#Data

#UCPAGM2020 EARLY RESULTS POLICY The finalized data will be posted on the website this evening.Policy #1YES: 86.51%NO: 13.25%Total Votes: 845Spoiled: 2 Policy #2YES: 88.93%NO: 10.59%Total Votes: 831Spoiled: 4 Policy #3
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A short city population/datanerdfest coming up in this thread, beginning with a little panoramic tour of the Tokyo metro area - city as far as the eye can see(I made
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Important thread for the people of Jammu who are being betrayed yet again by Delhi.1. Delimitation exercise to withdraw constituencies in J&K has begun. Instead of waiting for the most
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INFORMATION/COMEBACKS YOU CAN USE AGAINST COMMON ARGUMENTS THAT ALM/BLUE LIVES MATTER SUPPORTERS USE; A THREAD first of all, I’d like to say that I’m not, in any way, trying to
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Anthony Fauci agrees that community testing and contact tracing is the best way to suppress the virus and re-open the economy.https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/490713-fauci-improved-testing-and-tracing-can-help-reopen-country I'm hearin
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We've seen no evidence to support the claim that "nearly half of the accounts Tweeting about #COVID19 are likely bots.” with a few thoughts on the subject...https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/20/859814
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THIS MORNING: @GovWhitmer expected to announce an extension of the stay-at-home order, expiring at the end of the month. "When I say I'm hoping to loosen some restrictions, I mean
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This morning @ONS released their latest inflation data, showing a big fall in annual CPIH inflation (from 1.1% to 0.5%), the lowest rate since the end of 2015. Quick thread
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Bring back the Renaissance Man/Woman, or why "listening to the expert" is not such a good idea although it superficially seems so to all but the technocrats in our times.
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Post on polling in 2020. TLDR: projections based only on past voting returns better predicted 2020 results than poll averages in battleground states. I review how we used this to
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Doing science, and especially social science, is a political act. Researchers are in unique positions of power. We make choices about what sorts of science to do, what aspects of
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We had two preprints out last week. They might seem unrelated, but have lots to do with each other. In this thread I will outline the results and what they
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My colleague @RattanChand19 at @EgrowFoundation finds that, "From district-wise data, it's seen that in 50% of ~700 districts there's no corona positive case. 75 have 1 corona +ve case each
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Thread: 1) Massive PCR testing campaigns are resulting in the quarantine of healthy individuals, temporary business & school closures, mask mandates, & unnecessary panic and fear. Damage is being done
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I was hesitant to bring attention to this but I suspect it will be picked up soon. I am concerned that a recently posted preprint will cause another panic about
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Please please please take your cyber security seriously even if you don’t consider yourself a high risk person. Here are a few easy things to start with. 1/n Switch from
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