#Global

Jolene Tan

acertainjolene

"One may smile, and smile, and be a villain." I'll count my gender equality chickens when I see them hatching. I don't like to nitpick on linguistic correctness, but I

Tony Fratto

TonyFratto

US customers of medical supplies — masks, PPE, ventilators — were VERY late to put in orders relative to overseas customers. Today, American manufacturers are having to balance foreign customers

HQ

twistersage

:WAR-CASTLES THREAD~ I've been trying to follow this when time allows, and as I understand things currently, there are no governments aside from the global postal union which manages all

John Manoochehri

jmanooch

Fascinating discussion led by @revikin of the ICS at @earthinstitute, with @KateRaworth & #HermanDaly, sharp as ever.Lots of content but some things to consider a bit: - productive vs extractive

Brad Setser

Brad_Setser

Excellent @S_Rabinovitch article in the Economist.h/t @andrewbatson https://www.economist.com/china/2020/05/07/a-slump-exposes-holes-in-chinas-welfare-state Good thread as well(am a bit late to this)https://twitter.com/S_Rabinovitch/status/1258564245

Noel Clehane

NoelClehane

Fascinating and deeply informed views from @ph_lamberts MEP on @CER_EU webinar on the potentially game changing impact of the #pandemic and EU #RecoveryPlan if large enough, of sufficient duration and

Natalie Buske Thomas

buske_natalie

Truth incites anger.FACT: citizens lost their jobs/businesses because the needs of the collective took priority over needs of individuals, even in areas with few cases. That's communism (collective>individual)."Comply or we'll

mes #TeamPinky

OH_mes2

One World: Together at Home - Coronavirus Charity Concert LineupAlicia KeysCamila CabelloCeline DionCharlie PuthEllen DeGeneresEllie GouldingJennifer LopezJessie JJohn LegendOprah WinfreyPharrellSam SmithShawn MendesSuperMTaylor SwiftUsherVictoria Be

Bubble Boy

A_bubbly_boi

I want to deal with a little bit of nonsense the Irish anti-lockdown conspiracy theorists are spreading, pertaining to this document, which is a recent report on the epidemiology of

Francesca #VoteBlue #ERANow

FranncescaRobi1

Trump is a laughing stock, not a leader. He is the antithesis of American greatness. Countries used to show tremendous respect & admiration for America for our social & political

Travis View

travis_view

Today's Q drop links to a conspiracy theory that originated on Twitter. It purportedly explains why so many big name MAGA accounts turned on Q-Anon.The theory basically says the 2016

Rebecca Willis

Bankfieldbecky

Evidence on unburnable oil, gas & coal: a thread.Yesterday I asked for your go-to references on ‘unburnable carbon’ – i.e. the amount of oil, coal & gas that must stay

A New Radical Centrism

a_centrism

[THREAD]1/ I came across this unadulterated cringe: A nice white lady recommending on MLK Day that we follow some "seriously badass scholars of color," in particular @black_epi, an epidemiologist whose

Michael McFaul

McFaul

One more round. Who made these statements? Trump, Obama, or Bush? THREAD 1/ We want our companies building those products right here in America. But to do that, American manufacturers

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

India reports another 400,000+ cases, 4000+ death dayA sustained level of horriblenessAnd its not correctTrue number surely closer to 25,000 deaths, 2-5 million infections todayLots of ways to estimate but

Gelare خوشگذران

rearleftist

One of the nicest things about growing up in Iran (like many parts of the Global South) was that you were raised with fundamental distrust & no hope in the