#Disaster

1/ The economy is like a household budget and you have to cut your cloth accordingly is probably the greatest lie ever told.For the past 9 months the Gov't has
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The problem, as I see it after working in media for a couple decades and tech too, is that media has gotten it wrong when it comes to tech just
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Notes from today's @ASHEoffice webinar on "Resisting Disaster Academic Capitalism and White Supremacy" w/ @lesliedgonzales, @garyrhoades, @gblancoedd, @doctorkag, @trans_killjoy, & @HeatherShotton #ASHE2020 (a thread ) Dis
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my 9th thread FELIX HE SAID KANGAROO SIT they are homiesexual bc’s sweater is so cute give it to me i want a timtam i feel like these children should
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Filing this away for the next time someone blames economic woes on "unfettered, unregulated capitalism" Imposing tariffs on hand sanitizer dispensers and forcing automakers to make medical supplies (which they
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The latest advice on COVID-19 puts vulnerable people at risk. We're calling on @GOVUK to provide better financial and practical measures for vulnerable people. We need:Financial supportAccess to essentialsAccess to
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Didn't resign due to the protests though did he, resigned due to the actual military coup being carried out today, after announcing a repeat election.https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/1193635223470301187 Thirteen paragraphs down. WaPo did
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1/ When Trump ran for office and then won, many of us who knew how dangerous he would be were told to stop worrying over nothing. We were told about
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the problem with c*vid, and every other colonial virus, is that the spawning body, the ca*casians, cannot and will not stay quarantined enough for it to have been contained. so
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I’m 11 days into 2 week quarantine. I was symptomatic for a few days last week, spoke to several nurses and was told to come in to see my doctor
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//YO To my Filo oomfs and noomfs, please please please be prepared for the incoming super typhoon. They say it's stronger than Typhoon Yolanda so do NOT underestimate it.I'll be
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Academic peeps: I've lived through many disasters. Here is my advice on "productivity". First, play the long game. Your peers who are trying to work as normal right now are
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A thread: There has been a lot of talk about the importance of ventilation in schools during the #SafeSeptember discussion, so I wanted to weigh in to explain how bad
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Matt Hancock has just confirmed that Gov't is thinking about implementing 'immunity certificates' for those with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. Both the science and the politics of this proposal need much more
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First up: Pearl from Steven Universe. She's so well thought out in the way her back story informs her character, she's complex, flawed, dedicated, loyal, strong and has boundless love.
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I took a single undergrad class on the social impact of epidemics and I feel like that has informed a lot of how I’ve interacted w/ people about Covid. Understanding
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