#Risks

Justin | TheeFinanceGuy 📶

TheeFinanceGuy

Looking for some HUGE DIVIDENDS? Tobacco stocks are labeled as a dying business model - but is this true?Let's "clear the smoke" on this controversial sector -A Thread- 1.

Mansoor Bangash

bangash_mansoor

A lot of respect for @DrAseemMalhotra , but this is promoting frankly dangerous advice on very shaky ground. Do not stop or change your statin dose without consulting your own

Sam Trabucco

AlamedaTrabucco

I throw the term "expected value" (EV for short) around a lot. What is it, and, more important, why is it the thing that matters?A thread about the median and

Alex Wickham

alexwickham

NEW: How Boris Johnson Sided With "Doves" Over "Hawks" To Slow The UK's Exit From LockdownYour Saturday morning @BuzzFeedNews write through:https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown Mos

Beau Sievers

beausievers

I don't think this paper is half as bad as a number of Twitter users have made it out to be—I certainly don't think it's flatly racist physiognomy. Here's why

PeaceLabBlog

PeaceLabBlog

To conclude the #WPS debate on the PeaceLab blog, @MConiZimmer & @sonjakathar summarize the key messages of 40 authors in 28 articles: what specific measures and goals should include

James Ward

JamesWard73

Here’s a great example of how sometimes modelling produces counter-intuitive results: if (under certain conditions) you randomly infect 100,000 people with covid in the next few weeks, you’d save 250

Harvey Gold

HarveyGoldMusic

MY “ULTIMATE” Q-TIP THREAD!RANKING 10 PROJECTS & 257 SONGS!@QtipTheAbstract, The Abstract, The Lone Ranger, Kamaal - one of my favorite artists of all time, and likely my biggest inspiration. One

John Stoehr's Editorial Board

johnastoehr

1. National character is something conservatives, especially elected Republican officials at all levels of government, say they take *very* seriously. They tell the story often of the United States being

Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF)

internetfreedom

Click here to read a short explainer of the working paper’s analysis of @SetuAarogya and the privacy risks therein. 1/9https://internetfreedom.in/is-aarogya-setu-privacy-first-nope-but-it-could-be-if-the-government-wanted/ Contact tracing was studied

William Davison

wdavison10

THREAD: Executive Committee of #Ethiopia's troubled 4-party ruling front will meet soon and focus on PM Abiy-backed plan to merge regional constituent parties into single national organisation that would include

Paul Poast

ProfPaulPoast

Though "The Prize" is relatively "expensive" right now, it's just one of 10 books I recommend for understanding the global politics of oil[THREAD]https://twitter.com/ProfPaulPoast/status/1252329119955771392 First, @DanielYergi

Molly O'Toole

mollymotoole

Behind the story: From Nepal to Saudi Arabia, reporting how a dead man came back to life - from twists of fate over momos to tripping over my abaya to

K. Chen

tznkai

So I've been working on this new tabletop RPG and it's gotten me thinking about some of the fundamental trade-offs in game design. One is the sliding scale of crunch,

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

First, medical workers have different requirements from masks. They're around sick people all the time and they are trying to protect themselves. Remember, viral load matters a great deal, hence

Dr Zuleyka Zevallos

OtherSociology

Let's talk about the new COVID-19 ads and continued focus on people "not following the rules." In Australia (and elsewhere) a vocal minority who refuse to wear masks or who