#Crisis

Racism may come up at your family gathering this year. Maybe you brought it up or THAT family member did — but we want you to be able to have
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Too much democracy, a thread. In the head of the Hindu RW, political change still happens through the medium of executive legislating like a monarchy and who better to demonstrate
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BREAKING: The ACLU of California @ACLU_NorCal @ACLU_SoCal @sdACLU is OPPOSING Prop 24, the ballot initiative relating to consumer privacy. In November, Californians should vote #NoOnProp24.Let's talk about why. Prop 24
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Former astrophysicist here. Sorry, but I'm finding ZERO enthusiasm for raving about landing an instrument on a dead planet when we are making so little effort to keep ours liveable.
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Here’s a middle aged husband and father tip thread: we get in “the tunnel” of kid-rearing d work, and things get robotic. You just put one foot in front of
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1/3 This news today abt how #TrumpKnew is troubling on a few levels.1: Trump should have trusted the American ppl to handle a crisis (see 9/11) & told us what
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COVID Update August 8: It’s not just that we have a distrust of experts, it’s also that the people who dismiss experts think they’re experts themselves. 1/ In the last
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People have gray areas. Especially politicians. Obama did many good things domestically. Obamacare helped some people, got rid of lifetime limits on insurance, expanded Medicaid, and protected folks with pre-existing
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Today @scotgp have set out a proposal for the biggest rail investment programme Scotland has ever seen. Our fully-costed £22 billion plan would transform Scotland’s railway, building a modern, zero-carbon
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Why are real estate prices not falling much? The answer, they'll tell you, is that costs are so much or that anyhow circle rates are this much and prices can't
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UK being held hostage on the basis of completely unverifiable numbers for which one requires a FOI to examine the raw datasets. Red flag, that, right journalists? Is this evidence
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THREAD: Yesterday, @klparadine was on @BBCWomansHour opposing the Govts plan to build 500 new prison places, but why is this such a terrible idea? 1/ It flies in the face
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Why are the Govt not allowing the scientists to dictate policy on the pandemic? Many of the issues are purely data and evidence based therefore it would be sensible to
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The pandemic is going to fundamentally change how we view and appreciate human interaction, experiences, and our passions.A short people-centric thesis and a thread 1/ Folks have been talking about
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This piece by @danbalz treats US leadership and prestige as if they are goals in and of themselves--and must in a Biden presidency be restored. That thinking no longer works.
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Fellow citizens of the United States of America, Moms, Dads, Teachers, Students, Young, and Old... Maybe it’s time we stop crying for things to go back to normal. Maybe it’s
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