#2020

Austan Goolsbee

Austan_Goolsbee

A thread on new work Syverson and I just released looking in depth at the impact shutdown orders (and repeals). Short version: they don't do much. Of the 60% drop

HRIC

birthhumanright

Important regional advocacy we've been working on at @Europarl_EN with MEP @fred_matic - maternity care is being disproportionately affected by #COVID19.Some next steps to protect women’s rights in maternity care

Rich Tatum »∵«

RichTatum

When our behavior is the training data used to inform machine learning models, as behavior changes mid-crisis, the models can (will!) fail. #ML #AIhttps://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/11/1001563/covid-pandemic-broken-ai-machine-learning-amazon-re

Victoria Guida

vtg2

Okay, so I’ve got some #FedContent for you all this morning... The Fed unveiled emergency programs that could dole out more than $2 trillion in loans to businesses of all

iestynp (aka zinelove (aka iesorno zines))

iestynpettigrew

Things I'm likingposts from @penfight @DominoComics & Metal Punk Exchange Tapes@kickstarters from @_HeatherAPalmer@uk_comic@AdmiralMalty and his swarthy pirates @philselliott & @RobertDWells@JudeMontague@DominikaCess & Macie

Jed Kolko

JedKolko

Another way this time is different:This is a big-city recession. Payroll employment has fallen most in the largest metros since February.1/ Unemployment has risen most in the largest metros.The BLS

Bob Calhoun

bob_calhoun

If we become our own nation state, can our national anthem please be California Uber Alles? Jello Biafra can sing it at Giants and Dodgers games.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-09/california-declares-independence-from-trump-s-coron

Greg Palast

Greg_Palast

It’s official: 1,913,369 ballots were cast but never counted in the 2016 presidential race. That’s from the US Elections Assistance Commission.https://www.gregpalast.com/1913369-ballots-thrown-away/ And not just anyone’s ballot gets t

Elizabeth Warren

ewarren

Trump's response to this crisis has been slow, insufficient, and driven by his ego instead of the advice of medical experts. But Google refused to allow anyone to use their

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

1/ The people writing these articles, and the people quoted in them, would have a lot more credibility if they would talk honestly about the fact that outside of NYC

Ben Pontz

benpontz

I spent most of the last week talking to Pennsylvania college administrators about the fall semester, looking to get beyond the "opening" or "not opening" (false) dichotomy. Here is a

sara ashley o'brien

saraashleyo

We looked into "tip baiting" -- a gross tactic some people are using to entice Instacart workers to pick up their orders with big tips but then taking it away

kim possible facts

kimpossiblefact

friendly reminder that feinstein was one of four senators who made suspicious stock trades right before the market crash in march for her part, feinstein was cleared of any wrongdoing

JJ Robinson II

EverydayEagle

Not seeing sources for the Federalist statistics, and they're using unemployment as "as a proxy for the degree of a state’s effort to lock down residents", which may be suspect.https://thefederalist.com/2020/05/26/data-left-

Christo Grozev

christogrozev

A Montenegro citizen was just shot down in Kyiv tonight (appears to be alive, shot in the stomach). The two would be assassins arrived in a Smart, and set it

Lily Blacksell

LilyBlacksell

Contrary to popular belief, I AM cool enough to have something published by @RoughTradeBooks!!!! A poem of mine is in this collection of writing created during the brilliant @StressTestSoho shows,