#Regulators

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/12Very good, sober @noahpinion piece on digital RMB (it seems hard for most to write soberly about digital currencies). He makes at least four important points:First, given how advanced China's

David Juurlink

DavidJuurlink

Yes, the AstraZeneca vaccine-thrombosis association is causal.The temporal relationship is strong, it’s not seen with mRNA vaccines, and there’s a plausible mechanism analogous to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)https://www.nejm.o

Otto Von Biz Markie

Passionweiss

As sinister as you think the L.A. Sheriff's Department is, they somehow manage to keep out-eviling themselves. This new article counts 17+ gangs currently operating in the LASD, using lethal

Data Governance Network

DataGovNetwork

Some thoughts on the #BigTech #AntiTrustHearings: The gap between US and EU approaches is narrowing. Why now? Best guess: digital business models have crossed a threshold where their short-term benefits

Makuo Muobike

RxMakuo

For Pharmacists, I've penned down the Top 5 skills to learn and master during Quarantine.10 likes and I drop it. Before I tell you the top 5 Skills pharmacists all

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Say it with me now: a fine is a price. When companies profit from inflicting harm on the rest of us, a fine is just part of the price of

Maximilian Friedrich

mfriedrichARK

Last week, Ant Group (the company behind Alipay) filed for potentially the largest IPO ever.If that doesn't make you listen, consider that in 2019, Alipay's payment volume was $16 trillion

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

VACCINE IN 5 MONTHS?! Oxford team believes they'll have a million #COVID19 vaccine doses and proof that it's safe and effective by September 2020. The team says the past success

Prof Fiona de Londras

fdelond

This is awful and I just can't understad how we have come to this, but I have some thoughts...https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/sep/24/thousands-of-students-in-isolation-at-20-uk-universities First the obvious bit: the universi

Michael Shellenberger

ShellenbergerMD

Hi @KamalaHarris - Berkeley, Calif. resident hereWe are in 3rd night of blackouts b/c of our over-reliance on unreliable renewables & the closure of nat gas & nuclear plantsGenuine question:

Wolfie Christl

WolfieChristl

When the data industry is talking about sharing 'anonymized' profile data:They do indeed not share email addresses, for example. But they share hashed versions of it, and they all use

Andrew Ackerman

amacker

The mortgage market is a mess. A short thread. Congress allowed borrowers to suspend payments for up to a year, saddling lenders with the cost --- and straining the mortgage-market

Russ Jones

RussInCheshire

#TheWeekInTory 1. The govt said they had to "balance the nation’s health with our economy", and in that respect, they have succeeded: both are evenly balanced as the worst in

Kathleen Chu ⬙

inquisitivekath

I attended #AsiaFinanceForum where central banks and regulators in Asia gathered at the Asian Development Bank in Manila last week. See the thread for what was discussed and my takeaways.

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

The #Fincen leaks are the latest finance corruption megaleak, following #ParadisePapers (2017), #PanamaPapers (2016), #SwissLeaks (2015), #Luxleaks (2014). It's a trove of 2100 "Suspicious Activity Reports" (SARs) from the US

Stian Westlake

stianwestlake

Covid testing is big news right now: with a mass testing pilot starting in Liverpool, Boots announcing rapid test plans, and places like universities testing staff and students.Here’s a thread