#Policies

RepresentUs

representus

The 7 Deadly Sins of American Democracy Voter Suppression - Broad attempts to systematically discourage or restrict access to registration and voting. Voter Erasure/Purging - A flawed process

Pete Husky

PeteHusky

For all those @MakeVotesMatter campaigners, I thought I’d share my experience as a Brit voting for the first time away from the UK First Past the post debacle in a

Jean-Paul R. Soucy

JPSoucy

(1/11) Something tells me the slight deceleration of #COVID19 case growth in #Ontario has more to do with the province's growing backlog of tests than a true decline in the

Jeffrey Sachs

JeffreyASachs

Interesting article on "woke" rhetoric, electability, and policy support from @RichardHanania George Hawley, and @epkaufm. It also gets at something I think is important about political correctness.A quick thread.https://psyarxiv.

Barrister's Horse

BarristersHorse

DEMOCRACY THREAD:1. I do sit & wonder where we are heading politically. After decades of the European Union legislating much of our laws (around 60 - 70%), we have a

Oliver Hypolite-Bishop

OliverHBishop

Big up @GoogleUK for paying homage to the great Dr Harold Moody - a Black British hero who's name should be in every kid's history book. But, as you're unlikely

John Vassiliou

john_vassiliou1

Last week I wrote about Home Office's updated "good character" policy for naturalisation, which asked caseworkers' to check if European applicants who were students or self-sufficient in the past 10

Megan Ranney MD MPH 🗽

meganranney

Three new important studies came out in the past week about kids & #COVID19. All have limits (the science isn't perfect). But together, they matter, & you deserve to know

James Lin

jamestwotree

This paper blew up on Twitter. There are economists and historians waging arguments left and right. My take on why historians find this paper so problematic, and what economists who

Ed Kong

edkong

New Preprint with Daniel Prinz: How do #Shutdown policies affect unemployment during #COVID19? We find that limits on bars and restaurants caused modest increases in unemployment and discuss implications for

John Hayward

Doc_0

Of course Democrats are losing their minds over federal authorities stepping in to restore law and order in Dem cities. They desperately need the American people to think submitting to

Sarah Walker

SWalkerMedic

I found @PantsuitPolitic because a friend told me that I needed to listen to a specific episode of @JenHatmaker's podcast. In the previous two years everything I knew about America

Lumpy Louise - I kick & I stretch!

LumpyLouish

Starting a thread with the Blue Checkmarks (and possibly some noted Centrist Trolls and what not) chastising and mocking leftist groups that announced they would not endorse Biden. (Not sure

Nisha Anand

NishaMAnand

1/ There is no quick fix to systemic racism & other ills that plague a company or organization. A statement is a good first start – now the desire

Jon Brock

DrBrocktagon

With the explosion of interest in preprints, my latest @NatureIndex article is on best practice for preprint authors.Thanks to @jessicapolka @hindle_samantha @dasaptaerwin @JohnRInglis and @michaelhoffmanBrief thread...https://www.natureind

Antiracism Conf 2020

Antiracism2020

Doing research from home can be difficult, particularly when looking at antiracism in Britain. So we have brought you this thread to highlight some digitised resources that researchers can use