#Crisis

Okay, I figured out why the conspiracy theories about Trump’s motives for pushing hydroxychloroquine bug me.Trump’s narcissism is very simple. It compels him to avoid shame and seek admiration. Those
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The majority of international students are hard working and looking to build a new life for themselves in Canada. Often, their positive contributions are overlooked and the few bad apples
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This may be the clearest example I've seen of the fundamental crisis we face as a country. "Someone make someone..."Folks, there's no one in charge and there never has been.
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Whatever 2020 has thrown at you, you still have a quarter of the year left to pivot.It is entirely possible to build something new in 90 days that will put
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Ok so I leave my job in a bit over a week working in the criminal justice system and have been dying for the day I get to talk mad
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Things that depress me, a thread. I am a sociologist of science and I teach and research about scicomm (among other things.) I justify what I do because I believe
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.@DHSgov @SecMayorkas said today in a talk with @UCLAImmigration that he'd deport our staff member Ny Nourn & formerly incarcerated people like her.Thankfully, Ny was pardoned in recognition of her
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2020 #LESSONS (so far)--- an open thread --- 1. Never say never. Impossible is only an opinion. 2. Trading on fundamentals can ruin you. Seriously. 3. Don't underestimate the power
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Major clashes overnight in Jerusalem incl Old City, Haram al-Sharif & Al Aqsa Mosque. Worst since 2017. 205 Palestinians, 17 Israeli police reported injured. Why now? Dangerous mix of localized
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This whole #coronavirus situation might make more sense to people once they understand that nearly every govt in the worlds' policy right now is NOT based on preventing spread of
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I haven’t written much about Trump’s narcissism of late, so now is as good a time as any to lay down a thread on where his compulsions are taking us.As
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Excl: Britain should look at reintroducing national service to boost public engagement with defence, says MoD-commissioned report.Thoughtful study by Prof Sir Hew Strachan also suggests gvt creating a model NSC
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Beirut is shaken to its core. We know from @RedCrossLebanon over 100 people have died and 4,000 injured.So many more remain missing.This is what we’re seeing on the ground.
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China bought Treasuries in August (TIC transactional data). It isn't actually that significant to the Treasury market: the Fed matters way more. And the size of the recorded purchases isn't
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My thread for the day is about hope.Don reminded me this morning that there is no way America was not going to come to this. You cannot oppress, starve, poison
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Thread re COVID-19 Response Legislation. I’ve been so angry about this and I was going to write an article about it but a twitter rant is all I’ve got now.
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