#Precarious

simon maginn

simonmaginn

I’m a gay man. Gay people have a long and painful history of oppression and intimidation, and there are still many places where a gay person can be jailed, and

Jeremy Farrar

JeremyFarrar

Tomorrow's @thesundaytimes. Data is clear. Political & societal decisions on what to do extraordinary difficult. Very little room for a middle way that keeps things open & also prevents transmission,

Angrynomics

angrynomics

10 Reasons why #Angrynomics is the perfect post #Covid companion. A thread.Available to pre-order: https://bit.ly/3eplelB @MkBlyth @ericlonners @agendapub @angrynomics A combination of #macroeconomic crashes and ever-increasing micro s

Abdu Sharkawy

SharkawyMD

This - is the Covid ward. The halls are barren. The din of traffic, light, LIFE, is remote, distant, almost imperceptible. The quiet and stillness is unnerving.The room I enter

Stephen Williamson

1954swilliamson

1/Well, this seems like a bad idea. The crux of Kocherlakota's argument is that, if the Fed does not go negative, "...the Fed is giving up on unemployment reductions to

Abhishek Acharya

kalpavrukshcap

Indian economy: To achieve sustained double digit growth and $10Tn economy, we need not look any further than Japan, in a post WW2 era, where sustained, decades long monetary policy

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TellYourSonThis

Wisdom Mega Thread.Let's go.1): Be magnanimous to friends, civil to strangers and ruthless to foes; furthermore, know who’s who. 2): Form requires consistency to bring chaos to order.Fluidity is formless,

Manuel L. Quezon III

mlq3

Amazing video but it speaks of an industry in collapse and the wiping out of the livelihoods of thousands of Filipinos: one of the under-reported stories at a time when

CrimethInc.

crimethinc

Nine years ago today, the #Occupy movement initiated the occupation of Zuccotti Park—an ambitious experiment in self-organization.This was a crucial breaking point at which a critical mass of people realized

Dr. Liz Gloyn

lizgloyn

So I said yesterday I was going to do a short #UCUStrikesBack thread on working conditions and health, so here it is. NB - I am by far from the

Imam Tjoerang

Grondwerk

People musn't believe that this hair business only touches women and girls. As a growing boy I had huge hang-ups about my hair, because it wasn't straight straight like X

Karon Liu

karonliu

If ordering takeout this week and don't know if your fav restos offer it, just call them and ask if they're open or are offering delivery/takeout. A lot of the

Quinn Rattan

Qtip60

A lot of the discourse about restaurants opening is about how servers are at riskAnd this is trueHowever not enough centers around Back of House Staff (Line cooks, prep cooks,

BuzzFeed News

BuzzFeedNews

"We have no savings. I still have no job."As the pandemic drags on, families' savings are wiped out as they're pushed to the brink with no relief in sight.https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/venessawong/coronavirus-saving

Kevin Jagernauth

jag24fps

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, bear with me:Cinema chains have completely failed in this moment to make the case for why they matter. And I hate to

Doctora Malka Older

m_older

unconditional cash transfer nowhttps://twitter.com/benrileysmith/status/1245787069076602880 from a humanitarian/disaster response perspective I don't understand why this is even in question. there's NO reason not to help people out, and help