#Policy

Jeet Heer

HeerJeet

1. So I have a few thoughts on Richard A. Epstein, shoddy contrarian arguments about coronavirus pandemic, the anti-empiricism of Austrian economics, the popularity of dubious neo-Larmarckian biology among conservatives,

Mark

LibTourKarl

Neutral Countries and InterneesThe impetus for this thread came as a result of an article I read about USAAF aircrews interned in Switzerland at a notorious camp called Wauwilermoos. Shocking

Dr. Jennifer Chen, MD FAAP

DrJenChen4kids

Looking forward to #AAP2020 #Peds21 on Advancing Child Health Equity with @RheaBoydMD @DrTiffJohnson @JyothiMarbin @MariaTrent5 "Every generation has to make a dent in the wall of injustice" - Dr. Mary

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. A somewhat more technical thread than usual.I'm trying to understand the new @UW_IHME #COVID19 forecasting model that was released this morning. Here is a web page with background, a

ConsMark

SCBConsMark

We need some inspiration. Join us to celebrate people fighting for our planet w/#30EarthMonthHeroes. The rules: Tag a person who does great things to protect the environment tag+thread another the

Mulder’s Fleet of Zombie Voters for High Taxes

proteinwisdom

An observation: people outside of the Beltway political establishment who look at the graves in Arlington and wonder if they’d have had the stones to potentially pay the ultimate sacrifice,

Divya M.

Divya_M_P

between what @zaranosaur describes as bizarre takes about “grappling” with isolation from able people, to all the new measures that we’ve asked for for years but w/no consultation, & the

Daniel Howden

daniel_howden

Urgentish THREAD: There's new estimate of Europe's undocumented or shadow population. Comes from @pewresearch. Will generate lots of noise because in some places (UK) it's the 1st estimate in a

Scott Coley

scott_m_coley

Because the courts offer the most eligible path to outlawing abortion, and because it takes years for cases to make their way to the Supreme Court, it’s plausible to suppose

K

kplaysrpgs

.@DavidSligar banging on about super is going to make me have to read this fucking retirement income review 648 pages, fuck me. A review that came from another review... ...

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NickyTaleb

Bahrain #COVID19 Contact Tracing:https://www.moh.gov.bh/Covid19/ContactsTracingTested: 58,503Active Cases: 441Discharged: 551Stable: 438Critical: 3Deceased: 6Deceased Ages: 65, 78, 52, 65, ?, ?. Bahrain #COVID19Tested: 63,973Active: 572 (131)Stable:

David Wallace-Wells

dwallacewells

"One plague, when big enough, occludes others, and the coronavirus pandemic has, for six months now, almost fully eclipsed the very real, very large, and very pressing threat of climate

greg fell FFPH

felly500

A few weeks ago I did a well publicised thread on the amazing work by many over the last few months on how what they did has saved lives, protected

Abhishek Mukherjee (@SachinAzharCT)

ovshake42

On this day, 1969, the Hyderabad ground staff showed such inefficiency that it remains a blot in the history of Indian cricket.Things took a turn so ridiculous that The Indian

Rory (🦄💩🐍)

rorybowman

#2021thread on male bodies in female sport, following up on a similar one from last year, https://twitter.com/historywoman/status/1228711754085097474Key issues and questions to address:What is the purpose of sport?Of rules?Of divisions with

Alex

JewishWonk

At the Rosh Hashanah services I attended the rabbi discussed the need to be grateful for things epic and minuscule, whether they come from humanity or from nature. It's a