#Crisis

TL;DR: The Court of Appeals has found CDCR "deliberately indifferent" to COVID risk at Quentin, ordered a 50% population reduction at the prison, and made recommendations on how it is
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If you are a liberal who can’t stand Trump, & cannot possibly fathom why conservatives would ever vote for him let me finally fill you in.It’s not that we love
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I spent a couple days last week in Benton County, just west of Linn County, where people are still reeling from the #derecho.If you thought Cedar Rapids was livid about
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1/ Bitcoin is a catalyst of human evolution.Just as fungi and plants formed a symbiotic relationship to colonize dry land, humans can form symbiosis with Bitcoin to improve as individuals
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The amount of #COVID19 related research being produced within the last days is impressive and it’s hard to keep track. Several projects at OECD, WBG, Oxford, ETUC are tracking policy
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UK BLM petitions on the parliament website thread: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301079 https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/324092 https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323808 https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/3001
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Since 2011, I've noticed two main trends in my conversations with #Syria's Alawis:1) Levels of frustration/resentment among loyalists have grown exponentially2) Past dissidents, including those who served long, torturous sentences
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1. CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKTIME TO FREAK OUT, OR JUST IGNORE?The question here is simple: is this a human-engineered biological weapon specifically developed for mass death, that accidentally escaped containment, or is
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Oldest millennial is now 39 years old & did u know that our group owns only 3% of the totally wealth vs the boomers during the same age owned 21%
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A common (& understandable) question: "what's the alternative to prison? What will replace it?" Making a thread because I’m tired of answering individually. The short answer: there isn't ONE alternative,
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Oscar-Worthy Travel Movies: My Top Ten Films About Flying, Hotels, Aviation, Miles & PointsA thread http://landofmiles.com/2021/04/22/oscar-worthy-travel-movies/ Oscars are just around the corner and I've been streaming a lot of
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Also heads up for Ravelry. They are saying "classic" Rav remains unchanged. THIS IS NOT TRUE.I am using Classic Rav and now get a green box that shows up when
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THREAD on our latest blogDoctor and member of @DnCGlasgow, Anna O’Neill, asks "How many more crises will it take to get the message across?" http://www.docsnotcops.co.uk/not-pandemic-prepared/ #PatientsNotPassports (1) We'll be joining
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MMT advocates for coordination between Monetary and Fiscal policy. It argues that highly developed economies must not be constrained by deficits, suggesting they can infinitely borrow (in their own currency)
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Hello friends,Welcome to today's daily tech news roundup. I will share so much that you need to know from the African and global tech space.Please remember to retweet this first
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0/ The world has morphed into one big macro trade.Asset prices are increasingly driven by global policy expectations rather than underlying fundamentals.Deflation + insolvency risk is rising.Potential knock-on effects are
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