#2020

New-Cleckit Dominie

ncdominie

For HE people worrying whether they can cancel some activities (e.g. lab work) without jeopardising accreditation, here's the IoP's statement:https://www.iop.org/covid-19-degree-accreditation Importantly, they recognise that changes

Ateev Mehrotra

Ateevm

Just released this morning an update on our prior reports on visit trends during the COVID-19 pandemic. A few of the highlights in this thread. 1/https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/2020/jun/impact-covid-19-pandemic-outpatient-vis

Jeremy Horpedahl 🍞

jmhorp

How much greater are deaths in 2020 than recent years? We don't know yet, because the year isn't over, but so far the best estimate is about 13%. How does

karldeeter

karldeeter

The European Centre for Disease Control have datasets covering Ireland on Covid admissions. Here are some charts to show you the past numbers and why despite the dismal news we

Tim Alberta

TimAlberta

John: "The world’s gone crazy. And the cops get blamed for all this bullshit? Our son-n-law is a sheriff. These people want to defund the police? What would you do

Keri Blakinger

keribla

Just jumping in to say that we still use prisoners as slave labor here in Texas. They work in fields, are not paid, and face punishment if they don't go

🌿Steph Philip🌿

stephphilip8

GIULIANI SCHOOLS MEDIA: "IT’S YOUR JOB TO READ THESE THINGS& NOT FALSELY REPORT THAT THERE’S NO EVIDENCE""...there are in this case 60 witnessesthat can prove what I’m saying to you...What

Karen Attiah

KarenAttiah

My latest: AOC’s brief, poetic moment to shine — and plant a big flaghttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/19/aocs-brief-poetic-moment-shine-plant-big-flag/ I was struck by @AOC's and her connection to poetry, and it remin

Julia Carrie Wong

juliacarriew

Please do not rationalize Trump's endorsement of QAnon as a matter of political expediency or necessity, or treat this as just another form of appeasing "the base". QAnon is bigger

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

A breathtaking report just dropped in @nytimes on how @McKinsey enabled the peddlers of the opioid crisis, one manslaughtery PowerPoint at a time.“This is the banality of evil, M.B.A. edition,”

Michael Beschloss

BeschlossDC

Pence, any comment yet on who won the 2020 Presidential election, or do you need still more time to think? And Pence, while we wait on you to decide for

Adam Roberts

heyadamroberts

The Best Things That I Ate in 2020:* Pastrami Sandwich from @LangersDeli (delivered!). * Quesadilla from Sonoratown (Downtown L.A.). * Anchovy Toast with an OBSCENE amount of butter at Chi

Nicole Hemmer

pastpunditry

Fascinating look at the relationship between Trump, Hannity, and Fox News, excerpted from @brianstelter's new book.https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/08/sean-hannity-fox-news-staffers-feel-trapped-in-trump-cult This, from a veteran st

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

rasmus_kleis

Following the last election "we need to have independent research to understand our role in elections"Yep. And not just in . ~91% of FB users are outside USA"You don't understand

Shannon Waters

sobittersosweet

Kinda weird to see the PHO warning "racialized people and those living in poverty or homeless" would likely be disproportionately impacted by enforcement of mask orders while seeming pretty blase

Los Angeles Times

latimes

Some people have started to get tests for the coronavirus as a way to clear themselves to attend dinner parties without needing to wear masks or keep their distance.That’s absolutely

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