#Global

It is actually outrageous that @DalhousieU is proceeding with their annual tuition raise during a global crisis This tuition raise is a completely unreasonable burden to place on their students
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It is NOT a "fake virus"It is NOT "just like Flu" (which did not kill 650 working doctors and nurses in 6 months)It DOES make some people sick enough to
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1000 souls lost in the UK today... 2000 in the US... all covid deaths. That’s not calculating the other natural & accidental/unnatural deaths that happen every day regardless of covid.Stay
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THREAD: There’s uncertainty how many Americans were already exposed to #COVID19 and developed immunity. Until we do widespread serological testing to see who has antibodies, we won’t know for sure.
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1/ Bitcoin calls into question the very basis of economic organization. No other breakthrough in history will contribute more dramatically to the evolution of monetary systems.*Just published* w/ @coinmetricsBitcoin: A
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[Thread] Many argue the current China crisis will push India closer to the US. I have a new journal article, as part of a special issue on US ally/partner perceptions
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Lockdown Boredom?Learn about the ecological and climate catastrophe, and how to respond to it:1. Investigate what Climate Justice means.2. Consider what action would suit you.3. Decide whether you will focus
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People are not stupid. People don’t understand. A thread. 1/https://twitter.com/stphnmaher/status/1264371087745392641 I read a thing on F@ceb00k this am from a family member which was a laundry list of “I don’t
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on transparency: i was surprised to find that in many commentaries on the whole theranos thing holmes is repeatedly vilified and labeled as a "master manipulator" as if she has
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Well it's Friday. Let's fool around with Google FLoC.(attempting a thread)(I felt compelled to make Word Art for this) FLoC lets adtech brokers target ads at Chrome users (maybe us!)
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Congress is in recess - which is outrageous all by itself.And Nancy Pelosi is suggesting she may extend it. Which is SHAMEFUL. Congress needs to GET BACK TO WORK -
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Edtech investment organizations are shaping the future of education through a mix of predictive technoeconomic valuations and imaginative visions. This post was basis for my short talk on education technology
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[1/5] Over the past few years, the global accelerator/incubator landscape is growing and changing at a rapid pace. We noticed big differences in how the programs are lead and services
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Sigh, White men in New York City are the prettiest. Florida White boys have improved. But no one has inspired me to leave my home during this pandemic. So here
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We keep getting conflicting reports re #coronavirus overall mortality and morbidity. Are we going to see 100k's die or millions? In my spreadsheet here (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K_jLQVedAK_-3nHdok7aoyYMY19qj1OtfaMTaguAOME/edit#gid=
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(Long thread--but worth reading)I received lots of pushback (including some pretty nasty comments) on my tweets re. the most recent “Nobel Prize” in economics. I believe that most comments reflect
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