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Max Roser

MaxCRoser

Why do people – including journalists – rely on http://worldometers.info for data on the pandemic?It has big errors. It has been like this for weeks. And it's not getting better.

Bloomberg Opinion

bopinion

"Don't worry about Florida's Covid-19 surge, because it's not killing many people," people say. Data scientist @mathbabedotorg is not buying it.Instead, she predicts that by early August, deaths in Florida

Ms. kennedy61

kennedy6110

Read by my Pastor: How the Virus Stole Easterby Kristi Bothur (with a nod to Dr. Seuss)'Twas late in '19 when the virus beganBringing chaos and fear to all people,

Sharon Nyangweso (She/Her)

Sharon_Okeno

I'm currently studying for my Canadian citizenship test (don't even get me started), but I think Canadians really need to know the kinds of rhetoric shared with newcomers. The section

Abhishek Mukherjee (@SachinAzharCT)

ovshake42

There is no Sadagoppan Ramesh appreciation thread on Twitter.So I decided to write one on his 45th birthday.And since Ramesh is very personal, let me begin with a personal memory.+

Bert Slagter

bslagter

Onze hamer was prima, maar onze dans is mislukt. Het is tijd voor een nieuwe Hammer en een betere Dance.Of: waarom een spoedige, korte, heftige lockdown een goed idee is

Sarah Dayan

frontstuff_io

One of my favorite software development practices is to wrap dependencies into custom abstractions.I hate it when a third-party leaks all over my code and a refactor takes hours (if

Danny Boy

Care2much18

This anecdotal, observational thread is highly critical of infection control practices at Dublin Airport and highly praising of Doha Airport.Cool, lets see how that's all working out then, with a

BuzzFeed News UK

BuzzFeedNewsUK

NEW: As Boris Johnson begins what his team thinks will be a month-long road to recovery from the coronavirus, ministers warn his government faces mounting problems on the political, health

Rich Cordray

RichCordray

The CFPB has fundamentally misread the situation consumers are facing during the #COVID19 pandemic and needs to change gears FAST. I've written a white paper on what it can do.

Robert Rotifer

robertrotifer

I share @bertholdseliger's lack of surprise at the “revelation” that Vienna's Gestapo chief was recruited for West-German intelligence post-war. Good to see this stuff get more traction now, but it's

George Mack

george__mack

Today I Learnt:20 OF THE BEST TWEETS OF @mmay3r. Michael has a spectacular ability to distill more insight in one tweet than most authors give in a whole book.I scraped

Alexis Poulin

Poulin2012

Selon Macron, les problèmes de l’#hôpital ne sont pas liés au manque de moyens mais à l'organisation.Le problème, ce sont les conseillers en organisation qui ont organisé le manque de

James Ward

_JamesWard

Almost 5 years ago, amid numerous claims that Java was dying, I wrote about 10 ways we could use it better to avoid the downfall:https://www.jamesward.com/2014/12/03/java-doesnt-suck-youre-just-using-it-wrongWell, Java is not dead and

Nick Gourevitch

nickgourevitch

Week 16 of @NavigatorSurvey out today w/ lots of new polling on schools. This issue is complex, but one thing isn't: The public has so lost faith in Trump on

Matthew Cortland, Esq

mattbc

Friends,This isn't how science works. If there has actually been a "major therapeutic breakthrough" on the SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus* it would be subjected to the scrutiny of the scientific community. We