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aerifiretruck

ART STYLE THEFT ISN'T REAL - HERE'S WHYthread: i'm going to explain why style theft is largely a scam invented by bullies, and how it's used to abuse vunerable artists.

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

A common criticism of population-based epidemic models is that they don't account for individual-level variation in transmission (i.e. superspreading events). But how much of a problem is this? 1/ For

Andrew Petrosoniak

petrosoniak

THREAD: A recent article about “why COVID herd immunity is probably impossible” prompted this thread…It got me thinking about our "exit" from this pandemic. Some thoughts on how we can

Governor Sisolak

GovSisolak

Good evening. I just wrapped a productive press call with both local and national media. At this time, I want to share some highlights of Nevada's Phase 2 reopening. A

Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷

joshuawongcf

[Remember 12 HKers being detained in Mainland China] It has been 37 days since 12 HKers were arrested by the China Coast Guard in the name of illegal entry - contacts

Amos Toh

AmosToh

1/ I wrote in @Wired that the rush to capitalize on #BigData to solve #COVID19 may lead to deeply unjust outcomes for people living in poverty and other marginalized populations.

Hajime Fujita

fujita_d_h

Trying to capture recent articles on a few keys for #COVID19 spreading. Beginning of March, based on multiple cluster incidents, the medical expert panel for Japanese government identified three conditions

Kim Willsher

kimwillsher1

Jean Castex, French PM, is giving a press conference on what France has done and what it will be doing re: Covid-19. This follows a spike of 5,429 new cases

Iesha Small (“eye-ee-sha”)

ieshasmall

Been thinking about pandemics (obs). Last big deal I can remember was Ebola. Wondering re lessons learnt from African countries (which is they are prob acting on during #COVID19) .

Stephen Cushion

Stephen_Cushion

MORE NEW COVID-19 research: Our news diary study found people have been switching off from coronavirus coverage – but the Dominic Cummings story has cut through: https://theconversation.com/people-have-been-switching-off-from-coronavirus-

Barry Ritholtz

ritholtz

This was a month ago:"“When you walk around, there is a total and utter absence of panic,” Fu says, who moved to Sweden from the United States last year. “The

Les Perreaux

perreaux

Eight regions of Quebec are moved into the yellow warning territory, up from four. The next step -- orange -- would mean focused closures.Premier François Legault calls the situation critical,

Foreign Policy

ForeignPolicy

As countries brace for a monthslong coronavirus crisis, FP has collected our top reads and interviews on how the world has responded to the threat of COVID-19 so far. [Thread.]https://buff.ly/2X58c7w

Andy Lewis

lecanardnoir

On the existence of females. A thread.Some time ago, I lived in a house that has a number of peafowl living in the garden. (Long story). They used to come

Maureen Fitzsimmons

mojos55

Outsourcing Brexit: £180 Million in Cabinet Office Contracts for Corporate Giants https://bylinetimes.com/2020/10/26/outsourcing-brexit-180-million-cabinet-office-contracts-corporate-giants/ Huge #Government contracts for the delivery of #

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

An explainer thread (often I feel I am pitching these to journalists as much as anyone else) on COVID this month. Context: I am an expert in one area (human