#Decline

Today DHS unveiled a regulatory plan to severely restrict international students & exchange visitors, by making it difficult for them to stay in the US for their full duration of
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I wish someone would tell these scientists about how we did this already in the 1970s and 1980s. It was even called Cliometrics.https://twitter.com/lottelydia/status/1194158496343822337 I have a weird relationship with Cliometrics
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yesterday was WORLD LION DAYso here's some poasts about these magnificent creatures as most of us know, the population of wild lions has been in decline for a whilehabitat loss
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1/Lots of discussions about #lockdown vs no lockdown in medicine, politics, around dinner tables, just about everywhere. @fordnation says he needs more evidence. I just reviewed the topic for a
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Well done to @GeorgeLeeRTE for doing a detailed piece comparing Ireland and Sweden .Important that we have this debate.A few comments on the piece and my own views on
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We've now started with Epic's main expert witness Dr. David Evans. Some background in today's MT:https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tech/2021/05/10/white-house-backs-global-anti-online-extremism-effort-795182 TBH one o
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A narrative is being peddled that the #COVID19India crisis is due to these factors1. Modi & Team claimed victory & did nothing2. Modi allowed election rallies & #Kumbh which caused
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Denver Nuggets @ Utah Jazz 05/08/2021 Thread -> Post ups are not dead.The post split game is alive and vibrant. Rudy Gobert threads the needle.One of the better passes I've
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Time for an update on COVID data! US test count and positive rate continues to fall.That's great news!However, some news reports claim this may be because states are reporting serology
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This misleading title reinforces a common myth: that there's a secret to talking to "dismissives," people who've build their identity on rejecting climate science. There isn't. (thread)https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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I don't remember where, but some years ago I predicted that those who would lead the GOP back to sanity would be the political consultants b/c they would see that
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Have had a few people ask me for my not-so expert thoughts on Spurs' #FPL assets for the coming season, especially given the on-paper good run we've got.I've put my
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NoachismPierre Hillard 2013Thread Our article devoted to the modifications of the ordination rite of 1968 ("Pontificalis Romani") showed, from official texts which should give cause for reflection, the probable extinction
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THREAD: In May '19 @BBCNewsnight requested a copy of a 2005 review of the Gender Identity Development Unit - now GIDS - via the FOI Act. Many months later, we’ve
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Fifteen years ago, population growth was one of America’s core advantages because it had a high fertility rate close to the replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman.Add copious immigration
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Several people have expressed their surprise, sometimes more than that, that I keep harking on this, so here is a short thread to explain why I don't let it go
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