#Governments

Ajit Niranjan

NiranjanAjit

the q of whether climate change will maybe/likely/inevitably collapse civilization is full of misinformation and, some scientists say, increasingly pushing people they know to despairare there good-faith arguments for taking

Leigh :) Stark

Leighlo

I've been editing art to make it a little relatable in today's #COVID2019 #CoronaCrisis. Starting with this piece: The Social Distancing of Adam. #ISOArt Michelangelo really gets that whole social

Jason Van Schoor

jasonvanschoor

From a well respected friend and intensivist/A&E consultant who is currently in northern Italy:1/ ‘I feel the pressure to give you a quick personal update about what is happening in

Danny Cullenward

dcullenward

1/ Book announcement! Making Climate Policy Work(with David G. Victor) EU/UK release Oct 2020, US Dec 2020@politybooks, discount code VBT99https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509541799 2/ The book pulls together big ideas in a shor

angela strange

astrange

1/ Fintech in Latin America is growing explosively. Why? New post by @matt_haf & me on the large, latent demand of >600m people and why the opportunity for startups has

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

See the unionist problem here? Everytime I've interviewed young voters in Scotland and asked them if they're in favour of independence, they look at me as if I've asked a

Mona Eltahawy

monaeltahawy

“We know that for people affected by family violence, social distancing and self-isolation measures can pose increased risk.”This is about #Australia but it applies globally right now especially with #COVIDー19

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spadeydreams

i havent seen a lot of this on my timeline, but the covid situation in india is really bad.the whole country is dying, my family's home is literally on the

Nick Brown

sTeamTraen

In a crowded field, my least favourite COVID-19 minimisation troll tactic is the claim that "99.5% of people survive".An angry thread./1 First, this ignores the other costs of COVID-19 infection,

Rand Ghayad رند غيّاض

RandGhayad

1) Imagine you were born in Lebanon in 1970. On your 5th birthday, a civil war starts, and doesn’t end for 15 years. More than 120,000 people perish in that

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

It seems to me that a lot of the economic discussion of Covid impacts and policy response is still using the wrong metaphors and models. For example, we keep hearing

TheAngrySociologist

SankofaBrown

Shaming nonvoters reflects neoliberal ideology where the blame for social issues focuses on personal behavior while ignoring a larger social context. “Neoliberalism shifts responsibility for public welfare from governments to

Bee

Ben_Scerri

Following on from my last Star Wars thread, I wanted to share a piece of head canon that I worked out about 15 years ago, to help myself make sense

AAPI Data

AAPIData

Our webinar on findings from the new Asian American Voter Survey is starting NOW! Join us:http://apia.vote/2020Survey Compared to previous elections, many Asian Americans say they are more enthusiastic about voting

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sirquedisoley

i think Nana Addo will give power and step down as president, as Keita has in Malii dont think it will be a military move per sé, i think it

Aaron E. Carroll

aaronecarroll

Once in a while, I get to talk about my own back yard. Indiana just conducted the first statewide random sample study to determine the true prevalence of COVID-19. The