#Debate

Melvin Rogers

MRogers097

1/ It is James Baldwin's birthday. There are so many pieces by Baldwin worth reading, but you might pick up The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction or The Cross

Brent Beshore

BrentBeshore

I don't think I've talked to a single CEO who is excited about or planning to continue remote work beyond what is necessary/precautionary.https://twitter.com/Austen/status/1260282168791560192 I said this tounge-in-cheek, but it has

Cult Kits

cultkits

We found ourselves engulfed in a mini twitter storm today over the price of a football shirt. It all kicked off when a kit fanatic spotted that we’d listed the

Paul Poast

ProfPaulPoast

We've had a few days to reflect on wanting to spend & "into oblivion"Not encouraging. But are Arms Races really that bad?Let's turn to the data!https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-armscontrol-idUSKBN22X2LS Let'

Jose-Luis Jimenez

jljcolorado

1/ Some reflections on scientific Twitter sociologyI hadn't used Twitter much before the pandemic. I was used to the politics of peer-review, grants, large studies etc. But scientific Twitter can

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

The polls have been in something of a holding pattern for the past few days, with two distinguishing features.First, Biden's lead in national polls is very steady. It was 10.4

Andrew Fraser

Arfness

I haven't posted any charts or similar about Covid19 in a while... mainly because others were doing better stuff, but here is something that I think is worthwhile interrogating. This

Kim A. Wagner

KimAtiWagner

Speaking of the Labour manifesto and how to teach the history and legacies of the Empire - here is the revised version of the (provisionally) 12 guidelines of how to

Lucas Guttenberg

lucasguttenberg

The @EU_Commission just published docs that again show why the Recovery Instrument will end the European Semester as we know it. Instead, the Recovery and Resilience Plans will become the

Elephant Man

AngryLevantine

Supporting the national aspirations of one group while vehemently opposing the aspirations of another is hypocritical. And hypocrisy to the detriment of Jews will always be functionally anti-Semitic.Thread/ Per my

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

Government seem to want to encourage the public to become keener to exit the lockdown than public currently are. Compare this description of today's Opinium poll, in news report on

Torr Leonard

torrHL

“There are so many well to do suburban & small town women — mostly white — for whom all the ideological stuff, all the character issues, all the racism &

Ben Matthews

bamatthews

“Currently, 30% of the County Board serves entirely rural areas. Residents outside Bloomington-Normal make up 23% of the county's population.”That’s it right there.That.Is.It.https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2021-05-05/mclean-count

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

1. There's an interesting vote coming up soon that is going to scramble partisan lines. It's on the World Trade Organization, the global super court that encourages offshoring, harms the

Kansara

kansaratva

The gorgeous boardroom at Tanishq was evidently awaiting the members, for there was a steaming kettle and elegant rows of Tetley teabags, including green and decaf which were favorites; a

christine liu 🌿

christineliuart

Science is and always has been political and anti-black.There is no such thing as true objectivity and neutrality when we do science.Silence and complacency is equal to tacit approval, and