca

StevenDelDuca

Today’s half-hearted attempt at a #paidsickleave program is an abandonment of workers. It’s been a week since his apology and 412 days since my first letter on paid sick leave,

Leslie Goodreid 📚 Storyteller

Leslie_Goodreid

If you're having #money woes during the #pandemic, and someone shames you for being #poor or insinuates that the stressors of being financially strained are your fault because you choose

Matt Stevens

MattttStevens

This is a *stunning* injunction. Not only what it orders LA to do, but also it's description of how we got here. Structural racism, exclusionary zoning, cowardly and feckless leaders

🅱lanket 🅱oi

BlanketBoi4

Doesn’t this all just make you... wanna go apeshit? Like absolutely hog wild. 100% feral. Is this how the French felt at Bastille? This has gone past the point of

Andrew McGettigan

amcgettigan

I haven't seen it mentioned publicly yet, but there's an extra dimension to this crisis for English universities: debt covenants, particularly debt cover ratios & minimum surplus requirements. In particularly

balajis.com

balajis

What happens if inflation actually does go vertical?Digital stays cheap, but physical becomes a premium product. Zoom > flights, Twitter > theaters.Even more of life would crowd onto centralized tech

endless blankets

christinafakhry

Following the 2002-2004 SARS outbreak, health experts have long been warning that China’s wildlife markets would eventually lead to yet another outbreak. But this did not stop the Chinese government

Omar Bazza

bazzapower

[THREAD] I want to share a thread on coping and reducing some of the anxiety and depression that come with times of crises like these. Completely eliminating any form of

James Meadway

meadwaj

I agree that Tories' spending plans are woeful next to grandiose historical comparisons they are trying to conjure up, & it's worth saying so. But we all know it’s not

The Hoarse Whisperer

TheRealHoarse

It is hard to fully dramatize how bad all of this is for a narcissist like Trump. He looks weak. His attempts to look strong get leaked and lampooned. There

Crusader Sudhir 🇮🇳

seriousfunnyguy

Migrant crisis is a conspiracy of India's enemies. Systematic whisper campaign to create fear in them. Otherwise why would thousands from Telangana, Maharashtra, Gujarat leave on foot for their villages