#Numbers

A fast and loose thread on the broad history for the *sensible* reason why Nimrod MRA.4 was scrapped.WARNING: Nimrod MRA.4 is an emotive subject. There is a lot of genuinely
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Hello, beautiful #Earpers If you want to watch #WynonnaEarp and don't know how to, it's up on Syfy's youtube channel.“But, Clara, it's geoblocked, ya dingus ”, you might say.Well,
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Been waiting for comprehensive study on this for a long time and @PFF_Eric did an excellent job.Pressure rate and sacks allowed are primarily quarterback stats, **not** offensive line stats. https://www.pff.com/news/pro-z-quarterbacks-in-co
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In the words of Donald Knuth (on this very topic), "But no, no, ten thousand times no!" (source: https://www.math.uni-bielefeld.de/~sillke/NEWS/0-0.html)Let's talk about how primitive functions on â„ť even get defined. I'm
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Corporations and MBA geniuses realized in the 1980s and 1990s that the journalism biz was a great way to make a killing. Profit margins were amazing.Most journalism outfits back then
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although this isn’t the main issue at the moment, here’s a thread of victims of police in australia #BlackLivesMatter warning !!! aboriginal and torres strait islander peope are to
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I was hospitalized last week for a very accelerated heart rate, very low BP, and cycling oxygen levels. And my entire experience at Alameda hospital was of one of being
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So, a long thread (sorry) with thoughts on the situation. I read an article in the Grauniad last night. What a depressing piece it was, proper doomsday material about the
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As activists and lawmakers across the country call to defund the police, I took a look at the Pittsburgh police budget and spoke to experts about the challenges and benefits
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1/ When Trump announced that children are "almost immune" to COVID he engaged in a calculated lie. To the contrary, children do contract COVID in large numbers; they do suffer
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1/ Franklin Templeton has decided to windup six of their marquee debt funds. What happened and what may happen in the future? Thread @dugalira @andymukherjee70 @ananthng @deepakshenoy @WeekendInvestng @latha_venkatesh @NagpalManoj
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THREAD: Election analysis based on Historical trends, not polls. Let's start with Incumbent strength. In 1976, Ford's (R) Approval among republicans was 68% (Gallup). In 1980, Carter's (D) Approval among
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I wrote about what Fox News and Facebook are doing to our parents.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/internet-baby-boomers-misinformation-social-media_n_5f998039c5b6a4a2dc813d3d Do I even need to spell out the problem? Losing older relatives to
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OK, I see today’s hysteria is, “New York City is throwing dead COVID-19 patients in mass graves you can see from space,” so here’s the truth about Hart Island: (1/n)
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Thread: Some of the names in today's @nytimes that stood out to me.There's 25 names here, representing 0.02% of the overall #COVID19 death toll.As the cover says: "None were mere
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NEW: @ONS has just released data about total deaths and covid deaths up to April 10th. These show another big increase that week. Total recorded excess since March 20th is
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