#SHIFT

Good morning twitter. A quick update on PM Suga’s comments on the ‘Taiwan passages’ in last week joint statement with President Biden. The article below somewhat suggested that Suga paddle
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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
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Trying something new - here's my attempt to turn my #CommuteCon2020 presentation into a thread. 1/n So, we all are at #CommuteCon2020 because we want to change travel behavior (help
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thoughts: no Indigenous folks included in the convo, focus shifted to personal story about editor rather than communal discussion about how we hold (white and BIPOC) elite Anthros accountable. Finally:
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The #narrative is shifting quickly as @joebiden, and the @dnc try and shift the blame for the #bidenriots over to @realdonaldtrump. It would be comforting to see this as a
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As we're all talking about dangerous, abusive patterns of behavior, there is one that stands out to me as particularly painful, especially in communities that are trying to heal. It's
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Not cautious. Low risk. Other than nursing homes & hospitals, the most vulnerable people were NOT done first: people in prison, line cooks, shift workers, farm workers, undocumented ppl, service
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1/ So far, 3 captains (Nyi Thuta, Tun Myat Aung, Lin Htet Aung) and 1 navy lieutnant (Kaizar Aung) publicly announced their defections from #Tatmadaw. Based on their statements, they
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On a slightly more serious and elaborate note now: the 'back-to-classroom' conundrum in UK universities shows full well all the limits&weaknesses of 'markets' as vehicles of coordination 1/ one of
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A thread about Google and "the bee" inspired by today's doodle for #EarthDay2020 Over the past couple years I've been exploring public perception of bees through Google Trends
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The current Republican party 'platform', inasmuch as it exists, is likely to attract fewer and fewer votes over time due to cultural and demographic change.Or at least that's what the
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There's a tree with animated limbs standing next to another tree with animated limbs. Each of them is holding an ax & each wants to fell the other. Who will
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•aries•libra•cancer••capricorn•*sun, moon, rising, venus*--same mssg coming @ us again! Some serious is getting ready to be unleashed! I keep hearing... "mars in cancer" + "full supermoon in scorpio." a
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One day I'm going to write a long essay about the Internet Wayback Machine. Amazing creation, and you can learn a lot from it. One of my favorite things is
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Oc thread for fun Sunny•chubby strong golden retriever•rugby player, big into sports•himbo•very outgoing, BIG laugh, but gets very nervous about self expression and romance Luka•pretty boy unicorn•almost always silent but
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THREAD: I've been trying to process everything that's happened over the past week. I've bounced between anger, hurt, anxiety and numbness. I haven't had the words to express everything I'm
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