#Risks

Dan Stern

danstern_

1/ @DouthatNYT book "The Decadent Society" is one of the most interestingly researched books on our current state of societytakes many disparate ideas and welds them together in a surprising

Ben See

ClimateBen

Warming* Ecosystems severely damaged at +1C* Abrupt extinction events from +1.25C* Planet's liveability at risk by +1.5C* Global crop failure fears +1.75C* Impacts we can't adapt to +2C* Hothouse Earth

Gender Stratocaster

Skatebutch

CW self-harmSomething we don't talk about enough on the left is that warning people about the risks to themselves from burnout doesn't work on people whose are so stuck in

Soumya

skarlamangla

Just 55% of Angelenos are staying home, a figure that has been fixed since June, despite desperate pleas from officials in recent weeks. Many experts say the “stay home” messaging

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Most dangerous jobs for #COVID19 mortality. Highlights: Cooks / food industryMachine operatorsAgricultural workers Construction laborersFirst responders CleanersMilitaryTruck driversBartendersTeaching assistantshttps://www.google.com/amp/s/

redphonecrypto

redphonecrypto

musings (not f'ing advice) on defi + adoption + #s1/ It's January, and a single country (the U.S.) is already floating the idea of a $3t stimulus package2/ Defi has

Phillip Dawson

phillipdawson

Quick thread on “Snooping Where We Sleep: The Invasiveness and Bias of Remote Proctoring Services” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c1bfc7eee175995a4ceb638/t/5fa5a6089dac8b491dfeabe9/1604691464606/Snooping+Where+We+Sleep.pdf Pres

Mike O'Boyle

oboylemm

1/ Electric utilities are planning to build 235 new natural gas power plants in the next 18 years. This creates huge stranded asset risks, exacerbates climate risks, and portends electricity

Josh Powell

JoshuaCPowell

Important (ungated, for now!) new paper from DG Board Member @dadakim and @fulyafelicity on othering in COVID19, beginning with a sad global history of racialized othering in pandemics https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-o

Bikrum Gill

realDrcabbie

It is understandable that, when confronting an oppressive 'domestic' state-capital alliance, protesters and their supporters find solace in support from Western celebrities and politiciansHowever, there is a danger in such

Union of Concerned Scientists

UCSUSA

California's Bay Area wakes up to disorienting orange skies. By raising temperatures, melting snow sooner, and drying soils and forests, climate change is fueling #Wildfires. Here’s a thread on what

Andrea ✿ Puyo Puyo Dyke

FeoUltima

Sometimes I almost wish the people who get mischaracterized and lied about in online harassment campaigns were crueler people because it would take zero effort to hit back at those

Kate C.

robinhoodslays

1/ Somebody DM'd me asking why I hate $LMND. I don't. I actually love the IDEA of what they're doing. It all sounds amazing. But I think the CEO is...less

Katherine W

bakfietsdc

I’ve been thinking about biking depictions in recent pop culture. Here are 4 characters I’ve seen in the last 3-4 years biking for transportation in television and why they’re problematic/underscore

Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury

johnniejae

People think my partner and I are overreacting because of the measures that we have in place to keep me safe but this is why. I'm an Indigenous woman who

Tim Korevaar

TimKorevaar

A tweetorial on hyperthyroidism during pregnancy.Following yesterday's @ObsMedEd webinar on thyroid disease in pregnancy:#MedTwitter #FirstTweetorialFeedback and discussion more than welcome![Picture: neonatal Graves' disease] https

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