#Disaster

Howard French

hofrench

1/ There is a certain kind of prominent PR-oriented China-Africa commentariat that quickly began speaking of the mistreatment of Africans in China in the wake of the virus crisis there

Daisy Dunn

DaisyfDunn

Today is the anniversary of the eruption of Vesuvius of AD 79! Or at least the 'official' one. The manuscripts of Pliny the Younger’s letters, which provide an eyewitness account

U.S. Chamber Action

USChamberAction

Check out the latest guides and resources from the @USChamber The Temporary Paid Leave and Family Medical Leave Guide provides information on requirements, employee eligibility, paid leave calculations and

Lana Slavitt

somuchweirdness

Victoria, AU (pop 6.49 mil) has 671 new covid cases, 7 deaths today. To date they’ve had 17,000 cases, 200 deaths & had 1.63 mil tests done. Minnesota (5.6 mil)

abolish the filibuster

onekade

Perversely, Andrew Cuomo has managed to see his popularity among Democrats skyrocket. This despite his utter failures to contain the virus. New York is not a success story, it’s a

Michelangelo Signorile

MSignorile

Trump lashes out a journalist: a "third rate reporter."I wish they'd just ask him, "Why do you do that? We could just as easily call you a third rate businessman

modest proposal

modestproposal1

I can't believe I'm about to do thisUnder Randall, AT&T spent $40B in buybacks and $240B in capex. For the first time ever, analysts are questioning VZ's network superiorityHis tenure

💀Dr. Demon Sex💛

DoctorWishBone

I have a question. #NYC went through 9/11. In the months and years that followed, we constantly heard about disaster preparation. We were told that our city of *8 million

David Dennis Jr.

DavidDTSS

So I've been watching The Wire by day (4th time) and the Office by night. And I have thoughts spawned out of pure boredom. Jim and Michael's relationship dynamic is

Donald J. Trump

realDonaldTrump

Having been involved in the negotiations, to put it mildly, the number that OPEC+ is looking to cut is 20 Million Barrels a day, not the 10 Million that is

Dr. Safa Mote

SafaMote

Thread: The Precautionary PrincipleIn order to minimize risk when information is insufficient, assume a higher negative impact outcome, especially when the stakes are high. The resulting decisions could prevent or

ostrich⁷

iknownaama

Kim K is trash for a lot of reasons but more recently she promoted this Judy "crisis kit", which costs $60....literally a millionaire exploiting a pandemic. The cheapest Judy kit,

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

Again.Please listen.Donald Trump isn't president to solve problems. He's president to dismantle the government and any means of helping people live longer, better lives.Fighting a pandemic and saving people from

Jack Sillin

JackSillin

In honor of Cornell’sannouncement that they will attempt in-person class for all students this fall, a reminder of why that’s an absolutely horrible idea: https://insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/lurching-toward-fall-disaster-hori

Palmer Report

PalmerReport

At no point in Donald Trump's foray into politics has he had anything close to majority support, or even plurality support. He's one of the most illegitimate world leaders in

The End Times

TheAgeofShoddy

It is 8 PM the night before the movers come and almost none of my stuff is packed up, because I am sitting here terrified of the future. People on