#Crisis

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

Last week, 2.4 million workers applied for unemployment benefits. This is the 16th week in a row that unemployment claims have been more than twice the *worst* week of the

Suresh Nirody

snirody

1/x Beyond the more direct costs associated with #covidー19 there will also be massive associated opportunity costs! Here's an ongoing thread with examples.One example: the suspension of polio eradication campaigns!https://bit.ly/2VaMv

Nome

NomeDaBarbarian

“My client was assaulted and attacked, and what he did was excusable and reasonable under the law,” the lawyer said, describing firing ten times in a crowded store, killing a

Anil

anilsaidso

The Sovereign Individual (1999) is a guide for navigating the current transition from Industrial to Information Age.Remarkably, it predicted the rise of 'digital gold'.“If our deductions are correct, you stand

Bola Ahmed Tinubu

AsiwajuTinubu

1. ECONOMIC POLICY: CORONAVIRUS ECONOMIC STIMULUS PROGRAM 2. POLICY BACKGROUND The coronavirus has changed the modern world with a velocity un-foretold. To protect their populations, nations have taken unprecedented steps

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

My god—over 25,000 drums of@toxic waste found dumped on the ocean floor off coast of California. The number of drums laced with the pesticide DDT far exceeded expectations. “It was

James Rosen-Birch 🛸🔮🛠

provisionalidea

I'll start this off by saying I hope and pray for a swift end to the pandemic, and am deeply concerned for all those currently in the line of fire.As

Somalaram Venkatesh

serioustaurean

Cardiology thread:In heart pts, flu can cause heart attacks/worsen heart failure/predispose to pneumonia. #COVID19 may be no different. Heart pts are more likely to have severe Covid infection than others,

Cas: @AnonResearcher on Parler

CowgirlCas22

Thread: A look inside Epsteins 75 acre estate. Victims or willing participants? Chauntae Davies, an alleged victim of Jeffery Epstein, recently released some photos taken on what has now

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

(THREAD) I teach communications and journalism at the university level. My published curatorial journalism relies exclusively on information from experts. Right now our medical experts are confusing America on some

Suraj

surajbrf

@SerumInstIndia and @BharatBiotech recently released new Covid-19 vaccine prices. Enrolment for 18+ begins today. Are they profiteering ? This thread covers their production effort, scaling and some other factors. Starting

Patrick Sharkey

patrick_sharkey

I’ve written several essays over the past two months on the topic of urban inequality and the crises we’re living through. 1On the potential for a new community-oriented institution to

Remember and Resist

remember_resist

Today marks one year since 39 Vietnamese migrants were found dead in a lorry in Essex. Join us in a show of remembrance and solidarity: post a photo with #RememberTheEssex39.In

Ethan Grey

_EthanGrey

1. In this thread, I’ll be delving into the psychology of white supremacy to answer the question of why Donald Trump’s base has stuck with him. You may know what

Sunshiny

sunnshiiny

Dear Ms Urback, please stop amplifying baseless accusations against the Chief Medical Officer of Health.Clearly you have a limited understanding of what the concerns about promoting use of masks is.

Paul Furber

paul_furber

A mile or two from me here in Johannesburg, about half a million people are starting to starve because of the lockdown. They have no work, no money and very