#Crises

Jean Quatremer

quatremer

Deux jours après l’entrée en vigueur du couvre-feu, des rumeurs évoquées son durcissement probable. On a eu le reconfinement annoncé pour une durée d’un mois. Depuis jeudi, les rumeurs s’accumulent

Roger E. A. Farmer

farmerrf

I agree with @ummodern that this is a great piece by @csissoko I also agree with his point about systemic interdependencies. Let me take a stab at expanding on that

20.10.2020

I_Am_Ilemona

I have a theory about why it seems difficult for a majority of Nigerians to assimilate the threat #COVID19 poses to us. We are so surrounded by deaths from infectious

Lili Saintcrow

lilithsaintcrow

This is their endgame. This, if unchallenged, legitimizes voter suppression "during this emergency" and keeps Republican boots firmly upon the necks.No, I don't think anyone *created* the 'Rona. But I

marie

hizziestyle

lizzie saltzman's bipolar disorder; a thread #LGCStopTheStigma 1x01lizzie has an episode after raf said mean things about her. 1x04lizzie's character features are heightened by her bipolar, making her having maniac

Francisco Tolmasky

tolmasky

Don’t be fooled by this drawn out counting process, this *is* what a repudiation of the last 4 years look like. Biden and Harris have done something incredible here, and

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

Friday's employment report was devastating — and reality almost surely worse. The BLS itself says that the unemployment number was probably understated 1/ https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm True unemployment probably ~20%. If so,

Amanda McCrina | 🇵🇱 TRAITOR out now 🇺🇦

AmandaMcCrina

Today, October 17, is Tolya’s birthday! So, as promised—a thread. Of his VERY OWN. Through the first several drafts, Tolya was the only POV character in TRAITOR. It made sense

Joshua Lenon

JoshuaLenon

[THREAD] I’m attending the @LSCtweets briefing on #COVID19. Legal aid providers are anticipating a ‘tsunami of unmet legal needs’ immediately after the eviction moratoriums and unemployment benefits run out. It

visa is almost done ✍🏾📖

visakanv

wife and I were talking about [controversial topic] recently and trying to figure out how we feel about it – and I found myself saying, it's important that we distinguish

Katherine May

_katherine_may_

As #AutismAcceptanceMonth winds on, I've been thinking a lot about healing - specifically, how hard it is for autistic folk to access support for trauma and the self-destructive patterns

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

I have a column up in today's @Slate's @FutureTenseNow: "The Dangers of Cynical Sci-Fi Disaster Stories."https://slate.com/technology/2020/10/cory-docotorow-sci-fi-intuition-pumps.html1/ It's an exploration of fiction

John McCartin

mccaartiin

fwiw: tentative lessons on minimizing police interference of protests from an urban planning / urban design perspective. 1/x in grad school for urban planning, i did my thesis on the

Angelo Basu

botzarelli

Just had a presentation at work about PPE the non-confidential part of which I hope you'll find interesting... (thread) #Covid19 #PPE I work for a very large global healthcare/pharma business

Katie Martin

KMartUK

Looking for some Sunday reading? Here’s a round up of some of the best stuff I’ve seen this week on the longer-term implications of #COVID2019: .@TomMcTague on what the crisis

The Captain ♿

grumpywonky

CW: SuicideThis is so right on. Having just been through a suicide attempt in the midst of everyone "talking about it" around Suicide prevention week, I can confirm it's a