#PANDEMIC

Henry Mance

henrymance

Always fun to read one of Michael Gove’s speeches. Also fun to compare the speech to the government’s actual behaviour:1. Gove says civil servants don’t use statistics enough. But when

Dan Kennedy

dankennedy_nu

1. So here's what @deannaschwartzz and I were able to find out. The @bostonherald's office in Braintree has been moved to the @LowellSun. 2. The Braintree office is being used

ProfB

AntheaButler

I wonder if white people really understand just how hard it is every time a Karen incident happens, or a white cop kills a black person like a dog how

Steve Inskeep

NPRinskeep

On September 18, just three weeks ago, the 538 polling average had Biden +6.7, roughly in the range it’s been all year. Today it’s Biden +10.2. For comparison, here is

mtanji

mtanji

You've seen movies. You know the bad guys come right after something bad happens that compromises your security or weakens your defenses. This is not a call to not cut

Fabio Ghironi

FabioGhironi

Must-read article in @TheEconomist, but it seems to me that it fails to consider a crucial intertemporal dimension of the multidimensional tradeoff we face:https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/04/01/covid-19-presents-stark-choices-between-life-deat

KeepPlayingBaseball

KeepplayingBB

A thread on creating meaningful exposure to college coaches in today's recruiting landscape. First, a few keys we'll discuss: 1) Meaningful skills must precede meaningful exposure2) Video is more important

Bebo

BoldBebo

Also real talk, I've been hating on the Democratic party since I was 10. Just because I vote with Dems doesn't make me a Democrat, it just means y'all are

Swazi

ThandoSwazi

Schools are closed, graduations cancelled, a huge chunk of the work force is sitting at home cause that's just how serious this pandemic is but people will fix their twitter

Governor Kristi Noem

govkristinoem

My administration is very grateful to @realDonaldTrump for the additional flexibility that the "Lost Wages Assistance" would have provided, but South Dakota is in the fortunate position of not needing

Simon Harris TD

SimonHarrisTD

*THREAD* Lots of conversation in recent days & weeks about #Covid19 & it’s impact. Frustrates me that sometimes the conversation is too narrow & is about just “reopening” our country.

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

1. 28,000 news media workers gone since the pandemic. There is a crisis of the free press, and it is directly a result of the monopoly of advertising by Google

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

So looks like the govt has finally designated B.1.617.2 (so-called 'Indian variant' a VOC- the PHE appears to have designated that the risk to the public is 'high', but the

Quarantine Your Fandom! 🧼

BronlyThings

The beginning of the month is coming around, and we feel there are some things you should know.During the pandemic, it is illegal to evict someone in the U.S. for

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. This is going to be a personal thread about the experience of working at the intersection of infectious disease modeling and the study of misinformation during the worst pandemic

Malaika Jabali

MalaikaJabali

Are supporters/reps of the Biden campaign going to start deleting tweets about sending people to vote in a pandemic like they did the #MeToo tweets here is—as the