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1/30 In two forthcoming pieces, I examine #Japan's response to the #COVID19 #coronavirus #pandemic. I'll summarize the main non-theoretical points here (long thread alert!). 2/30 #Japan’s figures have always looked
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New Q (31 May '20): Yesterday:"POTUS action coming. Homeland Security _FBI_DOJ action coming. Investigations may lead to [D][F] 'support' targets. Today POTUS confirms. Barr releases statement: Antifa = domestic terrorist
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Some advice to Ukrainians:1. Ukrainian hackers post Russian casualty numbers on Russian official websites and social media accounts. That's not bad. A better idea - post instructions for sabotage. For
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I keep talking to engineers who are antsy to get to senior and beyond, frustrated that it is taking so long. And I've encountered one very, very widespread blind spot
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Islam demographic expert warns that once Muslims hit 16% of the population of your country, there is no way to stop it from becoming an Islamic nation. According to a
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Australian Tragedy :Western Australia holds the distinction of having the highest Indigenous jailing rate on earth.Aboriginal people in WA are incarcerated at a rate eight times greater than the jailing
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(Thread)What about all those judges Trump appointed?A little history puts Trump judges in perspective.(In a separate thread, I’ll chart the way forward)Through most of U.S. history, courts have been right
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Today in #SOCR381, we're going to be discussing "the limits of modern medicine" and how #SDoH contributed to the "great victory over infectious diseases." A quick thread about how this
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My article on women's political mobilization in response to conflict-related sexual violence is #openaccess this month. A reminder that women play active roles in resistance. Below follows a selection of
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COVID Update May 23: 2 months ago, with things heading off the rails & we launched #StayHome , experts told me that if we were successful at reducing the death
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Africa is heating up folks. Strap on your seatbelts. It's gonna be a very interesting period for Africa in the coming months.The French military is planning for high-intensity war. It's
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Boris Johnson will now push Academy Schools further.Already 9000+ schools and 4 Million kids.A £66 Billion asset transfer to the private sector.Many of Boris's donors are Multi-Academy Trust CEO's.Believe me
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(Interesting. So the formal notions drove theoretical innovation such as pursued by Simon, Newell and others, while the technologies seemed most relevant for *acceptance* of those notions and theoretical constructs
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OK, my first thread on misconceptions about the history of bank-issued paper currency, motivated by claims that history shows that the private market can't be entrusted with supplying currency of
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UNTHINKABLE but Not unexpected First time in nearly 30 yearChinese Govt would take control of a bankThe troubled inner Mongolia-based Baoshang Bank, due to the serious credit risks it poses.https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-27/big-wake-call-chin
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Forgive me the density of this post. It’s a long thread because some things just can’t be said in shorter ones.For decades , I have repeatedly—and to the annoyance of
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