#Decline

Shales From The Crypt

ViscosityRedux

Refiners are the buyers of crude. Buy a bbl of CL and spend $ to convert it to products like gasoline, diesel, etc.The business model requires the products' prices are

Jeremy Giffon

jeremygiffon

Deleuze (via Foucault) argues that before Napoleon we were in societies of sovereignty and that after until WW2 we were in a society of discipline. The former sought to tax

Shubhangi Tiwari

shubh19822

Indian Army chief had asserted that Nepal govt was pushing border dispute at the behest of 'someone else' The Defence Min of Nepal has said that Chief's comments are hurtful

Raphael Sirtoli

raphaels7

1/ Rodent toxicology studies are probably *all* garbage. This has massive implications for the entire drug development industry. Why would I say something so outlandish?@ChrisMasterjohn @ProfTimNoakes @DrEades @LDLskeptic2 @Evolutionistrue @DominicDA

Derek Thompson

DKThomp

A dark week, but here are four pieces of good news on the COVID-front.1) There's a growing consensus that COVID reinfection is unlikely. Immunity probably doesn't disappear after a few

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

From Aug 2020 to Mar 2021, the lagged case fatality rate (CFR) of the US #COVID19 epidemic had remained largely constant at ~1.5% and provided a simple method to predict

QuantumsAshes

QuantumsAshes

Rapublicans and police unions continue to spout the lie that there's a war on police. So, it seems like a good time to re-up some facts. Attacks on police have

The COVID Tracking Project

COVID19Tracking

Our weekly update is published. The United States set a new weekly record for reported cases, breaking 500K for the first time in the pandemic. We see no evidence that

Jeremy PLEASE WEAR MASKS! Konyndyk

JeremyKonyndyk

On @SquawkCNBC a few moments ago I told @andrewrsorkin I think it could be 2-3 years before we have a full return to something like normal. It seemed to come

Mike Roberts

birdsnestsblog

So, it's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and someone said to me that I was always cheerful and I just wanted to share my story a little.At 16, I went through some health problems,

E.H. Hail

Hail__To_You

Corona-Context graph:Deaths/year as a % of the population.Either #SwedenWasRight to not engage in any shutdowns and the pro-Panic coalition was disastrously wrong, - OR - we should have done shutdowns

Trinh

Trinhnomics

The best way to see America's future is to look at increasingly stressed, depressed, and lonely Americans. They used to be fit, happy, and confident. Fast forward to 2020, they're

Fr. Eddie Green SHS 🌸SC

EdwardBGreen

Today I am wondering about the way accepted and widely used terms get redefined and used to mean completely different things - particularly in the Church (short thread) My long

Tim Webb

DblDownResearch

What if I told you $SPY has GAINED $19.55 in 2020 YTD if you only consider what has happened during daytime trading. During the 2018 decline overnight didn't participate. Something

Champagne Papadopoulos 🍾🇬🇷

DIAS

Let’s talk about Bollywood’s influence on Greece !!!! (Thread)Stelios Kazantzidis , Giota Lydia (both pictured here) and many other Greek musicians recorded around 105 Greek versions of Indian

Olivier Blanchard

ojblanchard1

Some quick reactions to the new lockdowns in Europe. 1. The degree of uncertainty is much higher than in the first wave. In the first wave, the (incorrect) belief was