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Twitter is not the best place to think out loud in a good faith effort to understand and process the world. I'm aware I'm participating in an echo chamber, but
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I am very late to this #MedicareForAll floor vote debate, but since it is still raging, I’ll join the fray by telling you a little story. In 2019, after I
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Some of you might be wondering why the military appeared reticent, if not resistant, to proactively supporting Capitol Police on Wednesday. Here’s my take on what might be driving the
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A few days ago I quoted Frank Wilhoit ("Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups
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In all systems of oppression you will find a broken or suppressed balancing feedback loop. (I think...I am writing out this thread to test an idea in my head.) #SystemsThinking
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One of the people I thank in the acknowledgements of my new book on the Senate reference (coming this April! https://www.ubcpress.ca/constitutional-pariah) is @acoyne, who in past Twitter chats and with
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Quick thread: the Trump admin has been pretty unclear about what it means by an "EO on unemployment insurance," but the main idea I've seen floated is notable in both
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We as staff work in education because we care for children and want to see them succeed. Throughout this whole pandemic, school staff have been portrayed as though we are
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I’ve been teaching since August, finally really hitting my stride in remote teaching after too-little-too-late support early on, my students are showing that they’re “getting” it, I’m medically vulnerable w/ADA
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I've been tracking disinformation from the political and media establishment. Two examples:1. Calling elections with varying standards. The most notable example is Arizona.2. Claiming that there's no basis for suspecting
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1. I'll add to this, I still have some knowledge gaps as to how a fully funded, Red to Blue/DCCC campaign or a high level Senate race is operated in
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In much of SF, you can’t walk 20 feet without seeing a sign declaring that Black lives matter and no human being is illegal. Those signs sit in yards zoned
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Why are cases surging? I’ll answer my own question. A thread : We are in this situation because all logic about how an epidemic progresses was ignored for months and
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My 1st 2021 publication;-) I proudly present: 'Payments by modelled results: A novel design for agri-environmental schemes' (joint work with @NilsDroste @guweller and others)https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1cHf5yDvMFZum  (50 day
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It is fine to disagree with my op-ed, https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/vinay-prasad/90764and in fact David Aronoff does so eloquently in the counterpointBut this tweet by @dgurdasani1 is deeply problematic and highlights many of
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this is why testing rate matters. if you test any given group twice as much, you'll find 2X as many cases (assuming your samples are representative, and testing has been
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