#Uncertainty

Miami Herald

MiamiHerald

When he took power in 1959, Fidel Castro denied he was a communist, but he soon began the most ambitious nationalization process in Latin American history. (THREAD) In just nine

CNN

CNN

Emissions fell during the pandemic. But it won't have any real impact on climate change. Exclusive data from @climateactiontr shows emissions are still higher than nations promised and much higher

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

Is the reproduction number currently 0.7, or 0.85, or 0.641? Was it bigger yesterday than today? A thread on real-time estimation and false precision... 1/ Most real-time estimation of R

Mohammed I. Shire

DrMIShire

What recently transpired in Somalia's capital doesn’t serve anyone. Now that the dust has settled. It’s essential that we re-examine a recurring (social) media claim that purportedly underscored the recent

Alex Robel

iceclimate

Two important studies out in @nature yesterday projecting future sea level rise from Antarctica and other sources which are likely to drive discussion among ice sheet modelers, so a

janefinchhousing

janefinchhousi1

Today we're taking part in #NationalHousingDay: Toronto Day of Action. We are calling on allies to sign our #COVID19 Response to demand housing justice for Jane-Finch residents and all low-income

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. On Friday night I posted a rapid post-publication peer-review of the @IHME_UW model and associated white paper. Here's the IHME website and projections:https://covid19.healthdata.org/projections 2. In my thread, below, I

Mike Beckham

mikebeckhamsm

Retailers are slashing prices because they are drowning in inventory.Over the last month, both Walmart and Target reported earnings results that took billions off their valuations.If you want to know

Dr Dominic Pimenta

DrDomPimenta

PSCPTV Mega-Thread: ALL COVID Q&A’s in one place:1. 4/10/20Inaugural episode!1:24hr covering:-Why cases are rising-How masks work-Trump (!)-How lockdowns work-What is wrong with a herd immunity planhttps://www.pscp.tv/DrDomPimenta/1Od

Shane Crotty

profshanecrotty

Big knowledge gap was will the COVID RNA vaccines work vs B.1.351 and P.1 variants. Now Pfizer protects well vs B.1.351! ~75% against infection ~97% against severe/fatal diseaseVery good news

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

Ash Milton

miltonwrites

Doing some reading on markets and planning. This one was excellent: why Hayek's challenge doesn't lead inevitably to laissez-faire.https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.31.3.215 Hayek made a huge contribution to the study

Socially Distant Shimbo

NeverDauntedNow

There is nothing I love in this Pandemic, filled with heartache and uncertainty, than listening to @MartySmithESPN break down why George Strait's "I Can Still Make Cheyenne" is his finest

Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega

raulpacheco

I have news about online teaching and reading workload, friends. I have experimented with REDUCING the number of readings I assign for a class. This is hard in overview courses

Rupert Koopman

RK_ct

You don't see patterns when living them but at my big age it is fascinating to see how things link up. I like how community can both be used for

Maarten van Smeden

MaartenvSmeden

About confidence interval interpretation. Motivated by the results of this poll [Thread](1/16)https://twitter.com/MaartenvSmeden/status/1058401290936635392 Most of us have probably been taught about 95% confidence intervals and their interpretation i