#Measures

A few further thoughts.The reason the White House is suddenly flipping out about this is that they're realizing the die is already cast, and it will be very, very damaging
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GEC Special Report: Pillars of Russia’s #Disinformation and Propaganda EcosystemThread.(For more details, the full report is available for download at the link below:)https://www.state.gov/russias-pillars-of-disinformation-and-propaganda-
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It's a normal that pandemics both accelerate the decline of empires and devalue currencies. But it's interesting to consider if a bank panic resulting in the insolvency of the financial
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My friends, a new MEGATHREAD has arrived!In 40 tweets I’ll explain 40 useful concepts you should know.Reading time: ~7 minutes.Value: potentially a lifetime!Thread: 1. Social Proof:When unsure how to act,
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[Thread] 1/ Just a few thoughts on where we are headed... the latest numbers are all VERY encouraging (w one possible exception) and it means there is a real chance
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David Ludwig and co-authors just published an interesting study in JAMA Network Open, and an accompanying NYT op-ed. The JAMA study examines how frequently diet trials stick with their preregistered
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We have a new pre-print out @socarxiv on the pressing need to conduct frequent mobile phone surveys to monitor excess deaths due to the #COVID19 pandemic in low income and
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It's good no one warned there would be a need for this if restrictions were eased as soon as they were: BBC News - Coronavirus: Leicester lockdown tightened as cases
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Okay, time for that #USS update! This thread is going to take in as much of what's going on as possible. And that is *a lot*. I will try to
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Animation history narratives are interesting and also irksome in terms of how generalizations form. Examples of what I mean:-Western animation is focused on character animation and "better at it" while
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My First Thread: A NovellaMy biggest safety concern w/ starting back to school in September isn't COVID. It's that Stephen Lecce is our Minister of Education.He will be the one
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PROFESSOR GATO, back yet again (working from home) with the latest cut at the question of "does lockdown and social distancing create better COV outcomes?"the answer from this latest data
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There are motives behind this defund the police, people are not going be happy with. There is an active plan to federalize the police bring in UN peace keepers which
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What level of death can we live with? A thread on an uncomfortable question that needs answered in the coming weeks. It's posed in a remarkable interview in Der Spiegel's
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As countries brace for a monthslong coronavirus crisis, FP has collected our top reads and interviews on how the world has responded to the threat of COVID-19 so far. [Thread.]https://buff.ly/2X58c7w 
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Poorer Eastern European Nations Could Teach the West a Lesson on #Coronavirus: In Eastern and Central Europe, infections have largely been kept under control and governments are starting to loosen
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