#Economic

Tʉ ehwaani

adjectivenoun

Today we're going to learn about how the "opioid epidemic" is totally iatrogenic, but not for the reasons you think.A good place to start is with this piece of news

Jonathan Rozen

Rozen_J

This is a story of how the US, UK, and Interpol gave #Ghana's security forces technology to break into locked phones, bypass encryption, and extract information.Journalists worry these tools may

Sam Bliss

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I wrote about Shellenberger's new bestseller in @LAReviewofBooks. My review is 4000 words which is way too long for your twitter attention span. This tweet thread is not a substitute

Mike Shanahan

shanahanmike

What if there was a way to fight climate change, improve society and protect nature with no costs, no sacrifices and pretty much zero effort? Would you join in? First,

Chris M. Herbst

ChrisMHerbst

1. Today @PattyMurray & @BobbyScott reintroduced their Child Care for Working Families Act. This bill is extremely important b/c candidate Biden pointed to it as a model for his own

Blue Canaries

CanariesBlue

1. Democrat Mayors in the US have formed coalitions against the federal government. Steve Adler of Austin is 1 of the VP's of The National Conference of Democratic Mayors. It

Morrell Andrews 🇨🇦

MorrellAndrews

Hiring processes that are opaque make it hard for talented people to join the Public Service- especially those coming from outside the NCR and who face systemic barriers. To help

Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢

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* Barrett, Kavanaugh, Roberts all helped stop the recount in 2000; Bush “won” by 537 votes in FL* Global/Diebold machines deleted 16K Gore votes in Volusia & 4K in Brevard*Global

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Biden rightfully calls the $2.2t stimulus package a "once-in-a-generation investment in America," but as @AOC points out, it's not nearly enough - the $40b for housing nationwide would barely cover

Robert Breedlove

Breedlove22

1/22. In the spirit of independence day weekend, I just published my latest writing: “Masters and Slaves of Money" where we explore why central banking is an institution of time-theft

Sumona Chakraborty

SumonaChakrabo8

Stories ready to be published.1.Huge fires caused by burning candles2. Power Grid fails in Hakuna Matata3. Poor Dalit/Muslim beaten for not switching off lights4. ABVP forcible swithes of light in

Karthik

beastoftraal

Thread, on holding India's MOST influential, powerful person + party accountable for his/their hubris, arrogance and misdeeds. Much of this is from international media that BJP cannot control (advertising/coercion), but

Lyle Solla-Yates 🔰🐈

LyleSollaYates

1918: The city planners gather in St. Louis for the first time after the landmark Supreme Court Buchanan decision ending explicit enforcement of racial segregation of housing and public areas.

Michael P Senger

MichaelPSenger

1/ THREAD – THE WORLD ACCORDING TO XI“The most benign possible explanation for the CCP’s campaign for global lockdowns is that the party aggressively promoted the same lie internationally as

Matthew Ball

ballmatthew

1/ Since Dec, $TWTR stock has grown 50% above all-time highs. Lots has been said about Twitter’s product upside, ability to capture more of the value it creates (see @Post_Market

Caio Borges 包凯越

caiosborges

Today's decision by the World Bank to suspend the publication of the Doing Business is a definitely a major event in the history of global development policy, especially because the