#Rural

Pratyasha Rath

pratyasharath

Will be a very unpopular opinion now, but this is a good move by the WB government. RMPs are a ready channel, spread across villages, with high levels of trust

Rosemary (Romi) Hill

RomiDesigns

Militias, a thread:Something happened *again* today. Some Smart City Folks told us Dumb Rural Folks about guns and militias in our area without knowing anything about us. They told us

Prof

covidtweets

I want to elaborate on why ignoring urban/rural in Kansas mask study is a big deal bordering scientific malpractice:Smaller counties are more likely to be no-mask. They are also much

(((Greg Siskind)))

gsiskind

This plays out in some crazy ways. Medical residents for example. In teaching hospitals across the country, residents are typically paid $50K to $70K per year. The new reg requires

Kannan Gopinathan

naukarshah

This is a real worrying situation & hence risk suggesting a few points. Of course you can dismiss me for my lack of knowledge and expertise. But anyway1. Economic activity

Discourse Hacker

Shudraism

A great thread re: need to acknowledge privilege. Excellent data points. But I am puzzled why caste & gender are conspicuous by their absence! Didn't find anyone raising this in

Quartz

qz

1/ Joe Biden has been voted the next president of the United States in an election that tested America’s democratic institutions. #Election2020 https://qz.com/1929432/trump-bent-american-democracy-but-he-couldnt-break-it/ 2/ US voters ten

The Museum of English Rural Life

TheMERL

today is THE day! we reopen in twenty minutes' time. while it's true that we cannot wait, we have also been waiting for almost six months, and at this point

Tanna Leclaire

trsherrill

Hello, very confused non-Michiganders wondering wtf all these Confederate Battle Flags are doing at a protest in Lansing, MI.Allow me to chat a bit about the demographics/history/culture of The Superior

James Kanagasooriam

JamesKanag

Short thread on my thoughts of YouGov's MRP of the US Presidential Election. It forecasts a landslide win for Biden. There's some interesting detail which I've tried to backsolve...https://today.yougov.com/2020-presidential-elec

Michael McDonald

ElectProject

Ohio 2020 primary absentee ballot statistics for 69 of 88 counties, all with public facing absentee ballot files (includes largest counties):Requests: 1,554,837Returned: 1,434,308Returned on-time: 1,387,627Returned late: 46,681Thanks to @Br

Don Robotham

dondee_don

An interesting question: why did a small country like JA have this outsized global cultural impact. Some thoughts: a) JA had most extensive oppressive large slave plantation regime; b) long

A4AI

A4A_Internet

Join A4AI's Deputy Director & Policy Lead @Ellasarpong at "Ending the Digital Divide by 2030: Covid-19 Recoveries to Accelerate the Decade of Action" today at 10:40 EST: http://webtv.un.org And join us

Gbenga Ajilore 🏃🏾‍♂️

gbenga_ajilore

I have a new op-ed sounding the alarm about this pandemic and rural America. If we are not careful, we will lose too many communities to this virus. (1/15)https://www.insidesources.com/the-coronavirus-may-accelerate-the-demise-of-rural-amer

Rep Peter DeFazio

RepPeterDeFazio

Trump and his allies are amplifying their attacks on @USPS, using common misconceptions to justify their baseless and dangerous attacks on this essential service. Let me dispel some of these

canary

fienixtaranova

The USDA gives our interest free loans for ppl who want to buy farmland/acres. They also give them out to ppl to develop rural areas if they’re low income. That’s