#Inequality

Colin Angus

VictimOfMaths

The very nice folks @WHO_Europe published a new report about alcohol pricing today.I wrote most of it (with help from all sorts of wise folk), so here's a brief summary

Erica C. Barnett

ericacbarnett

Bon Appetit's Grilling Issue (the pre-purge/retroactive racism-exists wakeup edition): OBSERVATIONS Before we get to the grilling (featuring a whole lotta dudes and one cutie patootie blondie whose husband made her

Mark Murphy

DrMarkMurphy

Wading into the debate on the public-takeover of our private hospitals. It cannot and should not be simplified into a #keepthecontract V #cancelthecontract dynamicIt is a luxurious fallacy to believe

Niko Lusiani

NikoLusiani

A COVID-19 vaccine - once approved - will be the currency of life and death. Who gets it, and when, will determine the depth and longevity of this plague.Today, I

Ursula Wolfe-Rocca

LadyOfSardines

I took my yellow legal pad to the woods & wrote a bunch of words about why we should not return to any version of in-person school in the fall,

Tom Dolphin 💦🧼🙏💦 WASH YOUR HANDS

thomasdolphin

We face a social threat as well as a medical one. In times of economic hardship, people turn to political extremes (and we're not exactly in a place of national

Robert H Frank

econnaturalist

Economic Naturalist Question #19. Why are dramatic political shifts so difficult to predict? #EconTwitter In an earlier thread, I explored why introductory economics courses appear to leave little lasting imprint

Tea Berry-Blue

teaberryblue

I’m gonna talk a little bit about wealth, income, economic inequality, and the way the deliberately vague and ever-changing definition of middle-class is harmful to progress, because I’m tired of

Paul Behrens

DrPaulBehrens

Now that my book is out, I thought I’d explain what it’s about and why I wrote it… [a thread] It’s hard to keep two fundamental things in mind: 1)

Raziye Akkoç

RazAkkoc

Absolute anger & upset in Turkey after the murder of Emine Bulut by her ex-husband in front of her 10-year-old on Aug 18. The killing sparked outrage after a video

IRN Ireland

IRNtweets

Good morning! We hope you can join us today in the Castletroy Park Hotel Limerick 11-13.00 for the launch of 'Doctors & Us', our study of what it's like for

DSA-LA 🌹

DSA_LosAngeles

You’ve probably seen us tweet a bunch about the PRO Act lately! Some of you are probably wondering “what even is the PRO Act? Why does DSA care so much?”Good

Andrew Ellison

AndrewPEllison

The results of our crowdsourced SurveyUSA Indiana poll are officially in, showing a single-digit presidential race, strong support for cannabis legalization and Roe v. Wade, and much more! Read the

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

As Biden lays out ambitious plans to stimulate the US economy and fight inequality with new money creation (spending) and money destruction (higher taxes on corporations, capital gains and the

Josh Greenberg

1JoshGreenberg

THREADON THE CRISIS OF HATE AND EXTREMISM IN OUR NATION.Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of scientists—in universities, pharmaceutical corporations, and research institutes alike—have dropped all of their

Harriet Carroll 🚨STAYING ALERT🚨 (for a job)

angryhacademic

why i am no longer publishing (my own) #research in #academic journals - a (long) thread 1/38#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #academicpublishing #academicjournals #peerreview #ecrchat #OpenScience #publicationbias (some references at the