#Standards

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

Why does it matter when a state or local area misclassifies or under-reports COVID cases or deaths like Florida or Iowa with outbreaks?It’s not to embarrass the state.https://twitter.com/aslavitt/status/1266213763604152321 We know

Mike Hankins

Hankinstien

75 years ago today, aboard the USS Missouri, Japan signed the surrender documents that officially ended World War II. This incredible photo is of US planes overflying the ship in

Biya Ali Zaib.

BiyaAli9

If i look into a recent past,i can vividly remember the time when my heart was at peace.I was contended with my life even though i had nothing in my

Kingmaker - Big IF! (True)

KingMakerFT

I was disturbed yesterday by a report that a commentator at CNN criticised Pres. Trump for considering making his nomination acceptance speech at Gettysburg b/c the battlefield memorializes Confederate war

James Lindsay, man of internet swagger

ConceptualJames

I have been sent information indicating that the National Association of Realtors, the largest professional guild and licensing entity for realtors in the US, serving over 1.4 million realtors, is

Per Bylund

PerBylund

Much of #economicpolicy aims to 'fight' #unemployment. This is entirely unnecessary, because there is no such thing as lasting involuntary unemployment. This is unfortunately little understood today, but it is

Yasmin Benoit, MSc

theyasminbenoit

Yesterday, we saw fellow members of the LGBT+ community alongside right-wing men and radfems spewing aphobia, racism, sexism, transphobia, ableism and general negativity under my post because I said that

Mehdi Hasan

mehdirhasan

It’s not often that you wake up to this In case you’re wondering, I am at my naturalization ceremony. I’m becoming a U.S. citizen this morning, a dual U.S./UK

Effy Zhang 張夢圓

EffyZhangmy

The EU's white paper clamping down on foreign subsidies in order to fend off Chinese investment is itself highly controversial. It ignores the complexities behind many of the investment cases.

Rasha Al Aqeedi

RashaAlAqeedi

PM @MAKadhimi walks back on decision to cut salaries for Rafha's political prisoners which was backed by popular support. Rafha beneficiaries protested and the government positively responded. 700 victims of

Actually,

eaton

Almost a decade ago, @karenmcgrane and I were prepping for a talk about what people were optimistically calling "the mobile web." It was going to be more complicated than that,

⚔️ the Gardenerd Lt M Elona Muskri ⚔️

yours_heidi

The beauty and fashion industries have long profited from the perpetuation of Eurocentric beauty standards that created insecurity in many dark-skinned communities.https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/6/30/21308257/skin-lightening-colorism

Trevor Owens 💾🗄🕚

tjowens

Next on the to read pile. “Faxed:The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine” from @JHUPress https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/faxed This book turned out to be a great read! Had no idea the

Mohammed Nizami

mnizami_uk

[Thread]Whenever learning *anything*, u have to begin w/ preliminary default positions for that subject. That's what u learn first. U don't get into debates about its constituent parts, even if

Maz Jovanovich

maz_jovanovich

The furore over the United Airlines announcement that they are trying to increase the size of their pilot talent pool by opening up opportunities to under-represented groups is both totally

Erika Hall

mulegirl

The modern field of design doesn't exist yet. In most cases design is taught like a trade without the standards or labor protections of a trade.The job carries the ethical