#Complex

As a German I have often asked myself how a country can fall. My country of birth fell far beyond the deepest abyss. How else could one describe what happened:
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Some COVID perspective. A reminder - I am an expert in one area (human genetics/genomics); I know many experts in other areas (infections epi, viral genomics, wastewater, clinical trials) worldwide
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Thousands are gathered here in Flatbush today in a rally against police brutality. There’s speakers by the Parkside Ave subway stop, & people playing music closer to the entrance of
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Today I wish to address the relationship between the sperm whale the giant squid, as popular media and art such as this video here tend to misinterpret the nature of
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Everytime someone suggests I watch The Boys PS "It's not as bad as the comics" isn't a selling point.The comic was horrific and never should have been given an adaptation.Watered
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Starting a new thread in response to a conversation about sign language interpreters... here's my hot take. Abolish undergraduate programs in sign language interpreting. There are many complex layers to
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The reason I am a lawyer today is because of Rodney King. Well, not HIM, per se, but the whole situation. Back then, as now, there were many who were
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In the wake of Reid’s excellent piece on Moss and the culture at OT I felt it important to talk about the organisational culture in child protection organisations. Be warned,
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On Saturday, the #GNA launched a military offensive to capture #Tarhuna.What we forecasted in our last report has so far proven accurate.Given that details about the operation have been mired
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This week it’s time for one of my since long largest holdings, ASML, to report. I’ve previously discussed the company, but to give some brief context it sells high-tech equipment
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The situation facing Kenyan Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East has been made more complex by COVID-19. The pandemic has left many MDWs unemployed & homeless. In Lebanon, this
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1. Federal income tax2. State income tax3. Local income tax4. Employee social security tax (your employer pays the other half)5. Employee Medicare tax (your employer pays the other half)6. Property
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Having rambling thoughts lately about how one of the big barriers to most pubic-facing disability discourse is that the majority of people think of disabilities as being 1) rare 2)
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Feynman wisdom is that you don’t truly understand something until you can explain it to a newcomer. This gets confused with two seemingly similar claims, however, both of which are
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. @iwashyna asked "Why do clinicians sometimes feel distress providing goal-concordant care?" I loved pondering all the responses. Here is a summary thread of what I read. Main takeaway: It's
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1/20 Our responses to COVID-19 has disproportionate impact on those children already most at risk. Committee on the Rights of the Child warns of grave physical, emotional and psychological
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