#Universal

Thaddeus Russell

ThaddeusRussell

Randolph Bourne in 1917, explaining why progressives supported US entry into World War I:"They have absorbed the secret of scientific method as applied to political administration. They are liberal, enlightened,

María Fernanda Pérez

mfperezcr

According to the #Ortega regime, last week #Nicaragua only had 25 cases of #Covid_19. @ObservatorioNi counts more than 1,500 cases as of May 16. Today the #MINSA "recognizes" more than

Aunty D from the Bronx

DarakshanRaja

Where do we go from here & some thoughts: - Hold the Biden administration accountable and ensure they carry through on their promises. The first 100 days are critical. -

Harshal Dhanvijay

Hershel_D

Part 1 :Untouchability and Caste are two different problems. Media and the intellectual class cunningly tries to create perceptions that eradication of Untouchability is same as Annihilation of Caste.Infact Caste

Tom O'Brien

obritom

I have asked this on here before and suddenly all those "Rashford" types have no answers.Why should a taxpayer fund meals for children that are not their own, when the

#NotInThisTogether

HRPLew

1/ I've just spent the past 2 hours on the phone with a Limited Co director who is battling with severe mental health issues caused by the lack of support

Whyvert

whyvert

New paper on national differences in time preference.Combines many different measures (e.g. survey questions and field studies), standardizes them and extracts a common factor. Blue: people on average wait for

Duchess of Healing

sindivanzyl

Only 1% of the population donates blood through the @theSANBSWhat is preventing South Africans from donating blood? To be eligible to donate blood, you need to:• be free of any

Alexandra Erin

AlexandraErin

"We have to learn how to live with the virus!"Okay. Masks on, lather up, keep your distance, shut things down, cancel gatherings, be careful."No. We have to learn how to

Richard Florida

Richard_Florida

1. Words cannot express how surreal it feels to be sitting up here in Toronto watching the trauma & tragedy that is unfolding back in the US.https://twitter.com/joe_cressy/status/1283736997446799362 2. And don't

god's manu

gIowstrayz

what's happening in brazil; an important thread hi everyone! so here's the thing: we all know evety country is going through a rough time rn because of the pandemic rightbut

Justin Alexander

hexcrawl

My TL is discussing effective formatting for #RPG scenarios today.IME, we have generally careened between massive walls of undifferentiated text and overly dogmatized straitjackets (that, in the case of the

Alison McMillan

AlisonJMcMillan

Here's what I don't understand & if someone can explain it to me I'll happily listen. Let's use me and say the fella across the road as examples. Let's call

Jesslyn 🇮🇩

jtannady

I was at @MLHacks Rookie Hacks this weekend, a virtual hackathon for beginners.Seeing people learn new skills together to build things that affect their communities made me feel hopeful at

Kanyi Maqubela

km

Childcare under 5 is a strange segment of the economy.40% is done by relatives (stay at home parent, siblings, grandparent)33% in paid nonrelative childcareAnd almost 40% of kids lack a

The State Of Facebook

_StateOfFB

Facebook mums The “What in the universal credit is this all about” killed me off