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THREAD: After years of hidden relationships, the #UAE and #Israel announced their deal to normalise ties. As the agreement between the two countries is about to be signed, I
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The Dark side of the Cuban Crypto Boom.In the 1990s the fall of the Berlin wall brought many new things to the Eastern block: democratic elections, free markets and western
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I wrote a blog post on the fragmented data pipeline that is causing us all to be confused about coronavirus.Data quality doesn't get as much attention as modeling, but it
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Because highways are simpler systems than trains. You can build them incrementally and don't need to think about timetables.https://twitter.com/yfreemark/status/1252950578130497536 I don't think it's a coincidence that in middle-income As
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Friends, I am taking a 2 week vacation and I’m going to try very hard to disconnect from work. I’m on the road to what I’m relieved to see is
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Today is #EarthDay2020 so I thought I would share a few tips on how to be an #advocate for the Earth, for those looking for ideas! 1) Follow organizations
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Louisiana Coronavirus Data Update: 7/20/2020 1,583 new cases out of 33,620 which includes a backlog of 1604. So we can't calculate a percent positive 29 new deathslive at http://LouisianaCoronavirusData.com full update
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I've watched the #COVID19 responses of three democracies with particular interest: #Ukraine, #USA and #Israel. All three countries failed for their own specific reasons. What are the lessons from their
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Today the unprofessional Nigerian local media houses and some ignorant opposition politicians is seen showering praises to the terrorist leader and a dictator idris Wada the president of Chadian republic
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1) With schools across Quebec set to reopen in less than three weeks, community transmission of the #coronavirus in Montreal is still higher than it was in mid-June. In this
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It should be addressed at local level, Modi's top down approach is not the solution!https://twitter.com/bainjal/status/1254042345411973121 He has a major role to arrest the import of cases to India. He terribly
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Wondering what scientists & public health partners can do with $40 million in #genomics to combat #COVID19 with rapid effect on public health decision making in ? Read on
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The Rising Threat Of Nuclear War Is The Most Urgent Matter In The World"This should be the main thing everyone talks about. There is literally no more urgent matter on
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I want to deal with a little bit of nonsense the Irish anti-lockdown conspiracy theorists are spreading, pertaining to this document, which is a recent report on the epidemiology of
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This piece from 2011 by Jay Rosen is really interesting in light of attitude of many punter to many News Corp journos losing job yesterday.I see many journalists blaming punters
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Some final thoughts before the shit hits the fan tomorrow, if that’s what’s about to happen.1. With 10%-35% occupancy, this would be the perfect time to come to the Las
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