#Policy

BDW

BryanDeanWright

The Democratic talking point of “Trump is bad because he hasn’t made more tests available” is not only wrong but misses the point.There is no perfect test, especially an antibody

Jennifer Cabrera

jhaskinscabrera

THREAD"Masks" carries a lot of water in the debate about face masks.When medical personnel talk about masks, they mean surgical or N-95 or other specific masks. These masks are manufactured

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

(Thread) Trump, the ACA, and Sadopopulism The Trump administration is backing the full elimination of the Affordable Care Act: @JoyAnnReid, maybe it isn’t spite.Maybe it's what Yale prof. @TimothyDSnyder calls

Tom Jawetz

TomJawetz

*Thread*Great piece by @DLind that serves as both an explainer about the network of policies the Trump admin has adopted to end humanitarian protections along the southern border and a

Jeremy Howard

jeremyphoward

I've studied over a hundred research and policy papers regarding masks, and used them to answer the most common 17 questions I've seen asked by curious skeptics. Here's the result!See

Jack Stilgoe

Jackstilgoe

Some new data on public attitudes to self-driving cars here from @transportgovuk. Let's dig into what it does and doesn't tell us https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/84765

Rupert Read 🌍

GreenRupertRead

Brexit formally occurred on Jan 31. People had voted for it to have borders with integrity, even if there was an economic cost. The Con Govt immediately had an opportunity

David Smith

DWS81926937

I listen to @TBLTalkMedia regularly, it's always great but this week was exceptional. It's the first time I've ever really heard the stuff that I have obsessed over at work

Carly Miller

carlymil

Trump posted the same text on both platforms. The comparison between Twitter and Facebook's actions are key. A minihttps://twitter.com/donie/status/1297585136058458118 Trump's posts cover multiple types of voter suppression— sowi

idk, google empathy

TheSortedChaos

Hey @Twitter here’s my proposal for digital safety strategy. 1. Introduce verification of profile pictures with facial recognition. This could potentially stop this platform from becoming a digital epicentre of

Jamus Lim

jamuslim

There has been a lot of chatter among the intellectual and policy classes worldwide about investing in infrastructure. Part of the impetus, of course, is record-low costs of borrowing worldwide

Bankinstein 🇱🇧

bankinsteinlb

The politics side of the equation you are missing on the NERDS side we can discuss here...follow me on this thread if you have some sunday morning patience. Cash dollars

ACLU

ACLU

On Sunday afternoon in Minnesota, Daunte Wright was shot and killed by police after being pulled over, allegedly due to air fresheners hanging in his rearview mirror. Daunte should still

Matt Hames

mhames

This week, I went down the @Youtube is putting pre-roll ads on school videos rabbit hole. YouTube is the second most-used search engine on the internet. It is used by

Pandemic at the Disco 🌐

RKSAlberta

#OurAlberta considers the value of human life & dignity of all beyond the balance sheet, recognizes we aren't prosperous as a society until we are compassionate, & allows every Albertan

Krenar Gashi

krenarium

Only the death toll of #COVID19 is real; everything else about it is fake. This is to twist the words of Jean #Baudrillard. I’ll try to use Baudrillard’s thoughts to