#2020

Ben Domenech

bdomenech

So @TheAtlantic published a powerful, vivid story of a cop shooting to make the case for defunding the police.The problem is: there's no record it ever happened.https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/16/im-at-a-loss-for-words-the-unraveling-

Jon Swaine

jonswaine

Thread on one case from our @washingtonpost video investigation https://wapo.st/protests-police-blinding1/ This is 21-year-old Balin Brake of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Brake lost his right eye when he was shot in the

Karyn Maughan

karynmaughan

Min Dlamini-Zuma: it’s “expected that a sizable number” of SAfricans will “stop smoking and remain quit after the lockdown” - as a result of higher prices/restricted access to tobacco caused

Jason Pruett

DRAFTPLEX

Now that I have some eyes... while the #MockDraft gets the most attention, I have to say my pride is my DRAFTPLEX Board. While I do stack the requisite 300+

Graeme Wood

gcaw

I limit my interaction with anonymous twitter accounts (and urge others to do likewise) because of cases like this. Consider them guilty until proven innocent:https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/twitter-account-embattled-metoostem-found

Tim Mosca

drosophilosophy

along with @cshlcourses, we had to make the tough decision this week to cancel the 2020 drosophila neurobiology @CSHLflycourse for this summer. too much is up in the air and

Jonathan Kay

jonkay

For @Quillette, I created a database of COVID19 superspreader events in 28 countries. The underlying activities turned out to be very similar. There's a defined set of human behaviors that

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

So you've decided to start wearing a mask when you go out because of #COVID19 ? OK. But don't be half-assed about it. Wear your mask properly, or don't wear

Lu ⸆⸉

stolendaylights

Taylor Swift songs as the Simpsons quotes a thread The man (2019) Exile (2020) All too well (2012) My tears ricochet (2020) Gorgeous (2017) Speak now (2010) Lover(the album) (2019)

Jeremy PLEASE WEAR MASKS! Konyndyk

JeremyKonyndyk

11 days into the 30 day deadline from his letter, Trump hasn't yet bothered to specify his reform demands but is furiously angry that WHO has failed to implemented them.Utter

Mar Hicks

histoftech

historically, most (if not all) democracies that have failed have been derailed by far, far less than this. “the election” will not save us. I truly don’t want to be

Felix Geiringer

BarristerNZ

This is a brief thread for my (6?) UK followers about New Zealand's Minister of Health, David Clark. (1/6) In the early days of NZ’s lockdown, Clark went for a

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter

RKSlaughterFTC

The reality for working parents is that our parenting responsibilities don’t organize themselves around our work schedules, especially during the pandemic. Today I had to feed my newborn while I

Thomas Joscelyn

thomasjoscelyn

1. The Taliban released a statement accusing the Afghan government & U.S. of violating the Feb. withdrawal agreement. The Taliban notes (correctly) that nothing in the accord prohibited them from

Ryan Decker

UpdatedPriors

New working paper on business death in history and during 2020, joint with @crane_leland , @Aaronflaaen , @Adrian_HaminsP , and Chris Kurz. https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/feds/files/2020089pap.pdf Folks are looking at a number of

Arika Herron

ArikaHerron

"At $350 each, which is roughly what Lawrence Township Schools paid for a recent order of Chromebooks, it would cost the state around $80 million to close the device gap"