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hipowermutant

ICYMI: There has been a major explosion at a plant outside Charleston, WV. The plant, owned and operated by Dupont before their spin-off company Chemours took over, caught fire this

Lindsay Wiley

ProfLWiley

Prioritization isn’t supposed to be about policing whether the right person shows up for vaccination in response to a cattle call. It’s supposed to be about doing the work to

Anand J

anandj_

Read a very interesting story about the marathon held at 1904 Summer Olympics. Wonder how come no one has made a movie about it yet. (1/25) 32 runners participated in

Andrew Morris

ASPphysician

I have given plenty of thought regarding what should be a non-controversy: masking. This thread prompted by posts from @drmwarner https://twitter.com/drmwarner/status/1276602530710147078?s=20, demonstrators outside Queen's Park on my wa

GenericPerson

GenericPerson4

1/ WOKENESS IS KILLING THE ACADEMY. By design, perhaps?Me in grad school (1990s): "You are kidding, right? Why are you defending postmodernism and using that as a theoretical foundation for

Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸

ASlavitt

COVID Upate July 21: There’s no reason we should still be experiencing this crisis in the US. 1/ Six months in, we should still not be here. The crisis should

Michael Staab

AstroStaab

I will have a lot to say about this later when I have a chance to thoughtfully respond. The fact this happened with ZERO repercussions is flat out unacceptable. SN8’s

Los Angeles Times

latimes

The L.A. County medical examiner announced a rare independent review of the death of an 18-year-old fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies in Junehttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-10/deputy-shooting-andres-guardado-medical-exam

Drew Holden

DrewHolden360

I’m open I let my emotions get the better of me yesterday. I don’t have a column or anything like that, so I figured I would lay out my thinking

Rob Donoghue

rdonoghue

Ok, I admit, it's really hard for me to look at the Dailou stuff and NOT want to put it in a gamehttps://twitter.com/UrbanFoxxxx/status/1329782477624406031 Functionally, they're watchtowers for protection against bandits,

The Secret Barrister

BarristerSecret

Quick [THREAD] on the legal issues in this awful case, in light of various comments floating around.https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/18920798.emily-jones-killer-not-guilty-murder-prosecution-drop-case/ The defendant in this case was cha

Jake Cordell

JakeCordell

Russia seems to be - finally - rolling out a coronavirus contact-tracing app.Mini thread: Why so late, how they got here & some lessons for Russia's insistence on home-grown technology

Gylfi Ólafsson

GylfiOlafsson

Vaccination rollout has been going too slow in much of the world. If enough vaccines were available, Iceland could vaccinate its entire population cheaply in a matter of days. This

Jeff Yang

originalspin

I’m going to quote tweet since @thomaschattwill didn’t tag me in his original post. Thanks for your question, Thomas. My response follows.https://twitter.com/thomaschattwill/status/1281595623326744576 First, this:https://twitter.com/ori

Cory Archibald

CMArchibald

Lot of discussion about the need to #SaveTheUSPS today, and I'm shocked at how many of my liberal and progressive friends are completely flatfooted on this argument. I'll say it

Samrat Kar

KarLeSamrat

I don't think we always take the time to acknowledge and appreciate what an employer has done for your personal and professional life, so here is a short employer appreciation

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