#Policy

oliver brrruce

oliverbruce

Today I presented to the @WgtnCC on the proposed Smarter Ways to Manage Parking policy. Wanted to share a few points from the meeting because how we treat parking has

Per Bylund

PerBylund

There is severe confusion about the meaning of #economicgrowth. Many seem to mistakenly think that it has to do with #GDP or producing stuff. It does not. Economic growth means

Dr. Trevon D Logan

TrevonDLogan

Race and #COVID19: Environmental racism, inadequate healthcare, and substandard housing leads to high rates of respiratory diseases among African Americas. Add to that other health disparities (disbetes, hypertension, etc.) place

Rhys Jones

rg_jones

This. We need to have much more explicit values-based discussions about public policy issues. e.g. if you oppose removing cars from cities, you need to explain why the things you

Joel MacManus

JoelMacManus

Thread: There's lots of good policy in National’s transport plan for Wellington, but there's also a lot of re-hashing old rejected ideas from Let’s Get Wellington Moving, most of which

Kristoffer Pasion

indiohistorian

Notable key concepts on this very informative video on South Korea's SUCCESS in "flattening the curve" of COVID-19 cases: - Contact tracing - Aggressive testing - Breaking transmission chains -

Gitabushi the Anti-Fascist

Gitabushi

@AndToddsaid Regarding masks, this is one of the reasons I think my Right vs Left redefinition/clarification is so important.One of the applications of my formulation is that Leftists/Collectivists/Big Govt types

Neptune

coldlawgic

Sexism is so successful because people refuse to admit its existence even when it’s sitting in front of their faces It’s almost like people can’t admit that it’s animating because

Vanya

Vanyathalias

Watched LP debate 5I love Hornberger's commitment to principle but won't answer Qs properly. Dismissive, off-topic & repetitive. He's not interested in viable party, hitting voting #'s. I don't trust

Alex Trembath

atrembath

I find myself in the strange position of wanting to defend climate economists. There's a lot to like in this piece but I think Noah misleads about the past and

Littleblonde1

ElzMo3008

Apparently, Labour are going to 'look again at their policies', in order to try & fix their problems ... They. Just. Don't. Get. It.It's not about policy, it's about the

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

6/ That said, Trump has indeed now poisoned the whole Republican Party. It didn't have to be so; had the party upheld its professed values, it could've credibly claimed it

Stephen Barlow

SteB777

‘herd immunity’ – involving the disease to move through the population, without interventions, in the absence of a vaccine – was the Government’s policy and that this “could have been

Syed Ali Zia Jaffery

syedalizia1992

What explains nuclear non-use in South Asia? This panel comprising @NinaTannenwald ( the one who has academically dealt with and introduced the concept in her magnum opus), @manpreetsethi01, and Sannia

Shashi Tharoor

ShashiTharoor

If #COVID19 were human, it would have been insulted by the chants of "Go Corona Go!", deafened by the taalis & thalis, & blinded by the lights & diyas. That

Tommy Vietor

TVietor08

Tonight we’ll be treated to a speech from Trump super fan/neo fascist Tom Cotton. When Cotton isn’t spreading the lie that COVID was a Chinese biological weapon, he enjoys calling