#Majority

"Our goal as mathematicians should be making the large majority of what we do antiracist." -Dr. Erica Graham in the Hrabowski-Gates-Tapia-McBay lecture #JMM2021 "The popular metrics [used to evaluate people
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-Currently, Republicans have a state delegation majority with 26 (likely 30 in the new Congress) out of 50. Ergo, Trump wins.-Prez Trump has clearly discussed and been briefed on a
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(DEATH TOLL) For those trying to calculate an accurate 9-month US COVID-19 death toll, the NYT reports that as of 11/14, the max undercount was 100K. So on any given
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#LongCovid I’ve worked in rehab for many years. I’ve spent my career promoting physical activity & exercise w marginal impact; most are uninterested. No matter what health condition, getting
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Two years after start of German 5G debate, new draft law kicks Huawei decision further down the road while Telekom & Vodafone are busy creating facts with Huawei gear. While
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It’s incredibly stupid to think if we simply released all restrictions, with COVID still abroad, that A) everybody would instantly go back outside B) mutation wouldn’t inevitable escape the vaccine
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This conversation about patient-physician concordance (matching by race, specifically) is making me think about the continued importance of social & political factors as contributors to overall health & well-being. Here's
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CW: mention of self harm and suicidal ideation I remember when 13 Reasons Why (the show) first came out. I was working in a crisis intervention program with adolescents who
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A new CDC weekly COVID survey and a whopping 14.5% of school-aged children tested positive, a much higher rate than other age groups. School-aged children (5-17) have now had the
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This 100 mile zone was created in regulation. The law (8 USC 1357) says only that CBP can make warrant-free stops/searches "within a reasonable distance from any external border of
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Debt, despair, and doubling up with strangers: As tenants fall behind on rent they will do anything to stay current. My story for today's @nytimes.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/business/economy/housing-insecurity.html?referringSour
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A bit of a thread on some thoughts about this week in politics.There are some significant cultural and political/practical reasons as to why Johnson has so badly misjudged negotiations. First,
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as a mexican, it genuinely hurts to see racism towards us be so normalized. if you are not mexican, please stop doing these things: (a thread) -stop saying “beaner”you canNOT
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One of those good news things. you remember those? key point that's not super clear in this graph is that total usage went down over 100 TeraWatt Hours; a staggering
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Darkly hilarious that TERFs want us to get worked up about the horrifying, society-destroying prospect of ... unfairness in sports.https://twitter.com/chasestrangio/status/1349703077683736577 The vast majority of sports in America are playe
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I want people to start thinking more realistically when it comes to COVID and consider the possibility that it’s not something that will ever go away (did the flu? No.).
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