#Population

The Secret Barrister

BarristerSecret

The Justice Secretary claims that the “action” taken by his government in regards to the justice system during the pandemic “has been globally recognised”. Let’s take a quick look at

Jen Mishory

JenMishory

@pelhamprog and I put out a new report on what the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program means for working students and grads. 1/https://tcf.org/content/commentary/unemployment-insurance-young-people-wake-covid-19/ About 11 million college student

Helene-Mari vd W 😷

HeleneMarivdW

1/ Did an interview on @BBCBreakfast this morning about the use of face coverings and how their uptake in the UK has changed over the past month. 2/ Look

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

Andrew Lilley

andrewlilley_au

It is now becoming clearer that shutdowns do indeed delay the economic recovery, and we should be updating our beliefs about this as new data come in. See this short

Michaël Picon

michaelpicon1

Des intellectuels médiatiques (intellectuels au sens gramscien, dont la fonction est d'assurer l'accord tacite de la population avec l'idéologie dominante et donc son hégémonie) rabâchent le marronnier de l'esprit criti

Data for Black Lives

Data4BlackLives

THREAD: #Data4BlackLives Movement Pulse Check and #COVID19 RoundtableFirst of all, welcome! We are so glad you joined us today. Please use our hashtags (#Data4BlackLives and #d4bl) to join the conversation!

Etwienana Yaw Amaniampong Nkwantanisa Asante II

theakyemmafia

Perspective on development in Africa... how to stop manufacturing poverty on an industrial scaleIf you look at distribution of poverty thresholds in Sub Saharan Africa, you can see some regional

Rapanui Pioneers Society

RapanuiPioneers

There seems to be a lot of fuzz about this article. Good thing @carlzimmer added the input of @MatisooSmith, renowned geneticist, and Pat Kirch and @HaunaniKane, real experts in Polynesia.

Andrew Noymer

AndrewNoymer

If you think 100–200k is a lot, consider this "gut-check math", or what @sinafala correctly described as a heuristic for one scenario. It's growing and now stands at over 500,000.https://twitter.com/AndrewNoymer/status/12455770171200552

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

The news on #SARSCoV2 vaccines is highly encouraging. There are now 4 vaccines that seem safe and highly effective; two mRNA vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) and two adenovirus ones (ChAdOx

Brian Burke

bburkeESPN

Answer and explanation to follow in this thread. For the record, at this time there's ~1400 votes.About 99% -- 46%About 90% -- 11%About 67% -- 22%I'm a Bayesian and already

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

The Elephant Mum

theelephantmum

The biggest cultural shock in #Finland N A K E D N E S S(a thread) Finnish people have a very spontaneous relationship with their naked bodies. Being naked does

Tes

tes

.@tes is tuning into 'A cause for optimism? How has Covid impacted teacher shortages?' with @EduPolicyInst and @TheNFER at the @Conservatives virtual party conference. Starting off is @worth_jack discussing how

Scott Hamilton RTM

SikotiHamiltonR

1 Rutger Bregman's written a fascinating account of a group of castaways on the Tongan island of 'Ata for the Guardian. But the story has a much darker historical background